Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The camel has twice the carrying power of
anoX. With an ordinary load of acc pounds
he can travel twelve or fourteen days with
out water, going fourteen miles day. They
are ft TO work at five years old. but their
streneth begins TO decline at %. although
they live usually until 40. They are often fat
tened al 30 for food the flesh tasting like beef.
WHEN Greek immigrant was searched in
New York recently, he was found to be arm
cd with a weapon which looked like large
ivory handled jack knife. When examined
y stOl hammer was discovered on one side.
This, when pulled up, threw out trigger on
the other side. As son as the pistol was dis
charged four-inch blade ran out ready for
use.
THE lack Of snow in the upper and north
eastern sections or New Hampshire has
caused a partial suspension of the wood and
lumber business. In some places lumbermen
are selling their teams and dlscharglng their
men to close operations for the seas m. What
ever may he the character Of the weather for
the remainder of the winter, the amount OF
timber and wood got out will be small, 1t Is
said.
An important discovery of coal has been
made in the Andine region Of the Argentine
Confederation. which is a point in favor of
the opinion heretofore expressed by competent
auth rites that The entire region of the An
Gcs slopes is underlaid with coal measures.
The coal is reported to be Of good quality, and
ne government has appointed commission
10 examine the region and make tests OF the
mineral.
THREE thousand visitors a year go through
the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, but it is eX
pected the number will be much larger this
wear, owing to increased travel South to the
New Orleans Exposition The cave Is on the
line of the Louisville and Nashville hallway,
but ten miles from the neal est station. The
cost of stopping over, including moderately
extensive exploration oI the cave, Is ABOUT
$40 TO each person.
THE authorities of the Bank of France have
improved upon the methods used in some of
our great retail stores by which suspicious
customers are watched from the gallery. A
photographic apparatus is kept IN readiness
for these occasions, and at a given signal the
customer has his picture taken without his
own knowledge. Additional value IS given
10 the likeness when, as often happens, the
customer Is photographed IN the very act of
piifcrlng.
4 RECENT JUDGMENT Of the Criminal Court
at odessa seems to show that there is a sect
IN Russia Of which the leading tenet is a holy
obligation to Kill chidren-theIr own and
those Of other peOple-for the purpose of
making angels The sect has often been heard
Of lately, but so many odd reports come from
Russia, mostly inventions, that the prudent
decline 10 trust any OF this sort until con-
1rmed. Only one prisoner was tried, but she
was found guilty OF numbering three chill
dreu, and received a sentence of fifteen years
hard labor.
SECRETARY CHANDLERs present quarrel
with Admiral English for entertaining the
ladies of his family and other women on the
flagship Lancaster, at Nice, is partly due to
their misunderstanding when English was
Chief Of the Equipment Bureau. Chandler Is
also angry because English has set at naught
his orders that none Of the wives OF naval
in, iph HON
husbands vessels are lying. This order Is
ahOminated in the navy, aud English seems
not only to have set it at defiance, but to have
openly boosted of it.
''THEbE is more money in Bibles than in
ANYTHING else" said Mr.. J. Il. Jones, one of
the largest Bible printers in the United
States. There is a steady reliable trade for
the good book. and think have made two
millions of the different grades since l have
been m business. The price ranges from ten
cents for the kind given away by the Bible
society to the thirty dollar one bound IN vel
vet and ivory. l have nearly ceased printing
Other books. As general thing they doR't
pay. Unless you can get work by great
author or a noted politician, the sale OF any
book does not reach beyond a small edition. |
maid Alexander II. stephens $4,000 royalty
IN the War Between the States but only
about $4,000 for his History of The United
states.
TIE new ironclad Oldenburg. which was
recently launched at Bredow, is said to be a
very valuable addition to the German navy.
Her popularity is that. while originally de-
signed as the last Of the Sachsen type of
armored coryettes, she carries a larger arma-
ment. She is a ram ship. and, with her two
engines of &. 800 horse power, is eX-
expected TO show great speed. The great
strength of the Oldenburg consists in her be-
ing able to maintain a heavy nre from her
and also from her stern and bow,
& he two fOrecastle guns being $3.50 inch, Ike
The six in the classmates, while the four on the
poop are 5.5S inch. Besides these are three
revolver guns, two boat and landing guns,
and four torpedo guns, which fire below the
water line.
A RECENT VISITOR to New Britain, which
has lately been annexed by Germany, says
that il contains a large population and Is very
billy. Referring only to that portion of the
country which nc visited, he states that there
are no hereditary chiefs, a man exercising IN
fuence and authority according to the wealth
he possesses. The people are mlseraOly
housed, but they are an Industrious anu trad
ing people. who. however. have the drawback
Of being confirmed man -eaters-that is to say,
they always eat their prisoners OF war. Ihe
Young learn quickly, and soon adapt them-
elves to the ways Of civilization. There are
volcanoes. and earthquakes are not unfre-
IUent. The rivers contain crOcOdleS, and /
there is said to be in the interior a race OF
men with tails. These remarkable persons !
appear 10 be shy Of coming down to the coast. |
THE San Francisco Chronicle says: "There |
is only one ivory manufacturing establish
ncnt in this city, and that has been in exist |
.nce nearly - years. For a long time the /
.xtent Of its business was SO small that the /
.mp lover, with the aid of a single apprentice.
was enabled to fill al orders. But within a |
CIV years the business has increased very |
.apidly and extensively, and now from II to
S men are employed throughout the year.
md are paid from So 50 to 81 per day for their
ervices The last year however, was very
luiet, and much less work was done than
Turing previous years. The ivory Is i'm
ported from Siam, Cape Town, and England.
from the first named place is obtained what
5 known as the green, transparent ivory,
which is used mostly in making Jewelry, and
or fine care handles. From the second place
ONES the cOarser and cheaper article used
n common work, and from England are
rought the blocks of African ivory, out of
which billiard balls are made. The market
! purely local and only extends along the
Oast. Most of the fancy goods, especially
awelrv, is sold to Eastern tourists. and those |
arved BY hand are said to bear favorable
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