The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-09
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/ eeedingly hot coffee, says the Argonaut
/ Immediately he deposited II upon his
Plate. and turning around. remarked;
| a fool would have swallowed It,"
| Paul MERCER, a wealthy and eccentric
| citizen OF Paris, was found dead in his
| house few days ago. For seven years
1 no human being except himself had
] crossed the threshold Of the building
/ which IN all that time had not been aired
] one room was found filled with Cast-Off
| clothing, as the old man never called
/ upon the strong hands of a WasherwOman,
! nut bought new garments as fast the
/ OLD ones became dirty. MERCER was for
merry a publisher. A number of chests
were found IN the house. containing val
/ old.
Prof. Willis L. Moore, the new chief
! OF the weather bureau, is himself a mod
| est man. and he has a great dislike for
| martinez methods many of which the
bureau carried over with ii from its ex-
| Perlence under the war department.
| Mr.. Moore himself in the old days saw
| glaring instances of brutality on one side
| and the expected serVility on the other
| Hence when he went to Washington this
time and the men in the bureau took off
tner hats to him he told them very
| courteously that he preferred they
| wouldn't do it, not at least until he was
| three-score and ten. He believes in dis
| clpline, but discipline of the American
| kind between man and man and accord
| ing to deserts.
The bicycle has at last invaded the
sacred precincts of the church, says the
| New York Tribune. One handsome stone
bulidlng In West Fourteenth street,
| which was formerly one of the handsom-
est houses of worship in the city. has re-
Gently been turned into a bicycle acade-
my: NoVlces are taught to ride there,
and instead of listening to the elouuent
adVlce and counsel of former pastors of
the church on how to save their souls,
now give ear to the warning and injunc-
tons of the church instructors on how
TO save their bones On the church doors
where formerly notices of the services to
I raarnw loo rars.Ne-
saying that single bicycle lessons will be
given for A cents or five lessons for 81. To-
An old gentleman gave good advice,
says the Ram Horn. to a young lady
who complained of sleeplessness. He
said; Learn how to breathe and darken
your room completely, and you won't
breathe! l thought that was one thing we
learned before coming into a world so
| terribly full of other things to be learn
| ed the insomnia said ruefully. ION
| knows how to breathe. To breathe per-
| fectly is to draw the breath in long,
| deep inhalatiOns, slowly and regularly, so
| as 10 relieve the lower lungs of all
noXious accommodations Shallow breath
| ing won't do this. Il have overcome nau-
! sea, headache, sleeplessness, seaSicknessg
| and even more serious threatenings by
| simply going through a breathing exercise
pumping from my lower lungs, as it
haiations all of the the i'iaiat day by by
long, slow, ample breaths. Try it before
| going to bed, making sure of standing
where you can inhale pure air, and then
darken your sleeping-room completely
We live too much in an electric glare by
night. If you, still suffer from sleepless-
ness after this experiment is fairly tried,
l shall be surprised"
Among the many curious objects
| brought back by Mr.. Casper Whitney from
the extreme northern portion of this con-
| tinent there is big iron dagger made by
! the Eskimo, says the New York Times.
| The blade is long and broad. but it is
! the handle which is remarkable. This
| is made out a pair of large scissors. In
| January last the form of dagger made by
| the. Chilcat Indians on the Pacific coast
| shows the primary idea of the handle
| which follows the form of a bronze sword
| of the prehistoric period which figures in
| Evans Ancient Bronze Implements
| This Eskimo handle is neatly wrapped
with a willow splint. Mr.. Casper Whit
| ney says the Eskimo always have these
| big daggers in evidence, and a boot top
| is a convenient sheath. 1t Is the size of
/ thes natives, who live to the east of the
mouth Of the Mckenzie river, which IS
| so remarkable. Many Of the men are six
| feet in hight. So far il has been supposed
| that the Eskimos were stunted There Is
| then, an anthropometric analogy between
| these Eskimos and the Patagonians. South
| OF these big Eskimos are the Indians
| known as the Loucheux, or the Squint-
! ers, the name being of French origin. Mr.
| Casper whitney says that. without notic-
| ing any starbismus among these Indians
! defective eyesight was common
THAT is my lucky penny" a great
many intelligent people will tell you, show
ing you a piece of silver money in their
| portemonnaie, says the New York Sun
| The luck penny is the most venerable
| OF all superstitions and the commonest
1t has more to do with the metal than
| with money. In Normandy, according to
Melusine. bit of steel does the business
IN Montenegro, no sow can give milk, or
| be safe against sorcery without some
| quicksilver. In Brittany, a piece of small
! money is held in the hand for luck In
the dairy business, to make the butter
| come, as much as 81. in silver must be
| hidden somewhere. In Bohemia, a small
| piece of money must be carried in the
| right stocking. A piece of money has
| great advantages, providing it has a hole
! pierced through it, and this may account
| for so much mutilated coin In middle
italy the piece of money with a hole
| through II, is a sure preventive against
| the evil eye. We have all seen those
Chinese. swords made of brass coins
| which bring luck There are, however
| certain pieces of money of old date which
| are worn inHungary and in Spain, to
| which peculiar and singular virtues are
| attached. In Soudan, true and original
| Theresa is worth more than it's weight in
| gold, because of the good luck which IL il
| supposed to bring. The crooked sixpence:
| We all know how really valuable it is even
| outside of Scotland.
"A new letter stamping machine has
! just been introduced in the New York
postofhee, which bids fair to accomplish
great things in the way of lessening the
| toll of the ofhces employees. From 800 to
| 1000 letters can be placed on its receiving
! bed at the same time, and while II is
running these through the MILL others
can be piled on. hence it can be run con-
| tinuously, as long as there are letters
| for it. The machine is simple. When the
letters are brought in by the collectors
they are arranged so that the stamps are
all in the upper right hand corner and
put on the machines receiving bed which
is little over yard long. The motor
is turned on and the letters are pushed
along the bed. AS they move up against
| the front, a needle feed takes each sepa-
rately and pushes 1t upon the printing
roll. The roll is so larranged that it
strikes the letter where the stamp should
be- leaves the impression, and at the
same time pushes it through on to the
| receiving bed. There stacker" a lively
little steel arm, flies around and thrusts
it back out of the way, and the letter
with the hundreds of others that have
preceded 1t, is ready for the assorters.
The machine will stamp anything less
than five-eighths of an inch in thickness
packages and newspapers included, but
it is intended only for letters and postal
cards. and does its best work on them
Italian wine merchants have reason to
congratulate themselves on the introduce
ton of the electrical process for the as-