The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-21
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might be called the city of churches with
more appropriateness than Washington. They
| are not particularly large or imposing, these
| Washington churches, but there are an i'm
mense number of them. AS a matter of fact
the capital contains nearly 200 churches
| most of these belonging to the Methodist de-
| nomination, which claims fifty-two. The
! Baptists come next with forty-ive, then the
! EpiScopalians with twenty-SiX and the Pres
1 byterians with twenty-one. The Roman
| Catholics have thirteen, the Lutherans ten,
| the CongregationaliStS four, the Hebrews and
| the Christians two each and the Unitarians,
| the UniverSaliStS and the SwedenborgianS
| one each. Besides there are half dozen non
| Sectarian bodies.
Up to about thirty rears ago the most famil-
| lar appellation for ones maternal relative
was Ma" That generation still use the title.
| 1t sometimes creeps into print under their
auspices Two late novels bristle with it, and
| it is far cry from the dearest" of Fauntle-
| roy to the ma" Of Mrs. Burnetts earlier sto-
rieS Mama" came in just before the war
1t has been so universally adopted and by
such curious people, that a reaction from it
has set in during the past decade. Mamma"
made strenuous struggle, but it has always
seemed rather foreign in its tone and difficult
| to acclimate. Now mother" is beginning to
show signs of vigorous life, and may be de-
pended upon for eventual adoption. 1t is pc
culiar enough to watch the progress of fight
against and the final surrender to one of the
most beautiful words in the language.
made in November last in the harbor of Salo-
niche by diver in search of sponges. When
the diver came up from the bottom of the sea
he displayed a handful, not of sponges, but of
silver coins of very antique date. He turned
over the coins to the proprietor of the boat,
who ordered him back to find some more
coins. He went down to the bottom of the
sea several times in succession Finally he
found at the depth of about 100 feet an iron
box, which contained nearly eighteen pounds
of silver coin. The proprietor of the boat
made the seamen in his employ promise to be
silent. He made them some presents in
money, and the find remained secret for
nearly three months. Recently one of the
seamen, having quarreled with his master,
betrayed the secret to the Greek government,
and the latter compelled him to produce the
coins They date back to the days of ancient
Macedonia, and are in an excellent state of
preservation, showing the bust of Alexander
the Great, holding in one hand scepter and
in the other bird seemingly a falcon. The
coins have been turned over to the museum at
Athens.
The government Of New South Wales spends
a large sum annually in the payment of royal
ties on the skins Of rabbits killed, the aggre-
gate royalties in the last seven years amount
ing to over s. 100000 The fact that in one
year as many as %, $50, 600 skins were thus paid
for has given rise to an inquiry as to what
was done with them. The skins are bale
pressed and exported to London, where the
business is so brisk that the sales every six
weeks average from 800 to 1000 bales each
bale holding about 200 skins. The skins,
which are bought up in bulk in London by the
hat manufacturers, are turned over to oper-
ators, who pluck of the pelt by hand, no suit
able machinery for the purpose having yet
been invented. fine blue fur is then left on
the pelt. The skin Is then pared away from
the fur by machinery, so delicate that when
the last particle Is cut off the fur sometimes
hangs in one hlmy section. This is worked
up into felt. The English rabbit supplies the
best fur, then comes the New Zealand rabbit
and then the Australian. At one time large
quantities of hats were exported from Eng
land TO America, but now the Americans make
all their own hats, importing the fur from
England.
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has just set
magnificent example of charity that is worth
the attention of some or the European anti
Semitic agitatOrs. For a good while back
some phianthropic people of Vienna have
been irving to establish a hosnitaI for the re-
| lief Of the victims of pulmonary complaints
| which, owing to the cold winds and the dust
! are especially prevalent in Vienna But a
| small part of the necessary funds had been
| obtained, when Baron RothSchild informed
| the promoters of the scheme that he wished
to present them with his chateau at Reiche-
| nau in the Semmering for the new eSta blish-
ment. 1t would be difficult to eXaggerate
either the Thickness or generosity OF this
| gift The estate and pleasure grounds, worth
5000 600 6orinS are widely known among the
most beautiful in the Syrian Alps The
baron will transfer the chateau and grounds
| to the society on Aug. l, and has promised to
| make all necessary alterations. 1t Is hoped
that it can be got ready for the reception of
| patients by next winter. Baron Rothschild
! has already thrown open his park and green
| houses in Vienna to the public for small
| entrance fee, which goes to a local charity
| His chateau in the Semmering will afford &C
| commodatlon for 500 beds.
Perhaps the Asiatic type of cyclone, known
| as the simeon, is the most remarkable phe-
| nomenon of the earth" said Col Samuel
| Knoop to st. Louis Globe Democrat writer
! In my travels about the world have never Is
| yet observed any such appalling scene as that
! of simeon sweeping its course in the dist
ance. Cyclones in this western hemisphere
are usually accompanied by great masses of
| clouds and drenching rain storms. The simeon
/ OF Asia is quite different. | have stood on the
| Arabian desert where my eye could sweep the
| distant horizon in every direction without en-
counterlng one object to vary the monotony
OF the scene over this vast sea of glowing
| sand it seemed as though not so much as a
| breath OF air was Straying. In such dull
| oppressive moments the natives perceive the
| first premonltion Of the awful simeon. Such
knowledge was OF little avail, however, for on
| that wide limitless stretch of inland sea, like
| the great bosom of the ocean, one
place was as safe as another. The
great sand storm would come and
sweep Its way without any definite path and
| with no prospect of any sudden deviation
| from its course. Here we have a storm
heralded by fierce winds, clouds, lightning
and thunder. On the great desert of Arabia
the simeon is heralded by nothing more than
a small dark speck in the distant sky AS this
approaches the atmosphere becomes Sitting
and oppressive to an unbearable degree The
speck In question does not develop into slzy
mantle OF clouds, but its destructive force is
none the less diminished. 1t sweeps a path
equal TO its width and carries with it number
less pillars OF sand that are constantly rising
and falling like forest of swaying topless
trees. never was in one but have stood
on the desert when one was passing in the
distance, and il reminded me of the shadow
a rlOn6 a erYv,1f Lott