The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

vera new EEllElQlr WHICH Is LdllE4 Tie
Ancient and Oriental Order OF the Mag,
and seems 10 be a tumble OF astrology.
Occultlsm. modern science ana elllcS d
a most confused character. Inc founder
believes he has occult powers, and the
new order has 100 members who believe
IN MS claims and in the religion the
most spectacular event in the order
history was the marriage OF John Ruth
erfOrd and Miss Blanche NateInan, AT
Lansing, BY the new rites. Upon the al
tar was placed velvet spread, on which
We're embroidered the signs Of the 20
diac. The light was furnished by two
small lamps placed in the houses OF
Aries and Taurus, the birth signs OF the
couple 70 be welded. instead OF using
a wedding ring the wrists OF the bride
AID groom We're bound together. one
pair with white ribbons for purity and
The other with bands of blue for truth
and fidelity. Then the grand nagi Issued
a proclamation and declared the couple
nan and vile.
Those who have Travelled much by rail-
are more or less acquainted with the hot
box, says the Cincinnati Commercial Ca.
zette. A hot bow, as 1t is commonly called,
really means "a hot journal bearing on a
not journal or both. 1t arises sonnet mes
from the use of poor material in the bear
ing, sometimes, on account Of imperfect
castln2i and sometimes from too great
weight upon the bearing, producing fric-
tlon and heat. There are now fewer hot
boxes than formerly. Some of the heaV-
lest cars are now carried upon six wheeled
trucks, thus distributing the weight of
each end Of the ear upon six Journal
bearings, instead Of four. and reducing
Inc danger Of excessive friction. Better
materials are used. and the workmanship
upon them is better, weights to be car
lied are calculated more nicely, and great
er care IS exercised in operation, SO that
the hot box is not what il once was
man thoroughly familiar with railroad
ING, VINO made not long ago trip of
iVVe miles, which included points as far
apart as the City of Mexico, San Fran
Clsco ana Chlc3gos said he did not en-
counter hot box until he was within
twenty nile OF New York on his return.
?, Mr.: c. +; Biddulph. in his Travels in
tersla and Transcaspia," gives a Gu
Iious account or the great salt plains in
we nelgnDorhood OF the Black noun
tainS. He says: Il obtained from
thence one Of the most peculiar sights
u mas ever been my fortune to look on,
ana mat was an immense sea of what
looked Ike ice, but Which was really salt
deposit, which entirely filled the hollow
the plains toward the south and stretch
ed away as far as the eve could reach
on either side, glitJering in the sun ike
2 sheet 81 glass ! sat for hours look
ing At this strange spectacle through my
held-glasses, aud listening to the tales
OF my guides regarding the peculiari-
Ties OF It's composition and the dangers
70 be encountered in traVersing it, Ac-
cofdinS 10 their account, this vast de-
post of salt was of the consistency of
Ice, and, like the latter. formed a coat
OF varying degrees of thickness upon the
surface or the water which was under
neat IL, so that in places where the coat
attained thickness of several feet as
was the case in many parts, laden mules
ana camels could cross this plain with
perfect safety, while in others, where
TINS IS not the case this crust of CO.
aEulated salt would break beneath their
eight, and they would be engulfed in
the mOrass beneath.
a set of medicine shelves, says the New
York World, should be among the furnish
lhS OF every house. 1t may be made rather
an ornamental feature of the room where
II hangs. being as like a hanging cabinet
as possible The ideal cupboard is divided
lergthwise into three parts one Of them
utted win a door. The remaining two
thirds are divided across, the upper COM
Iartment being lockable, while the lower
Us SIMPLY shelf provided with "A silk cur
tain. The wood should be painted to hal-
monte with the other furnishings of the
room and the locks should be pretty
aiIarS OF brass. The silk curtain viii also
match the other draperies. As to the con-
tents or the cupboard, Is may contain all
sorts Of useful household remedies In
one OF the locked compartments brandy
hnaeed oil, lint, spirit lamp and some
alcohol should be kept. In the other
cioset arnica, laudanum. sal volatile, spir-
rs OF red lavender. camphor and other
Things which may not be safely trusted
70 the ignorant. may be stored. Behind
the curtain commonplace and harmless
articles such rs even the inexperienced
may handle may be kent. Among these
are cold cream, Vaseline. sticking plaster
mustard leaves and the few other every
day requisites. A wise precaution is to
copy on a card directions as TO procedure
in case OF emergency, such as how 10
dress a burn or bind a cut. or TO stoD
bleeding from the nose, etc. and to fasten
this card inside the cupboard.
St. Valentine, who for so many years
has been presiding over a very cold shrine
IS about to be brought back heartily
into fashion this month and sniff the
sweet SAVIOR of maidens' prayers and sacr-
noes on his altar, says the Louisville Cou-
rier-JournaL. There are to be dances in
his honor and rites observed appropriate
10 the day Red roses are to be worn by
enthusiastic girls, for the full tWentv-fOllr
those who confidently expect the kindly
SAINT to give them a glimpse of their fut-
ure huspands must according to Dem
oreSts Monthly, follow these curious pro-
cesses: They must HE them to bed one
hour before midnight carrying a taper
only as a light, and, never casting glance
TO left or right, but looking straight be-
tore, put out the taper on entering their
bedrooms. On the threshold they must
unblnd their hair, wash their hands in
IOseWater, ana, standing before mir
ror, slowly eat crisp seed-cake baked
IN the shape of heart This done all
IN the dark, and, making sure never to
fetrace a step, they go to bed and sleep
win all dispatch, for if they can dream
before midnight the vision will present
the form and features of the future hus-
band. There are cotllions set for ST
Valentines eve, when all the favors will
be emblems suitable to the season and
a blindfolded debutante, personifying love-
VIII NAott4Uult 10 EdCn man a little red
silk heart. On one side is to show. in
small gilt lettering, the name of the young
woman with whom ne must dance the
figures; when he presents il she will stick
through the silk leaf a narrow pin of
gilt and fasten the heart to the left side
of her bodice.
Eugene Lawrence, in Harper's Weekly
says: The division of the year into 1851
days comes to us from the Egyptians So
far as history reaches back into the dark
ness of early ages we are led to believe
that the dusky brown people by the banks
OF the Nile were the first to study the
motions OF the sun and stars, and make
them the measure of time. And some re-
cent discoveries in Egypt by careful stu
dents seem to show the way in which the
early astronomers We're enabled to count
the days in the solar year. The great tenn
pies on the Nile were buift with long
entrance of columns leading from the
river to the interior OF the shrine-a kind
OF tunnel; sometimes it was lined with
sphinXes or huge granite figures. It's
mouth was turned toward certain part
of the heavens, where the light of the set
ting sun could enter it only once a year
It was either at the summer solstice. when
the sun was farthest in the north, or at
some other periodic position of the sun
or star We may imagine the Egyptian
astronomer watching in the inner circle
Tor the opening of the new year The
long line of columns served as a tele-
scope by which he could catch the first
Dean or the setting sun. Suddenly the red