The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-01
PERSONAL.

CONGRESSMAN IRA DAvENPoRT's bride is rap
idly becoming social leader in Washington
Mrs. SLOANE, daughter of W II. Vanderbilt
of New York, will be one of the New Years daV
guests in Washington, and will be entertained
by Mrs. Whitney.
KING TAMAsEs, of Samoa, and King Kaakaua
of Hawaii, begin to think it would have been
money in their pockets if they had been born in
a more humble rank of life.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON is an admirer of
Wagnerls music He says it calls your soul to
your ears, and fills you with kind of desperate
foreboding, half pain half joy
IT Is REPORTED that blizzard recently pre-
vented lecture of Thomas Mast in a Dakota
town. The report must be false. No matter
how hard it storms Mast can always draw we'll
You know.
WALT WHITsAN's HEALTH is better this win
ter than it has been for fifteen years He is iv-
ing quietly at Camden, N j., and though sew
enty years old he has not lost much of his old
time enthusiasm.
HISTORIAN BANCROFT says that it would be
presumptuous for a man of IS to attempt his
tory of President Polk and his times a work
which he has been asked to undertake. Mr.
Bancroft, however, passes his time in studies
which much younger man would hesitate to
undergo.
A SEWING MACHINE of solid silver and enriched
with sapphires was recently received by the
Empress of Russia. 1t w9s present from the
Society for Promoting the Use of Russian Mate
rails. The Czarina has taken great interest in
this organization Her enthusiasm, however
will not cause her to use the sewing machine in
oil probability
ENGINEER KITTR1DGE. inventor of the camille
yer bridge, is living in Hartford, Conn, in hand
some style. His wife is native of that city.
Mr. Kittridge's success as an inventor has made
him rich He began life in an humble way, but
by energy and ability has gained high place in
the civil engineering profession He is a tall.
fine looking man, and he has travelled extern
sively in this country and Europe.
Col GEORGE p. BIssELL, of Hartford, Conn,
spent last summer in Japan The most remark
able feature of that country, he says, lies in the
fact that its language contains no profane or
blasphemouS words. Il can readily under
stand, he remarks, why the practice of 'har,-
kari is so common in Japan When man is
abused or loses his collar button, and is mad all
the way through, so mad that his very soul boils
within him. il at such time he is the victim of a
language which will not let him vent his rage
even in darn il or by thunder. why then can
readily see how suicide might be a soothing re-
lief"
+. G. KNIGHT, of Philadelphia, is one of the
wealthiest men in the Quaker City. He is Pres-
dent of three railroads. and is prominently con.
nected with many important enterprises. lie
was once boy in grocery store on the banks
of the Delaware river and received 81 a week
for his services, His first knowledge of the value
of money was derived In curious way One
day when the Delaware was ice-bound man i'm
attempting to cross the river broke through the
ice and was in imminent peril of his life Young
Knight urged two boatmen to go to the drown.
ing mans assistance. They refused, He ap-
pealed to their humanity in vain Finally he
offered them dollar apiece to save tn strug.
Cling unfortunate. They accepted the offer and
saved the mans life.
WHEN Congressman Allen of Massachusetts
goes out to lecture on Indians again in the old
Bay State, there will be any number of states
men watching around TO see that he does NOT
play pranks on them. Mr. Allen is the talented
young member from the Lowell district He
was member of the Indian Affairs Committee
in the last House. He got thoroughly worked
up over the wrongs of poor Lo When he was
invited by his colleague, Congressman William
Whiting, to deliver lecture for some church
benefit at Hoyoke, he consented and prepared
to lecture ON In liam affairs, which he decided
TO Illustrate by Stereoscopc views. The lecture
was a success. and Congressman Whiting who
sat in the front row to point it with applause at
the proper moments, was greatly elated with
1t, when the last of series of representations of
Indian chiefs was flashed from the magic Ian
tern on the screen 1t was the picture of a
group of warriors painted for the fray. with
feathers and plumeS waving, and armed for
battle. There was a familiar look ON one of
the faces. 1t was scarcely moment before the
audience as well as the astonished Mr. WHITING
had discovered that Mr.. Allen had deftlv in
serted Mr.. Writings face as one of the groun
There was ROUND after round of applause ana
the Joke was regarded as the best OF the season
MIR. Whiting has secured possession of the pbo
tograph and locked it up for fear his admiring
constituents might desire TO have 1t duplicated