The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ed The custom survives in Guernsey,
where an eflgy called the boudelow is
burned every year, not on the last night
of the year, but on Guy Fawkes' day
The Russian administration in Finland
has just introduced further restrictive
and repressive measures for dealing with
the Finnish press. A fine of 500 marks is
to be imposed for any attempt TO elude
prohibition TO publish an item, and in
such case the Governor General has been
given the right to demand a change OF
the responsible publishers, on pain of 4he
suppression of the offending journal. More
over, the Finnish journals may not pub
fish imperial decisions until the latter
shall have appeared in the government or
gans; and public speeches and the doings
of scientific societies and conferences ara
not to be printed without having first re-
ceived the approval of the Governor Cen
eral.
There is a remarkable healer in Mis-
souri, who for the sum of 81 processes to
cure poverty by absent treatment" At
a given hour the healer concentrates his
best thought ON the patient, who has sim
ply to keep his mind in a passive or recep-
tive state and abstain from lending moa-
ey A sceptical patient paid the dollar
and tried the cure, but felt none of the
promised effects. But hundreds of testi-
monials are given by the healer to vindi-
cate his system. One remarkab bic cure was
that of poor young man who says that
the professors treatment Changed the
vibrations of my mind permanently
shall never again be satisfied with a small
weekly salary. Fame and fortune are my
great desire now
The town of McAlester, in the Indian
territory, has a population of more than
1000, all of them squatters, who hope that
eventually the federal government will
ratify their title to the property of which
they have taken possession, says the New
York Tribune. They have no Mayor no
town marshal no aldermen, no police.
There never was a survey of the ground
made for town purposes. Yet they have
built up fine residences, for frontier set
Element; the houses are built in rows that
leave wide and fairly regular Streets the
people lead moral lives and are law-abid-
ing in spirit, though there are no particu-
lar laws for them to abide by. A stranger
in the city would never suspect that the
place was not fully organized and furnish
ed with all the modern munipical machin-
cry.
The Philadelphia Record says: The
steamship Highfeld, which recently sail
ed from this port for Havana, took out
part of a brewing plant which is TO be
erected in the Cuban capital by an enter
prising American firm. Cubans are said
to be very fond of beer, preferring it even
to champagne, whisky and other higher
priced liquors, because of its soporifc eff
feet on them. In the warm climate of their
island a little beer makes the drinker
drowsy, and he drops off to sleep and for
getfulness of the time which too often
hangs heavy on his hands. The beer now
sold in Havana is a German product but
Americans think that they are better en-
titled to the trade. The foaming liquor
will be brewed in the same fashion as in
this country, and the promoters of the
scheme say they know of no reason why
they should not be entirely successful"
"A novel and effective way of leading
children to better lines of reading is in
operation at the public library in Cleve-
land, says an exchange. AT intervals pa
per bookmarkS are issued for the use of
the children and outline of the various
subjects to be read during the different
months is made on the bookmarks 1t is
| suggested, for instance, that the child read
at least one book of history during one
month, book of biography the next an
other on science, and so on through the
months. In this same connection a small
leatiet is given the children, and the IL
brary assistants keep a record in it of the
books read during the year. This induces
the children to read a good line of books
so that the record will show up well when
they compare it with that of their friends
| The assistants who work among the chill
dren endeavor to cater to the likes of their
patrons, but at the same time endeavor to
break them from reading nothing but one
line of fiction. To this end boys books are
frequently suggested to the girls and if
they are found to be interested in that
line they are encouraged to read more
The same method holds good in choosing
books for the boys.
The Dutch Reformed Church of the
Transvaal, says the Rochester Post-Ex-
press is divided into three denominations.
the Dopper Kerke, the Erformde Kerke
and the Gereformeerde Kerke. The gov
eminent of all three churches closely re-
sembles the Presbyterian in form. Presi-
dent Kruger belongs to the Dopper Kerke
the adherents of which include many of
the Oldest and most influential families of
the republic. The characteristic of this SECT
is its excessive conservatism The ser
vices are very plain in FORM There is
no music save the singing of the Psalms
and Sunday is observed with very great
strictness. The Erformde Kerke is df
rect contrast to the Dopper Kerke and
holds by far the most latitudinarian doc
trine to be met with in the Transvaal.
Gen. Joubert belongs to the Gerefor-
meerde Kerke, which has the largest roll
u.
wood who lived for ten years among the
Beers, states that 9S per cent. of the ma
ton belongs to one of these three sections
No Boer can be married unless already
enrolled in the church. This, no doubt
accounts for the fact that the Boer offers
some perplexing contradictions to the stu
dent of morals"
The death of the old Marquise Jules
de Castellane, at the age of SO, sat his
chateau of Perrin in the department of
the Bases Alpes, serves to call attention
to the fact that the claims of Count Boni
de Castellane's father to be the only bona
tide and authentic Marquise de Castelane
are, to say the least, open to doubt saws
a correspondent, for the very fact that
the late Marquis Jules de Castellane serv-
ed in his boyhood as a page-of-honor to
King Charles X of France. and was a
member OF the household of that last
prince of the senior branch of the house
of Bourbon. who occupied the French
throne, indicates clearly that his assump-
ton of the title of Marquis de Castellane
was recognized and sanctioned by the