The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The supreme court at Buffalo has handed
down decision in an interesting life insur-
anee case. says a New York letter Levi J.
Waters. in ls47 had his life insured in the
connecticut Mutual life for $500, the policy
being made payable to his wife. and in the
event Of her death TO his children in le67
Mrs. Waters assigned the policy TO Mrs.
Mary Ann Rowley as security for debt, the
husband consenting. The dSbtwas not paid,
and Mrs. Rowley kept the policy and assign
ment. In 1872 Mrs. Waters died, and in June
OF 1898 Mr. Waters died. Mrs Rowley at
tempted to collect the amount Of the policy
but the validity Of the assignment was dis
puted ~ Mrs. Helen Ford, o2ly child of MIR.
and Mrs. Waters. Judge Ward held that
lie insurance policy was not assignable by
Wfie curing the life time OF her husband. and
Judgment was entered in favor or Mrs. Ford
for the foil amount OF the policy. to waom the
Insurance company was ordered TO pay the
No man is kept buster in the month Of
August than the peach grower OF Maryland
and the Delaware peninsula. SAYS the New
york Post. From break OF day until the last
light he is abroad with, his men Milling
baskets with fruit. which if allowed to re
main on the trees another day viii prove un-
marketaole. Thousands of laborers are en-
gagged IN the harvest and as many as 100000
baskets have been shipped by water in one
gay from the eastern shore OF Maryland.
Eve9fy kind OF craft IN addition to the rail
roaQ cars, IS brought into requsition 10
carry the crop to Ceuters Of dis.ribu-
ton It is no uncommon sight to see
sJFlng OF sehooners laden with peach baskets
oelng toWed northward by a Sea-going tug.
After all his care and labor the grower s
often out OF pocket at the end of the season.
sometimes his crop is Unexpectedly large,
ana he Is u liged to rush II to the market at
prices which leave him very scaut margin
OF profit and again, when it Is ravaged by
the yellows. or suffers from a protracted
drought he IS unanle TO meetthe demand and
must pc 1ntent with returns so slender that
they DO not meet his outlay. If the Maryland
peacn-grower' can he believed the outlco <
1or ms industry Is very sombre, for he asserts
that the yellows are working into the verv
heart of the peach belt and that the cultiva-
uon OF this fruit is doomed,
The two American bieyclers, Allen and
Sachtleben, tell in the September Century Of
their meeting with Chinuman in the heart
OF the Flowery Kingdom who electrified them
~ ADDRESSING them in the pureSt English
ne was one OF That party of mandarins sons
Wnlch had been sent over to our country some
years ago as an experiment by the Chinese
government. to receive thoroIgh American
training We cannot here give the history of
that experiment. as Mr. Woo related lt-hoW
they were subsequently accused of cutting off
their queues and becoming denatfopaliZed
nov. IN consequence, they were recalled to
tnelr native land, and degraded rather than
elevated ooth by the people and the govern
ment, because they were foreign in their sen.
JlmentS and habits: and how at last theV
grauually began TO force recognition through
sent out by the government to engineer the
extension OF the telegraph line from Su-chOu
TO Urumtsl, for it was feared by the govern
ment that the endowment of a foreigner IN
this capacity would only increase the power for
evll which the natives already attributed to
TINS foreign innovation. The similarity in
the PHRASES telegraph pole and dry heaven
mad inspired the common belief that the line
OF poles then retching the country was
responsible for the long-existing drought In
one night several miles of poles were sawed
he b.
splracy. After several decapi ations the
poles we're now being restored and labelled
with the words, Put up by order of the en-
peror."
How long will seeds preserve their vitality?
So many fables have been and are still being
promulgated on this subject. says s. ace for
All, that few facts may not be Unacceptable
The seeds Of the willow will not gerininats
after having once been dry ard their germi-
mating power Is lost in two weeks, even if
during tae interval they have been kept
Iresh. = he seeds OF coffee and various other
plants DO not terminate after having been
kept Tor any considerable length Of time
Inc grams OF wheat usually lose their power
OF growth after lapse of seven years, though
wheat over two centuries old has been o ND
quite capable of being used for food. The
stories OF mt many wheat" sprouting after
having lain dormant in Egyptian tombs for
/ thousands Of years are to say the least Of
| tfen, very dubious No we'll authenti.
Gated instances of such finds are extant
NHAle. among Otner articles so d by the
ARABS to credulous travellers as coming
out OF. the same tomb as the ancient
wheat. have been dahlia bulbs and maize the
deposition of which in the receptacle from
whlch they were said TO be extracted necessi
tates the belief that 5000 years ago the sub
Jects OF the Pharaohs were engaged in com
merce with America. Rye and wheat only
lS5 years old could not be induced to GERM.
nate, the place of the EN- bryo being occupied
by Shiny, putrefying fluid. IT. however.
excluoed from light and air, and. above all
from damp, seeds have been known to keep
LOT 4ehGIhened periods Seeds; of the. bean
and pc order have sprouted after 100 years
storage IN an herbarium, and many similar
instances have been recorded. Seeds disin-
Ierfed from the soil taken from under very
ancient buildings and other situations have
also sprouted, though the estimates of their
age nave been all the way from SOC to 1000
years They cannot. however. be considered
beyond the range of skepticism.
In man the manner in which death is re
vealed has been deserted by hundreds Of
clairVoyant persons, who agree in SAYING that
the spirit leaves its earthly envelope bv the
TOP OF the Uranium. says the Berlin Spiritual.
lstlc Magazine. They observe immediately
after, that kind OF vaporous mass rises from
the head. and, taking human form condenses
more and more, and finally becomes a faithful
portrait OF the dying person When the com
plete form has left the body they have seen
that the spiritual elements still remain at
tached by KIND of huidic ligament original
ing in the region of the brain. and heart This
bond endures for five or six hours. and after
1t is severed the man feels no more We
should not break out in lamentations beside A.
death bed, nor speak of the diving person nor
attempt to retain the life which is escapinp
Outoursts of grief always produce disagree
able impression on person who is passinc
away, because, although internal Sensations
are blunted, the Impressions are nevertheless
made. Death itself is nothing but there are
dltncult1es in dying Just as in being horn
some people die fully conscious; Others
are half-con Scious that life is Abandoning
them, and each comprehends and hears what
is passing around For all, death is similar
to :eam produced by narcotics To those
who uie in full consciousness the interruption
OF life appears like sudden swoon Those
who are only partially conscious are speedily
lnsenSlble to pain; feel. in general prpttv
we'll, and fall asleep like man after hard
days work. The latter circumstance ac-
counts for the fact that many spirits on
awakening fancy themselves. for a moment
stu In the flesh, until the sight OF their own
BODY ST. 'ched out before them brings the
conviction that they have Just entered the
world OF spirits By death no man suffers
change OF form. or OF organization or of char
aeter he is neither better nor worse; knows
neither more nor less; las neither gained nor
lost In anv point. nor in any aptitude. He
has only &C luired conditions more favorable
for his ultimate development. The object of
splrltualiSm is to call attention to these facts
Death is simply progressive evolution
under the denomination of natural laws 1t
IS blessed llberator which frees man from
the slavery OF earth, dissipates the fogs
which here Obscure his vision, and gives a