Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-30

figure. the centre being straight and the doors
on the sides. opening toward the wheels. the
side springs being so arranged that the doors
may be readily opened wide without inter
ference. The springs extend beyond the
hinges of the doors to near the front Of the
wheels, and are supported at their forward
ends by goOsenecKs attached to the rocker
frame of the carriage. The vehicle is low
hung and so far forward on the axle that,
with the drivers seat arranged behind, 1t Is
finely balanced.
INvESTIG ATOMS on lands of the Buffalo
Cement Company at Buffalo Plains, New
York, have revealed the existence of a strata
underlying the soil which is considered of
great value for building and other purposes.
shaft was sunk. and at twelve feet below
the surface an excellent quality OF cement
material was found. Below this material
and for seventy feet the shafting went
through ordinary building stone of superior
qualify, and at the depth indicated bed OF
pure gypsum as found. white as snow, and
said to be equal to the best of that imported
from Europe and Nova Scotia. A stock com.
pany is about being formed. and articles of
incorporation are drawn and the work OF eX-
cavating will begin at once
HAS the real story of Gen. Gordon's death
yet been toldS Hardly any two accounts Of
the manner of it agree. The latest story,
emanating, like the Others, frem the Arabs,
says Gordon killed three of the enemy before
he was himself pierced with a spear. Con-
sidering his intrepid character, II is nOtilkelY
that he persisted without striking blow, but
the difficulty of ascertaining just how he did
die Only illustrates the extreme untrustwor-
thiness OF much Of the pr0fessed information
concerning occurrences within the Mahdps
lines that is retalled to the public. Again the
story that the MahdIs followers are asserting
him is heard, but as all previous assertions OF
the same kind have been based upon equally
good authority, and have turned ont substan-
italy false, there is no reason for thinking
that this is true.
INV hold viz fI,a Nffr Oe MaxfrO
he recorded the depth OF Lake Texcoco at
sixteen feet and ten inches. To-day its great
est depth is six feet and eight inches, and
scientific observations show that the bottom
Of the lake is rising at the rate OF one and one
half inches annually Its bottom is now but
nine feet below the level of the principal
streets of the capital, and at this rate, unless
the lake is drained it is shown that before
many years the City OF Mexico Will be perma-
nently uud T water. The sewage Of the city
is now drained into the lake, which, in sum-
mer, is not more than three feet lower than
the bottom OF the main sewers, while in the
rainy season the rise OF the water IN the lake
causes the immediate backset of all sewage.
IL is no wonder that MeXicO's death rate is
high. No Efforts are being made to Drain
Lake Texcoco.
NEARLY a month ago an infant son Of Capt.
Uriah Dodge, the keeper Of the Block Island
lighthouse. swallowed a boys blackstone,
which is of iron about an inch and three
quarters IN ulanleJef, WITH Six points, 4 ne
parents used every means at mand on
the island to relieve tue little ones suffering.
At length the child WAS taken to Providence,
and there placed in charge OF eminent sur
gecns. They determined TO push the jack
stone down into the stomach, but 1t was ap-
pretended that IN doing so the Windplpe
might be closed, and i'll that case they were
ready to perform the operation known as
tracheotOmy. Al soon as the blackstone was
pushed little the windpipe was closed. and
breathing was shut of. In moment one OF
the surgeons made an inciso on and intro
duced a tube into the windpipe, and the child
| breathed Agais. The blackstone was then
safely pushed into the stomach. Two days
after it passed of, and the child ls now doing
well.
DUKE CHARLES OF BRUNSWICK, who died
10 1874, "lhe most despicable figure in the
most scandalous chronicles of our times" is
the subject Of a most readable paper in the
last number OF Temple Ear A visit to the
Diamond Dukes famous hotel in the Champs
Elysees must have been, to say the least of it,
exciting. a soriDg was touched. an armchair
presented itself, and the cellar was whirled
round and up into the ducal an'e-chamber.
This and the bedchamber were of solid iron;
the very bed was iron. A minute violet
shaped aperture in the wall was the keyhole
of the recess where the Dukes stronghold,
containing precious deeds and documents.
hung over well many yards deeper man the
first foundations OF the hotel. The cellars
were strOnghOlds like those OF the Rank OF
France. There were iron canes, crammed
with guneas, Golfers untOuched since Water
loo, containing gold pieces OF eight genera
lions Of Dukes, and there were thousands OF
ten thaler pieces VIII Oh had never been put
into circulation. He kept no kitchen, for q
cook was necessarily a pOisoner. in his eyes.
He mixed his morning chocolate himself; his
milk was brought from suburban farms In
sealed silver can. He left his millions to &C.