The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Omaha, is making a success as a COM
mercial traveller. Last month her earn
ings in salary and commissions
amounted to $50. She has been on the
road three months and already has a
line OF trade that it takes many men
years to control. She declares her in
tention of sticking to her business un
til she can command a salary as large
as any man in her line west of the
Missouri river.
The worlds strangest railways are
to be found principally in India, Amer
lea, Switzerland and Ireland. The loop
at Agony Point on the Darjeeling
railway, India, is thought to be the
sharpeSt curve in the world, while
Mount Rigi, in Switzerland, has no
fewer than three railways to it's sum-
nit. When the Jungfrau railway is
completed it will be the most remarka-
BILE one in the world. Its highest sta
ton will be 1868 feet above sea level
Three Presidents of the United
States, says the New York Press, had
strong liking for Walter @. Ores
ham, because he was the best poker
player of their acquaintance. When
Indiana demanded the appointment of
United States district judge in 1869.
Senator Morton appealed to Gen. Grant
in behalf of man whom he desired
to have the Office. Grant asked;
What has become of young Gresham.
who was a colonel of the sFirty- third
Indiana, as l. remember him? He was
with me at Vicksburg." "Oh, he is
practicing law in Indianapolis, said
Morton, indifferently. Well" contin-
ued the President, II used to play pox-
er with him in the war, and took
quite liking TO him. He was a mighty
good, cool poker player, and l believe
he will make a good Judge. So if you
don't care, I'll apppint him to this
place" Thus Gresham got his first
federal appointment.
1t would show excellent judgment
in any girl. says the New York Press,
to accept for a husband the only son
of the richest man in America and
take chances with him for life; it
shows better judgment in one to accept
such husband and know him to be
a real man, notwithstanding his vast
wealth, an honest, earnest, all-round
good fellow. Money levels all ranks.
1t is the fulcrum of the social see-saw.
which had Pedigree at one end and
Parvenu at the other. When Parvenu
gets too heavy it moves up nearer to
Pedigree; when Pedigree gets too heavy
it moves up nearer to Parvenu. When
they get together there is a union of
Pedigree, Parvenu and Prosperity, with
abundant hopes of happy, numerous
and beautiful Posterity. Money in the
social see saw prevents the disagree
able "cut-butter" that often goes with
the game. This homely smile does not
apply to the Rockefeller and Aldrich
families, for both are rich and both
have honorable ancestry.
Two pretty girls, says the Chicago
Chronicle, attending the assembly at
Lake George, N. Y, have earned the
days ago young Mr.. Matthews, a resi-
dent of Albany, who is enamored of
canoeing, had a narrow escape from
drowning and owes his rescue to the
girls in question. He went on the lake
sailing and managed to capsize during
a sudden squat. Righting the craft,
which is fitted with air-tight compart-
ments, he tried to push it ashore The
wind was too strong and he drifted
slowly out into the broad lake and
was becoming so thoroughly chilled
that he could not retain his hold for
any great length of time. On the piaz-
"a of Caledonia cottage were the two
young girls, Miss May Burnett of Long
Island city and Miss Edith Balm OF
Glens Falls. CHANGING out on the lake
they observed the overturned boat and
dashed, Grace Darling like, to the res
cue. There was gale of wind and the
lake was rough, but the girls found the
wrecked canoeiSt- and, after some diff
nculty, succeeded in getting him int
their boat over the stern, where for
a time he lay exhausted Bringing their
wet passenger safely to shore, he was
brought around and soon after com
pletely recovered.
Most women contemplating the ne
cessity for earning their own living
conhdently assert that when worst
comes to worst they can accept the
post of housekeeper. Few of these per
sons, however, have had the traibiny
necessary to quality them for such 2
position. The post of housekeeper.
says the Chicago Chronicle, is one that
CANS Tor special a la liability and a
thorough knowledge OF the science. II
ctten embraces s1ch departments as
the care of children, the keeping of ac-
counts and the entire charge of dinners
an'. ether entertainments given during
season. The WORK is also paid for
at high rate when proficient servio;,
is given and can be so quietly and
pleasantly carried On that il is remark
able that more gSltlewomsn do not
take up the study for the purpose of
making it a profession The house
Keeper is responsible for the working
of the household, the excellence of the
cooking and the variety of the menus.
as well as the general appearance and
perfect cleanliness of the home and the
behavior of servants. Such duties are.
or course, extremely onerous and re-
quire no small amount of .intelligence
tact in managing servants, skill in
marketing and economy in arrange
ment. as we'll as a thorough under
standing of the needs of a fashiona BILE
household. For 1t is in homes of this
class that the housekeeper is employed.
for the reason that women in society
have no time nor inclination to attend
to the bothersome details of their large
establishments and numerous servants.
Classifying his list by nations,
says the New York Commercial Adj
vertiser, Prof. MCGEE suggests that
representatives be had from Africa of
an Abyssinian tribe from near the Nile
valley: of the Aka tribes of the Up
per Nile. the smallest known people:
OF a North African tribe, preferably
Kabyle or Touareg; of a Congo tribe
of Dahomeyans or Ashantees of Zu-
lus, Hottentots, Hovas. and Somali.