Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DENTIST F. J. SCHWARTsCHILD, OF San Fran
cisco, has been ordered to pay Mary MCMILLAN
s2I7 50 damages because. after contracting to
an the plaintiffs teeth for Sl1 30, he demanded
S22 50, and when she declined to pay that
amount he fOrcibly removed the filling.
IL a rock that is washed by the sea near
BoulOgne, a grottO from to 10 metres high
has been discovered. Human bones have been
found in il, as well as ancient earthenWare
marked with allegOrical figures and coins
which are believed TO have been struck by the
early Gauls.
On Lake Derwentwater, in England,
floating island has made its appearance. 1t is
now Of comparatively small area, though
gradually charging. Four years ago the
island was first seen, and as II only appears
during exceptionally hot summers, 1t is 10
cally regarded as the fOrerunner Of continued
fine weather.
ULN CATHEDRAL viii shortly be completed,
after remaining unfinished for nearly 400
wears Begun in 1877, the building was con-
Guided in 1894, with the exception of its
towers which are now being erected accord
ing TO the ancient design. The cathedral Is
one Of the largest in Germany, being nearly as
big as the Cologne Dom.
THE most artistic of italian furniture, made
from precious woods inlaid with gold, mo-
safes and ivory, is turned out IN Bergamo by
a firm that has been engaged in the business
during a century. Old and new specimens of
its Workmanship are much sought after by
foreign cOnnOisseurs for the adOrnment Of
palaces and country villas.
1T is estimated that if it cost but ten miR-
utes to add one scrap to crazy quilt Of 1900
scraps. and this is an allowance far two small,
the quilt represents an outlay of l,5OO hours.
during which the maker. II she really cared
for decorative art, might have acquired
remunerative skill in 1t, might have mastered
a language or might have learned house
keeping.
CONSULAR LIFE at Sierra Leone cannot be
very attractive. Mr.. Lewis, the present
American Consul, states that one day while
bathing his privacy was suddenly invaded by
a chief and a native woman. The savage
was suffering from rheumatism, and having
been informed that the white Consul's trOus-
ers were a specific for the disease, had brought
one Of his wives as an equivalent for the
article.
AMAMMoTH beehive has been discovered in
the bosom Of the noted peak commonly called
"OId Baby" situated in san Bernardino
county, Cal. The bees at work in this wild
mountain hive are almost innumerable, and
thew have in store a gigantic mountain OF
pure honey. which is estimated TO be $50 feet
tleep and 300 feet wide, and contains more
than 500 barrels of the genuine article.
EXPERIMENTS with the galvanometer upon
the tracks of the New York Central Railroad
show that electric currents flow through the
rails continuously. The movement is gen.
orally toward centres of electric disturbance,
and is Derceptibly affected by the passage of
cars: fast passenger trains being much more
effective than freight or coal trains. One
steel rail at Rochester was so much affected
bv these currents as to become permanent
magnet.
THE mean temperature for August at the
summit of Mount Washington, New Hamp-
shire, was Ar deg, which, the observers
saw. is a fair average of the months record
during the fourteen years IN which the Obser-
vatiOns have been made. The highest tenn
perature. 65 deg, was on the 18th; the lowest
81 6 deg on the 25th; monthly range, 4S.4 deg;
greatest daily range, pa deg, on the 18th;
least 60 deg, on the 18th; mean daily range
1874 deg; mean daily low point, ~ deg.i mean
daily relative humidity, 92.4 per cent.
BErGANDAGE about Rome has been adroitly
managed this season, the bands dividing into
parties of three to deter the government from
sending a sufficiently large force in pursuit.
But the simultaneous depredations of the
brigands in places at a distance from each
other has exposed this crafty device. The
parties of three have not hesltated to at
lack regular carabincers, and have killed and
wounded a number of them. Their most
profitable capture was that OF Count COzza
Nardelli. from whom they demanded 10000
francs ransom. Fearing TO lose this by delay,
tbev fnallv agreed to take 1000 francs, which
The Count sent his servant to fetch.
THE discovery Of the naked body Of young
girl about s years old, with comely face,
long brown hair, fine dark eyes and white
teeth. in the small garden in front OF house
in the fashionable and decorOus suburb of
Mazda Vale, which Mary Anderson affects,
in London has excited a sensation ana re-
news the talk about the number OF undetected
mysteries in London. The annual police re-
port mentions that last year the loss OF l2,4ll
children under 10 was reported, and, though
only six were uncovered, this, with 40
adults who cannot be traced, and thirty live
dead bodies picked up in the streets and I'M
identified make bad yearly total OF sinister
mysteries.
A Los ANGELES JOURNAL says there are
oceans of peppermint, wild and cultivated, in
Southern California, from which the extract
can be prepared by a simple process or the oil
distilled by the process Of disuling essential
oils. But the oil is not so necessary as the ex-
tract. which is used for medicine DIV drug
gi.ts. candymen, and many others. Ihere Is
81 much OF il used that southern Sahiornla
on9ht TO supply her own demandi II any en-
terprising man with small capital Would axe
hold Of it, there would be no competll IN. IIe
whole outfit for the distiilatlon OF the OH OF
the preparation of the fluid or solid eXtfact
would not cost to exceed 5000. The oil could