The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Jefferson Davis birthplace in Fairview,
Ky. A slab of Tennessee marble set in
the wall bears this inscription: Jeffer-
son Davis of Mississippi was born June
3, 1908, on the site Of this church. He
made gift of the lot March 10, 1886, to
Bethel Baptist Church as a thank
offering to Cod
What is said to be the earliest of
recorded yacht races took place on
Oct. 1, 1861. John Evelyn. in his diary
of that date, mentions that he sailed
with His Majesty (Charles I'D in one
of his pleasure boats or yachts, YES
sells not known amongst us until the
Dutch East India Company presented
that curious piece to the King, being
very excellent sailing vessels" 1t was
on match between this and his other
new boat" continued Evelyn, built
frigatelike, and one of the Duke of
York's. the wager of s100, and the race
from Greenwich to Gravesend and
back, the King lost 1t going down, the
wind being contrary but saved stakes
in returning" The word yacht is It
self Dutch, but the vessels which the
Merry Monarch sailed were little SINH
lar to the racers of the present day.
Mention is made of other yachts and
races, but the details are very meager.
The voting machine that was used
so successfully in one Brooklyn cleo
ton district gave several shrewd bet
ters an opportunity to make money
on what seemed to them to be a sure
thing, says the New York Commercial
They We're on hand when the polls
closed and within a few minutes they
knew how this district had voted
Comparison with the figures in past
elections showed plainly that Low had
polled an Unusually heavy vote, and
as there was nothing abnormal in the
district they assumed that Brooklyn
was going strongly for the Fusion can
didate. In the Tammany headquar-
tiers were many men willing TO bet on
Shepard right after the polls closed
Two men reached them ahead of the
returns from the voting machine and
they took all the money in sight free
ly. giving odds of 10 to z, with the re-
suit that in race track parlance they
made killing" Senator Tim Sulli-
van is credited with losing 100000
which he raised on election day on his
Dewey Theater and which he wagered
about noon. and there are very few
of the Tammany braves who did not
have large bets up. They pinned
their faith on Mr.. Cookers confidence
too kindly toward the Boss"
The real or fancied grievance Of
German students in Berlin to the effect
that they were being crowded out OF
the laboratories and lecture-rooms by
foreigners, and especially by Russians
seems to have resulted in the issuance
of special regulations regarding the ad-
mission of such alien students to the
Berlin Technical College. According
to the new rules of the minister OF
education Russians hereafter will only
be admitted when they can prove thai
they have attended a technical col
lege in their own country, or have al
least been permitted to matriculate al
one. Other foreigners will have to pro-
| duee a certificate showing that they
| have passed some examination which
| entities them to enter a university OF
other institution of similar standing
| (hochShule) in their own country. i
| will not be enough, in the case of non
| Russian foreigners, to prove that they
have been actual students at some
| foreign technical college, or that they
have enjoyed a good technical train
| ing. They must produce some certifi
| cate of general education. There is a
| all German universities and colleges {
small class of students called Hos
pitanten," who are admitted to lee
lures and laboratories as guests
without any right to receive certifi
Gates or to proceed to a degree. A
regards the Berlin Technical Colleges
it has now been decided that in the de
partment of machine engineering for
eigners can no longer be admitted a
guests, owing to the limited natur
of the accommodation. In other de
partments foreign guests" will onl,
be admitted in exceptional cases.
The Duchess of Cornwall and Yorl
did not return to England empty-hand
ed. At every place she and the Duk
visited she was presented with som
handsome souvenir, says the Philadel
phia Times. These gifts varied from
furs to jewelry. One of the lovelies
souvenirs of all was a correspondents
set of Canadian gold and Lake Supe
rior amethysts, costing 81, 200, present
ed by the women of Toronto. The Sc
consists of a portfolio, ink bottle pei
tray, paper weight, paper knife, PEI
holder and other correspondence requi
sites, and the color effect was that o
gold and amethyst on white and crys
tai The portfolio was of white kid
showing sprays of maple leaves, tn
Canadian emblem, traced in gold, wit
tiny leaves in relief, and an amethys
surrounded by pearls was in the cen
ter of each spray. A monogram set i
pearls, and having the royal arm
above it, completed the decoration. TIL
monogram also appeared on the vari
Gus other articles of the set. The in
bottle, tray and paper weight were c
polished crystal, ornamented wit
sprays of golden maple leaves, wit
beavers clambering up through tn
foliage. A single amethyst formed tn
foot of the tray and of the bottle, hel
by four maple leaves, and the handl
of the paper weight, the top of tn
ink bottle and the ends of the pen
holder and knife were finished with
single amethyst surrounded by pearls
The pen and knife were of gold. TIL
whole was encased in a casket c
bird's-eye maple, with a spray of mapl
leaves and a monogram on the corner
Who wouldn't travel all over the worl
in a luxurious yacht to pick up thing
such as that?
Some particulars concering the wa,
in which the Boer prisoners are treat
ed in India and Ceylon is given by tn
Indian correspondent of the Civilt
Cattolica, a periodical published il
Rome. They at present number abou
10000 and are distributed in six camps
namely, at Diyatalawa in Ceylor
Ahmednagar in Bombay, Bellary Il
Madras, and Trichinopoly in Souther
India Each prisoner is provided wit