The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-03
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the bate Han McAlllstcr shortly before his
death mat it would De good idea TO
[ purchase e. memorandum hook in which
to jot down she Items ~ his daily exc
! ptnditure. 81 can compare notes from
dIy Co day" be said. ma out how much
! spend and so learn 10 regulate my cX-
peuditure here aud there" So the book
was bought After me great lawyers
death his executors. while going over his
effects came across the book. Interested
10 know how far successful McAilstcr
had bceu in regulating hts expenditure.
they opened the book 20 tnd this. the sole
item contained therein. To one memo
raudum book. . cents
col. J. } Dunno OF this city," says
The Philadelphia Record. who has just
returned from Europe. Is credited with
| having sent the first bona fde commercial
cahiegram ever received tn this country
/ This was ln 1855 There were other mos
/ sagcs preceding ~. notably the Cougratu-
| lhtions Of queen Victoria addressed TO
President Buchanan but Col Dunno
cahlegrnm was the first paid message
Two weeks ago. when ! was 90 London.
he said yesscrday 4 had occasion 10 send
q cable from there 20 Nevada city There
| were twenty words and it cost me IS
| This recalled TO mo my earlier expert
l 'nce. on that occasion my message also
| consisted % twenty words aud II cost
mo 40 Dispatches. n ] remember rightly
were limited 10 that number Of words. d"
The German troopshlps for China are
| carrying heavy shipments OF wine ana
beer presented 10 the soldiers by private
films Of Wine merchants and brewers
| thousands Of bottles Of German wine
some % the best brands and innumerl Die
bottles ana barrels or beer accompany the
military expedition The quartcrmastcr'-
department sent with the troops 500 hsc-
tolitres OF beer in casks. This beer. not
specially prepared Cor the tropics. Is 20
supply she men only as far as the equa-
tor. Beyond that distance beer wouil
! hardly keep. and FOR the use farther ln
% IS carried In BOTTLES. expressly prepared
ny the process Of ''pa@tcur.zntion " These
were shipped, moreover. az government
expense. llo0 bottles Of Rhine aud Mo-
seNe wines several thousand bostlcs 81
Schnapps. 5000 bottle Of mineral wa
ter ana $3.50 bottles Of caret.
The Row Or. $. p. Henson OF chi
caFo. who has Just returned from three
months visiL<o the continent OF Europe.
mus sums up thc results OF his obsorva-
lions Of religion. As far as could
zee evanseiical religion. a. We understand
%. Is ~ low condition on the continent
mere Is great deal OF religion in archi-
lecture ana a great deal Of lOwdown con-
d'ion IN morality The towering archl-
lecture and erovelllng humanity profound.
ly impressed me. There were many saints
on marble pedestals. hut few walking on
[ the streets The Protestant Cburchae
there are IN prechrious condition. I at
tended q church Of our own denomination
ln forls. AMI. although h was "a beautiful
sunday morning. the congregation num-
nered exactly thlrty-three. So Ear as
irotesiantism IS concerned. there has bec,
great deal OF expenditure with Hstle re-
suits"
Tho American consul NJ Cohurr. in a
recent report states that while the tov
Grade Of Thuringia may be traced back 20
the Middle Ages. the doll trude is much
more recent the FIRST doll having been
manufactured there about forty or nf.,
wears ago. The process Of making dolls
is described AS complicated The com
mon"st KIND now in the market b. tb,t
/ known ds the wax doll the trunk bsinr
of cheap shifting stuffed with sswdust
WINE Ih" legs arms and head are usually
"' paper -nhcne. the last having a chin
WAX covering. 4 coarse shirt complef.s
'nls simple toy. ana yet many hands arr,
engaged in producing "a. Tho arms ana
i'e9 ar" mode hy one set OF workmen cut
tnE them out Of wood or quartz sand
i'depatn nui kaolin which ara mad.
INTO mass by being put into non
nluns mixed. ground between MINI
'on'S ana wctted. The mixture b. put into
l'io" sypsum forms and loft there SUI
Hti'hilN long 20 allow rart OF tho mas.
To settle on the inner surface OF inc mold
ana hecomc firm. The rest is poured ont
ana The gypsum forms. which are In TWO
pAtis' are removed. SO that the unnuI shed
'"i"" ~ aus remain All roughut.s ia re-
moved from the surface before they be-
come quite hard ana spaces for tho mouth
ana eyes are cut out. they are then ex
posed IN ovens 10 intense heat for ohoiit
iAfee days when they are painted ana
I''ed N other ovens so that ,hc coIors
are burned IN. The glass ewes are blown
out Of tubes held over a strong gas flame.
they are Joined hy wire aud h they arc
20 open and shut lead weight is attach.
'a 10 the wire. The dressing 0f the dolls
'ls' an extensive industry. mauufac-
. tuftfs employing as many as 80 or 30
hands, mostly girls. Uniforms have he.
come common FOR dolls IN recent wears
ana representations OF wcll-knowr char
actcrs those dressed IN khaki being fms,
now made FOR the English market Thur
ingian dolls are mostly Cheap. ana long
list OF sizes ana prices given bv the CON
s'i SHOWS iVo different classes 81 dolls
wax or mat. wax model. io.nted. kid-bo.iy
ana dreesed-1nd y different kinds ~
these. varying with the size
In paper read before the British sta
istical Society and reported in the Lon
don Hospital Mr. Bence-Jonos POINTS out
that although almost an people indulge
IN some form Of intoxicant the malori.v
drink the liquor that their own countr,
produces. The nations Of Southern En-
rope drink wine. even the peasant has his
mask % thin and rather sour ordiralre
Those Of the North drink beer almost ,e
I universally though len the hleakest 49,
gions the preference is for more ardent
forms Of alcohol But everywhere a. q.
the drink that can be- produced az homo
that Is the favoriie drink 81 tho peopl.
Tho amount Of wine thar Is drunk 4 ha,
In Wpe-consuming countries b. AMAZING
In France the consumption pcr capitt h
tweniy-four gallons year. while mo
average italian drinks twenty gallons an
nnniiy nud the average Spariarl
eighteen. kut IN mere quantity the be.r-
drinkers inr exceed the wne-drlnkors
Thus the annual consumption OF IN
United kingdom is nearly thirtv-two r1l
Ions a head. that az Germany b twenty
seven. that Of tho TINT "a states g. tb.r-
teen SALONS. The general impression is
That Germany is The country par excel
luuuc OF bpfr-tirfukara hus tkt. b $50.