The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

asserts that at least one-half of the mil
lionaires of the world are Americans. In
list of noted rich men who are reputed
to be worth $25 900 or more there are
included "A Americans, 20 citizens of Great
Britain, 9 Austriahs, Germans, French
men, Russians, South Americans,
Spanish-Americans, / Italian, l Spaniard,
l Belgian and Chinaman. Belt, the dia-
mond king of South Africa, and Ii Hung
Chang are credited with being the richest
men in the world, their fortunes being
rated at $500, 900 each. The third place
is assigned to Robinson of South Africa,
who is said to have fortune equal to the
value of 500, 100000, while Rockefeller
comes fourth with s25O,WoOOO.
"A few months ago. says La Nature,
H. Benest, an English geographer. pub
lished an interesting study of streams of
fresh water flowing beneath the surface
of the sea. Disasters to ocean telegraph
cables first called attention to this SUBJ
ject. On several occasions. about 1885,
new and well made cable between Cape
Verde and Brazil broke. Soundings were
made to discover whether these break
ings were due to the state of the sea bot
tom, and 1t was found that the place in
question was near the submarine mouth
OF subterranean river; the alluvial ma
terial transported by this fresh water
stream encountered the cable and finally
succeeded in breaking it. The fact is
that a river that flows into the lagoons
of Yof, on the coast of Senegal, is finally
lost in the sand. 1t undoubtedly has taxi
en- its invisible course to the sea, and it
is this river that has been discovered in
the deep hollow of more than 1900 metres
4,20 feeD that is traversed by the Bra
lillian cable. Also, while the cable was be-
ing repaired at point twenty-four kilo-
meters (fifteen miles, from the shore the
repair ship was surrounded one day by
orange skins, calabashes and bits of cloth,
which could not have come from the
mouth of the Senegal river, 14O kilometers
NINETY miles) distant.
The idea most frequently associated
among English folk with the German
hausfrau, wrfts Mr. w. H. Dawson in
his German Life" is an absolute trav-
esty of the reality. For the picture which
the world calls to the mind of the average
person is that of the middle-aged matron,
dowdily dressed, busying about between
kitchen and dining room, with a bunch
of keys at her waist and the odor of dried
herbs clinging to her vestments. The
picture is altogether imaginary. = " 1t
is true that the German housewife does
her full share of the domestic tasks-and
sometimes little more-and justly prides
herself on tne IdCC InaL n6r knOWIeuSe
of the ms and outs of the menage extends
to the slightest detail, and that every sim
gle punctilio of household duty is regu-
lated by herself. But this is only one,
and the most commonplace expression of
the personal virtues which are behind, and
which make up her haracter-industry
thoroughgoingness fidelity, and above all,
a truly religious appreciation of and devo-
ton to the responsibilities and sanctities
n ~
only So but the German hausfrau Is an
Illustration of the perfect compatibility
of the most admirable domestic thorough
ness and efficiency with intellectual taste
and accomplishments, which latter are not
less real because no wider sphere for their
display is sought than the limited circle
of home companionship.
Lord Balfour, Secretary for Scotland,
in letter to the Earl of Moray. who was
one of the signatories in a petition asking
him to reconsider his decision to open the
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art
an Sunday afternoons, says: "In point
of principle l am unable to agree that
a visit to museum is a contravention
of airy divine law If citizen of Edin-
burgh may not go to a. museum, by what
right does any one of us enjoy a walk
in our own or somebody else's garden?
we must keep in view the extent of the
innocent qualification as we'll as improve
ments offered to those whose opportuni
ties for both are otherwise limited. | be-
lieve that in these respects the advan-
ages will be very great as compared with
the amount of labor involved Having
regard to this and bearing in mind the
resolution of the House of Commons,
had but little difficulty in coming to the
,7IKY CfO hof Int TO-
the question of Sunday opening in the
case of the Edinburgh Museum in the
way l have done did not arrive at that
conclusion without careful and anxious
consideration, and 1 cannot hold out any
hope that it will be reconsidered unless
and until experience of its working in
Edinburgh supplies proof that slight use
is made of the opportunity offered, or
that its consequences are in some way
detrimental to the public interests"
The great secret of the efficiency and
Incompatible discipline of the German
army says an English contemporary, is
the cultivation of deep sense of direct
personal responsibility in ell its officers,
from the highest to the lowest. Each in
his own province exercises an authority
which is virtually unlimited. For though
authority travels downward from COM
mdnder-In-cnlef through all the grades or
rank to captain, and from him farther
downward to under-officers of various de-
gree, each recipient of orders knows that
no one can come between him and his re-
sponsibility. Moreover, wide freedom of
action is allowed to each officer as to the
methods by which the desired results are
to be obtained. Every commander, from
the captain upward, is responsible for the
training of his men, according to regula-
ton, and must, therefore, be as little re-
stricted as possible in the choice of
means" So run the drill regulations,
though the necessary rider is added: 1.-THE
immediate superiors are bound to inter-
fere in case either of mistakes or want of
progress" Thus the principle adopted is
that of unity in things essential but lib
erty in all others, and the principle has
been found to work admirably. The I'M
friendly critic may point to the abuse of
power which is occasionally brought home
to the non commissioned officers; but such
abuse is the exception, and when discov-
cred 1t Is sternly repressed. The general
treatment of the rank and file is consid-
crate and kindly.
-Morrison's Hotel, one of the old land
marks of Dublin, is being RACED to the
ground, says the London Mail. The build
ing has historic associations for Irishmen.
Once among the best patronized and most
popular hotels in Dublin, ii was famous