Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Missouri Cremation Society has 400
members, 25 OF whom arc women.
THERE are nineteen foreign-born members
of the present national House of Representa-
tives.
SOME TRAVELLERS went from San Francisco
to London recently within fourteen days-the
! quickest time on record.
THE freshest variety Of the floral fan has
| leaves on one side and flowers on the other,
and is rather small and circular.
| CHESHIRE Mass farmers are disposing Of
their surplus apples at $40 ton, to be shipped
to mince meat factory in Mexico.
THE CALIFORNIA QUAIL is successfully do
INVESTIGATED upon several English estates; but
our easern variety resists all attempts at accli-
| nation in Britain.
A MASSACHUSETTS MAN has invented ma
| chine which he says will tie a square knot.
hitherto regarded by inventors as beyond the
| power OF machinery. c7,
A PECULIAR BAND established at Los Cru
ces, n. NJ, which IS composed Of vegetarians
and "fathists," who have a new Bible called
| Oahspe, ls reported to have in It's community
DR.. Tanner, of extended fasting notoriety
1T Is REPoR7 I'D that the editor of the new
edition Of Webster's dictionary, President
Porter, Of Yale, has decided to admit ''bull-
| doing ~ "boycottn and 1'dude" into its pre-
THE BUCK STONE, well-known DruidicaI
rock in the Wye valley, Eng, which was
! overthrow last June, has been replaced in
| its former position by Subscribers to fund
| for that purpose, the expense amounting 10
$500.
BRITISH wID0wERs with eligible deceased
| wives sisters need not despair. The Mar
riage Law Reform Association is in position
to state that its majority IN the new House OF
! Commons Is larger than IN the last. IN when
| thelr supporters practically numbered TWO 10
ore. They are going to introduce their bill IN
each House In the coming session.
AT TEE FLIGHT OF JAMES II. from England
-l6ss-st parting with his royal host, Sir
Richard Head, he drew ring from his finger
| and presented it to him as an acknowedg
ment OF the dutiful and affectiORate attention
ne had received IN his periious need, saying:
This IS the only present an unfortunate king
| is able to bestOw." This ring, which had an
emerald set round with diamonds, has been
| carefully preserved by the family OF sir Rich
ard Head, and is 10 the possession of his de-
scendant, the Hon. Mrs. Herbert.
A PARTY of Australian savages have been
attracting the attention of several of the
learned societies of Europe, and NJ. Topinard
presented three Of them-man, woman and
child-to the societe d'Anthrop logic. 1t was
found that they could count only to the num-
| Der three; for four they said ''many," and for
| five "a hand" But the man showed mental
capacity, for he spoke in both English and
German. M. Daily took advantage of this
fact to make delicate inquiry concerning
cannibslism, and was informed that he had
often eaten human flesh and enjoyed tt.
THE celebrated st. Johns gate, Clerken-
well, London, is IN course OF restoration, hav-
ing been acquired by the Ambulance associa-
| ton, in connection with the re-established
Order of st. John, of Jerusalem The Hospi-
talers Of St. John. to whose priory this gate
l XUq no nafP ha nm aH.fia af mo
nors attached to eight grand priories in as
many nations. One of their London manors
was in St. Johns wood. A large portion of
| their prlOry at ClerkeDWeH was blown up by
| gunpOwder for material TO build the mansion
in the Strand of the Protector Somerset.
TIE MAXIMUM Of daily school work consid-
cred in Prussia to be compatible with health
IS fixed at from seven hours a day for children
OF IN years, up to nine hours for those Of 1917
| and upward. The standard is thought too
| nigh by very many German teachers and doc
| tors, and DIR. Roth states that 81 per cent. of
those who should work after graduation are
much below the normal standard of health.
| The stan dard 10 Denmark is still higher. and
| = recent government Investigation finds that
| q per cent. of the bows and Al per cent. of the
girls are ''sickly" from confinement and men
tai strain
SOME Interesting facts concerning the rela-
| tive vitality Of males and females are shown
in the forty sixth annual report of the Eng
lish Registrar General. In each LOCO living
persons there are 4s7 males and 5l8 females;
but for every 100 females 10s.5 males were
born. A every stage OF life the death rate
n lower in the females, aud the difference
is greater IN early years. In both sexes di-
minished death rate is taking place. This is
more marked in females than in males, at all
ages. The improvement is especially notable
IN women up to As. and in men 10 35. The
mean expectation of life of male at birth is
II IS, ana Of a female "A 81 years. The annual
| Illness Is. counted
nearly the same in both sexes.
THE CIRCULATION Of the London Times is
now confined to clubs, hotels, restaurants,
persons who hire it to read, very limited
class of business men, and fanatics Of excep-
tional afiuence; but thousands coming under
the latter head do not take it. 1t is, no doubt,
ALWAYS glanced over-for few persons actually
read through its wards Of p int-by the ma
iority of peers and members of the House Of
Commons. The effect of the new enfran-
chisement will be to diminish ITS influence
still further. as the new voters know nothing
of it. While. however its circulation de-
clines, or 1T best stagnates, it probably is as
an advertising medium more valuable than
ever. Tha London morning paper having the
widest circulation among the well-educated
class Is the liberal conservative Standard.
THE METHOD pursued in removing obstruc-
lions from the pneumatic tubes in Paris is that
Of simply firing pistol into the tube. The
resulting wave of compressed air, traversing
the tube at the rate Of 1000 feet a second,
strikes the impeachment, and is then detected
| back to it, origin, where IL strikes against
delicate diaphragm. ITS arrival being recorded
electrically upon very sensitive chr0nograph,
on which. also, the instant of firing the pistol
has been recorded previously. The wave Of
sound on reaching the diaphragm Ia recorded
and thence reflected back, a second time
striking the obstacle, and returning to the di-
| aphragm. This operation being several times
! repeated, several successive measurements
are thus made Of the time required by the
sound wave TO traverse to and fro within the
pneumatic tube. Other means have been re-
sorted to for the accomplishment of the pur-
pose in question, butnone has proved equal to
this.
TIE CENTRAL SUBJECT Of conversation at
Vienna is an old scandal which has just ended
in the law courts. Some years ago natural
son of Prince Batthyani fell in love with
Fraulein Ada Bredow, a lovely Berlin siren,
then playing in0enue parts at the Karl Thea
tire Frauleln Ada did noe scorn his suit, and
the lovers withdrew from the madding crowd
to q romantic castle on the Attersee. After
time Adah adorer cooled. and one morning,
without having the pol teuess ~ warn her,
he married Soon after no gave his mistress
notice to quit the castle, OF which she declares
| ne had mad her y present. This exaggerated
Ada. and she went 10 law, claimed the east
and a large sum for the education OF three
dnuQhters, he results Of the liason. After