The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-08
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tlis one branch Of her toilet amounted 10
$1,000 annually. II became the fashion
for host and hostess Of great enter
talnmeur 10 signaliLe 20 their guests y nat
particular perfume was 20 be- employed
| for seeming their rooms on the night Tor
which the invitations were issued, ana
| they were expected 10 use no other, so
I tnat the delicate eject or UNITY OF doors
might De- produced. At court different
I perfume was presented for each day OF
the week. This All sounds very reuned
I and charming. but 81 must be rememDe
ed that the utter disregard or the rules
of cleanliness during this reign and that
ST Louis XIV, even by individuals OF the
highest rank. rendered the use OF power
~ scents 10 a certain degree obligatory
Ielgfumes went entirely out Of fashion in
FIapce during the epoch Of the great rev.
ol-tl'2n. They We're brought back into
vogue by the Empress Josephine, and
nave hfver since lost their hold upon so
Gltly- 1aueen Marie Amelia, the wife of
er water. :
An English woman, an artist, who
spent some years In Japan, managed while
there 10 accumulate more than a thousand
LeaPols' OF which no two had the same
pattern bere were black pots and
"nlte' Dluei pots and gray, big pots little
one, pos In glaze, in yeOws and browns
anu Ieds ard blacks. one was like an old
man Hhosk head formed the lid, and
Cou4d pc skt at any angle. Others We're
| IN Ihs shape Of birds, beasts and fowls,
Hot 70 men kiOn FISH, frogs beetle or two,
ana iat 3quirmy eel. Buddha even was
pressed lhtio service as a model. There
We IoluS7bud pots, and other pots in
s s lance, IN SSf a teahouse. One huge cal
/ IIuI-IIhe aaair held three gallons and a
/ least a dozen sneciroans vro11Id nor have
contdlheu thimblefun. Among these
| MeIe several swans, all true TO life. cor
| lect 70 lhe last curl Of neck and feather.
| anu OF a size to be hidden in the palm of
| SCut manu-. As to material, there were
| LiIidlu SlIteii Hslmmered copper, iron most
IN ~ -lS41eiy miought. slver-gilt alloys, and
| an me my aldu sorts of Japanese pottery.
| ~ "as' "a IdcI q liberal education in tea
| Pots 70 run an Eye over the ranks of them.
each; yet such IS the eheapness Of artis-
| tic handicraft i'm the far east that many
Ollne os1ers Tad been brought for a few
reckoned to be worth f,0OO.
The locks the mail bag pouches are
so constructed that it is impossible to open
one Wltho9t us betraying the secret, says
Ine rev 1qrk World, There is a little
dial on the lock and every time the IocL
- NPeil-.s5 -tne figures on the dial move up
> - suppose, Tor instance, that the reg
lister shows Lay at the point of departure
ana that when the pouch is delivered at
the point Of destination the lock is op-
ened, the register viii then show Las
rms increase Of one is made for each trip
of the pouch, and eventually the num-
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bag requires thirty-three years to reach.
The bag is then taken apart, and the
numbers reset. These locks We're frsE
| introduced in 1881, and mail clerk made
a bold attempt 10 rob a mail bag in tran
SIT soon after their Introduction. He took
a small turning lathe in the mail car
with him 20 aid in the scheme After I'M
! locking the bag he rified the contents and
| connected up the lathe to the lock- His
idea was TO twist the numbers around
uhtl they We're the same as before the
lock was touched. He set the lathe hum
ming and soon reeled off the numbers up
TO y,sS9 when to his CONSERVATION the
register remained at that figure and re-
Iused 10 move any more. The lock must
be taken apart before it will start No. l
again, but he did not know this The
trick was, of course, discovered and the
guilty clerk punished. Since then the locks
nave never been tempered with
-Domremy has changed but little during
the four centuries and fourscore years
which have rolled away since Joan of
Arc was born, says the Ladies' Home
Journal 1t was a farming village in
Joan day; il is a farming community
sun Jacques OF Arc (Joans father was
prosperous farmer of the village. He
owned his modest home and some 20 acres
or meadow, field and woodland and had
an income Of about 81 600 a year He was
a much respected citizen in the small
community, performing many of those
Qutles now relegated to a mayor or a
Justice of the peace, and entertaining
in humble way the pilgrims who passed
along the great highway. 1t is truly
SAID that great characters are the chiI-
dren OF unusual mothers. Joan of Arc
was no exception to this almost UNI
Nersal rule lsabeau Of Arc was a wo-
man evidently far in advance of her
Vlllage associates. She had a brother
who had been educated for the clergy.
she possessed some little property i'm her
own right, and, what was perhaps rarar
still, she signed her name with the tft,A
/ "a lrrr .
made the pilgrimage to the eternal citv.
Inc Iamlly Of seven, three sons and two
daughters lived in the vine-covered cot
tage beside the mill on the plot Of lanN
adjoining the church. The house has
scarcely changed since repaired bv one
VINO knew Joan, and were it not for thr
sculptured details above the door the tan
| spruce trees which shelter it. or the we'll
kept inclosure, there is nothing 10 dis
tinguish it from the other farm houses
in the village.
Railroads and a standing army well
drilled and ready to night at a moments
notice are what Bismarck recommends
10 Ii Hung Chang as the proper instru-
mentS OF development and administration
in the new era upon which China ie ente.-
ing, says the New York Tribune The
oriental stateman recognizes the force
anu W-Sdom OF the counsel and will strive
10 give 1t furtherance Germany indicates
a willingness to lend him officers to dri1
and discipline the latter. and he shows a
disposition TO accept them though II is
not likely that a monopoly Of that instrlIc-
ton Will be given them. Both these great
men are nearing the end of their apnointe
ed work, and their meeting the other dav
at Friedrchsruh was of high histor IN
terest in which an element of patbos wa :
mingled. They have written their names
large upon the century, and each has ac-
complished for his nation more than any
predecessor. OF the east and west they,
are not only the highest contem porarS,
figures, but the highest which have an
peared n centuries. if that of NAPOLEON
be left out of the estimate. Bismarcll, :
task seems we'll completed. and TO All
| appearance the foundations of The ern-
pire of which he was the real arcbiteat
are firm and enduring. That of Ii INNS.
Chang is only fairly begun, and will
have to be carried on by other hands than
his own. But he has given IL the initial
impulse, and the impress of his hand viii
remain upon the recreated empire Dar-
haps as legtoly as that of Bismarck rnon
Germany Their meeting is worthy of ar
tistic as well as historic commemorative
and 1t is quite sure of celebration. The
last in this kind that either is likely to
| receive.
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