The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Among the many vessels which have been
driven ashore and wrecked on the English
coast since the winters storms began was the
schooner Draper which was lost with all on
beard. The Draper was more than ia years
| I'D having been built in i779 and was one OF
the Oldest vessels regularly engaged as a
/ freight carrier
The municipal council Of Amsterdam, in
which city some socialistic riots occurred last
! year. has just taken measures designed to
show the people that the authorities know
! better than the labor agltators how to care
| for the welfare OF the working peOple-eleven
hours Of wOrk-5hall be applied IN regard to
any Work done for the city, and that mini
mum OF wages shall be fixed according to the
! different kinds OF work Moreover, the en-
| ployment OF children below 10 years OF axe
! is FORBIDDEN, an increase of pay is liked for
working overtime.
The figure %" plays quite conspicuous
part in the life of Emperor William. He is
the ninth King Of Prussia; his immediate
family consists Of nine MEMBERS he was
/ born in the fifty -ninth year of this century,
| on Ian. 21-hgures which, added e plus y
make g. or divided (3:271 give as quotient
In January. 1869 he was made first lieutenant
| in the first regiment of the guards; in 1879 he
completed his studies at Bonn and was pro
Fen. q, and on March 9, 1888, he was called
to the throne.
A sensational mystery which threatened
| evil consequences to two men. has just been
happily explained in New Hampshire A
French woodchopper had disappeared from
the neighborhood Of Concord and two men
who had been seen with him were charged
with his murder. Human blood was found on
the shoes OF one, and a check in The Wood
chopper name on the other. The state had
strong circumstandal case, and the proba-
blllties OF conviction were great. 1 he miss
ing man has just been found at town in a
nelghboring county. and the discharge OF the
suspected parties has been ordered.
One more fruit school, has been estab-
| lished in French Savoy, at Greey- AK.
| ! hese schools are private but they receive
| from the government an annual subsidy of
5000 francs each. There are ten OF them ,nearl 7
all In Eastern france; dIi2 each has no more
than ten or twelve pupils, who are taught
! practically how TO cultivate and husband
fruits, and especially how TO make those ex-
quisite French cheeses, which are sold
throughout the world. Most OF the pupils are
| destined to become fOremen on private farms.
where the industries OF Embarrassing and
chez Sc making are carried on upon an ex-
tenSive scale.
The Russian government, in order to pre-
vent the abuses caused by physicians bills.
has Just p blished equation fixing the fees
to be claim II by u0ctors. The cities are di-
Vided lnLO three tIa5Ses-those with more
than 50 600 inha. itants. those having from
5000 to 5000 and those Of less than 90. The
patients are also divided in three classes: the
first including capitalists projectors, manu-
tacturers etc; the second members of the
| liberal professions. and the third. the rest Of
the population. The fees are of three grades;
Five ruDles for the patients of the first class
rubles for those o. the second and 20 kopeks
for people of the third C. ass,
A maritime velocipede is the latest me-
| chancal invention reported from Chilli A
citizen Of that country, Don Anselmo Santa
Maria, has constructed velocipede destined
to run in water in the same manner as it
would be used on land. he new velo 2ipede
was in exhibition at Valparaiso. and the first
expert nent was made in the bay OF that sea-
port at the end of Decem err in the presence
of a large number Of people. The machine
was started from the piec Prat, in the direc-
tlon OF the dykes ana returned IN safety to
the pier The stability was SufnCtent, but 1t
did not develop much speed, and some i'm
proVements will have to be made in that re-
gard. Ihe machine is simple; it consists of
two tubes, with compartments and cigar
shaped bows. The rider sits on a framework
resting on these tubes, with the wheel in the
middle.
Out OF several thousand replies, with a S25
prize in view, the following was selected by
George Augustus Sala as the best answer to
How to spend Sunday in cheerful and
tolerant manner" Il would suggest to those
who are OF a religious turn Of mind to attend
as many OF the services provided as their de-
votlOn served, and to spend the rests of the
OF the day in manner suited to their ideas
OF true plety. For those whose devotion is
served by attending morning service only vo-
cal and instrumental music sacred) in the af-
ternoon, in all cathedrals and chuTchS, when
not required for divine service. Even con
Certs in secular bulldogs where all classes
could find enjoyment and refreshment. FIRE.
| quent railway and other trips in the country
| and seaside. More winter gardens, opening
| public libraries. mus nS, art galleries
| park. and gardens with music and refresh
ments obtainable unday workers. alter
nate Sundays OF. The reproach OF the for
elgner, II hat while we ''1ubilate' on the
| sunday morning, we nope tho rest of the
| day, would then cease to exist"
My barber tells me, says a New York Press
writer, that the prejudice which used to exist
| against men who part their hair in the middle
| is dying out. L remem Der the time when il
| looked as II Edward Cooper's chances OF polit-
lcal success would be seriously compromised
because Of his habit of parting his hair and
even to-day in Chicago the business man who
parts his hair in the middle is taking heavy
RISKS. The origin OF this prejudice is buried
in the mlsts Of antiquity. Just why a man
should not part his hair in the middle. as sym.
metry common sense and nature dictates
| instead OF parting it on one side, which is
distinctly artificial and unteauJiful, no man
an say. But II is is certainly true that only
in recent years has it been possible to comb
| one hair according to ones own taste and
fancy without provoking popular clamor
think the ualdheaded men Of other days are
largely responsible for this unreasona Ole
sentiment They used to grow
their hair long behind like an In
Il
then draw it up from the lower portions of the
! skull and combine it in fat and greasy curl
on the top OF the head. ! hey seemed to think
that this arrangement de selved evervt cd .
but their wives as to the amount OF hair they
carried with them. However the part in Uhe
middle has come to stay.
The bomb thrower Henry, who constdera.
erably upset the Hotel Terminus in Paris on
Monday night, is type of individual who can
be found nowhere outside the French caDital
Gays a New York Press writer. Nobody but
a F'renchman and Partisan could be cara Ia
of attracting attention to himself at the Ger.
tain cost OF his life for the sake of cheap uoto
riety in just the way Henry has managed it.
| There exists in Paris type Of being that is
difficult to describe. and impossible to paral.
lei You ind him in all professions and in
every walk OF life, but he principa ly affects
journalism and anarchy. When this sort of
fellow can strut down the Rue de la Paix In
a low cut shirt, with a turn down col
lar. a flowing necktle and trousers
that envelop his feet, with the
intention OF posing as a journalist he refrains
from bathing for month or two and Joins a
society OF anarchists. Then some day he
goes out ard throws bomb. he does this
not from any maleyolent design. but lust be-
cause he wants the world at large to know
that he is moving arounu and Tor the pleas
ure OF seeing his name and portrait in the
newspaper. This man is neither drunk nor
crazy. He is simply the product OF racial pc
cullaritics and social conditions as they ex-
list in France to-day. and the only way to treat
him is TO cut of his head as speedily az
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