Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-22

WHAT is believed to be an unpublished cpl
taph written by Robert Burns was found re-
cantlv at IsOchmaben, in Dumfriesshire, on
the flv leaf of an old volume. At dinner
marty one Of the guests named Dixon. who
was laird of Elsieshields. had accidentally or
otherwise caused the poet great offense. On
the following day he wrote these lines:
Here lies the laird o. Elsie-shields,
Wha's left Lochmaben's bonnie fields,
And a her bonnie loehs and cells.
Aud game to dwell amang the dlels.
How he tends and how he fares
There's few kens and as few cares"
NJ. GEORGES MARIE, engineer Of the Paris
and Lyons Railway, says: There is general
impression that locomotives consume as much
as from four and ne-half to five and one half
pounds of fuel per horse-p power per hour"
But his experiments show an average con-
sumption in good locomotives of 1856 pounds,
when the horse power Is measured by the
work done at the circumference of the driving
wheels. and of 2.9l pounds when il Is meas
ured by the indicator diagrams. the fuel being
of good quality and the firing done with care.
Comparing this with marine engine cOnsump-
ton Of two pounds per indicated horse
power, it seems that locomotives are much
more economical than is usually supposed,
considering that they work -condensing,
while marine engines enjoy the great advan-
tage of condensation.
a REMARKABLE accident occurred to Mr..
street, Albany, n. Y, about 1880 O'Clock
Wednesday night. He is employed as a fire.
man on the Central Railroad, and as he sat
asleep by an open window he dreamed that
he heard a shrill whistle of danger from
locomotive. which was blowing for a signal to
cross the upper bridge. Instantly, without
awakening, he leape0 forward through the
window, dreaming that it was his own engine
and that he was to reverse its motion. He
landed about 10 feet below upon the sidewalk.
al the very edge of an embankment 10 feet
high. several persons who resided down
stairs were sitting upon the piazza near by
and saw the man fall. When they reached
him he was unable to rise. He sustained serl-
Gus injuries both to his knee-pan and in
ternally.
LAST Friday afternoon Mrs. William Ken
nedy, who lives on Fourth street, san Jose,
Cal, missed her four year-old son Carl, and
in a state of great anxiety made search for
him up and down the various streets in that
vicinity. when she was attracted by seeing
some people running wildly about on the cor
ner of Fourth and st. James streets, and upon
approaching the dwelling Of Dave Williams,
nearly tainted with terror when she saw the
frightened people pointing with their fingers
TO her little son, who was hanging to ladder
on the windmill tank 20 or so feet from the
ground. One little hand grasped the ladder,
and with the other one he was reaching out
for some pigeons that were sitting almost
within his reach. The mother realized the
awful peril of her little son, but with hero
ism seldom seen she called to the child in a
drm voice, saying, "Come down, Carl. and
mamma Will give you a peach" The little
fellow looked cautiously around over his shoul-
der. and, seeing his mother, started to de-
scend. while the group stood with faces up
turned banched with terror for fear he would
lose his hold and be dashed to pieces; but he
came safely down, and as he approached the
last rodnds Of the ladder he said, Il am COM
ing, mamma" and the OverjOyed mother
caught her child in her arms.