The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

time she has visited Germany since
the Franco-Prussian war.
Consul General Woman of Munich
was the other day received by Prince
Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. to whom
he expressed President Roosevelt's
thanks for a poem dedicated to the
President by Ester Won Tein, Ba-
varian poet of some note. The Prince
expressed himself as much pleased
with the book on Prince Henry's visit
to this country sent him by Assistant
Secretary of State David J. Hill.
One of the youngest of the British
officials in South Africa is Maj. Her
bert Darling. commissioner of police
at Bloomfontain. who is only % years
old. At Is he managed a mine in
Western Australia. At 20 he was cap
tain of a West Australian contingent
in South Africa. He looks younger
than he really is, and in the early days
bravery were recognized, he was
known among his associates as baby
Darling
AT the reunion of the descendants
of John and Priscilla Alden, held at
Ross Park, near Binghamton, N Y,
recently, there was present repre-
sentative of the sixth generation from
John Alden, who was born in the town
of Windsor, Broome county, on March
rs, 1915. The oldest living descend
ant is Timothy P. Alden of Bingham
ton and the youngest Florence Alden,
20 months old. Members of the fam
lily attended the reunion from all parts
of the country.
Lifts in the city offices are gen
orally too few, and are painfully slow,
and the sanitary arrangements are al
together inadequate, says the London
Daily Mail. In one of the largest
blocks of Offices in the city the lifts
resemble small open horse boxes in
elegance of structure, and move round
IN circle. Passengers are supposed
to step in and out at will. There is no
danger of accident from failing to
catch these primitive lifts. No one
in hurry would use them, but would
tire himself climbing five or six sto-
ries instead. He has to choose be-
tween losing time and wasting energy.
The Bishop of Exeter, England,
who is a pronounced low churchman,
said when consecrating the church at
Shaldon the other day that, although
ne should continue to be the faithful
friend and brother of the clergy so
long as they were faithful to the law.
he had been obliged to decline to con-
secrate the church until a written
agreement had been signed by the
clergy and wardens that certain lille
gal things, including the stone affairs,
should be removed without delay. The
cruclf1x and other figures in the church
had also been objected to- but thew
were not illegal and merely stood as
works of art
The jeweled sword presented by the
Maharajah of Jaipur to King Edward
encrusted with gems and worth $780,
OOO is the most valuable sword in
england, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Hitherto the sword given by the Egyp
tons to Lord Wolseley had that dis
tlnction, but, with it's hilt set with
diamonds. it is worth only one-fifth
as much as the Kings. The standard
cost of a sword of honor such as the
city OF London presented to Lord Rob
erts and Lord Kitchener is 1926. The
sword the American nation presented
70 Admiral Dewey is said to have cost
$lO'oOO The Shah of Persia has a
magnificent saber worth $4,000. The
only sword in the world more valua BILE
is that belonging to the Gackwar, or
Maharajah, of Baroda, India. It's hilt
scabbard and belt are massed with
rubles, emeralds and diamonds the
value of which is estimated to be 81
1905
In making the ascent of Mount
stephen, one of the giant mountains
of British Columbia, at the foot of
which river runs through what IS
cuphonlously termed rhe Kicking
Horse valley, that hardy Alpine climb
er, Mr. Edward Whymper came upo~
a novel and unexpected find, saws the
Westminster Gazette. A considera BILE
way up, at a hight $500 feet above sea
level, he Clipped out number of fos.
sll trllobites fast embedded in the
rock. These curious little wriggIifg
creatures, not unlike wood lice in
form, land having the same capaci.y
Tor rolling themselves into a ball when
danger threatened, swarmed in the
palaeozoic seas, and are amongst TIL.
earth. In the same fossil bed was
earliest known forms of life on the
found large marine prawn. Mr..
Whymper has sent several of his best
specimens for examination by the ge-
ologists' of the Natural History mu-
scum, South Kensington.
The Island of Juan Fernandez, ly-
ing 600 miles west of Valparaiso (made
famous by the story Of Robinson
Crusoe") promises soon to deyelop in
dustrial interests, according to a re-
port from e. E. Mansfield. United
States consul at Valparaiso The ISL
and belongs to Chile, and the govern
ment is arranging to make it a part
OF one of the provinces and establish
local civil government. The island
is about fifteen miles long by eight
miles wide. There is a good harbor
on one side, where large ships can
anchor with safety. A large canning
factory has been established on Juan
Fernandez and the fishing Industries
are attracting the attention of capital
lists. There are quantities of Holsters.
crabs and excellent food fishes in the
waters, besides fur seals. There is
plenty of fresh water on the island.
lana can be acquired by settlers with
out cost; fruit and vegetables grow
wild and are easily cultivated.
The Pope has the largest and most
costly wardrobe in the whole civilized
world. Three large rooms at the Vati-
can hardly suffice to contain the Pope's
wardrobe, and special body of SER
wants is told off to keep it in order.
Each day in the year has its appro
pirate garment, which varies in color
weight anc value according to the sea
SON The slippers alone are innunera
Die, all being made Of velvet and en-
broldered, and the ope has no excuse
for not knowing his left foot from his
right for the design is different on
ell