The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-08

oysters shipped from here to wherever she
happens to be at great deal of trouble and
expense. They have to be packed in tubs
a. d led on salt water and oatmeal and a
man man servant has to go along to wait on
them and Sc that they get their regular
tles'iS' and teach Them poker, and tell them
now toe ships headed-that's the sort OF ed
ucated oysters Sarah has to get. And even
VITA all this care it frequently happens that
the half or more Of them will be dead
oysters by the time Sarah gets them. Or,
IL not dead then, they will be dead be ore
she gets through with the cargo. Now,
surprising the pneumatic tube working to
Farls, Sarah could come over to New York
every morning for her breakfast
or or every evening for her dinner.
L len she would have her oysters fresh.
But even if Sarah did come that way peo-
pie would still sheer at the tube route.
Ihey would say she could have Travelled by
pneumatic tube long ago.
Or supposing Ward McAllister was OBJ
llged to pay a hasty visit to London TO con-
suit the prince on ticklish piece of Ell
quette, or to give the queen pointers re-
gaTdlng American girls III Europe. or to
negotiate with Heugler's circus for months
engagement of the 400" as an immense
museum attraction; look what an interna-
tlonal blessing that pneumatic tube would
be- The queen would have no cause to
tune around and bite her nails in ix-day
suspense waiting for the New York auto
crat; Mr. McAlliSter could &c with her in
side of two hours And if the negotiations
with Hengler were satisfactory the whole
400 could be sent over the same afternoon in
time to march in body in the street pa
1ade
And then look at the advantages of the
tube route III holly contested election. If
on the morning Of the election candidate
1elt doubtful OF success, he could jest send
across the Atlantic for 10000 Or 100, coo
voters and have them here f9gtis before the
polls closed Then when they had voted he
couldp them their money and ship them
back. Or suppose fellow wanted to elope
with his girl or his employers cash box, he
could be on the other side and married, or
nave the cash spent before any one would
be the wiser
1t will also be of great benefit to the
newspapers. Instead OF botherlng with the
Old, Slow methods, the news editor will
simply tell one OF his assistants to run over
10 Europe every hour or two and see what
IS going on. One can readily imagine the
editor coming into the office about II
O'Clock P. IN. peeli Off his dress coat and
vest and plunging into the foreign news
And then:
Smith, you'd better light out and catch
CiiO J. 80 Oub6 anu sCOOJ ONcE 10 dIlSs ASK
Boulanger what he thinks of Freycinet's
new distribution of troops on the eastern
frontier, and how to-day's municipal cleo
tons will affect the future of the republic.
And you, Jones, might as we'll go over and
interview the queen regarding the alleged
snubbing OF some society ladies at her draw
ing room. Drop in also on Gladstone and
have cnat with him on the Irish question,
and II you have time run across to Berlin
and look at the emperor's throat. | guess
that's all Don't stay later than 80"
The advantages of the aeroplane are of
different character. 1t will be used more
for recreation. When the poor man has
finished his days toni and eaten supper,
instead of loafing in the back yard these
warm evenings and rushi e the growler, he
will take his wife and family for jaunt on
the aeroplane. All they have to do is to
step in, aud they are whirled up among the
clouds in the twinkle of a lambs tail.
Schools of aeroplanes will float out over
the bay some with private family parties,
some with Sunday school excursions, some
with miscellaneous crowds. If anybody
gets drunk or unruly, he can be thrown
overheard without any chance of him com
planning atterward or suing for damages.
The novelty air ship will be more patron
lied by sol itary ramblers and young couples
The aerop1aae does not give that exclusive
ness that one so often desires; it will proba-
bly, have tae same relation to the air ship
that the excursion steamer has to the pri-
vate yacht. Mr. Campbell believes, how
ever, thst the air ship will catch tho crowds,
and viii drive the aeroplane wholly out Of
the market; but to an impartial investi-
gator it would seem that each has its place
i'll TIE economy of aerial transportation.
Eac'l will not conflict with the OF er, and
the pneumatic tube will conflict with
neither. Even in the transoceanic traffic
there will be little competition. Some peo-
pie, as already remarked, may want to be
blown to Europe in thirty or forty minutes
others may be willing to squander eight or
ten hours on the journey. Some may de-
light ia sail through the blue ethereal,
with plenty of fresh air and magnificent
views If old ocean; others may prefer to lie
down in a nest of wool and take their air
from a nursing bottle,
Several new methods of lightning trans
portation have been proposed and patented
besides the three described, but they are
unworthy of serious consideration.