The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-24
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and the interest on the investmenR
large that its inmates, say $500 ~
year, could be boarded at swell hotefHs
attended by crack doctors, nurses, etA
considerable annual saving. St. Ii
IS the costliest Institution of its king
New York. and it has an endowment "a
OF nearly 100000.
The municipal authorities of Venit
have pettioned the Italian government
take diplomatic steps to recover 5000 picN
lures which We're carried off by Bonaparte'
between 1896 and 1910. and which were
appropriated by various powers after his
fail The city also desires that a demand
shall be addressed TO Austria for the re-
turn of 136 pictures which were carried off
by Emperor Ferdinand in 1888, in time of
peace, for the galleries of Vienna.
-Twenty-eight motor cyclists part,ci-
pated in race recently between Etampes
ana Charities, France. The distance, go
ing and returning, was about sixty-two
miles. The winning vehicle, driven by an
elght-horse power motor with two cylin-
uers, made the round trip in about two
minutes and ten seconds less than two
hours. The speed was thirty-one and two
thirds miles per hour. This, it is said, beats
the best previous record for road car
riages.
-Coney Island has a new device to sep
arate the nicl1els from the multitude 1t Is
a variation of the old time maze. Wire net
ting is set uD to form little avenues, with
doors mere and there. The amusement con-
sists in deliberately losing yourself in the
maze and then trying 10 find your way
out. IL is by no means a selfish pastime
for, inasmuch as the netting affords a
clear view right through, the efforts of
the prisoners to escape furnish fun for the
outsiders.
The whole town of Jesup, Iowa, Is
thrown into commissions over a freak pig
born in that town. The animal has two
tails and two bodies for about half it's
length. 1t has four front legs, two in their
proper place, and two on its back There
are Tour eyes, two In the usual place one
In about the center of its forehead and one
under the left ear. The intention was to
nave the animal get along with one mouth
put there are two threats and two com
plete intestinal organs
Commenting upon the fact that several
public houses in England are conducted by
clergymen the London Chronicle saws:
Inc hrst known to enter on this new
line was Rev. Osbert Mordaunt rector of
Hampton Lucy, Stratford-on- Avon who
has managed the one local inn for twenty
years, the profits of which go TO local
charitles. Rev. F. Willett of Scaynes HILL
Sussex runs a house on similar lines, and
the working has reduced drunkenness to
a vanishing point for the manager refuses
drink when he thinks the bibber has had
enough"
One of the novelties of. the season at
| Atlantic City is a sand sculptor, a man
with the appearance and garb of me-
chanic, who sits on the beach every morn
ing when he can be seen by the thousands
nlp
the famous hoard walk from morning I'M
til night, and molds in sand, as the woman
from Iowa during the worlds fair nodded
in butter images of famous men and wo-
men and copies of favorte statues and
busts that have come down from the ar
lists of classic times. He is rewarded by
contributions of nickels, dimes and some
times quarters, which are flung over the
| railing at him by those who appreciate his
genius and admire his work
Robert Taylor, the Oldest person in
Great Britain or Ireland, died recently at
an age much above 100 years. Accord
| ing 10 the Westminster Gazette, he was
| 1874 years old, having been born in 1864
| others put his age at only 119. At any
! rate, it is on record that he served as
a flfer for the British troops during the
rebellion of 1888 in Ireland. On the in
! PRODUCTION of penny postage he was ap-
pointed postmaster at Scarva, County
! Down, Ireland and held the office lim-
! self till a few days before he passed away
| Last April Queen Victoria sent him a
framed portrait of herself as birthday
| gift. He was a Methodist and had built a
! large hall back of his house for religious
! services.
Bishop Alfred Willis of Honolulu re-
Gently disapproved of women wearing the
cassock, and Gotta in vested choirs, be-
cause, according to the Book of Deuter-
onomy, God declares that "the women
shall not wear that which pertaineth unto
a man." Weherupon a Hawaiian paper re-
minded him that in the same book it is
commanded that thou shalt not wear a
mingled stuff, wool and linen together.
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the
| four borders of thy vesture." If the Mo-
| sale law is to regulate the dress of choir
| girls it wants to know why 1t shall not be
! held to regulate the dress of everybody in
general, in which case the good bishop
would have to make himself conspicuous
| by wearing a fringe on his coat, waist
| coat and trousers.
Timber cut in summer represents a
lower value than that feied in winter,
and it is of great Importance to buyers
to know when a trunk was hewn Timber
hewn during the resting PERIOD e., be-
| tween October and April-contains in its
cells numerous starch particles which can
not be found in wood cut down in summer.
| This starch closes the pores, and the
| wood becomes coarse and impenetrable.
| This is the reason that winter-hewn tim
Der is exclusively employed for slaves.
Made with slaves from summer-hewn
wood, the barrels leak and the contents
may evaporate through the pores. A sure
| test is the use of iodine, which gives the
starch in the winter wood violet color.
| If the timber TO DE examined is coated
with an iodine solution and the surface
| of the telling side shows yellow, it may
be taken as a certainty that the tree was
! cut down in summer. The light yellow
lines are the moisture rays, while cells.
| tissue and wood fibers simply take on a
yellow coloring. In winter-hewn timber
the amylaceous rays form much darker,
ink-colored black stripes on the yellow
| ground.
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