The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29
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piece Of gauze, lilac purple ia color, extend
ing from his shoulders almost to his heels. 1t
is bound al the waist by wide sash OF neu'
trail tint harmoniZing with the garment
1t girdles AS seen from the street
the tall, delicately colored figure, with It's
graceful drapery, reminds one of the figures
drawn by the best Of the French decorative
painters.
Chocolate brewing. says the New York
Sun, is tine art of the east side. especially
OF the German quarter and one gets there
better cup Of chocolate for cents than one is
likely to get elsewhere in town for 10 or 10
cents. 1t S1rpaSSes the chocolate Of the
French quarter, having more strength and
body. It is the German habit, however, to
make chocolate over sweet Even alter the
cup has been Sweetened quite teyond the
taste OF the ordinary palate two or three
Jumps ~ sugar are placed in the saucer as
concession to persons of unusually sweet
tooth.
Says an American business man who has
been living in Mexico. What Mexico most
needs is education. The ignorance of the
poems is astonishing. If the great churches
OF America, which are yearly sending mil
lions OF dollars to China and Africa to educate
the heathens there would devote fair pro
portion OF that money to Mexico, far moro
good would be accomp Iished.- The money
would be spent and results more apparent.
Inc lew missionaries in that country are do
ing good, but their number is not sufficient.
Thep, less theology and more liberal educa-
ton should be taught, and sectariantsm
should not interfere with the work. Strange
as 1t may seem. the English tongue has DIS
placed the French as a foreign tongue, and is
rapidly being learned by the younger ma
tives.'
1t is not unusual to find sailors who are IN
able to swim. An ot1cer OF ship lying at a
South street wharf New York. said that
many Of these are men who were brought up
10 the country. They had liking for the sea
and were attracted TO 1t by stories they had
wa no a InnCy Xuaf mr. a
visit to the city they were struck by the sight
OF some fine ship and wanted to go to sea.
Many Of them could not swim OF course the
young sailor who has shipped in this way
knows he ought to Learn to swim, and he eS
poets to learn; but he keeps putting 1t of
from day to ay and Il ON year TO year until
he gets to be an old man, and then he pays no
more attention to 1t. In fact, he has BEEN
three or four voyages in safety and without
m1shap he may think no more about 1t, and
he may become thcrcuyh deep water sailor.
verltable old salt, and Je; be unable to
swim. r
A correspondent Of the Boston Transcript
draws gloomy picture of the farmers in the
hill country of New Hampshire. There is no
large area of land anywhere under culttva-
ton and only small herds of cattle The
scattered houses are surrounded by garden
patch, few acres of corn. a pasture with
dense woods encircling all There is no
real farming he says Each man has his
own mouth and a smaller or larger circle of
dependent mouths TO NIL. ana he goes atlt IN
the way that lies nearest to his hand; in the
way that his father went at 1t efOre him, and
his grandfather and his father. The CONNER
cial idea of accounting for outgoes and in
comings is no part Of their montal makeup.
they live from field to mouth and their hori-
zon is bounded by the store which takes their
butter and eggs in trade, and the town house
where they exercise the rights and functions
OF American citizens"
In Broadway car the other day" said
~ Ia ,Ia .tT-
something that always interests me. a father
and son on friendly and afectlOnate terms.
He was rather big man, the father, and
rather powerful man, too. physically and
mentally; man of some account. The son
was even taller than his father, though he
couldn't have been more than If; he was a
hne boy, with the spareness Of youth. of high
intelligence and with the alertneSS of that
happy period Of life. He and his father were
great friends, and the father was proud of
him. When the conductor came along the
father paid for both. For the 10y ne said,
very quietly. to the conductor. at the same
time indicating that 6foot youngster by
slight movement of the hand 1t was aeces.
sary that he should explain why he had paid
two fares and who the o her fare was for, but
1t was almost touching. nevertheless, the
fathers evident feeling of pride and affection,
for the motion seemed also to convey in spite
of him, This is the sort of boys that we raise
down our way"
Just after I had finished college. said
Arthur L. Romano of New York to the ST.
Louis Globe Democrat. I made tour of the
old world. During visit to Palermo | was
tempted to go into the Capuchin convent
which is near there, and the unbounded
curiosity which is common TO most young
people induced me to follow my guide into
the catacombs. in which the bodies OF people
who had died ages before are buried [ saw
great many bodies of both sexes in an ex-
cellent state Of preservation. There were
lots of ghostly friars dressed in the habit of
their orders, ana either laid away on shelves
or fastened against the walls in an upright
position, Death is rarely ludicrous, but
there these old fellows are grinnihg at Won
liz Chessy cats, and l defy any man with
the smallest vein Of humor to exmaine these
mummleS without laughing either inwardly
or outwardly. The price Of places varies
with the position, though women for some
reason or other. are charged twice as much
as men. The women are exposed to view in
glass l1dded collins, and appear to have
been decked out in all their fnery. Some of
these bodies have been there for centuries,
but to look at them one could easily Imagine
they had died only the day before
Yes, sir. There is such thing as an cpl
demic of diamond thefts," is the way
diamond detective stated it to the Chicago
Record. You know there are such things as
diamond detectives; men who are experts in
the capture of diamond robbers. i never
knew the diamond detective went on one
diamond robbery to occur in this city or any
other, that 1t wasn't followed by two or more
on the same day. or within few days Isup-
pose you have heard that man who makes
the stealing OF diamonds his business will
rarely steal anything else. That is why YOU
sometimes hear of burglars entering house
and leaving everything untouched. They en-
tered the house 10 get diamonds, and, falling
they wanted nothing else. The average dia-
mond thief is pretty sleek young man He
generally knows where he can dispose of dia-
mondS before he gets them. The trick PLAYED
on Peacock Monday is an old one, but not a
very clever one. 1t is my opinion that the
young man had pals and that they knew the
regular delivery man at Peacock was absent
1t is trick of diamond thieves to interest
some one in apparent good standing to help
them out IN their work. No doubt IN this
case, the young man has been cultivated nv
the thieves for some time for Just such a
game. some years ago | knew young man
IN this city whose people belonged to the up.
per crust and he was IS SuaVe as a dancing
master. But beneath the surface he was
crooked, and all his associates were Young
men who would not be permitted to enter his
own home He. was offered regular paw by a
nest OF thieves 10 act as their go between and
was IN their employ when he was run to cover
Through his people he gave the gang awav
and they were all captured and are now doing
time. The young 60 between was let OF and
afterward reformed"
Cleopatra was a widow. She was the cause
Of not little discord in the families of both
Caesar and Antony. The former took her TO
Rome with him, but the people sympathfzed
so strongly with the dictator's wife that he
was obliged TO send the Egyptian queen back
10 her own country. Antony gladly ruined
himself for her sake. Cleopatra was a blonde
win complexion like ivory, yellow hair and