The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

situation s. realized by practical Germans.
who have already started a regular emil
grafton bureau for young women. most OF
whom are engaged or married almost as
soon as they lard.
The public stairway at the White
House has a. last Welded 20 the pressure
Of tho constant troorlng of visitors W ana
down e.. and Is now 30 weak that II needs
repairs Colonel Bingham IL putting IN
more support for the second flight which
is suspended by a steel rod.
On the return Of Canada's soldier con
tiugent from South Africa a tumultuous
welcome will b. given them al Haufnx.
There are 70 be- par1des. torchlight pro-
cessions. ship iluminatious and banquet.
Society women Of the town have arranged
10 give each soldier O Eold maple leaf pin.
Even in Scranton. Pa. life has It's
zest Mrs Kabos. who lives near the
Cayuea coal beakcr on Ferdinand street.
that city. was walking through her gar
den, when the earth gave way and drop
p.sd her forty feet into a mine She was
rescued 10 o short time, having sustained
only triilng injuries.
Most OF the l.277 Claims paid by an
accident company for the month OF June
last were caused by the use Of tools or
machinery. Forty-one persons were
thrown from vehicles and the same num-
Der from bicycles. Thirteen were injur-
ID by animals. twenty-four by street
cars and only three by electricity.
An express train speeding toward Will
Transport Pa. struck huge bowlder
while going hfty miles an hour about ?
o'clock IN the morning. A slower or lighter
train would probably have been wrecked.
but rs II was the bowlder was tossed from
the track Il had been loosened by re-
cent rains and had rolled onto the rail
Facilities are rapidly being provided by
the New Zealand Educational Department
for the training Of Maori children There
are now cights-four Maori schools in the
colony. and a number OF scholarships are
provided for Maori children 10 enable
them TO proceed 10 the higher schools or
TO undergo a course OF technical training.
"A farmer in Southern Missouri recent
ly received some garden seeds from the
Department Of Agriculture On an Official
envelope. on the outside OF which was
printed the usual warning: Penalty for
private use S30 He Immediately sent
them back with letter to the effect that
he had not used one OF them and was not
SUBJECT 20 any me
-Neodesha, Kan. has q population OF
about 1900 which includes more thin peO-
pie than any place twice its size IN Amer
/ tea Many mes weigh less than l1) pounds
though IN good health. Physicians say
that the petroleum OF nafunal gas wells
there ar respons bic for making the peo-
pie look like whitened refugees from
famine district in India.
The Boston Athenaeum has long CON
tained three busts which no one in that
city was able to Identity The assistant
librarian. young woman. has just recog-
nized them as excellent t.kenesses Of Lew
Is Csss. the great statesman. Nicholas
Biddle. one OF the most eminent fiuanciers
Of the century. and Russian prince. IA
nous all over the world
Since 1897 jay Jansen. agent IN charge
OF a whaling station Of Cape Haven. Baf-
nn Land. has been alone OF that isolated
spot. The relief steamer Lily of the
North. carrying years provisions for
the lone watcher. was recently wrecked
ard now 10 viii Doe impossible 70 reach
him before next summer. by which time
he probably VIII have died Of starvation.
"A peculiar incident was witnessed in
the Bethany Presbyterian Church OF Tren-
ton. y Y. The sermon had a soporihc
effect upon Harry Tidd. a young drug
Eist. ana he fen asleep While sim tn
-lumber he arose. removed his coat. vest
and collar and was about 20 further dis
robe when the women IN hts vicinity
screamed. An usher aroused him and led
him out OF the church
From the time Of is foundation. nearly
ten years ago. the North Manchester col
/ lege near Wabash, Ind has , been IN
financial straits. The institution has now
become the property Of the Dunkarl
Church OF Indiana. which has undertaken
70 liquidate the present debt OF 5000.
and will furnish as much more az will be-
necessary 10 put the college on its feet.
! The students now number 10.
About 250coo citizens q the United
States will have no opportunity TO cast
their votes this fail as they are either
seeing service In China ana the Philip
pines or sailing on the high seas Tho
government makes no provision for secur-
nR the vote OF the men Of the regular
army and navy. and few states will make
any efforts 20 get the ballots OF the volun-
teers stin IN the service of the govern
ment
a group OF apartment houses In Utica.
| y Y. is provided throughout with cleo
tricai cooking utensils. consisting Of three
round platters or stoves" an oven and
a broler. When not needed they can be
slowed away. leaving no outward trace
81 the use 60 which the room IS put The
air Is not vltlated and the apartment IS
kept much cooler The same apartments
are provided with electric curling tongs
heaters which are much appreciated
The plot OF ground on which s,anls
the historic monument erected a. Tappan.
y. y by the late cyrus W Field in
memory 81 Andre. the Revolutionary spy.
has been sold for non payment OF taxes.
Since the death OF Mr. Field the memo
rial has been neglected. and Il has now
passed into tho hands Of George Dckev
of Nyack who says he will onliternte H.
The monument was unveiled oct . 1879
ana In April. 1859. attempts we're made 20
destroy Il by an explosion of nltro-gly-
cerin.
Unique among woman's clubs. perhaps.
is that which was launched nve wears
ago IN Honolulu and IL now reported to
be N last on a firm footing II was start
"a hy an American school teacher. who
was won't 20 invite young girls 20 her
home on'e q week for lnformai converse
tion on some topic The outrrowth was
a fuil-hedged club ~ thlrty-four members
most Of them being inwailnns. with a
mixture. however. 81 Chinese and Portu-