The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-06
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le-tas island OF Malta, known as the Man
derraggio." In the whole OF Valetta the
proportion is 1900 human beings 10 the
square mile, but in the Manderraggio there
IS one locality in which there are 2,57i
persons living on a plot Of ground less
than two acres and a half in extent This
would give no fewer than $4,000 persons
70 the square mile, or l0l1.6 10 the acre.
In Liverpool, the most densely populated
portions have only 1854 TO the acre.
The bicycle as a cause of divorce is
something new. A male petitioner in
recent New Zealand divorce case had
the audacity to urge it. He alleged that
ms VIE was nearly always away from
nome wheeling about in rational dress
ana neglecting her domestic duties, and
ne commended that this amounted TO ''ha-
Dltual oeseruon within the meaning OF
the act. The judge, however, was unable
70 agree with him. in this latter conten-
ton, and New Zealand married ladies
with fondness for the wheel now breathe
more freely.
France is still much troubled over the
strangers within her gates. says the New
York Tribune. 1t is now found that Paris
is not a city of Parisians if even of
Frenchmen. Only 80 per cent. of it's in
habtants were born within its walls; and
% in every loo were born outside of
Franco total of Isl, 600 aliens. OF these
latter no less than 1858 are Germans,
while IN Berlin there are only 397 French
men. While Paris has Is foreigners to the
loo, London has only p, St. Petersburg
though, those figures are not so alarming
TO France as they are significant of the
comparative attractiveness Of the cities
in question.
England is so constantly rapping our
American knuckles for blunders in ETH
quette that it is a positive pleasure to
laugh at her own strange customs, says
an exchange. One of these is publishins
lsts OF the wedding presents received by
a bride. This went OUT here long ago
except under the most peculiar -circum-
stances and then occurred without sane
tlon OF the bridal couple. In England,
however, lists are supplied as a matter
of course, and from most families, not
alone those of royalty, where secrecy is
perhaps impossible, but also vulgar folks
VINO IKE TO see their rich possessions
dwelt upon. All along the line from a
princess to plebeian, every woman who
can get her account of her pepper-boxes
and silver cruets into print seems only
too glad to give the requisite informal
ton.
When you are seated in one of the
palace cars of fast train and feel your
self swinging around a sharp curve at the
rate OF fifty miles an hour, says the Pitts
burg Dispatch, has ii ever struck you
how much your life, as well as the lives
OF all the other passengers, depends on a
piece OF steel or iron not more than an
lnch and half thick2 Do you know that
the fange on the front wheel of the en-
CINE or any of the coaches is all that in
terVenes between life and eternity, so
raj do udlly Oh the passengers are con-
cerned? There may be a flaw in a certain
part OF the periphery of the wheel unde-
tected by the inspectors, which may run
for months before the weak spOt han
pens 10 strike the curve in such a place
as VIII subject it to the severe strain
that cause 1t to break and derail the
tram. Railroad companies should insist on
al wheels being removed that show any
ueIects or unusual wear on their flanges
Korea, like the world of the ancients
says a western paper. has its seven Won
ders Briefly stated, they are as follows:
First, a hot mineral spring near Kin
Shantoa, the healing properties OF which
are DelleVed by the people to be mirac-
ulous, No matter what disease may af-
met the patient, dip in the water proves
efflcacious. The second wonder is two
springs, situated at a considerable dis
tance from each other; in fact, they have
the breadth of the entire peninsula be-
tween them. They have two peculiari-
ueS-When one is full the other is ALWAYS
empty; ami. Notwithstanding the fact
that they are connected by a subterran-
can passage, one is bitter and the other
pure and sweet The third wonder is a
cold-WaVe caVe-a cavern from which a
Wlntry wind perpetually blows The force
OF the wind from the cave is such that
a strong man cannot stand before it, A
forest that cannot be eradicated is the
foufth wonder. No matter what injury
IS done to the roots of the trees. which
are large pines, they will sprout up again
directly, ike the phoenix from her ashes.
The fifth is the most wonderful of all.
1t is the famous floating stone" 1t
stands, or seems to stand, in front of
the palace erected in its honor. 1t is an
irregular cube of great bulk 1t appears
to be resting on the ground, free from
supports on all Sides but, strange to
say, TWO men at opposite ends of a rope
may pass it under the stone without
encountering any obstacle whatever The
sixth wonder is the hot stone" which
from remote ages has lain glowing with
heat on top of a high hill. The seventh
and last Korean wonder is drop of the
sweat of Buddha. For thirty PAGES around
the temple in which it is enshrined not
trees or flowers inside the sacred square
Even the animals decline to profane a
spot so holy.
To hatch chickens by artificial means
has been the practice Of the Chinese
practically from time irnmemoriaI The
method employed, however, is essentially
simple and very different from the com
plicated apparatus that is in vogue in
other countries The incubator, in fact,
consists of a long low she'd formed of
a bamboo frame thickly matched with
straw and plastered in manner by no
means peculiar to the Celestials-with
mud. Both ends and one side of the
building are hung with baskets deity
plated from grass and also rendered I'M
infammable by coating of clay. In
these baskets the eggs to be Matched are
placed, and a cover of similar material
is fastened to the top. The bottom of
each nest consists of a single tile, and
Oh 6dTlneH nOOT DeDedln a series OIL small
fires are lighted. One of the doors of the
building is perforated with holes rather
smaller in size than the eggs, which,
after having been baked for few days,
are taken by the attendant and held up
to the light through these apertures. This
is in order to discover whether the eggs
are likely to prove productive or not As
the time for Matching approaches, the
overseer removes the eggs from the nest
and spreads them, with infinite care, upon
a shelf where they are subjected to the
milder warmth of thick cotton coverlet
1t is on these shelves that the chickens
make their first appearance from the
shells. Before they are three days old
they leave their foster mother and are
sold, usually by auction, to the neigh
boring poultry farmers. The species of
chickens most sought after are known
as the Chow These are small and white.
A cock of this breed may invariably be
seen perched on the coffin, and forming
an essential part of the native funeral
cortege. On arrival at the cemetery the
bird is killed and offered as a sacrifice.
A similar custom is also observed on the
Chinese New Year, when every fisher
man sprinkles the prov of his boat with
the blood of the finest Chow
cock he can obtain, hoping
thereby to insure good luck for him
self and safety for his craft.