The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

One of the prizes offered at a singing
festival recently held in Wales was pair
Of trousers. The Musical Herald wants to
know what would be done in such case if
the prize should nave to be divided.
The French believe in the future devel-
opment of trade in the Orient A loan of
$4,000, 600 for the Indo-China railway cali
ed out subscriptions in Paris amounting
to thirty-six times the sum desired.
The Mayor of Atchison has officially
notified the citizens that he wants every
body to take a course of the cider-vinegar
treatment for the prevention of small
pox. This treatment extends over a week
and the patient is expected to take ia
blespoonful of vinegar three times a day.
The Mayor is backed by the city physi-
clan, who declares that IL is the best pre-
ventive known.
1t is related in a letter from one of
the Kansas boys in Manila that when
Gen. Miller was organizing his expedition
to Iloilo he asked Gen. Otis to assign the
Twentieth Kansas to his command giving
as a reason that the men had been under
his command in San Francisco; that he
knew them, had confidence in them and
believed they would stand their ground
Otis, 81 need them here"
Sometimes dreams are of value. Be
fore one Watts a plumber of Bristol, Eng
land dreamed his dream shot was made
by pouring melted lead through colanders,
vessels pierced with small holes, through
which the lead dropped in small pellets
directly into water. The shot flattened on
one side, however, and manufacturers
thought the difficulty was insurmountable.
But Watts dreamed that If the lead was
dropped from a considerable hight it would
have sufficiently cooled before striking the
water to prevent its fattening. He tried
dropping it from a church tower, found
he had made a success, patented the idea
and sold it for a round sum.
A geographical Congress is to be held
in Berlin in September, and among the
subjects which it will consider, the fol-
lowing may be mentioned The proposal
to introduce International uniformity, such
as the problem of the tides, the conven-
tional signs on maps, the nomenclature
and delimtation of oceans and seas, the
attachment of the scale to every map.
and the mode of arranging meteorological
tables. There will also be suggestions
for joint international work in collecting
materials of every kind relating to float
ing ice, to earthquakes, to the utilization
of arid lands, to the exploration of the
Antarctic regions, and to the systematic
exploration of the oceans.
-Rudyard Kiphng may now be expected
to write book with a trained nurse as its
heroine, or one of its leading figures, if
one of the stories told about his illness is
true, says the New York Sun. When Mr.
Kipling first became i'll and his condition
had not taken a serious turn, he amused
himself constantly by questioning the
trained nurse about her profession. He
seemed never to weary of what she told
him about its responsibilities and variety.
His conversations with her on this sub
ject put him into possession of all the in
formation concerning the case, and he can
now write story about the profession if
he cares to. The young woman attending
| him was engaged in nursing the grea test
story teller in the world But It was the
nurse who was called upon 10 tell of her
| profession for his entertainment and pre-
sumably for the profit of him and the pub
lie if he puts his information into story.
superintendent Andrews of the Chicago
public school thus refers to one of the
defects in the school system of Chicago
| in his report just issued: My position here
| is merely a big cerkship with nothing
| to do except to receive and answer let
| ters The law should be so framed that if
| there are inefficient teachers in our schools
| the public may say to the superintendent
| or responsible head: Here, you are to
! blame for this; you are an incompetent SUI
perintendent' As it is, no one can be bur-
deued with the responsibility. l should get
rid of about per cent. of the teachers in
| the schools at present, on the ground OF
| incompetency. That would arouse the I'M
progressive and probably the mediocre
| teachers TO greater efficiency. AT present ]
! cannot remove a teacher for incompetent
| cy, except by presenting written charges.
| At present there is every incentive for the
| superintendent to enjoy an easy time, to
| do as little as possible, and to let matters
take their own course That is not as il
should be. Unless there is distinct res
| possibility somewhere for the admission OF
| Inefficient teachers, there will be a defect
| in the system
-Viscount Hinton, the scion of English
nobility who has been earning a modes,
livelihood by grinding an organ in the
streets of London, claims not only the title
and estates of Earl Poulett, but the furni-
ture and ornaments in the great halls a,
| Hinton St George. These include one of
the finest private collections of tapestries
tapestries bearing the design of Paul Yer
onese and other great masters, which are
| renowned for their beauty and value
| throughout the world of art There are
seventeen of these splendid tapestries at
| Hinton ST. George They are all of the
Renaissance period, and were made about
| 1870. Some of them have the Poulett arms
| woven into the fabric. AS many of these
splendid possessions of the Pouletts are as
| much as twenty feet in length, it may be
readily understood that they occupy a
great space in the halls of the Pouletts
| These tapestries are valued at e.. 600 each.
That is their average price. Connoisseurs
assert that several tapestries in the collec-
ton are worth f3000 to $4,000 each. Thav
are all in splendid condition. and if Wis
count Hinton gets them they will consti-
tute perhaps his most unique possession
Nine persons out of ten-yes nine
hundred and ninety-nine out of every
thousand-if asked how long 1t takes the
| earth n furp opca ~, &C..