The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A WEEKLY CONTEMPORARY, says the London
Truth, has printed a lot of nonsense about the
alleged hard work of the maids-of- honor who
are absurdly and mendaciousy described as be-
ing twelve hours employed every day" The
fact is that maid of honor IS paid $500 year,
which is practced at the rate of f100 month,
for she is at court for only twelve weeks in each
year, and the duties are really very light, in
indeed.
A SOUTHERN GENIUS says the Philadelphia
Item, is credited with the discovery that very
fine article of sugar can be made or distilled
from the long -despised cotton seed. The pro-
duct is claimed to be fifteen times the strength
times the strength of sugar made from beets.
II there be no mistake in this announcement
large part of the worlds consumption of sac
charine material may ere long be supplied from
the cotton plantations of the southern states,
aud our imports Of sugar be reduced to near
the zero point. That would involve an exces-
sive revolution in commerce, especially if the
sugar trust did not get hold of the process and
control the supply.
THERE is nothing prettier than the hero wor-
ship which a girl at school will lavish on
companion in an upper class who is perhaps
cleverer, prettier or better dressed than herself
She invests her with all the perfection which
her fancy can conjure up, she lavishes upon
her the most perfect devotion. Nothing is too
good for her friend. She is the best and bon
NEST in the whole world. Sometimes the elder
girl does little to reciprocate her feeling, is puz.
zled to understand it. perhaps; for with this
lesser form of love, as with greater develop
ment of the passion, it is not SO much the
actual image of the beloved which is wor-
SHIPPED as the idol which the lover has
conjured up. This phase Of feeling passes
away, no doubt. Inevitably it fades and with
ers and the girl finds new ideas as she enters
into broader life, but 1t frequently does exist.
and nothing is prettier while it lasts. And
nothing is more pathetic, too than to notice the
covert admiration which plain girls have for
pretty ones, luckier than themselves, to whom
the world gives ungrudgingly praise and ad-
miration which the other never knew The poor
starved heart basks in the radiance of the other
is wealthy in the overfowings of the others
| riches. She finds keen satisfaction in dwelling
on the gifts and graces of her friend in telling
the number of her pretty frocks or her sweet
hearts, satisfaction as strange as it is sweet.
did you ever notice that the man who de-
| votes himself to his business frequently gets
left while one who elies on luck is successful?'
| The question was asked by a newspaper man OF
a Chicago Tribune reporter. Then he explained.
| "a newspaper man of my acquaintance was
| assigned to look out for man who was coming
| in on train. You know how many trains run
into this town every day and how far apart the
| depots are. The man who received the assign
| ment received no pointer as to which road his
| man was travelling. His sole order was Find
him he was sitting IN the Office of friend
| enjoying cigar. The office is just across the
street from railroad station. After his visit
the newspaper man walked across to the sta
| ton, saw the manager of O trunk line and
| asked him whsther Mr.. Blank was coming in on
| his road. The manager said that
Mr.. Blank had arrived and was somewhere in
the building The newspaper man found him
| Just as he was going into a sleeping car about
! That newspaper man hadn't worried himself to
death. He simply relied on his luck Now
here is another case. The newspaper man in
| this case was told to find Gen. Sherman The
old warrior was at the Grand Pacific. When
| the reporter called there he was Informed that
the general was visiting friends on Prairie ave-
nue.. The reporter went away and returned
| but the general was still visiting, A half dozen
times he returned ard the clerk had the same
answer to make. The reporter planted himself
| in chair facing the principal entrance and
waited. He waited until midnight and re-
| turEed to bis office with the information that
| Gen. Sherman had not returned to the hotel I'D
to the hour when churchyards are said to
| yRwn. There was a reporter on a rival paper
| who was strolling on the Jackson street side Of
| the hotel when a carriage drove up to the side
entrance. Gen Sherman got out. The re-
| porter knew Old TeGunseh' by sight, and sup
| posing he had just arrived on a late train be
| followed him in. The old soldier went at once
TO his room. BY the way, he had two rooms
| adjoining The key to the room to which he
was assigned lay in the box in the office. The
key TO the door of the other room the
old soldier had in his pocket That was
the sort Of strategy to which he resorted
| when he wanted TO outmaneuver a
reporter The reporter who saw him get out
of his carriage and who followed him to his
| room got a column and half of good stuff.
The next morning the reporter who had faith
fully performed his duty and had done every
thing that could be expected reported to the
city editor, and that missionary handed him a
copy of the rival sheet" folded so that the
interview with Sherman appeared at the tor
of the column, next TO reading matter in q
display manner that would have added ten
years to life of an advertising agent. There
you ars-luck versus duty. And, in the Ian
guage Of Bacon Shakespeare, so runs the
world away"