Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a CREMATION SOCIETY has been organized
at Davenport, Ia, with capital stock of
S25,OOO The company, which is composed of
some Of the prominent German citizens Of
Davenport, proposes to erect a building, with
/ arrangements suitable to the purposes of
cremation, and be ready for operation next
sprlng. 1t will be the only crematOrum west
Of Washington, Pa.
BoOKMAKING. 500 years ago, was a costly
business. The bill for designing and writing
a manuscript in 14O2 his just come to light.
The parchment, the writing. the miniatures
the silver nails gold-plated and enameled ink
figures, 10 smaller gold plated silver nails, a
| gold plated silver clasp. sky-blue SAITH. and
! binding together cost, according to present
| value, SlS6, the miniatures alone costing $780,
The mlssal IS now no longer eXtant, but it is
| called DutcheTFt0tuaa ct elegantissiNula in the
a NEW WRINKLE in telephones has been dis
covered and is indorsed by Prof. Bell. by
! which message transmitted by telephone are
| taken down automatically upon paper in the
| same way that the telegraph prints the Morse
| alphabet upon paper This telephone i'm
| proYement IS being kept a close ,ecret, only
| two or three having been given any knowl-
| edge Of it, while Prof Bell is working to per-
! Iect IL IN order to obtain a patent upon it.
| Those VINO have knowledge of what it is
! expected 10 DO declare that 1t is the greatest
! development of the telephone since it was
| originally patented.
| THE religious movement started in Sweden
| and Norway some 40 years ago by Karl Olaf
Rosennis was carried on after hi, death by
| DR.. Waldenstrom. a former Lutheran pastor
! in Christiansand, and during the past fail
! and winter a great "awakening," as it is
| calIeus mas taken place. These countries are
| said TO be stirred from one end to the other.
! the points at issue being tour in number, all
| bearing chiefly upon the question Of a ''change
! OF heart and having the missions on one side
/ and the Lutheran State Church on the other.
| The former have now 400 houses OF pu bic
| worship with 4 membership of Ia. 900. They
! ask the dlsestablishment of the State Church.
THE MACE the official sign of authority of
| the Sergeant at arms of the House. which
was called into use Monday to require Mr..
| White. Of Kentucky, to take his seat, has been
used very seldom in the history of the House
Ii Is the first time for five years that it has
been so used. Ordinarily there is no neces-
slty for it. The mace is kept at the right Of
the speaker at all times when the Speaker Is
in the chair. When the House goes into
committee of the whole and the Speaker
leaves the chair the mace is taken out Of the
House. but it alwrys is replaced when the
Speaker or acting speaker takes the gavel. I
The mace consists Of a silver eagle about the
SIZE OF a pigeon, fixed on staff about three
feet in height.
PROBABLY no American city Of its number
OF inhabitants mas SO many of its own citizens
with titles as san Francisco. There is the /
Marquis Unver, member OF an old Galway
family, who received his title from the Pope A.; !
the Baron Murphy, who received his title |
from the same source; ami Sir Claus SpreCkels, !
who was knightet by King Kalakua, whom /
he furnishes with pocket money, and whose
Kingdom he virtually owns 4 weakness with /
tins monarch Is the receiving and dstribut-
ing OF decorations, and it is quite the thing at
reception in San Francisco TO see a dozen or !
more blue and white, or red and white buttons !
Oh tee order OF hamehameha IN the lappels of /
mild, inO1ensive citizens, who had at some
time or other done Kalakua a favor
Ar CONCoRD, n H., the English sparrows
have an enemy in the bird commonly known
in that section as the CHERRY" or mouse,
bird. so called from his fondness for cherries
and field mice as articles OF diet. \ family on
Union street was attracted by a fight between
two birds IN the front yard Sunday afternoon,
and after watching them for moment found
that one OF them was CHERRY bird aud
that 1t was engaged In killing an English
sparrow. This he soon accom- plished, and.
taking his victim in his talOns as a hawk
would take q chicken, he flew to a convenient
pc ch near by and ate him. There was a
large flock Of sparrOws in a tree near by, but
they preserved strict neutrality and allowed
their companion to be DESTROYED without an
attempt to assist him.
THE Pacific coast has furnished its fair
| quota to the titled ladies of Europe san
Francisco, from whence Lady Waterlow
| comes has been specially favored. She Is re-
membered there as plain little Maggie Ham
| lltOn She was writing society items for the
| san Francisco EGdmiNeT when Sir Sidney
d
! ing prOtege of the CrOckers, the HeaTsts,
and other Mob Hill and Van Ness avenue fam
| lies, the young lady met the BarOnet at sew
| eral receptions rendered him, He fell in love
! with her, and she was willing to have II so.
| Mrs. Hearst took her 10 London, where she
| became Lady WaterlOw, and is now one of the
| leadlng ladles OF tne inner court clrcle. Slr
| Sidney was Lord Mayor of London when the
! Shah of Persia contributed visit, and it was
/ for his efficient and lavish entertainment to
! that nObleman that he was knighted.
THE following is a complete list, with dates
of all the dynamite outrages which have been
committed in London:
| March Is, 1855 Explosions at the local gov
| eminent board Office and the Times Office.
Oct. 80, distributions on the under
| ground railway at Paddington and West
| minister.
| Feb 26, 1sS4-Explosion at Victoria station
| Feb. Is, lSSi-- Discovery Of Internal ma
chimes at PaddngtOn and Charing Cross sta
| ton.
March ], 1854 Discovery of an internal ma
| chine at INDICATE Hill station.
April 30. lSS4-EXplosons in st. James square
! and Scotland TarG.
| Dec. l3. l8Si--EXplOsiOn at London bridge
| Jan. ,, lSS5--EXplosOn on the underground
! railway, near Cover street.
| Jan. a, 1885, Explosions in Westminster
Hall, the House of Commons and the Tower.
| HANNIBAL HAMLIN tells that when he was
| Speaker of the Lower House of the Maine
| Legislature, there was among the members
ness was in trying to conceal the badness
which was rapidly stealing over his head.
1 He came into the House each morning with
| his hair so carefully combed that it looked as
| though each particular hair had been pasted
| in its place. Even as 1t was, there were
| scarcely enough to cover the bald spot. One
morning Speaker Hamlin, thinking to have
i some fun called TINS gentleman to him and
/ said: my dear Mr.. Blank, beg your par
| don, but one Of YOUR hairs is crossed over the
! others" The member grew angry at once
/ Q1h IN m sITf y-Cn in
! suit me-" and walked sti1ly back to his seat.
| He refused to be reconciled, and he became
! Hamlin's lifelong enemy: A few years later;
| when Hamlin was candidate for the United
| States Senate, this man was again in the
| Legislature. and his vote decided the contest
! in favor of Hamlin's opponent.
MRS. LANGTRY is dead in London, dead, as
! Dickens says, as a door nail. She has long
been dead socially; she is now dead dramati-
cally. The selection of the princess
| Georges was most unfortunate, and bad
| omens have hung around 1t from the start.
| The Chamberlain first refused license, and
| the play had to be altered to suit his sensitive
| virtue. Then the structure of the play re-
| quired considerable alteration; then one of
! the newly introduced characters principal
| one, after trial and consultation, was exor
| cised. Then, in consequence of this change,
| the incensed author or adapter threw up his
! commission, and popular actor threw up his
| part, which part, by the way, afterwards dis
/ appeared from the play under the process OF
| distribution in more or less equal shares
among the rest of the characters. There were
/ q number Of clever heads at wOrk-Charles
! COghlan's, the CHIFFON the play to temper it
| to Saxon sense of prOpriety, without losing
anything of the background. As usual many
| heads failed to do what one like BOucicaulrs
| might have accomplished.
THE mania for tea drinking IN Washington
! increases weekly, and in a group Of young
ladies in dressing room one announced that
/ she had had DR.. Johnson's is cups of tea that
day All gasped at the idea, and, as she could
| asked how in the world it happened. She
| confessed to having taken nine cups during
/ the afternoon hours while she roured tea at
I distributed along through the day. She takes
4 a cup of strong English breakfast tea every
/ evening at Q O'Clock to buoy her up through
! an eHening,s engagements. and recOmmended