The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-06

ley atOut lC1J years b. &.
The Chinese visiting card consists of a
large sheet of bright scarlet paper bearing
the name of the owner in very large let
tiers. the larger the better. The paper is
folded ten times, and the name is written
on he righthand lower corner. prefixed
thus; Your unworthy friend. who bows
his head and pays his respects" Your
very stupid brother or something to that
effect. In place of Yours truly" your
stupid is written on the Chinese card.
The return of those cards TO the visitor Is
considered etiquette. They are too cost
ly for general distribution. So it is nee
essary that each card should do duty sew
eTal times.
The human-hair industry Is a very ac-
tive one in France, the departments most
frequently visited by the hair merchants
beng those of Correze. Grouse, All er.
Cher Dordogne and Haute Vienn The
average price given for a full long head
Of hair Is from 81 to s. for the very best
quality and color. The girls of the dis
tricts mentioned above which are exceed
ingly poor, stipulate that their
mar shall not be cut short in
front and conceal the shorn ap-
pearance at the back by a drapad colored
handkerchief. The best shades of light
and bloTd hair are obtained from Germany
are given.
When pronouncing sentence of death
on a criminal a British judge puts on a
black cap. The action is very significant
Covering the head was, in ancient times.
a sign Of mourning, and it is referred to
again and again in the Bible Here are a
few instances: Hannah hasted to his
house mourning. and having his head COW
ered' esther vi, 49,; and again, David
wept as he went up and had his head COW
cred and all the people with him
covered every man his head" QI Samuel
XIV, 30 Darius also covered his head ON
hearing of the death of his queen; and
Demosthenes, when insulted by the people,
covered his head as he went to his home
When, therefore, the judge puts on the
black cap he does so as an act OF mourn
ing.
DIR. Lehwess proposes to undertake an
automobile trip from Picking to London,
or a distance of 5000 miles, the greater
portion of which is through a practically
unknown country. A special carriage,
built to order for the extraordinarily Sc
we're work, is being made by a Paris firm
The car has a carrying capacity of fuel
and water sufficient to propel it 300 or 400
miles. The start will be made about the
end of February or March. The car will be
run through to Brindisi and from there it
VIII be taken by water to the east. The
doctors companions viii be two mechan-
les. There is no question that this is a
serious attempt which is being made. The
automobile industry has always suffered
from races, excursions. etc, which are not
properly planned or which are beyond the
limits of present construction. It is feared
the present instance will be no exception
to the general rule.
Japan has been more hospitable to
Christian missionary effort than most ORR
entail countries. but there is some opposi-
ton nevertheless. A Toxic paper the
YorOlzu Choke, opens fire upon it with
a wealth of adverse historical citation and
Illustration, considere bly, out of drawing
but directed with much vigor Christian
ity, it says, has killed India politically. and
also killed Burmah, AMMAN, Hawaii and
Madagascar. 1t will yet kill Abyssinia
Egypt and Morocco. What security have
We" says the Choke chat it will not
Kill China Corea, and even Japan, if the
opportunity offers?' Christendom, Il saws
does its work not only with guns and bay
onets, but more destructively with its in
toxicating liquors and its diseases The
Journal is not empowered to speak for all
Japan, the sentiments of that country in
the main being liberal and enlightened
with a recognition of the good in all re-
ligiOns, Christianity included 1t utters
its own voice merely. and that is not very
important.
Circuit Judge Beeman of Indiana in
declining a railroad pass recently. wrote
thus to the railroad company: IF a
farmer would inclOse $100 to a Judge and
IT was accepted, and afterward a lawsuit
was instituted by the farmer against a
railway company in the court of the
judge, who had accepted the farmers hos
nit al ho In, rr1r.l-
to the defendant railway company OF
the farmers hospitality, and the judges
acceptance of that hospitality the rail-
road company would make haste to take
a change of venue from the court on ac-
count of the bias of the Judge; but upon
the other hand, a railroad company places
a pass worth to him 500 per annum in
judges hands as a mere matter of cour-
tesy, and the judge tries to educate him
self canddly to believe that he is not in
huenced by the acceptance of the same
[ have failed 10 so conclude, and believe
that it is as unwise for n judge to accept
a railroad pass as it would be for him
TO accept 800 from a farmer, who expects
to be a party to a litigation in his court
The drink evil continues to be one of
the most pressing questions of the day in
the United Kingdom. From the latest
statistics it appears that the consumption
VI WHISKY idSl year was the greatest Vet
reached, the popula lion having swallowed
more than gallon per head of liquor
known by that name. The London Lancet
in referring to the British death-rate from
intemperance, directs attention to one of
its most painful features-the increase Of
alcoholism among women. The deaths
from chronic alcoholism in the year 1897
as compared with the year 1878, in men
show an increase of S21a per cent, those of
females of 1862 per cent. and the deaths
from cirrhosis in men an increase of
u per cent, and those from cirrhosis in
females of 26 per cent. The amount of dis
ease, caused by liquor, which falls short
of fatal termination, is necessarily a mat
ter beyond all power of ejaculation.
Statesmen" the Lancet says, may Gre
ate for themselves theories that eXtenuate
a national vice which yields the exchequer
so many millions sterling a year; but.
speaking from medical point of view, we
must point out that il is disgraceful and
disastrous
To transport steamers built in West
ern Europe to that great inland hodv of