The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15
ITEMS OF INTshRST.


Phelps has been writing for publication over
thirty years.
SAYS a correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script: ST am constantly confronted with the
expression, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas de Mont
morency Jones thorn SMITH. or Mr.. and Mrs
Augustus Won Tompkins (born Snooksl or Mr..
and Mrs. Clarendon White (born Reddl.' did thus
and so. Now what does this means Was Mr..
Clarendon sWhite born Redd? Or was it only
Mrs. Clarendon White who was born Redd!
AMI If Mrs. Clarendon W bite wants everybody
to know she was born Redd why does she not
announce herself as Mrs, Redd-Whites I have
hesitated long before confding my perplexity
TO you'for solution, dear sir, but find my mind
dwelling 50 constantly on the subject that felt
| it would be great relief to receive informa-
ton. Was Mr.. Thomas Montmorency Jones born
Smith? Aud, il so, must he have had his name
| changed by act Of legislsture9 Or. il all these
couples who were born with the same surname
are first cousins, is not that rather an alarming
outlook for society?''
IL the legal profession the American woman
is making her way against much opposition. As
yet only a limited number OF states admit her
TO the bar, still seven women have been ad-
mtted TO practice before the supreme court OF
the United States. Both the Chicago Legal
Ne"S and the Chicago Ld,C Times are edited by
women lawyers, and several legal associations
have been formed. including the Equity Club
and the Woman's International Bar Association.
In Wyoming and Washington the mixed Jury
system has been tried with success, and In Mon
tana the greatest OF all trlumphs has been
scored by the election of Ella Knowles to the
Office of attorney general, an honor never before
accorded to a woman. Miss Knowles is grad
uate OF Bates College, and studied her profess
sion In the east. When she went to Montana
abe found that the statute prohibited woman 6
admission TO the bar, but she secured the re-
peal of the law, and has ever since been prac-
ticlng with success and profit.
INVENTOR A. " SMITH almost perslyzed the
old sailors in the Merchants exchange when ne
7
in the big hall says the San Francisco Erdr1f-
| Ter. A single glance at the strange looking
craft was enough 10 knock out md slt; .5dos
makFhiM swear OFF. going 81 sea for the rest Of
yGIlfe. Yet Mr.. Smith is of the opIui IN that
his invention is going to create q complete
revolution in the manner Of rigging vessels-et
least those intended for the coasting trade The
model shows craft without single spar such
as are found in sailing craft. Instead of tall
taperinR masts which make a landSman giddy
TO look at the new boat is fitted with big
frame composed OF fat planks. inside of which
are spread three long, fOre-aBd eft sails
stretche on frames made of steel tubes. The
foresail - away outside the knightheads and is
in the place where the ordinary craft carries
her jibs. The mainsail is about amid
ships, while the spsnker which is rugged di.
recty opposite TO the other sails iuasnuch as
it is on the forward side Of the spar that sup
ports It, is as for over the stern as the toresail
is over the bow The eutiro rig looks more
like bridge truss than q vessels spRrs, yet Mr..
Smith claims that vessel rugged on his model
will not only carry more canvas than a vessel
rugged in the ordinary manner, but is also
much faster and safer. The model attracted
much attention, and as its cost will not be one
tenth that of vessel rugged in the old style
some one may be- induced to try it on some of
their vessels.
GERMANY suffers from an intellectual overpro-
duction, says writer in the Forum All pro-
LESSONS are overcrowded Il was fondly be-
lived up to our days that the state had DO more
important task than to render the acquiring of
nTNa..N Nfaf a
pose to establish many higher schools But il
was not asked whether there was room enough
for employing men when their education was
finished. Taking. for instance, the career OF
law in Prussia, we find that there are 1851 men
who have not only passed through the gymnss-
ium and the university, but have served the
state gratis for about i've years, while the a.
nual average demand ts 100. There are moro
than coo examined architects without a fixed
employment; it is the same with engineers
teachers In classes. mathematics, etc. These
attracted TO the great capitals,
because every one hopes that with
, the many chances they offer he will find q gap
| into which he may jump. Men OF university
! only of intellectual work. If they do not sue
coed in their branch they cannot become taiIors
or carpenters; they must take to pettifogging
giving lessons. copying. writing for inferior pa
pers, etc. There arc lawyers physicians, doc.
tors of philosophy, among those who are regu-
uariy relieved by the Berlin poor board. ALL
present state OF things and ready to join with
those forces which hold out hope OF overthrow
ing it. Nor are female candidates wanting in
this proletariat; q j those who give cheap les
sons, write mediocre novels for low-class Jour
nails or work for shops at starvation wages ara
swelling the army OF social revolution.
SOMEBODY has seen, and glorihed by an sd-
miring description, the ''Kallian" or pipe OF
state which the Shah of Persia smokes on high
imperial occasions, SAYS the London Ts[sornnb
1t is set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds OF
the cosCliest kind, and is stated 10 be worth as
much as e80.0O0. Such pipe is possible enough
in an eastern palace, since not only may the
mouthpiece and the upper and lower portion of
the snake" be of pure gold, ensmeled and set
with the finest gems but the water bowl and
pipe-bowl might be equally splendid and rich
state, however, is only trif1e TO the treasures
in precious stones which his imperial majesty
possesses in the palace at Tehe an He has a
pair of large globes, terrestrial and sdereal
wrought entirely OF jewels upon a gold founda
tion. The terrestrial globe shows all the coun-
tries OF the earth done in different colored gems
the seas and oceans being OF sapphires and tur::
| quoises. Persia is all made OF emerald, and
England Of rubies, Russia OF malachite and
! agates: and so on. The sidereal sphere repre-
| sents the consultations in diamonds and bril-
liants upon a ground of dark blue enamel Yet
fer beyond these in value is somewhere hidden
away in the Toshakhana OF Teheran the pea
cock throne OF the great moguls, carried away
from Delhi into Persia by Nadir Shah. This, the
Tahkt, i-taos, was valued by Tavernier, who saw
it and the Emperor OF India seated upon it. at
1000 0OO sterling. and is a square seat of beaten
gold encrusted all over with the choicest jewels
OF ancient India IN addition TO these and
many other almost invaluable bijoux, his i'm
pera majesty owns an enormous diamond
much larger and more Respondent than the
Koh moor, to say nothing Of many wonderful
swords. the hits OF which, albeit studded thick
with diamonds. rubies and emerslds, are of less
value than the matchless watered blades.
Ownerof such glories. the shah Of shahs CANAL
ford TO smoke an $4,000 hubble bubble.