The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-12-30

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and single peach dropped out. Jack
set the peaches down, went back and
got the one that dropped, and re-
placed it in the sack.
THE LARDER OF AN OCEAN STEAMSHIP.
New York Truth: transatlantic
passenger steamers ship about 1900
pounds of meat tor each trip, 20 tons
of ice, 1,400 pounds of butter ard
5000 cigars. On a vessel of 1000
tons 1000 napkins are used every trip,
1000 sheets and 5000 towels Differ
ent colors are used on the upholstery
and furniture every day, bee Iuse of
the relief change of scene affords to
persons who become seasiek, and also
owing to the additional freshness of
the atmosphere of the cabins thus OBJ
tanned. The steamer is newly painted
on the outside from stem to stern
every voyage, and to do this work,
together with the repairing and clean
ing of upholstery, from 200 TO 400
men are employed. The washing is
all done at the end of each voyage. In
the first cabin of a first class steamer
there is $4,000 worth of silverware.
TELEPHoNING EXTRAORDINARY.
The most remarkable piece of tele-
phoning yet attempted has been just
accomplished by the engineers of the
international Bell Telephone com
pany, who successfully carried out an
experiment by which they were en-
abled to hold a conversation between
St. Petersburg and BOloge, distance
of 2,465, Blake transmitting and
Bell receiving instruments were used,
and conversation was kept up not
withstanding a rather high induction.
The experiments were carried on dur
ing the night, when the telegraph
lines were not at work. The Russian
engineers of this company are so con-
fdent of further success that they
hope shortly to be able to converse
with ease at distance of 1850 miles,
but to accomplish this astonishing feat
they must combine all the conditions
favorable for the transmissions OF tele-
phonic sounds. 1t is found possible
to hold audible conversation at such
extraordinary distances, it is possible
that this fact will be speedily i'm
proved upon, and we shall be enabled
to converse freely between London
and New York, and by aud by between
London and the antipOdes.
A PRECIOUS HEIRLOOM.
A lady residing in Erie, Pa, has
in her possession a perfume bottle that
was once tho property of Gen. Lafay-
elite. 1t is scarcely larger around than
ones finger, although seven inches in
length. The lady and her husband
entertained Gen. Lafayette upon his
last visit to this country, and upon
leaving his room in the morninr, he
left the bottle upon the dresser behind
him. The lady Immediately seized
upon the article, as a memento. tying
the cork in with bit of thread; and
to this day the remainder of the per-
fume and the cork are in the bottle as
the general left them.
GREAT AUSTRALIAN RIVER.
Toronto Globe: Ii is a common
mistake to assume that Australia is a
country destitute of large rivers; on
the contrary, it possesses one of the
longest water courses in the world,
viz : the Darling, which is navigable
2,345 miles, placing it third in rank
among the rivers of the world, esti.
mated by their navigable length, and
considerably above the Nile, naviga-
bic for 800 miles, the Danube, nav
igable for 1,700 miles; the Rhine, 900
and the Thames, navigabie for only
1873 miles.