The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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span spends sie-.g.y on ne- representa-
ticl. I-s-y 5000 Britain $1,000
One OF the queer results q a kansas
tornado VIII remain visible as long as
COLI belonging 10 A. B0ugheu. on Fancy
crezk. F1a1 i've. me coi- Is a valuable
one and prior 70 the tornado was beng
trained on the track 20 leye-op spe-.l-
Ile c0lr was caught bE ta--ng Ltf--r--
an hlrt somewhat bug soon reroFeIel
sufficiently % be worked, when. 10 the
surprise Of NJ boIglel, he retlse1 20
tr1r. bur started of pacing and now PAGES
faster Khan he ever tI0--cd-
Just al present an experiment is being
made az building all the furniture OF un-
preteuuols form Of compressed paper,
says the Illustrated American This does
for the living rooms what aluminium mas
done FOR the kitlens literally decreases
the weight 10 a point where child IS
able 90 move rne largest piece II is nor
proposed In This process % detract n the
least from beauty Of shape or grace ana
Ella p1rafeless OF Orua-.el -ation, bEt 10
lessen the price as well as the weight.
The first products in the way Of paper
furniture were finished in enamel paint,
ana a double colonial bed Of paper, with
all its clothing its pillows and mattresses,
vas lifted about by a l6-year-old girl.
But viii this new material wear:" is
the query sure 10 be asked 10y house
keepers, who are hopefully testing the
new pressed paper and aluminium bath
tubs and finding them much 10 their Xix
ing.
japanese music is crude; there are no
written notes to 60 by in playing, nor has
the singer any do, Re. Nj 20 play b.
observation, imitation, and practice, says
an exchange. Instrumental and vocal
music are always taught together. and by
the same Instructor, who is either a lady
or blind man. who has received a must
cal degree. The singular method OF prac-
ucing by young lady intent upon Gull
tiFating her voice is thus described: Dur
ing the winter the girl in training clothes
herself comfortably. takes a samlsen-a
banjo with a square body, played with
plectrum OF iVOry-and aScends every
cold night the scamOld erected on the roof
OF the house for drying purposes. There
she sits for hours. sitting and banging
away, until she can endure IL no longer.
Upon coming down she is so hoarse as
10 be unable 10 utter a word This train
ing Is persisted i'm until her natural voice
has been acquired. which can be heard
I'm storm. The girl screams her worth
less voice out ana away.
According to one authority. the word
dollar is a corruption Of the German
word "thaler," the form in Dutch being
'daalder." Danish "daler" and Italian
"tallero." All these different forms We're
derived from JOachim's Thai a Bohemian
t0N u " mere AlAt count OF CEl4lths a. -.
l5ls coined some excellent pieces in sill
vel of one ounce in weight. From the
name OF the town came Joachim thaler,
applied 10 the ab0ve-named coins as well
a. that OF Schlickenthaler. Hence JOa-
chin S tnaler pieces were nrst contracted
into Joachim thalers and then into thai
ers. These coins gained such a reputa-
ton says the ST. Louis Globe-Democray,
that they became pattern. so that
others of the same kind, though made IN
other DtaraG took - "a g
sumlng different spelling through the low
countries, reaching Spain as dollars ana
through its provinces transmitted to the
western hemisphere, where il was applied
to coins prior 10 the adoption OF the fed
eral currency. In coinage the word dol
lar is favOrte, being found under var,-
GUS spellings in almost every part Of the
globe"
Sir Walter Besant has found a new
kind Of collecting mania. Il is that OF
collecting railroad tickets. LAS it has
long been ten unalterable resolution, as
everybody knows on the part Of the rail-
way companies to collect tfIefr tickets for
themselves, the collection by private
hands requires skill, holiness and ingen-
uity. The whole difficulty is 70 get IA 81
the ticket collector. This is attempted
sometimes successful, I learn from an ar
dent VlrtuOsO in railway tickets in sew
eral ways. says a New York Press writ
er. You may rush him in the crowd; you
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that OF the season-ticket holder; YOU NAV
hnger TO the last, and until the ticket col
lector has gone. you may pretend 10 be on
the platform in search of a friend: Won
may pretend that you have already given
IL up you may even, as is rumored con
corning one enthusiast, pretend that YOU
nave lOst II, and pay your fare over again
All collecting, except that of collecting
god coins OF the present reign, IS vani-
W, but really the vanity of collecting
railway tickets is the most egregious.
"A new material has been put on the
market in England which has a perfectly
bewihering variety Of uses. according 10
the Pttshurg Dispatch. In its raw state.
IL IS a pulp, but by patent process il
can De- made available for all manner of
Things from an imitation Of leather Ia
tHe manufacture Of artificial flowers BY
imposing the jelly on cotton cloth il forms
very cheap substitute for real hide
most difficult Of detection, and it is claim
ed 10 le the only imitation which can
be embossed like leather 1t is water
PROOF. ana can stand any amount of wash
ing. Inc appearance Of chairs and ooucbes
upholstered with 1t is distinctly attrae-
tive, and a thin solution over wall paDer
keeps the most delicate colors from stain
ing; even Ink spots can be promptly re-
moved. L has further use in the Gov
ering of books, and here its abiiitv to
Wlthstand water and grease is parricu-
larry valuable. That il makes excella-t
sioes VIII be welcome news 10 that ex-
IRENE section of the vegetarian fratar-
nifty which objects TO make use of the
outer coverings of slaughtered cattle
Creto1nes, leggings advertisement pos
ters, awnings and many fancy articles
are made by this peculiarly convenient
process which is also being utilized for
the making of cartridge cases. the trea--
ment oil cloth and the protection of pos
tiers and maps.
in the eighteenth century Lecky saws:
THE English penal code as atrocioDs1v
sanguinary, and continually aggravated
by new ohenses. When Blackstone wrote
Qi6gl there were 40 less than 100 offenses
IN Eng land punish BILE with death and n
was a very Ordinary thing for fortv or
fifty culprts to be condemned al one ~.
size" Women were for certain offsnsas
publicly burnt TO death by a law wbieb
was not abolished ill l7Q." Prassing - -
death was carried olt inI721. and aSain
in 1875. Men. and even\ women go go
still publicly whipped az TIN tail of a cert
through the streets. Tbs ~,
which condemned a man antv Of btyb
treason 10 be cut down whilebaIf-bangsS5;'
TO be disembowelled, and hake his in1ee,'
tines burnt before his face, Wis sin e~e-
cuted in CHASTITY detail'' X greo4sr
number of the $50 offenses Noe5tfo,,,'se5
above were made capital Sder tba
Georges. Before the revolutionNba .caTi-
tai offenses did not amount to M ~,
fifty. Under George II sixty-five i ~ o,,ss
were added. N 16Tq theF arno,,,s1