Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-15
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GENUINE ~earthworms exist in many parts
of the world which are giants Of their kind.
Ar example Of one Of these has just been re-
ceived at the London Geological Gardens from
the Cape of Good Hope. II measures between
four and five feet IN length and about nan an
inch across the body. and it has been stated
/ that this particular species sometimes attalns
to six feet.
OK Monday, Nov. g, a sheep train Of twenty
| cara, containing LOO head, was the subject OF
an accident near Marqaez, on the Mexican
| Central Railroad. One hundred sheep were
/ killed outright and many 50 badly injured
/ that they hal to be slaughtered and dressed
on the spot. 1t was the first OF a lot OF 5O,eOV
sent 20 Mexico from the United states ior
| stock breeding purposes, and 1t Il so lar a dis
outraged industry.
LIEUT.. LUDOvIsI of the Italian army, who
Slapped and insulted a brother officer, and
shot him dead in the duel which ensued, has
been tried By court martial for the former
oTense and condemned to two years military
r~eclusi0n and the forfeiture Of his commission.
/ The court martial took no cOgnlZance OF the
| duel: for. while the penal code regards duel
/ ing az a crime. though a very venlal one, the
regulations Of the Italian army compel an
officer 10 fight with any one VINO insults or
challenges him, on pain OF expulsion from the
army.
ONE OF the largest diamonds that this coun-
try has produced was found in Manchester,
Chesterfield county, Va, by a labOrer engsg-
ed in grading one Of the streets. The man
took the stone to Mr.. Tyler, ST., OF Richmond,
Va. to ascertain its character and value. He
pronounced the stone a very valuable dla-
mOnd. The specimen was put on exhibition
at Ball. Black & Co.'S. and was sold by the
finder to q dealer for $3.50. lt was next sent
10 RostOn 10 be cut. and is now known as the
.sMOrrissey Diamond" After II was cut II
weighed over ten carats, andlts market value
is 5000. 1t is hectOhedron, and has only one
small black spot near one OF us points, thus
enabling il to be seen to great advantage.
AVERY gallant but bluff gentleman, who
doesn't live very far from New York, was in a
steamship bound for Europe not long ago.
During the voyage alady friend became very
seasick. and the gentleman was courteously
rendering her what services he could. Mhlle
50 engaged ne heard the Captain OF the vessel
call out to the man at the wheel: How does
she layt' Not feeling entirely certain that
the question was addressed to him. the gem
tleman did not answer the question:: Dut
when the Captain called out again, "HOw Is
her headF' he felt that he must acknowledge
the courtesy. and 80 stepping TO the compan-
icnway. he yelled back, pretty ID pad
thank you; she's sick again"
THE Louisville Courter-Journal prints some
letters addressed by Gov. Cleveland at differ
ent times to relatives in Harrodsburg, Mercer
county. XIV. Among them is one written on
sent. s last to q little girl, IN which ne says;
Il was very glad to receive your letter and
photograph this morning. / thlnk the picture
Is VERY NICE anu AAaA - va AD1A WNA A-NIE
mn in nv room at home. You say you want q
good little letter for your book. l think II Is
pretty hard for such an old man as | am to
write such Z letter. / don't see that J can do
anv more than to tell you how glad ! am 10
have such a nice little kInswOman. and TO say
TO you that | don't think you ought to be very
proud because l am your klnsman. still, l
hone that YOU will never have cause to be
ashamed OF the name because l bear it."
AT recent meeting Of the Sooiete de Biolo-
gle. NJ. Arragon brought forward a new
method OF dressing wounds, by which, he de-
clared. their healing was fastened and the
pain was maize to disappear at once. The
method consisted in the application Of COM
presses wet with a decOctiOn Of thirty parts
Of v~alerian root in one thousand parts OF
water. OF fifty patients treated in this way,
with only two had benefit failed to result.
whether the wounds were lacerated or con-
tused- but il Is expressly stated that the treat
ment is OF no avail IN deep wounds. In one
instance. warm injections OF the decoctlOn
were usad for otitis media. Thu anodyne
effect Ia attributed TO the action Of the va
lerianic acid on the terminal nerves, and an
antiseptic influence Is also credited 10 the
remedy.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CoLERIDGE. IN an ad-
dress to the grand jury, at the opeding OF the
autumn Assizes at Bedford, England. the
other day. spoke at length on the character OF
the punishment which Justices Of the Peace
frequently inf cted. He strongly condemned
the passing Of heavy sentences for trihlng
Offenses. such as pllIeflnE anu tne Ike Dt-
Iering that such a method was but manufac-
turing criminals instead OF correcting them.
In Illustration he cited a case where two
urchins we. e sent to prison for three months,
for hard labor. for the paltry theft ola few
apples from an orchard, an onense OF which,
perhaps. many Of the magistrates themselves
were guilty when they were boys. If heavy
sentences were awarded in such cases there
were no others adequately severe for the far
graver crimes which frequently came before
Judges at Assizes.
APARIsIAN OURNA has been making some
inquiries regarding the number Of gaming
houses and gambling clubs in the capital Of
civilization. and the amount of money which
changes hands in them. II the information be
Trustworthy, it is indeed startling. There are
a Of these friDOts in Paris, and between $780,
COO. 900 and 35,000,0O are computed to have
been lost there during the last five years. The
minimum profits Of the banks in the clubs are
put down at 81, 200 daily, and in the less select
gambling houses at 500. Taking the average
at 500 per day, the total for the i've years
comes out at the respectable figure Of 81, $780,
600. Nearly So, 5000 coo are set down as the 1--WE
years sspickings" of the croupiers and
Dreteurs. Some Of these men make enormous
incomes, and il ia certainly well within the
mark to put down their receipts at an average
OF 2 1000 per annum. Then there is another
half million for the administrator and their
star