The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-31
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circumference, and weighed six ounces.
When broken IL was found to contain
another egg of ordinary size, perfect in
shape and with hard shell.
A unique table spread was exhibited
az one Of the numerous fairs held in
vermont last week. 1t vas made from
cigar ribbons, one from each state in
the union, one from all the principal cit
les and large towns. some from Canada
and England and other foreign cOun-
tries The spread was three feet square,
lined with yellow silk, and a nice deep
yellow fringe around the edge. When
the expense Of collecting all the ribbons
by mail and fitting them together with a
a. cross-stltch, and no two alike, is con-
sidered, il was one of the most attractive
and talked about of any piece of needle
work on exhibition.
A Delaware man is thus quoted in
the Philadelphia Record: Delaware not
only wants a battle-ship named for her,
but she wants the largest one Of the
Whoie heet, and she bases her claim upon
from the time of the revolution. Della
ware claims the honor because the first
battle under the American flag was fought
on Delaware soil; because the vote Of
ton OF Independence and because Della
ware was the first state to adopt the
constitution of the United States. If these
ar uIlehts are not considered sufficient,
Delaware can search her record a little
and lind some other reasons"
The pencil boxes now so commonly
carried by school children are made in
about 125 different styles. They retail
at from to % cents each. Formerly
says the New York Sun. all the pencfl
boxes sold in this country were imported
from Germany, but for the last few
years we have been making pencil boxes
IN America. About one-third of the box
es sold here are of home manufacture
ana or superior Quality. The production
Is steadily increasing. All the locks used
are imported from Germany There is a
box made here with a catch instead of a
q m loo F1gn 4. 81. J.
by hand at the homes of the makers; the
better ones are made in factories by ma
chinery. All the American boxes are
made by machinery in factories located
in numbering regions, in proximity to the
wood supplies.
To a Berlin factory girl belongs the
credit of having found a new cosmetic.
It had been noticed for a long time that
every Saturday she would complain about
toothache, which always entirely disap-
peared by Sunday morning. As sure as
saturday came round she would be seen
with her face swathed in bandages but
otherwise attending to her duties as US
uaL FINALLY the people became curious as
70 what caused this regular recurrence
of the evil, and one day the foreman in
the factory loOSened her bandage, and 10 :
there We're two strips of mustard plaster
on her cheeks. After close questioning
she confessed that she had done the
same thing every Saturday i'm order to
have nice red cheeks when going to church
on Sunday morning The plasters hurt
AltI SOAntNIldl, Out Sn6 preferred a little,
pain in order to appear more winsome at
church in the morning and at the dance
in the afternoon.
-Telegraphic communication in Persia
is said to work fairly well in dry wealth
er, but in times of rain and damp it is
unfortunately far otherwise This arises
from the fact that the insulators are not
fixed to poles of wood or iron, as with
us, but are driven into trees that have
branches growing round the hooks and
toucn the wire, thus intercepting the
current. When a large tree is not avail
able small one is resorted to-, which
often breaks, or the shaking of the sen-
der tree by the wind dislodges the insu-
lator or hook on which it is fixed, and
the wire trails on the ground. 1t is no
uncommon thing for the wires to be seen
lying right across the high road. A case
IS officially reported of a high foreign
0ificial telegraphing to Teheran from
Europe announcing his intended arrival
at Resht in which the telegram was re-
ceiyed in the sender's presence eighteen
days after its dispatch.
"A leading authority on perfumes di-
Vldes the entire list into twelve series !:
q Floral, as of the rose, violet and the
IKE; ~ herbal, as of bergamot, mint
ana other aromatic plants; 90 the grass
series, comprising several fragrant grass
es which grow in Ceylon or India, as the
orange, grass, which contains an essen
tial oil Identical with that of the Der-
fume of the ginger root; "a the citrine
series, comprising the orange lemon
and their combinations; (5) the spice Sc
RES, derived from the Glove, cinnamon.
allspice and the like; 90 the wood series
as the sandal wood, sassafras, rosewood,
which derives its name not from the
fact that it has the color of roses hut
from the odor exhaled by it when fresly
cut; % the root series as the orris root
and many others C9 the seed series, as
the caraway and vanilla; 90 the balm and
gum series, of which there are many va
rieues; QO all perfumes and essences
derived from fruits; the eleventh series
consists of a combina ton of the fore
grOinn varieties hn mi
ses all animal perfumes of whatever ma
ture.
Great preparations are in progress for
the celebration of the millennial anniVeY.-
sary of the foundation of the Hungarian
kingdom, which will take place next year.
The festivities are to last twelve months
and are planned on lines worthy of what
is really great historical event. They
will comprise a national exhibition at
Pesth, the opening of the new parliament
building, erected at a cost of IS, 1000 O0O and
which, situated on the bank of the Danube
facing the lofty slopes of Buda, surpasses
in magnihcence even the British houses
of parliament in Westminster, while In
July next the channel at the iron gates
of the Danube, upon which Hungary has
spent no less than SIS, 900, Co., is to be
thrown open to International naVigat ton
in the presence of the Emperors of Aus
tria and Germany This indeed NAV be
regarded as destined to constitute the cul-
minating point of the celebration for the
Importance of this great work was al
man Emperor Trajan, who even began the
construction of this channel, many traces
of the ancient Roman workings being still
in existence.
What becomes of the old steamers is
shown by the recent announcement of the
sale of the two little fat boats of the pro-
fame Observation-Disclosures line, the Di-
dam and Dubbledam says the New York
Tribune. They were familiar objects TO
the river and harbor men of this CITY
but if they come here again it will be as
freighters, for they will fly the British
ensign and the house flag of r. Single
hurst e Co., of Liverpool Another boat
with which New York shippers are fannf-
liar, the old National liner The Queen. has
been sold in London and will he broIrer
up. She brought about s. a ton. The
Hamburg-American line has so many new
steamers that it is hunting for buVer for
some of its old vessels, and it is IiISeIv
that the Rugid and the Rhaetia. which
for many years were on the New Yorl-
line, will soon fly another flag Anotben
line the White Star, has made a breatr
from the usual custom, and the Runic
one of its comparatively new freiebt
boats has gone to the West India sp5
Pacific Navigation Company, and will nm
in southern waters. She was the mos
valuable Of the vessels recently sold and
brought $4,000. iiu
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