The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

erected in Washington. These groups
are ailegorical, representing war and
peace.
Clara Barton, head of the Red
Cross Society. has been invited by
President Diaz of Mexico to come to
the City of Mexico and there organize
a branch of the society for the re-
public.
The physicians who attended Queen
Wilhelmina in her late illness have
been receiving honors at her hands
Prof. Rosenstein has been promised to
be a commander of the Order of the
Lion of the Netherlands and Prof.
kouwer and Drs. Roessingh and Pot
have been appointed knights of the
same order.
Some of the greatest men England
has produced have resolutely refused
to accept titles even when urged to do
so. Carlyle was a notable instance in
the field of letters. Mr.. Gladstone in
the field of politics. The order of merit
will meet cases of this kind and will
be a higher badge of honor than any
title. Carlyle accepted the Prussian
order of merit. Lord Kelvin is now
the holder of both the Prussian and
British orders.
Even IN the hottest Of weather
crowds of visitors go to the White
House, ostentibly to watch the work.
men tearing out the interior but real
~ to carry away pieces Of boards,
laths and other parts of the interior
which have been thrown into the
driveway. The wrought-iron nails
found sticking out of pieces of wood
here and there are most sought after.
These of -ta
carried away by sightseers. by the
hundreds.
DIR. w. H. Milburn, the venerable
blind chaplain of the Senate, is nearly
so years old. In early childhood he lost
the sight of one eye totally and of the
| other partially. He entered the Meth
odist ministry at the age of 20 and in
the course of twelve years itinerancy
Travelled over 100000 miles in the dis
charge of his clerical duties. Nine
years ago he was elected chaplain of
the Senate, but had been connected
with the House in a similar capacity
many years before.
The mails are altogether too slow
for John D. Rockefeller when he has
business to transact. He, always uses
| the telegraph wires, keeping in close
| touch with his New York office wher-
ever he may be. Occasionally he re-
sorts to the Long distance telephone,
but prefers the telegraph for the rea-
| son that messages transmitted in that
way become matter of record and may
be referred to later, which is an ad-
/ vantage not so easily available when
using the telephone.
! Rafael Romero, who served as a
scout in the Indian wars under Gen.
Miles, Gen. Custer, Gen. Lawton and
| Gen. Phil Sheridan, died last week in,
his Indian camp near Ell Reno, Okla
homa. He was a member of the Sec
ond Colorado Cavalry in the Civil War
| and honorably. discharged. A native Of
Mexico. he Joined the Indians, and all
his life was passed with them, con-
versing freely in the Arapahoe, Com
anche, kiowa, Cheyenne, Caddo and
Apache languages. He was with Miles
and Lawton in their long journey after
Geronimo, the Apache chief.
The Chinese of Brooklyn have
| placed in the Washington Avenue
Baptist Church a memorial window
| for Mrs. Georgiana Mitchell Sizer,
| wife of DR.. Nelson B. Sizer, because
| of her good work for the many years
in which she was superintendent of
the Sunday-school for Chinese The
subject. of the window is "the good
Samaritan" and beneath the picture
are two tablets. one in English the
other in Chinese. A Chinese physi-
clan started the matter and the COM
mittee in charge would not accept a
cent except from their countrymen.
/ One OF the richest farmers in the
Kansas wheat belt is John T. Stew
art, who came to the state five years
ago, says the Chicago Chronicle. He
| borrowed $50 from a friend rented a
quarter section of land in Sumner
county and began work. To-day he is
worth 100000 and had an income
| from wheat in 1901 of $4,000. He is
known as the wheat king of Kansas.
| There are twenty-three millionaires in
Kansas, fifteen of whom are farmers
| living on farms and running them as
an investment. Perhaps they have not
all of their fortunes invested in land,
but a goodly portion of it is.
1t is said of former marquis of
| Townshend that when young and en-
| gagged in battle he saw drummer kill
| ed by cannon ball, which scattered
his brains in every direction. His eyes
| were at once fixed on the CHASTITY OBJ
| ject, which seemed to. engress his
| thoughts. A superior officer, observing
| MIN, supposed ne was INUNDATED at
the sight and addressed him in a man.
ner to cheer his spirits. "Oh,' said the
| young Marquis with calmness but Sc.
verify, II am not frightened. am puz-
! Zled to make out how any man with
such a quantity of brains ever came to
be here!"
Gabrielle D'Annunzio, the distin-
guished Italian writer, has been receiv-
ing during the last few months so
many requests for his autograph from
| collectors and admirers not only in
| Italy, but throughout Europe, that he
has at last grown tired of signing his
| name and has adopted q novel method
| of notifying the public that he is un-
| able to comply with any such requests
| in future. In the hotel at Bologna
| where he is staying this notice may
now be read: Gabrielle D'Annunzio' S
! right hand is injured and therefore he
| regrets to say that he cannot write his
name in albums or on postal cards."
| etc.
M. Saint-Saens, the famous musi-
clan, has a letter in the Bulletin of the
Astronomical Society of France (June)
from which the following paragraphs
are taken. That life exists in the uni
| verse is no longer matter for discus
sion. The statement that life is the OBJ
| ject of the universe is more doubtful
| This statement is but the last echo of
ancient doctrines that made the earth