The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-21
ITEMS of INTEREST.

- ueIE Is a Out III lOWd
ty, Kansas, who has not been out of his
house for eighteen months. His wife
has nervous proStratiOn and viii not
let him leave her, SO he has given up
everything connected with outside life
to please the invalid. This man is of
the kind who get Victoria crosses and
presentation swords if they go to war.
The fisheries of Northern Norway
have come to standstill, owing TO
a tremendous influx of seals along the
coast and in the fjords. The seals,
which come from the White Sea, have
been fought without avail. The large
fishing population has petitioned the
government for help to externinate
the plague, which is partly eating and
partly hunting all fish away.
The government printing Office at
Washington has just issued two quarto
volumes Indian Affairs, Law and
Treaties compiled by direction of
Congress. The volumes contain every
treaty made by the United States with
the Indians, and all laws, executive
orders and 'proclamations relating to
the Indians up to Dec. /, 1902, togeth-
er with the statistics of tribes, trust
funds and other similar matters.
An old story. in effect that Senator
Morgan declined an appointment on
the Paris Peace Commission because he
was MORALLY afraid to cross the At
lantic, was revived in New York when
the Senator bought tickets for Liver
pool for himself and family For the
first time the Alabama statesman gave
his real reason for declining the hon
or. 81 refused the appointment" he
said, simply because l did not believe
it proper for a member of the Senate
to serve on a commission making a
treaty which he would have later to
vote upon. believe Senator Allison
declined a similar offer and for the
same reason"
Daniel Webster's favorite arm
chair, the one in which he sat until he
was obliged to take to his death bed in
Marshfield, has for years occupied a
corner in the law office of George Fred
Williams, in the Rogers building. Re-
Gently Mr.. Williams has had it thor
oughly renovated, so that it looks like
a new piece of furniture. Mr.. Will
Jams settled the estate of Fletcher
Webster. Mrs. Fletcher Webster was
so pleased with the manner in which
the young attorney discharged his du-
chair of the great expounder of the con-
stitution. She Also presented him Gill
bert Stuart's famous oil painting of
Daniel Webster. The picture hangs
in Mr. Williams home in Dedham.
The Sultan is said to be a wonder
with revolver and is one of the finest
shots in the world. He always has a
few in his clothes and is usually look
ing for an assassin. Recently he
dropped a gardener in the palace gar
dens who came from behind a tree
suddenly. The Sultan is a quick man.
and, as they say in the West, some
sudden with his artillery"
The Pope has said that he will be
the godfather of the ninety-three chill
dren born at Rome on March 8, which
was the twenty-f1fth anniversary of
his succession to the papacy. 1t is
strange that the number of children
born on that day should be. the same
as the number of years of the Pope's
life and also that the daily average
birthrate at Rome is 80. The Pope has
given each child an outfit of clothes
and 100 lire.
Chief Justice Sir John Madden of
Australia is noted for his mellifiuous
style of addressing juries. Recently he
presided over a curious breach of prom
Use case in Melbourne and here are a
few of his summing up remarks:
Women like to be approached by a
process of steady, solid, honorable
siege. A mere beating of tom-toms
and letting off explosive fireworks does
not affect them very much" 'Adven-
turesses are women who trade upon the
amorOus or cerebral softness of men,
young or old, and try to induce them
to part with their money" 1T has been
suggested that a volcanic young Irish
man (the defendant) should be per-
mitted a greater range of expression
than any one else, and 1 see no objec-
ton to that proposition" And this was
Sir Johns final hint to the jury in the
matter of awarding damages: "A true
lover no doubt, would pay no regard to
the fact that the lady had been the
plaintiff in an action for breach of
promise, but many suitors might be
discouraged by it," The jury took the
hint and ordered the volcanic young
asked for $4,000.
The Vienna University bids fair
to become woman's institution, so
numerous are the fair candidates for
academical honors on the banks OF the
Danube. During the term which has
just come to a close there were no
fewer than 306 fair students. The pro-
fessors speak highly of the aptitude
and industry of their female students
many of whom pass very creditable
examinations. 1t is interesting to note
the subjects singled out for study by
the weak sex. There are but thirty
five Olgas, Annas and other pretty
name bearers in the books of the
medical faculty, despite the curious
fact that for the first time in the an
nails of the university there is a wom-
an tutor in that faculty. The law fac
ulty is still more completely neglect
ed by ambitious girls, only two of
whom are DESTROYS of qualifying. 1t is
philosophy that exercises the most
powerful attraction on the sex, which
is generally supposed to be so little
amenable to logic. There are 269 girls
and married women devoting them
selves to the study of philosophy with
in the walls of the Vienna University.
Shall we ever know what the inte-
rior of the earth is made of? The
thing has seemed impossible, but ap-
pears less so to-day than few years
ago. The deepest borings have not ex-
ceeded 5000 feet-not much over a
mile-and beyond this depth all we can
know directly of the earths crust is
from strata that dip down and ma
terials thrown out by volcanoes. But
1t is now perfectly certain that earth