The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-10
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his invention will revolutiOnize iron max
ing, and this prediction is borne out by the
opinion or experts. The discovery IS said
70 surpass in importance that made by
Bessemer. Mr.. Harley's process iron Is
made from an endless furnace, with
peculiar method Of controlling the admis
sion Of air. by which a thoroughly molten
condition OF iron is obtained.
Fashion has decreed that raw eggs
broken into wine glasses and gulped down
either straight or with dash Of salt and
pepper are the proper caper, says a New
FORK letter At restaurants in the shopping
sections the eggy woman is not quite in
evidence. As the tonic is healthful, no
one can reasonably fle an objection, and,
talking about eggs, did you ever feed
your pet cat a raw one A friend OF
mine who dOtes on felines feeds an egg
70 each pet every morning He says II
makes pussys coat soft and glossy,
Judging from his felines il must be so.
And pussy likes eggs. If you don't be-
lieve it try them on your own cat.
Given a hundred Englishmen, says an
exchange one will preach, ten will abuse
Mr.. Gladstone, and the remainder will
discuss the weather. That popular pic
ture, who Says Rats2" represents a
sick terrier bounding up at the mention
OF rats. companion picture might be
painted representing a dying English
man starting up at the word weather"
The exceptionally severe frOse has, of
course made even the most uncOnversa-
tional Lcndoner communicative Bust
ness Is at standstill, racing is post
poned, and they even neglect to Islander
each other. For a fun week l have not
heard one Englishman. say of another
that he is mo gentleman" If the weather
continues, the character of our country
men and countrywOmen will be in serious
danger of being altered.
The passage of an act by the state SEN
ate at Jefferson abolishing the three
days of grace, says the st, Louis Globe
Democrat, recalls to mind that fact that
this custom dates from almost the origin
FnN NaHnn inn 4 ~. l.
very queer incident. According to the
best accepted version, the custom orig
mated in Venice in the fifteenth century.
A Hebrew money lender held the note
OF Christian for loan which fell due
on Good Friday. The Christian refused
10 pay on that day, or until the following
Monday, alleging the holy character of
the days as an excuse. He was taken
before a magistrate, who passed the mat
ter on to the council which decided the
Christian in the right, and further
passed an edict that any note falling due
on a Friday could be lawfully paid as
late as the following Monday without the
maker of the note mourning the reproech
of not discharging his debts at the proper
time. Thus originated the three days of
grace, the custom being kept up long af
ter its significance had been forgotten.
There are but few people who speak
well of port wine as a wholesome drink,
though of late years there has been that
paradoXical change of views about il to
which the medical world is subject
what was poison yesterday with them
is panacea tO-morrOw-but a curious
story is told of the recuperative effects
of this wine by one who lived in the days
of its popularity. A baronet. a friend of
his. of a convivial turn, on his return
home from a drinking party. was sudden
" seized with paralysis, deprived of
speech and so far as one side of his
body was concerned, of movement. Ell
Their from feelings of desperation or an
impulse of mental alteration he had
q " hrnIIphT r.
side, and having finished it, he turned
with great compOSure on his side and
went to sleep. That gentleman lived long
after, his intellect wholly unimpaired his
speech restored, and his general health
as good as it ever was, and he long dis
cussed his bottle or two of port wine
with apparent impunity."
A little known example of inventive
genius in woman is that offered by Bar
bara Uttman Of SaXony, and her point
lace so long in use all over the world
she invented the process and apparatus
for manufacturing this beautiful handi-
work, which has since given employment
to millions of operators, and which, IN
its line, has never been excelled. The
apparatus looks like a long pincushion
bristlng with pins arranged 10 outline
the pattern or design The operator man
ages from ten to fifty peculiar spools. al
lowing the thread to feed over the pins
alternately, until the design is completed.
The spools or bobbins are purposely of
different colors. so as to be easily dis
tinguishable. The process is slow and
difficult to learn. Miss Uttman founded
schools. where thousands learned it.
Since her time, when inventive ability
was rare, even among men, her ideas
have been Incorporated m the construc-
ton of machinery by which the lace Is
produced at wonderfully lower rates, and
yet Barbara Uttman's lace still surpasses
all.
A curious instance of sagacity on
the part of a pigeon has come to my
knowledge, writes a contributor to a
London paper. Some time age one of
the blue rocks which frequent the
square i'm front of the Guild hall had
the misfortune to damage its leg. The
bird was promptly taken care of by
one of the policemen on duty there, and
so well did the injured limb prosper that
in a week or two it was able to Join it's
friends, but not. however, until the con-
stable had tied about it's leg a piece of
red ribbon so that he might identify the
patient and see how he was getting along.
A few days ago a gentleman who has
also been much interested in the sick bird
saw to his establishment, among the pi-
geons contentedly feeding before St
March, in Venice. a blue rock which wore
a red ribbon around its leg. He wired
to the constable, whom he knew: Have
you missed pigeon with red ribbon|' The
answer was returned: Yes, three or four
days since he has been seen" The bird
must have known that bad weather was
due in London and taken a health eXcur-
sion to Italy.
"A remarkable collection of pottery, said
to have been taken from mounds in Me
costa, Isabella and Montcalm counties, is
on exhibition in Elsie, Michigan, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. Five Baskets, of
nearly the same size and make, are
shown The exteriors bear what appear
to be likenesses of the pyramids of Egypt
as well as Egyptian and Phoenician let
tiers and characters. There is a sixth cas-
ket, different from all others. One side
presents the pyramids of Egypt, and the
ether side two male figures, one a mound
builder, with spear aloft In a threatening
attitude and the other an American In
dian with tomahawk poised. There are
two tablets. One, said to represent the
Ten Commandments being numbered from
one to ten, and the other a representation
of the food, from the warning to the rest
ing of the ark and the coming forth of
the inmates. From one casket were taken
three brass coins four stone coins and
nine pieces of stone type. From another
a nugget of solid gold weighing about two
ounces, stone amulets, and pipes, lamps
and vases, said to be of the time Of the
Pharoahs. were taken. There is a perfect
square adorned with Masonic emblems,
alleged to have been taken from a mound,
upon which remained a stump over four
feet in diameter, the rings showing the