The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
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Rolling an umbrella is an art that few
understand. The right way is 10 take hold
Of the end of the ribs and the stick with
me same hand and hold them tightly TO-
5etHer 70 prevent their twisting while the
covering IS being rolled around with the
olher hand In this way an umbrella
may De as tightly rolled as when il came
rom the factory. L is the twisting Of
tne NOS out Of shape around the stick
That spoils the looks Of the umbrella.
Jerusalem Of all places in the world
mas been the scene OF the most human
sliterlng, says the Boston Traveller. The
I.lleAdIIpled suffering Of the Jews
We're IN their own city-a city more re-
peaIedIy drenched with the blood OF its
ciniIaren than any other. Internal fac
.ttoIis, prague. and famine have added TO
me horror of its history. The picture OF
Jerusale m and its people during the nifty
Years which preceded the destruction Of
ne city OF Titus is nowhere surpassed in
all the dark annals of religious zeal Jer-
g'd-ein-the city OF peace-sustained dur
ING us history seventeen sieges, and twice,
dlilldsJ scenes OF massacre and rapine, IL
was utterly destroyed and razed to the
ground The siege BY Titus-the extermi-
tlatlon OF peOple-was almost enough in
Itself 10 mark Jerusalem as the heart OF
human suffering. Famine was followed
Dy pestHence, pestilence by fire. The hor-
TOTS SO multiplied that even the stern tt
lus caled God TO witness that he was not
responsible. When the end came 100000
OF the Jews had been slain.
A dexterous French. feat is that of
grating hair along the foreheads of wo-
men with whom nature has been cruel in
arranging Tor the hair 10 grow 100 far
pack on the forehead OF when the hair
springs IN an ugly, irregular line, says
the boston Traveller From other parts
OF the head short new sprOuting hairs
are delicately extracted and RECLAIMED
along the top OF an uncOmcly forehead.
Inc inventor OF the new process olings
boldly 10 the argument that no woman
can ever expect to lay any claim 10 beauty
whose forehead is ungracefully draped
ana that, eff all beautiful women, he never
Iouhd race that for half its charm did
not depend upon the lovely framing of the
IOrehead. Modern training has ENLARGED
the size of womens heads nearly half an
men all round, and added a half inch of
'bald space TO her forehead's depth The
increase in the heads size has taken from
perfect feminine grace, and the widening
OF the forehead from eyebrow 10 hair
roots mas nearly destroyed the low Ma
donna Drowned women, the type of most
perfect feminine loneliness.
Balloon ascensions for military and
exhibition purposes have been very nu-
merous, says the New York Sun. During
the siege of Paris by the Germans the
French made sixty-five ascents- most of
them during the dark winter nights and
by persons who had little or no experience
in aerial navigation. Two of them dis
appeared and were never heard of again.
There were no other casualties eXcept
mat the Germans captured several of the
men, and some of them were wounded
Whlle trying to escape. French aeronauts
IN recent years have made hundreds of
ascents. Accidents have been rare, and
nose lhal nave occurred have usually
Deen cue to the stupidity or careleSsnesS
OF the aerOnauts or to balloon material
mat was too Old or of inferior quality
Officers in the German army have balloon
practice every week. and I have never
heard of their meeting with an accident
Most OF the We'll known aerOnauts have
e2cn made several hundred ascens.ons.
l cannot give the exact figures to-day but
nere IN round numbers, is the approx
mate record of some of the most indus
trious aeronauts. In France, the GODDARD
brothers, over 1000 ascensions; Mr. La
chambre, about 500; Mr.. Mallet 200; Mr.
Surcourt, 500; Mr.. County 800; Mr. Besan-
con, goo. In England. Mr.. Spencer, 500;
MI. CoXwell, 1000. In Germany, Lieut..
Gross, 400. All these men are living to-
day. In forty years Mr.. Green, the well
known English aeronaut, made 1,4O0 bal
loon ascensions, making his last ascent
at the age of "a, and he finally died in his
bed of old age.
Treating of the methods and mechan-
isms now in vogue in the production Of
veneers, writer in Hardwood says that
while the finer and thinner veneers Of
costly woods are sliced tangentiaIly from
the side of the log. there are woods
that cannot be cut this Wayne amount
of boiling or steaming rendering it possible
70 cut them without breaking down the
tissues to such an extent as to destroy
their surfaces for polishing-while others
becoming discolOred from steamfng on
boiling, and being too hard to cut other
wise, have to be sawed. The fine-toothed,
thln-gauge circular, with Hanged center,
Veneers thicker than thirty to the inch;
twenty to the inch is the thickness most
commonly used for cabinet work and fin
ishing, but much thinner Is used in the
case Of rare and costly woods. or rare
abnormal Oraaccidental figures as in the
case OF burls. Some woods have to be cut
much thicker being unable TO bear hand
HnS Wheh 100 thni genuine ebony, the
only fine, really jet-black wood known
and large enough to be of any use, will
not stand saving much below one-fourth
OF an inch in thickness, owing to its ex-
IRENE brittleness or want of cohesion ::
but there are other woods than can be cut
as 51ln as writing paper and stiH be
handled in large sheets. Other woods
there are that will lose their fine color on
exposure to the atmosphere, especially a
smoky one; these are cut only when i'm
medlately wanted, and are kept covered
until the finishers can put on a protective
coat OF some preparation.
The top hat, like most other things,
was not evolved in a sudden moment of
Inspirations says Chambers Journal. IT
is the product of many centuries fOlles
ana fashlons and, unless we are much
mistaken, viii for some time outlive the
VituperatiOn of those who wear it, Even
so far back as the twelfth century the
beaver was worn by the MODELS Of the
were known long before that, for to St.
Clement are we indebted for their discov-
ery-a debt which is annually recos,-
nized in festivals still held in his honor
on Nov. %. The topper" is probably
traceable not to his agency, but to the
subsequent dealings with the beavers of
the time of the Charles The puritans of
the reign of Charles I adopted lofty
steeple crowns, typical perhaps of their
soaring aspirations With these crowns
they, combined brims of portentous
widths, which their best friends could
scarcely now contend were TYPICAL OF
their breadth of view. The cavaliers, on
the other hand, by rejecting the steeple
crown, symbolized their less lofty prin-
ciples and by their yet broader brims
adorned with feathers typified more wide
and worldly sympathies. So matter ran
on until the next step in their evolution
was taken in the reign of Charles II.
Brims grew broaded and broader until
the slightest breath of wind disorganized
the wearer's headgear altogether. A hap
py idea then struck some halter, for he
elaborated the device of looping. This
simple expedient gave a grand opportu-
nifty for the artistic-minded traders of
the period and there consequently ensu-
ed all sorts of cocks The old-fashion-
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