The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02


! the Kilimandsharo, but the Ruwenzori,
which is situated on the frontier of
Uganda, between Lake Albert and Lake
Albert Edward, north to the equator.
| After many hardships Sir Harry John
ston succeeded in reaching the sum-
| nit, covered with eternal snow and ice,
! at hight of 1.154 feet.
What is perhaps the most curious
railroad regulation ever issued has just
been promulgated by the adminstra-
ton of the East Chinese or Manchurian
Railway. According to a report from
Irkutsk, Siberia, posters have been
placed in every room of that station,
stating that the Manchurian Railway
will transport only those passengers
who sign a paper in which they prom
Use not to sue the railroad for any
damages in case they should meet with
an accident while travelling.
During the rather brilliant display
of Perseids in August last, says Ma
ture, series of successful experiments
was made at the Juvisy Observatory,
in France, to determine the hight of
as many meteors as possible. The OBJ
serVations were made at two stations
JuVisy and a second station at dis
lance of five and three fourths miles.
both stations was twenty-one, of which
eight fulfilled all the conditions neces-
sary for the determination of the alti-
tudes at which they appeared and dis
appeared. The lowest recorded was at
an altitude of Is kilomoters and the
highest at 119 kilometers-about 91a and
rs miles respectively.
"A Philadelphia man thought he
would be more successful than his wife
in securing servants. So he cut out
number of advertisements from the
Situations wanted" column of news
paper, and strated out in cab to visit
the various addresses. The first place
he stopped at was in front of little
house in a narrow street, from which
cook had advertised. He saw her
and was favorably impressed. Il am
looking for a good cook" he said.
Sure, an don't Oh know lit" exclaimed
the cook. "Oi only left your house
yestidday!" He made a hasty and un-
dignified retreat, and decided to allow
his wife to continue in her direction of
the household affairs.
The German East African Gazette,
in recent issue, says: On the 30th of
October last, at 6:15 p. M, a partial
eclipse of the moon occurred at OAR
Es-Salaam. The eclipse had a terrible
effect upon the natives. All along the
coast The blacks, who are extremely
superstitious, thought that 'Sheitani"-
evil spirits-were about to steal the
moon, and the blacks of Oar Es- Sa-
laam Immediately arranged a Pepo
Coma, which is a kind of a war game,
the natives wearing formidably look
ing, ugly masks, and making a fright
full noise on their big Coma drum
NETS. The natives, of course, had a
complete success, for the eclipse was
over at 7:45 p. m.
A dispatch from Butte, Mont, says:
A wonderful natural cave, believed to
be one of the largest known, has just
been discovered in the canyon of the
Jefferson, on the line of the Northern
Pacific Railway, about fifty miles east
of Butte. An exploration party spent
several days in the cave, going over
an area of ten miles and to a depth OF
nearly 1000 feet. A large river with
a cataract of about 100 feet was ex-
plored for a distance of several miles
without discovering It's source or out
let A few articles of stone and cop
per utensils and some bones, believed
to be human, also were found in one
of the large apartments of the cave.
There were other evidences that i'm
| some prehistoric period the cave was
inhabited. The stalactites and other
natural decorations throughout the
cave are beautiful.
The King, says the st. James Ga
zette, receives 9S03 in lieu of duty and
butterage on wines imported into the
| Duchy of Lancaster; the Prince of
Wales receives many thousands year
for the loss of duties on tin in Corn
wall; and the Housekeeper of the
| Crown Office receives &13 a year be-
cause the House of Lords, in an i'm
pulsive moment, eighteen years ago,
abolished her post, and left her with
nothing to do. In the days of its early
| manhood, England had an Officer of
| the Pipe, whatever that may have
| been, and the officer of the Pipe had
| a salary of G62 9s. Sd. a, year. The
| pipe is broken and the last officer is
| dead, but nobody seems able to stop
| his wages. They have been paid since
| the days of Charles II. and they seem
likely to be paid until the Stuarts come
| again.
The greatest mystery of the sea,
! which has given rise to innumerable
theories, but which the shrewdest
| minds have been unable to fathom, re-
| suited from a voyage begun in this
port a NUMBER or years ago, says the
| New York Times. The Marie Celeste
put out from Brooklyn, bound for
Mediterranean ports. There was large
crew and full complement of officers
| on board, and the captains wife went
| along as a passenger. About month
afterward the Marie Celeste. with all
| sail set, was found abandoned 800 miles
| east of Gibraltar. All the boats were
at the davits, the life boats were all in
| place, there were no evidences of a
fight or struggle, and the vessel be-
| ing sound and in good condition, there
! was no apparent reason why the crew
should have abandoned her and moth
| ing to show how they got away. The
| Marie Celeste was taken to Gibraltar
and put in charge of the American
consul there, and IL was hoped that in
the course of time the crew or some
members of it would turn up to shed
| light upon this strange mystery. But
months passed and no word was heard
from them. From that day to this not
| the slightest evidence has ever been
| found to show exactly what happened.
| The whole crew has vanished. A pro-
longed investigation was made before
the ship was finally sold, without dis
covering anything to clear up the
mystery.
lone of the most notable tenden-
cies in interior decoration just now"