Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

REPORTS from Luxor state that the clean
ing Of the temple is already far advanced.
Twenty-seyen houses have been pulled down,
and a columned hall laid nearly free. Every
thing is well preserved
A DYPsOMANIAC boy Of eight years was re-
Gently attacked, in Dublin, with deirium
tremens The child. so says the 5fedicaJ Press,
had had a passion for alcoholic liquors ever
since it was able to drink at all.
ENGLASD's nobility are gradually bccom-
ing patrons Of the new art Of wheeling"
Earl Granville may be seen almost any day
riding his tricycle. from Walmer Castle to
Deal. and the Prince Of Wales makes occa-
siOnal Journeys On bicycle.
TRAVELLERS rave about the soft purple light
which fills Italian skies and gives a peculiar
beauty to Italian mountains. This light has
now been discovered on the mountains Of
southern California, and tourists are so in
formed By the railroad companies interested.
THE current production Of gold for the
worlds use has been gradually diminishing
for the last twenty-six years. Thus in 1857
the worlds production Of gold was estimated
at little over $i45,0O0O0O. From that time
the supply has gradually and very uniformly
diminished until last year the production
was about sl03,0OO,00O.
SOME months ago, says the Homea0drd Mail
the site Of the historical Black Hole Of Cal
cutta was discovered and excavated. 1t may
be interesting to add that the excavation has
now been filed up and decently paved over,
and that handsome tablet OF white marble,
bearing a suitable inscription, is about TO be
placed near the spot.
MADAGASCAR has population Of about
100000. Ranayalona, the new queen and
sole ruler, is not yet 25. On her assumption
Of the throne a strong war policy was de-
clared, and the nation was called upon to
stand by their homes and the lands Of their
HHgNfN 80
French" said the Queen, Il hope that my
body may be cut INTO pieces andthrown to
the dogs"
THE Philadelphia Medical bulletin an
nOunces that an Ohio physician is preparing
a medical lexicon in forty -twO languages. 1t
appears likely to be needed If the name
makers pursue their present course. Yet an
eminent physician told his hearers, in a re-
cent lecture, that characteristic OF a good
medical essay was Its freedom from unneces-
sary technical terms. 1t Is the Hedging who
favOrs the long words.
HER Britannia Majesty's navy lost through
accidents during the past ten years l,7O3 mem
Bers IN active serYice-l, 900 by drowning, 423
from explosions, l72 from falls from aloft, and
~ from suicide. The largest totals in any
one year were 422 IN 1878, S54 in 1880, and 227
in 1881. The largest total Of drowned In any
one year was 39l in 1873 1.-THE year OF the loss
OF the Eurydice) and the next 3I2 in 1880 (the
year of the loss OF the Atalanta); while the
largest total Of deaths from wounds, etc, was
in 1881 (the year Of the explosion on board the
DOtterel.)
A RUINED gambler named Albert strighelli
has shot himself at San Reno; while at Pont
Magnan, near Nice, a German lady, an ha-
bitual frequenter Of Monte Carlo, has been
found senseless and bleeding on her bed, with
her infant lying dead by her side. The lady
has recovered. IL is believed that after losing
in all 100000 francs at Monte Carlo she opened
a vein IN order 10 bleed herself 10 death, and
falling on her child, inyOluntarily suifOcated
it, Some mystery, however, hangs over the