The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Yukon territory. but there is no way in
which parcels or third or fourth-class mat
ter can be forwarded.
"A school for backward children will
be established this fall in Chicago, in af-
fiIation with the department of pedagogy
of Inc University of Chicago. There is
only one school of the kind in the coun-
try. 1t is located in New York. and is
known as the Physiological School.
"A pet monkey untimely deceased. had
a very formal burial in a satin-lined white
casket in Baltimore one day last week.
There were six pallbearers, a eu.ogistic
address, four carriages for the mourners
and several flower designs, including an
empty chair" and a gates ajar."
An Eastbourne doctor has been the
victim of his own medicine He made up
a draught for a patient, putting in by mis-
take strychnine instead of chloroform, and
when she complained that it made her sick
got angry, and to prove that the medicine
was all right swallowed half the contents
of the bottle himself. He Immediately rec
ognized the symptoms of strychnine poi
soning, used a stomach pump and other
means to destroy the effects but died soon
after.
The Philadelphia Enquirer says:
There is a bachelors club in the West
whose only rule to which members swear
allegiance when they join the club is
Marry a widow Young girls and old
maids alike are barred. One explanation
of this rule is: We consider it the part
of wisdom to marry some one who has
already discovered that men are not an
gels Another member gives this phian-
thropic reason: Young girls always have
the best chance with their fresh, bloom
ing faces, and we think the widows ought
10 be given a show, as their lives have
been blighted in a measure, as it were.
Anyway, they seem TO understand a man
better Another view of the case is the
fact that anything forbidden suddenly ac-
quireS wonderful interest. A lot OF bach
elors who pledge themselves to marry
widows are sure to discover the hitherto
unappreciated charms of all the maidens
in town"
-Phya Vishudda. the Siamese minister
to the United States has given to the Ma.
tional Museum at Washington model or
the famous Wat Chang Pagoda. Wat
Chang means great monastery, and this
particular pagoda, according to Mr.. Co
zanowicz VINO has charge of that section
of the museum devoted to religious mat
ters. is considered by far the most mag
nifcent edifiCe in Bangkok 1t is built of
brick, the outside plastering is wrought
into a handsome mosaic by the use Of
many colored porcelains set in the forms
of demons, griff1ns, elephants and flowers
and the whole building is most Iavishlv
adorned both with color and carving. The
huge bell-shaped structure rises from it's
broad octagonal base in elegant taperinc
towers, ending in dome which supports
a sharp spire. In great inches upon the
sides and near the summit are images OF
a1H ral1a
building is topped by lesser pagodas,
shrines, residences for the monks. ponds
grottoes, flower and fruit gardens and
statues of massive stone. From the tin
of the spire to the base the whole meas
ures about $50 feet. Not detail is lack
ing in the reproduction.
There is a queer battle going on in the
Jewish community at Melbourne, Aus
tralia according to the Israelite It ap-
pears that some time ago complaint was
made that the rabbis We're accepting pros
elytes from Christianity without induirine
closely enough into the motives of the
neophytes. To correct this a board for
the admission of proselytes'' was estan-
lished. which has since refused every an
pication for admission to the fold which
they have been asked to act upon. thir-
teen in all, on the ground that the candi-
dates were not actuated by the conscien-
uous convictions, but by desire of be.
ing of the same religious community as
their husbands or wives. as the case might
be- Looked at from this distance, -
comments the American Israeite, 'the
whole matter seems ridiculous. The ma
Jority of the board is probably COMPOSED
OF men with daughters of marriageable
age, who do not propose to stand idly by
and see Christian maidens capture eligible
Jewish young men, If they can prevent
1t. Experience mas shown, however. thar
the course the board has adopted does not
prevent lntermarriage. 1t only acts as a
punishment to the offending parties and
lessons their chance for happiness Rel
ter counsels should prevail"
The very general introduction of pat
ent-back' mirrors, in place of the form
erly universal mercury back. is one of
the remarkable industrial facts to he
noted, the advantages claimed for this
substitution being that the first named
article can be produced in one-tenth mart
or the time for one-fourth part of the
labor, and at about the same expense of
raw material says Invention. The process
of manufacture, now simplified and
improved, consists in placing the glass. of
OF absolute clearnesS on a table heated 70
a temperature of 100 degrees; a chem
zeal solution composed of four ounces of
nitrate OF silver dissolved in nineteen
ounces of water, two ounces of tartaric
acid and three ounces of stronger water
of ammonia-which forms a clear. trans
parent fluids then poured on the sur
face of the glass and allowed to remain
there for about an hour, the glass being
at this stage tilted and the surplus soIn
ton drained off. The surface is now
washed with distilled water and placed in
rack in drying room, at tempera ture
of above 80 degrees, being left there for
half an hour after which the slvering
is coated with shellac varnish. TO which
is added a little later a heavy coat of
paint; this is allowed to dry when the
mirror is ready.
A Roanoke, Va, correspondent writes
to the Baltimore Sun: The pippin crop.
for which the Back creek section is IA
NOUS will be held for buyers for the Eu-
ropean markets, as it is understood that
first-class apples of this variety will readi-
~ bring from s. to IS per barrel. The
shipping crop from this section including
the counties of Roanoke, Franklin. Mont
gomery and Floyd, will probably reach