Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IL Madagascar no one could read sixty
wears ago, but now there are nearly 100000 on
the island who have some part Of the Bible
and read It.
EXTENSIVE gold deposits, it is said, have
been discovered near Ishpeming, in Michigan,
and a number Of companies have been formed
TO develop them.
4 FORrY-TON ROCK fell from the arch of the
natural bridge of Virginia the other morning,
with a noise like the crack Of doom. This is
the first fPll on record since the bridge was
struck by lightning IN 1913.
TIE British drink bill for 1888 foots up $685.
ESQ., 75. The quantity aggregates 1902, l42, l5S
gallons This would make a lake a mile long
and a mile wide, with a depth OF 30 feet, or
sufficient to iiOat mcn-Oi-War.
THE young lady grape pickers at the Ma
toma vineyard, California, amuse themselves
bv putting their names and addresses in the
boxes which are TO be shipped East, thus con-
verting them into a sort OF sentimental matri-
mOnial trap.
THE gnllibility Of some travellers is well IL
lustrated by an incident which has just oc-
Cured on the Northern Pacific Railway. A
person entered the car and demanded the
baggage checks OF trunks checked through to
Tacoma. They were given up, and II was
discovered on ARRIVAL at Tacoma that the
trunks had been claimed and delivered at
Portland.
4 VIRGINIAN now IN Washington says that
the number Of office seekers from his State
who will visit Washington about March will
nearly equal the Democratic voting popula-
ton. He says that nearly every worker"
who has marched in Cleveland procession
has had his picture taken IN MS campaign
uniform with some Endorsement of his per-
sOnal services upon the back, such as This
man lost his voice shouting for Grover Cleve-
land" etc.
THE famous Luray caverns of Virginia are
sand to be rivaled by others on Cheat river,
near Kingwood, Western Virginia, which
have recently been discovered. The entrance
to these caverns is by a small aperture, be-
hind which are seven chambers, the smallest
being IS feet long by 40 broad, and 30 feet IN
height. These caverns are believed to lead
to others still more extensive. The formation
OF rock crystal in these huge recesses is said
to be exceedingly beautiful.
TIE frequency with which boxes Of cigars
were wagered during the last election, and
the certainty that there are a great many
mean people in the world, suggested to a
dealer the idea OF making a cigar box four
inches long. an inch half wide, and an inch
high. In this box four rank cigars are
squeezed. and the whole Quilt Is put on the
market as box OF cigars and costs twenty
five cents. A large number OF THESE boxes
have been sold to men who wished topay their
bets at a small expense.
VT. CHAMBERLAIN, of Norwich, Conn.,,
has invented a way of charging cartridges
with compressed air in lieu of powder. The
she'll is placed in a receiver and then filled
with com pressed AIR. valve in the base OF
the cartridge closes when il is removed from
the receiver, and the cartridge is ready for
rse. The shell is discharged by opening the
valve when the air fOrcibiy drives the pro-
jCctle from the barrel. The inventor claims
TO have obtained a range of half mile with
a pressure OF zoo pounds to the inch.
THE knife OF the guillotine with which
Marie Antoinette's head was cut of is now in
Nine. Tussauds exhibition in London. 1t is
in the form of a collar, or circle Of iron. and
will weigh twenty-five pounds. The collar is
cut horizontally, each half containing a knife
or blade. When used the upper half was
allowed to fall between two upright stand
ards, striking the neck which lay across the
blade OF the lower half. In addition to that
OF the unfortunate French Queen this guillO-
tine has severed the heads from the bodies of
over 1000 persons.
on an American ship which arrived at
Portland, Ore, last week, there was a young
parrot hObbling about on erutches. During a
storm about three years ago the cage was
thrown down, the parrots legs were caught
under one OF the wires, and both were broken.
The Captain whitfield out two crutches and
bound one to each limb. leaving the feet free
For the first ten days the bird could scarcely
move, but since that time the b0res have knit
and he Is now able TO walk. always taking
good care TO preserve his equilibrium. His ap-
petite Is good, and in other respects he is do
| ing fair 70 middling.