The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

family for the last fifty years, and they
seem no bigger and no less Yivacious
to-day than they did when they first
came into the owners possession. A
few of the fish in the Royal Aquarium,
in St. Petersburg, are known to be $50
years old.
The number of men employed as
teachers in the public schools of this
country, according to United States
Commissioner of Education Harris, is
slowly but steadily decreasing. In 1870,
Al per cent. of the teachers were males,
and in 1900 the percentage had fallen
to %. The reason for the abandon
ment of school teaching by men is
that it does not pay well enough.
The New England Historical-Gen-
ealogical Society has appointed a COM
mittee to ascertain, if possible, the ex-
act place of rendezvous of the Boston
tea party when it assembled, Dec. 16
1913, preliminary to throwing the tea
into Boston harbor. The stories of the
place handed down by tradition have
been conflicting, and many of the
members of the society think the effort
will be in vain.
Several patriotic societies of Louis
lana have a project to buy collection
of relics of Andrew Jackson, now in
the possession of Col Andrew Jack
son. 1t includes a desk chair which
once belonged to George Washington
and which was presented to President
jackson, while he was an occupant of
the White House; a snuff box given
TO Jackson by Lafayette, and a bronze
statue of Napoleon, presented by the
Emperor.
The Tablet announces that the first
two scholarships at Oxford granted
have just been awarded by the gov
eminent of Rhodesia. Both of the
new scholars are Roman Catholics and
students of the Jesuit College in Bulu-
Wayo. In letter announcing the
nominations Lord Grey pays a high
tribute to the Importance of the work
which the Jesuit fathers have done in
Rhodesia among both whites and
blacks.
The profession of bridemaid seems
to be growing in New York. At re-
cent wedding there were no fewer than
fifteen bridesmaids, who were all pune
tually paid. Besides the beautiful
dresses given by the brides father
they each received $25 apiece for ap-
pearing in the wedding train. They
are young women who accept so much
as S10O for their office of honor. One
girl who is much sought after for her
beauty has appeared as bridesmaid at
more than 200 weddings.
Editors out West still occasionally
sling ink with breezy emphasis. For
instance, a rival journalist recently
aroused the ire of Editor Bayse of the
Belleville (Kan) Telescope, and this
is how the gentleman named began his
reply: From time immemorial it has
been customary for ants and f1eas and
flies and fools, scoundrels and scala
wags and skunks, Januses, jackasses
and Judases, Lizards, leeches and lice
to assail mankind in general and their
superiors in particular. The attack
last week." etc.
Half the citizens of Nome and the
other far north Alaskan cities have
lost parts of their bodies by freezing,
according to a returned miner The
a:old-seekers have paid a heavy price
for the metal secured. They are minus
either fingers, toes, noses, feet and
| legs, the heads and trunks being the
| only parts of the body left uninjured.
| The prospector in question is of the
opinion that there is hardly one en-
| tirely able-bodied man in the whole
northern country. He has experienced
so degrees below zero.
The lecturers in ethnology and ge-
ology of Cambridge University, Eng
| land, have just announced a series of
| lectures and practical exercises to
| serve as training for persons wishing
to undertake exploration or DESTROYS
| of contributing to our knowledge of
| foreign countries. The series will in
| clude the history. of geographical dis
| cCvery, principles of physical geogra-
| ply, map-making and map-reading,
| geography of Europe, anthropo- geogra-
| ply, practical ethnology, geomorpholo-
| gy, geology, plane-table, photogra phic
| and geodetic surveying, etc.
! All of the tramway car vestibules
OF Denver, Col, are to be fitted with
| mirrors as fast as they can be placed
upon the cars, says Electricity. This
does not mean that the motorrnen are
| going into the beauty culture fad. The
| mirrors, which are of heavy plate
| glass, inclosed in solid cast-iron
| frames, are hung out at one side of
| the vestibule at just such an angle
that without turning his head the mo-
Eorman can see exactly the condition
of affairs on the steps. He can thus
watch the people getting on and off,
and there will be less danger of the
car being accidentally started up
again while passenger is getting on
or off.
In a museum at Nerbury, England,
there is a coat which has been present.
ed by Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, and
the special interest attached to it is
that on June rs, 1871, this coat was
made between the hours of sunrise and
sunset. The sheep was shorn, the wool
manufactured into cloth and Mr. James
White, tailor cut the coat out and
had it made up in two hours ana TWEEN
John Throgmorton, Bart, who appear
ed in it before an assembly of 5000
spectators. The above record shows
some smart work, but it has been
eClipsed several times. For instance
Messrs. Wolrf of Sell1irk made a suit
for Mr.. Allan in seven hours and fif-
ty-five minutes, during which time the
wool was shearsd from the Sleeps back
and all the stages of manufacture gone
through up to the finishing press and
sewing on the last button. still bet
ter record comes from Stroudsburg
Pa, where the total time from Sleeps
back to wearer was six hours and four
minutes The tailoring part of this per-
Torrance took two and one-half hours
and was performed by six men.
What do you think of S1.3o
month for a big salary?" said a bronx
ed young man, according to the Phil