The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

where gold exists, even in very small
quantities, are now organizing dredg-
ing companies to dredge for gold at
relatively trif1ing cost. Millions upon
millions OF gold dust is to be reclaim
ed in this way.
The jubilee diamond (now the prop
erty of syndicate), which is the larg-
est and finest in the world, is so per-
fectly cut that when placed on the
small truncated apex of its pyramid it
stands perfectly balanced, though
measuring one inch and three-eighths
in breadth and one inch in depth It
was cut from the larger part of an ir~
regular crystal of unusual size which
was found in 1893 at Jagersfontein in
South Africa. A black spot near the
middle of the stone was the reason
for cutting it in two.
People are so much in the habit of
thinking that monkeys are found only
in forests that it comes as a surprise
to learn of one that bears the name of
the crab-eating macaque. 1t is found
through Burmah, Siam and Malay
Land. living among the trees that line
the tidal creeks. The chief food of these
animals consist of seeds, insects and
crabs. In pursuit of crabs they must
take to the water. Use has become sec
end nature with them, as with other
animals, and they are said to be able
to swim uncommonly well.
The London Chronicle explains the
significance of the bloody hand on the
Royal Ulster Yacht Club flag, which
the Shamrock flies. 1.-The tradition"
says the Chronicle, "is a weird one.
Two Irish chieftains sailed with sails
on the sea in contest for the crown.
Whoever first touched the shore should
be King. O'Neill. seeing his competi-
tor just ahead, took the rule literally,
and, cutting off his hand, flung it on
land. Thus he conquered and thus he
ruled. Sir Thomas Upton takes the
legend to heart in the true spirit of
it, which he reads a a. lesson that the
competition should be a keen one, de-
manding every sacrifice and straining
every nerve"
Many good qualities go to the in
surfing of a genuine success; a strong,
hopeful heart, industry, patience, per-
severance, a largenesS of aim and
view, tenacity of purpose, power to
control the tongue, swift precision of
mental sight, a clear view into the fu-
ture, reticence concerning plans. the
submission of the body to the will,
and, as a prime factor, that peculiar
virtue which, for want of a specific
name, may be called ballast" says
Success. Ballast is really many vir-
tues, in nice proportion. 1t is to know
ourselves, our position, and the power
we possess for any task to be done It
is the making for a desired point, with
the steadineSS of a locomotive, and as
directly as a crow flies. If we accuse
a person of wanting ballast" we
think of him blown about by every
wind of circumstances, and of WAIVER.
ing among a variey of ends. This is the
great commercial sin. No one in the
business world is held more cheaply
than the man without ballast. He is
like a ship, leaving port with colors
flying, and not a pound of ballast In
her hold.
Mississippi is the strongest temper
ance and prohibition statein the Union,
not even excepting Maine and Kansas,
says Beverages. The prohibition move
ment in Mississippi has attracted less
attention than in Maine because it
has been carried on by counties. not
by the state itself The constitution
provides for local option by counties,
and as the prohibitionists of a county
can call for an election on the subject
whenever they wish, they are almost
SOOu6T OF later. 10 De NlCIOT~
ious. Defeat does not seem to daunt
them, and they are no sooner defeated
than they prepare for the next cam
paign. AS a consequence of the local
option campaigns, sixty mine out of the
seventy-five counties of Mississippi
have gone dry, and have voted for pro-
hibition, and in only six is the sale of
liquor permitted. Three of these are
situated on the Mississippi coast, and
-
ulation and social usages of all kinds
and are practically suburbs of New
Orleans. They are likely to remain
wet for all time. Outside of this coast
county there are only three counties
where liberalism prevails, and in two.
of these, Madison and Monroe, local
option elections are soon to be held,
with every indication that the drys
will win by big majorities.
One of the strangest vicissitudes
which could befall a communion chal-
ice is that of becoming a prize for
a horse race. Yet such has been the
fate of one which has lately been re-
stored to the Episcopal Church of Clon-
tart, Ireland, after a disappearance of
nearly 100 years. The chalice is of solid
silver and stands about four inches
high, being richly embossed on three
pdHelS WITH lS uIeS representing MUSIC,
Plenty and Fashion; it has no shank
but is supported on three balls, each
held by an eagles claw. On it is the
inscription: 1.-THE gift of Charles Mel
Vile, Sen, Esq, to the Church of
Clontarf, April s, 1721." Some time in
the early part of last century it dis
appeared from the church in a most
mysterious manner, and all trace of it
was lost until quite recently, when Col.
P. D. Vigors of Bagnalstown, discov-
cred through a correspondence with
the Rev. !. Bloom of Whitechurch,
Stafford that the cup was
in the possession of Mr.. J. r. West,
of Ascot Park. in whose family it
had been for years. More extraordi-
nary still, it is clear, from an inscrip-
ton on the bottom of the chalice, that
IL was presented as a cup at the Chel-
tenham races of 1888 and was won by
a horse there. The inscription under
meath reads: "Cheltenham, July 8.
1883 Won by Exile. five-year- old"
THE man who has the gift of epi-
gram will go far, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. 1t implies more than verbal
terseness. 1t means in this connection
the ability to produce an illumining
phrase when most needed, the ability
to think and act by the shortest road.
American newspapers are a good reflex
of this tendency How many readers
depend on the headlines to tell them
the story? And the ever-increasing
use of the artists brush, and the cam
era to tell the news confirm this prac-
tice. A good picture conveys the news