The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An Atchison county CKansas) sewing society
has saved 500 from its earnings, and has
built church with the money.
Men at the watering places along the At
lantic coast gather corks that are thrown
from the hotels in the Carriage and from the
back yards OF summer cottages. and sell them
70 junk men IN New York. The Junk men
pare down some of them and sell them again,
and corks that have Ueen mutllated bv the
cOrkscrew are broken up for mattress stutfng.
The harder the times the less things that can
be utilized go TO waste.
Bombay man has constructed bedstead
priced at 10000 rupees, says the Milwaukee
Wisconsin. 1t has at its four corners four
full sized gaudily dressed Grecian
damsels those at the head holding tanjos.
while those on the right and left feet hold
fans Beneath the cot IS a musical box.
which extends along the whole length Of the
cot and is capable Of pla ing twelve different
charming airs. The music begins the mo
ment the least pre- assure is brought to bear
from the top. which is created by one sleeping
or sitting, and ceases the moment the In
divldual rises. While the music is in progress
the lady hanjoists 4 the head manipulate the
strings with their fingers and move their
heads. while the two Gree ian damsels at the
tottom fan the sleeper to sleep. There is a
button at the foot OF the cot, which, after a
little pressure, brings about a cessation OF
the music. If such be the desire OF the occu-
pant.
The wealthiest denomination in the United
States, says writer in the Forum, Il we esti-
mate UNCONVENTIONAL wealth according to the
average value OF the church editCes and
sites. is the Jewish. The next is the Uni
tartan, the third is the Reformed (Duteh) and
the fourth is the Protestant episcopal. 9 he
average value OF the churches Of sh eformed
Jews Is ,SSS, of the Unitarian a21 725. Of the
Reformed (Dutchl sl9 ~ and the Protestan
Episcopal S16ls2. The J p scopal church is.
however, much more widely distributed than
any OF the other odies namel. The Jews
almost en- irplV in the cities and the Re-
formed Jews also are largely so; but the
EplSc opaltanS are found not only in all the
larger cities, but are represented in all the
states and territories. This fact adds to the
significance of the high average value re-
ported for its churches. It's ministers, like
those OF the Presbyterian church, are we'll
cared for. 1t makes no separate return for
ministerial salaries; but by correspondence I
have gathered these facts.
The London correspondent OF Paris ex-
change write that it is quite the fad now for
English women TO be thin. Most of the so,
ciety damsels are keeping down their weight
whom Americans would cons der skinny Is
looked upon as possessing an elegance OF
form. The men, too, are striving after angu-
lar, spare figures of the Henry Irving type
A woman, in a letter to the Morning Post
seemed to touch the general opinion when she
Sad mat no woman could possibly be too
thin to reach the sand ad of good looks
women ride In the park and play tennis and
golf as long as the sun shines, eat underdone
beef and toast and gradually thin themselves
down to a condition of almost ema Ted lean
ness. Altogether the entire fashionable pop
ulatlon of London needs TO be fed up, with
the exception of tine p ince OF Wales. who
continues o grow stouter and shorter. They
do not catch him lndulging IN any starvation
fads or any scheme which involves too much
exercise or needless activity.
The Feast of Asses reference TO which
occurs so frequently in the investigative
journals and the general literature of two
and three hundred years ago. was a Ceremo,
NAL of the Roman Catholic church during the
TO Rouen and a few other French cities, says
the st. Louis Rep bile The event which the
feast commemorated was the flight of the
| Virgin Mary and the Child into Egypt. In
carrying out the curious programme a
young woman bearing an infant in
her arms vas seated upon the back
of o donkey, which was led to the
cathedral followed by bishop and clergy in
solemn procession, where services were held
In honor of the noble beast that had so
aided in the perlous flight from he wrath OF
Herod. The services, which generally lasted
the greater portion OF the day, were given mp
TO sermons and songs, each having special
reference to the animal ridden by the Virgin.
Inc % east OF Asses finally became so Of
fensve to the better class of Catholics that it
was oppressed by the Council of Basic in the
fifteenth century.
1t has often been asserted that abnormal
longevity is more common among Russians
tnan any OtAer european nation, says the
New York Post. From an odicial report col
lated from local registers, 1t now appears
that the government of kied takes the first
Place of all Russian provinces in this respect.
During last year it is officially stated, there
were fourteen centenarian deaths registered
in that government. In the city Of kieR one
man died aged ITO years. while within the
suburt an circle two women died aged re-
spectiyely l02 and 1O4 years. In Berditcheff
two women reached the ages of 1Ol
and ia years respectively. In Vassilkon
In the same district there died a ewess
aged 1885, in SvenigorodRa, man Of 1lOyears;
in larastscha. another Of lis; in Uman, two
men, aged respectively l06 and 102 years in
kadomytzel, jew aged 107 and Christian
aged lob and lastly man of l05 years died
| at rcherEassy. Here are fourteen persons,
dying within the same year and within the
+ limits OF one district, whose united ages
amount to 1889 years. According to the Sar-
a of journals there is still living in that gov
eminent an ancient veteran of the First Ma
poleon army, formerly Lieut.. Savin. and
since 1872 known as Nicolai Alexandra Witch
Savln who has celebrated l26 birthdays.
1t takes long while for a Ger keg to wear
out, says the Chicago Tribune. It has a
tough constitution and is protec ed from in
ternal decay by coat of pure and hard pitch.
The pitch used on the modern keg is much
superior to that formerly used. 1t is clear
tasteless and tough An empty beer key will
stand a great many hard knocks before the
pitch scales of. The kegs wear out, when
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dry alternately, and this promotes decay
Then they get great deal of unnecessary
banging around etweeh the time they leave
/ the brewery and are brought back again
| Every body, from the driver and railroad and
steamboat hands down TO the barkeep D.
| ers, seem to think the kegs are indie
| structible. A whole carload of empty kegs is
! frequently thrown from the car down to the
! ground. A single empty keg is often thrown
| fifteen feet. 1t really isn't necessary to
make the kegs as heavy so far as the Keep
Ing Of the beer Is con erned. They began by
being made heavy in the old days. The brew
! ers then deemed 1t absolutely requisite TO
make hem that way to Withstand the pres
sure of the beer. The very fact that they
were made heavy and clumsy subjected them
TO rough handling Now they have to be
made heavy and extra material has TO be put
into the lead aad slaves simply because of
this handling and not from any danger on ac-
count OF the internal pressure Of the beer.
The fact that two people who live long to-
gether tend to look alike is accounted for by
unconscious mimiCry reacting upon the mus
Giles OF expression IN the same way that a
ruling passion does. The tendency, SAYS a
writer in Blackwood Magazine, to facial
imitation is very general-in fact. almost
univeIsal-and NAV be so marked as to be
easily noticed; so that when two people are
engaged in animated conversation the ex-
preston OF the listener may often be seen to
echo that Of the speaker. How Infectious
is smile or "A laugh, even when the idea
which gave rise to IL in the first case is not
transferred! Several times. when talking to
young people. have suddenly and purposely