The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Neb., had to be absent from his pulpit the
other Sunday. His wife took his place
and gave great satisfaction TO the cOngre-
cation.
Second Advent prophets have alarmed
and terrorlzed large number of people
IN the state of Washington by telling
them that the United States will be de-
stroyed by revolution and fire inside of
a few days, and that the entire world
VIII be destroyed inside of one year T.
w. Z remington and James Miller are or
Sanlzing colony in Tacoma to fly to
British Columbia before the crash comes.
They say the United States viii be de-
stroyed hrst, but that all who seek refuge
on British soil will be saved temporarily.
Later on all the people of the world will
QS ives GeSlr4ygd except l2G09 Of each Of the
we've ulbes OF Israel, who viii be
caught up into the clouds while the earth
Is devastated, and Will afterward he al
loWed 70 return to earth and inhabit Il.
Mr.. Miller formerly resided at Winnepeg,
ard mas large family of grown-up child
ETen. Mrs. Louise Bradin, at whose
mouse they are stopping, says: They
are nearly naked and starved. They
preach their gospel from o clock in the
morning until IL at night, and have
large following. When they and their
colony leaves this country they win rem
G9zvQus at North arm, near New West
teachings have resulted in many families
destroying their pictures. bric-a-brac and
earthly Naluables and preparing to fly to
Sdhada. one old man was being treated
Tor cancer but told his physician that
further treatment was unnecessary, as he
would be caught up into the clouds and
During the sixteenth century the ma
tlonal coinage was so unsatisfactory and
lpconVenient that large numbers of pri-
Naie traders and merchants We're impelled
! 10 nave haHpence and farthtnSS manutac-
| turcd for themselves, says Chambers
journal These tokens as they were
called, were made of lead, pewter, latten,
tin, and even leather, and could only be
made use of as currency at the shops or
warehouses Of their respective issuers.
tar limo
| ing several reigns to put a stop to the cir
| culatlon of this Unauthorized coinage, ira
deFs. tokens continued to multiply to an
astonishing extent, until in 1872 a procla-
| nation was issued prohibiting their max
! ing or use under severe penalties. From
| that date until 1857 the issue of private
tokens entirely ceased but in the latter
| year, owing to the great scarcity of gov
| eminent coin, the Anglesey Copper Mines
/ some 5OC tons OF copper pence and half-
/ pence. The bold example thus set was
/ speedily followed by other trading firms
! all over the Kingdom, and again the gov
! eminent found it necessary to take action
! IN the matter which il did by issuing
new national copper coinage from the
| Soho works. For some years the issue of
! private tokens was thus effeCtualiy check
! ed, but in 1911 the authorized coinage again
/ getting scarce, the copper companies and
/ others recommended the issue of patches
| Of tokens. This went on until July q,
| 1917, when the manufacture was pro-
tokens in currency were ordered to be
! Withdrawn from circulation by Jan /,
! 1915.
One of the queerest of all. queer cere-
! monies kept alive in Japan is that OBJ
| served by the descendants Of a native mil
| lionaire, its object being the worship of
| old straw sandals. They have a special
| reason for generating cast-off foot-gear of
/ this description they being the origin of
/ the rise of the family from a condition or
/ obscurlty to its present opulent state 1t
/ seems that the founder Of the house was a
/ petty tenant farmer, who was at one time
SO poor that he succeeded only by dint
| Oh JIe most arduOuS LABOR in making ends
| meet. After several years of a hand
| to-rnouth existence be began to make
! straw sandals in the brief intervals of
/ MS work a-held. To the surprise of the
/ neighbOrs he made no attempt to sell the
/ produce Of his industry, but kept on add
/ ing TO the slowly accommodating heap Of
| sadualS. For more than two years he
/ spent every spare moment in this manner
and finally had so many sandals on hand
/ Inal ne had no more room to store them.
/ lie then hired couple of junks and
/ loading them both with sandals set sail
/ for SadO. on reaching the island the
| shreWd man applied TO the official SUI
/ perintending the great gold mine begging
mat ne might be permitted to present n
/ lot of new sandals to the miners in re-
| turn Tor which he desired only to receive
| old, WORKOUT fOOt-gear of the men. This
innocent request was readily compiled
/ win by the officer in charge, and the
farmer soon left for home with his junks
| laden with Old sandals. So soon as he
| returned he set to work boiling the san
| gaming from them no less than $40 pounds
of pure gold. This was the origin of that
great fortune which the founder of the
| family bequeathed to the descendants.
and every year since then the grateful
heirs have performed a solemn ceremony
IN honor OF old sandals.
A writer in the Contributors CIub in
the November Atlantic asserts that there
| Is an Individual quality in the song of
g me fba Pira a.. This This summer friend told
songs the nine different kinds of song spar
| row. she was very triumphant over il
and 1t gave me pain to explain to her
| what, from my own observation | he
| lieved to be the truth. namely. that
there are almost as many different songs
as there are song sparrows; moreover,
naI not only do individuals among them
| differ from one another in their arrange
ment OF the three parts of their theme.
| or IN the finish they bestOw upon the
| separate parts but the individual him
| self varies his notes from time to time
Lahlns endless liberties with them, ac-
! cordlng as the spirit moves him or his
! vocal powers permit. He NAV choose
10 stop short at the trill, though this
gins with 1t, ending with the three
sharp notes. Again he practices the
turn, which, at best is an uncertain ain
phrase, singing it over by itself a num-
/ Der of times; quite disseminated II
| would seem, with its indeterminate char
acter; Then perhaps he bursts out in
| reckless, don t-care manner, as if snan-
ping his claws at practice and perfec
ton, JQmbling his notes together like a
mistake to think that all the birds If .
KIND are equally gifted with an their
Fellows, as If they were little mechani-
I cal toys struck off by the gross ana
warranted to produce precisely ne ss ~
song. Why should it be so? Men differ
IN TINS respect 50 do various domestic
| ahlmalS-al OF them, for aught | know,
| Two black-and-tan terriers living neWt
door 10 each other have dtstinctive
oaTKs; me fb one can boast Of far wider
! enemy-as well as of a more hideouei,,