The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-29
NATURAL FRUIT FLEYoRS.
IFEMS OF INTEREST.

ANOTHER lover of the curious has discovered
that Thursday played great part in the life of
the late khedive. He was bora on Thursday &C
cOrdinR to this authority, assembled to the throne
on Thursday, entered Cairo after the revolt of
Arab Oh Thursday. and died on a Thursday
Finally, his seal ring was also broken and de-
stroyed on Thurs ay, Jan. 81, in the presence of
Abbas II. and his ministers.
An underground lake has been di scovered
three miles from Genesse, Idaho. 1t was found by
well digger. At depth of sixteen feet clear
pure lake water ran out over the surface for a
time, then settled back TO the earth's level The
most curious part of it is that fish were brought
TO the surface by the overflow. They have a
peculiar appearance and are sightess, indicating
that they are underground fish. The spring has
attracted much attention, and many farmers in
the vicinity fear that their farms will drop into
the lake.
The family Bible OF George Washi ngton's
mother, now owned by Mrs Lewis Washington
of Charleston, W. Va, has been loaned for ex-
hibition at Mount Vernon. VI has a cover of
homespun cloth put on by its original owner.
The Washington Post says that the book is
wonderfully preserved for its age. and all of its
pages are still intact except the first five or six
that were torn out and placed in the corner
stone OF the Mary Washington monument at
fredericksburg Va. The first entry in it is of
the marriage of Augustine Washington and
Mary Ball in 1871, and the next is of the birth Of
George Washington, Feb. IL, 1882 10. s..
Four cities in Europe stand wholly or in part
on islands. Client, in Belgium, is built on
twenty-six islands which are connected by
eighty bridges, the city having as many canals
as streets. Amsterdam, In Holland, a city of
ten miles in circumference, is mostly built on
piles driven into the sandy Soils but the flowing
OF the tide and the debris of the Ainstel river
has made ninety islands, and the city has more
canals than streets The waterV WAYS are
traversed by over 300 bridges, so that Amster-
dam has earned the designation Of the Venice
OF the north. Venice was built on eighty is
lands, great and small. which are connected by
40O bridges. There is not q carriage in the city,
although footways are abundant. and it is pos
sible to go from one end of the city to the other
on foot, though sometimes long detours must
necessarily be made. st. Petersburg is built on
apeninsula and two.isands, connected by sew
eral large stone bridges and in summer by nu-
merous bridges Of boats, which, however, are
removed at the first frost.
A GREAT DEAL Of misinformation is being cir
culated as TO which is the largest schooner
ahoat Everybody on the Atlantic coast thinks
that the 5-masted schooner Gov. Ames is the
largest of all fore-and- alters, but this is a
mistake The largest schooner in the last pub
lished government list is the Golden Age, 1853
tons: built at Abbott's Bridge. O. in 1893, and
hailing from Sandusky. The Gov. Ames ts
second in the list and the largest schooner on
salt water. She was built at Waldoboro, Me
in 1899, halls from Fall River and registers 1863
tons. The Mile G Browne. built at Camden,
Me-, in 1899. measured 1896 tons, but, as she
was lost on the first trip, she doesn't count in
the present list. The 4-masted Tecumseh,
$50 tons. built at Bath, in 1889, is the third
largest schooner afoat, and the John F. Ran
dali, 1885 tons, built at Bath 1891, is fourth in
point of size II is thought that the limit of
size has been reached In this class of vessels.
but tn ere is possibility that some ambitious
down easter may yet produce a 2,000-ton
schooner.
The mos { recent achievement OF Mr. Webb
the chief mechanical engineer and locomotive
superintendent of the London and Northwestern
works at Crewe, is, contributor to the English
illustrated Magazine says, the engine Great
Britain, which, at the time of writing, had
only been out of the shops a fortnight, but had
already had the honor of conveying her majesty
from Carlisle TO Wolverhampton, en- route from
Scotland to Windsor, last November This is
perhaps the most powerful engine
that has ever been Duit. Although heavier
than any other that has been made at Crewe,
it is SO constructed that there is no
more than the usual weight on any one pair of
wheels, and there is therefore no extra strain
on the permanent way or bridges, This is
brought about by the two pairs of driving
wheels being placed in front of the fire-box, and
an additional pair of small wheels behind the
tre-box and underneath the foot-piate, having
half an inch OF side play The wheels under
the front, or leading end, are fitted with Mr.
Webb's patent radical axle-box, so that,
although of great length, the engine can travel
over curves with complete safety.
R.ISwAN, missionary, who has been resi-
dent in Kantapga, In the south Of the Congo
Free State for over three years. makes in his
journal the following interesting contribution
to the folk lore of the people in the neighbor-
hood of the river Lubi. He was at the time
travelling with Lieut.. La Marinel. an officer of
the Congo Free State mot far distant from
these parts many of the Luba people have the
com bfnation 'Bashila' In their family name
for instance, the Bashilange (KalambR's peo-
pie, Bashilambwa, BashIlanzefu. Mr. LIE Mar
incl and were talking over the probable mean
ing OF the combination. We knew that Ba was
plural prefix, but it was not until after some
thought that remembered that the word shia
sometimes chila or jila) Is that which
were to ask the Yeke people why they do not
eat zebra flesh, they would reply, 'Chijiia'-i e.
1t is a thing TO which we have al antipathy'
or, perhaps, better, 1t is one of the things
which our fathers taught us not to eat The
Biheans use the word ch-cola to express
the same thing. The words nge mbwa, nzefu,
in the above combinations. means respectively
leopard, dog, elephant. So it seems as though
who have an antipathy to the leopard
the Bashilambwa those who have
an ,antipathy to the dog and the
Bashilanzefu, those who have an antipathy to
the elephant We called native, and, after
great deal of questioning. he understood what
we were driving at, and we found our conclu-
sion to be correct. He then told us how the
Bashilambwa and the Bashilanzetu got their
names. At one time they we're only known as
and Bashilambwa, because they considered it
was wrong to eat the dog. But one day a num-
70 " 'IO'i "en0 al OeS tho i~ubi river 70 nunC
elephants. and stayed many days, during which
rains had fallen, the river became much swollen
and when the hunters returned, they could not
cross. While they were wondering what to do
an elephant came past, and, seeing that they
were troubled, asked what was the matter
They were all much surprised. of course, to hear
the elephant speak. But it vent on, saying
they must not be surprised for it was a human
being like themselves: they could not cross the
river, but it could very easily and advised
them TO get on its back, whieH they did, and
reached the other side in safety, Ever since
that time they have refused to sat the flesh of