Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-10-14

alive quota of soldiers. the mini
mum standard of Welsh recruits
should be two inches lower and for
English and Irish recruits one inch
lower than for Scotch recruits. The
highlanders of Scotland and the
Irish of the Western provinces OF
Ireland possess the highest stature
FLOODING THE HOLY LAND.
The proposition to make a canal
between the Mediterranean and the
Red Sea is meeting with ecclesi-
astical opposition. The dead Sea
and portion of the Valley OF the
Jordon lies at q much lower level
than that Of the Red Sea and the
Mediterranean and as consequence
of connecting them about $500
square miles of land would be sub
merged. The Rev. Canon FRS
link, the celebrated eastern traveller
and author, exclaims against this
and declares that millions and mil
lions OF Christians regard the his
toric scenes of the greatest events
in the worlds history as precious
and that to bury them forever q.
depth of from SO to 1880 feet
would be to violate considerations
higher even than those OF con-
yepience and commerce.
THE MEEsgY ICNKEL.
The railway tunnel under the
Mersey is being rapidly carried for
| ward. The total length is 3 miles
Isl! chains ard it is being con-
structed for double line through
| ont. For the purpose of the
works under the river, two shafts
have heen sunk on each side, one
for pumping and the other for ven
tilation and winding. The tunnel
!; Is being excavated from the two
sides simultaneously and the work
men will meet in the middle under
the bed Of the Estuary. This rail
way will connect Liverpool and
Burkenhead more Intimately and
this il Of exceeding importance,
seeing that the extensive docks on
, both sides are under the control
and management of the same board.
It will also connect many of the
great lines of railway and make the
conveyance of goods for shipment
and storage of goods from and to
the docks on each side and from
and to vessels loading and dis
charging much easier, quicker and
less expensive. The date of COM
pletion named il the beginning Of
1885.
1 fASX NESohLs
The trial cruise of the Genoa
steamship Oregon has been highly
successful. the speed attained
being the fastest yet achieved. 20
knots or % land miles per hour is
quick sailing. There was dis
tinguished company on board at
the trial, including Lord Shaftes-
bury, Lord Glasgow, Lord Balfour.
lMr. S. 3. Guron and Mr.. John
Burns of the Cunard line. Mr..
Pearse, the managing partner Of
Messrs. Elder and Glasgow, the
builders. said in proposing pros
perity to the Oregon, that fast
ship was safer on the ocean than a
slow one owing to the greater
power of control over the vessel,
and his concluding remark was that
| he would not consider his work in
the art Of sbipbuilding accom-
plished until be had built vessels
that would cross the Atlantic in
FIVE days. Mr.. Guron in making
response said in his characteristic
quiet manner that though this was
the fastest ship in the world. others
would be built to surpass it. He
means by that, I have good reason
to believe, that the Oregon is not
his final effort.
The members of the Iron and
| Steel Institute have been paying a
visit to the Cleveland works of
BulekOw, Vaughan d Co. These
works cover 100 acres Of land and
embrace ten Bessemer converters,
and the output is about 5000 tons
per week. These works are the
largest Of the kind in the world.
| Official statistics give the num-
Der of suicides in Russia for 1882