Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-04
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yAssAR girls consume 2,4OO pancakes at one
breakfast.
EVERY street IN the business part of Chicago
is to be laid with granite.
1T is said that King Cetewayo's remains
have been carried of by his enemies and
burned.
THERE are twelve manufactures of artifi-
cial teeth in the United States. which make
10000, 600 of those useful articles per annum.
CONFEDERATE memorial services at the
Stonewan Cemetery, Winchester, will take
place June g. the anniversary of the death of
Ashby. 4 shaft will be raised in the Georgia
lot at that time.
A BUTLER in an English family has not been
able TO recover his wages in a lawsuit because
he had refused to shave Off his beard, though
il was proved that he was unable to shave
himself, and the nearest barber was eight
miles of,
4 GERMAN SCIENTIST has drawn attention
to the fact that the Sutlej, one of the great
streams of British India, is probably the
swiftest large river in the world, having a
descent of 1900 feet in hundred and eighty
miles, an average Of about fifty seven feet
per mile.
4 MULATTO girl, with a remarkably pretty
but peculiar face, was engaged by a shrewd
Western Snowman. He had tooth extracted
from each side of her mouth, and inserted
pair Of long tusks, covered her ears with false
ones like beasts, bleached and tangled her
abundant hair. and instructed her to utter an
unintelligible jargOn. Thus she was trans
formed into valuable curiosity, and her
wages of SIS week did not satisfy
her. On the arrival Of the show in Indianap-
oils she attempted to quit it, and row re-
suited in an exposure of the fraud.
WA MODEL of a novel canal boat has been
placed on exhibition by a Cleveland inventor.
The boat is to be propelled by a screw, so
geared that it can be made to turn by horses
or mules travelling in circle in their stable
in the boat. The inventor claims that abund-
ant power can be had in this matter, and that
q large saving can be Effected. particularly in
river towing bills, and by the reduction of
help; that it would be cheaper than the pres
ent method of towing, even though no better
time were made; but he is confident that four
or five miles an hour can be accomplished.
1T has been found necessary, in consequence
of the serious depredations of relic hunters
upon Burial Hill, in Plymouth, n. H., to en-
case a number of the older gravestones with
galvanized iron, showing only the inscriptions
upon the faces of the tablets. The stone at Ed
ward Gray's grave, 1881, was thus protected
last year and this spring. Among others,
those Of Thomas Clark. 1897, William Grove,
1854, Elder Thomas Cushman. William and
Joseph Bradford, sons of Governor Bradford.
have been covered. No stone with date pre-
viOus to 100 is now exposed to the attacks of
vandal visitors.
CURIOUS and probably authentic instance
Of dogs devotion is related by an English
traveller. Among the sojourners at the Grand
Hotel Victoria, Mentone, IN the year 1872, was
the Archduchess Marie Regnier, who, during
the three months stay there, took such a lik-
ing to the proprietor's handsome dog Pietrino
that she begged it Of him, and carried her
q fortnight after hot oil
Pietrino was back in his old quarters again,
having Travelled 500 miles across strange
countries, over mountains through
towns and villages, only to die at his masters
feet five days after his coming home.
RECENTLY an Irish member of the House
Of Commons complained that the public notice
attached to the coronation chair in West
Minister Abbey had been altered by the omis-
sion of all reference to the old legend that the
coronation stone was first used in browning
the Irish kings, whereupOn an explanation,
written by Dean Bradley, was offered. Many
years ago an inscription in Latin was attached
to it stating that the stone was the pillow on
which Jacob rested his head at Bethel, and
the legend went on to say that it was carried
from Palestine to Egypt, and thence to Spain.
From Spain 1t was said to have been conveyed
to the Hill of Tara, IN Ireland. In 1851, in
order TO meet the convenience of the
visitors Of the Great Exhibition, the
head guide wrote on q label a notice to
the effect that the stone had been
used at the coronation Of the ancient Kings of
Scotland and Ireland, but omitted all reference
to the legend relating to Jacobs pillow, while
retaining the closing part referring to Ire
land. The label having become dusty and
dirty, the guide, who has considerable anti
quarlan knowledge, turned il over recently,
and on the back wrote simply the historical
fact with regard to Scotland, and ignored the
legend entirely. Dean Bradley adds that geol-
Ogists have conclusively shown that the chair
is OF Scotch limestone and that no stone az
hn nd s i'm
There are in the Maryland Building at Druid
Hill Park, Baltimore, two flying foxes, often
often wrongly styled vampires. They
really have nothing in common with
those dreaded animals. They are strict
ly vegetarians, not living on any kind
of animal food, except, perhaps, noe
turnal insects. The different species of
flying foxes, of which there are great num-
Der, are natives of the tropical portions of
Africa, Asia and Australia, and are not found
like the vampires in South America. The
flying fox is large bat, spreading from to
feet, usually black color, with brown or
yellow back. They are social in their habits,
and immense numbers of them frequent GER
tam groves Of tall trees in such numbers as
% make their resting places very offensive.
gu piaces are much more readily dlscerned
by the nose than by the eye The
peculiar position during sleep hides their
form so well that they are only discovered Inv
accident. When asleep thew are susnendad
by one of their hind legs, while their WINS
are wrapped around them like shawl. TIE
wings are so wrapped as to leave small pas
sage for breathing, and the ears are so placed
as to catch every sound. Soon after dusk
they leave their sleeping quarters singly, but
in a steady stream. They then visit cultivated
plantations, where they do much damage by
eating bananas, plantains and similar fruits.
After satisfying their hunger they fly about
Tor some time in playful mood and towards
morning they return long before sunrise TO
their sleeping quarters. In captivity thew
are very fond Of the same food they get when
free, and also milk and bits Of raw meat.