Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-09-21
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

I'm many countries the rainbow ia
spoken of as a great bent pump or
siphon tube, drawing water from The
earth by mechanical means. In parts
of Russia, in the Don country, and also
in Moscow and vicinity, it is known by
name which is equivalent to "the
bent water-pipe."
The great cave in the Black Hills
region is said to be 80 miles long, and
contains nearly 1,50O rooms, some of
them 200 feet high having been opened
There are streams, waterfalls and
81 lakes. one of which is an acre in eX-
tent. The cave is 5000 feet above sea
level and 400 feet below the earths sur
face.
AN ingenious continuance forrecord-
ing sunshine is the recent invention of
Prof Marvin. The professor describes
the instrument as consisting in princi-
pie of Leslie ditferential air thermom-
eter-mercury, however, being used to
separate the air in the two bulbs, and
the whole Thermometer is designed in
the form of straight tube, having a
bulb at each end.
"A fiat car costs about $3.50, fiat
bottom coal car s415, gondola drop
bottom $500, double hopper bottom
coke car $780, box car $780, stock
car $500, fruit car (ventilated) 500
and refrigerator car $780, A four
wheeled caboose costs $3.50, and an
eight-wheeled one S700. The prices
given on the above cars include power
brakes and vertical plane couplers.
Germany has 5000, 900 depositors in
savings banks; France, 4, $50, 900; Great
Britain, S,75O,OO0 Italy, 100000; Aus
tria, 1,S50,0O0; Switzerland, 100000;
Sweden and Norway, 1,57O,OOO. The
amount of savings deposits in Austria
is 1918, 900, 900; in France, $3.50, 900, 900;
in Great Britain, s536, 900, 900; in Prus-
STA, s72O 600, 900; in Italy, s346, 900, 600;
in Sweden and Norway, 100000, 900; in
Switzerland, S11S,O00, 900. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The first state legislature Of New
Jersey, under the new constitution, as
sembled at Princeton, late in August,
1776, and chose William Livingston gov
ernor Like the New York convention,
the Legislature was, on account of mill
tary movements, compelled to meet at
different places at Burlington, Pittston
and Haddonfeld. At the latter place
it was dissolved, leaving behind it only
small remnant of the legislature first
assembled. 1t was soon afterwards re-
established.
The word adirondack" is derived
from the Indian Ha-de-ron-dack (mean-
ing wood eaters), and applied in de-
rision to the remnant of once-power-
full tribe of Algonquins, who were de-
feated in war by the Iroquois and forced
ness, living for weeks upon the bark
and roots of trees, and finally ending
their existence here. The name was
first given to the several ranges and
mountains and finally adopted for the
wilderness as well.
-Paulus Poeius gives the following
description of the unicorn, an animal
now generally admitted by all zoolog-
lists TO have only been a creature of
fable: HE is beaste in shape like a
horse, ola dusty colour, with a mayned
necle. harry bearde and forbade
armed with horne of the quantity of
two cubits, being of spiral shape, and
Of ivory of exceeding puritie and won
derfull whiteness 1t also has the won
derfull power of expelling all venome
and poison whatsoever"
"A curious box was recently found
in the ruins of Pompeii. The box was
marble or alabaster, about two inches
square and closely sealed. When opened
it was found to be full of pomatum of
grease, hard but very fragrant The
smell resembled somewhat that of the
roses, but was much more fragrant.
What the perfume was made of cannot
be conjectured now, but it is singular
that men in the nineteenth century
should be able to regale their noses
with perfumes prepared in the first
In 1916 the state of New Hampshire
made public declaration of indepen-
dence, and established a temporary
government, to last during the war.
On June II, 17Si, convention framed
state constitution, which after numer-
Gus alterations went into force June ?,
1884. The people had been very patri-
otto and active during the revolution,
and furnished their full proportion of
troops The constitution provided that
once in seven years it should be sub
mitted to vote of the people, on pro.
posed amendments This was done in
September, 1901, and the constitution
then adopted continues to be the su.
preme law of the land in that state.