Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-17
NEW HAVEN CONN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1888

she parted her name in the middle. The ex-
| aniners held that the signature was defective
as she had failed to write her Christian name
in full. On appeal the commissioner sus-
tanned this opinion. The law recognizes but
one name-the first one-and unless that is
given in full the signature becomes worthless
from legal standpoins.
4 very interesting discussion took place at
the recent meeting of the Institution of Naval
Architects, held in Glasgow, upon the subject
of the centerboard. It was stated that ex-
periments made by Mr.. Froude s'proved that
the leading part of plane moving obliquely
through the water had much greater resist
ance per square foot than the remaining part
of the plane. The triangular centerboard OF
the American yachts, having long leading
edge, was most advantsgeeusly placed in this
respect, and its resistance per square foot at
a given speed was much greater than that of
the ship proper, or of any draught she could
be given SO far as large yachts are concerned"
Mr.. Watson, the designer of the Thistle spoke
and maintained thst keel boat would still
beat centerboarder.
Nobody is very much troubled by the woes
of the French syndicate which started out to
control the worlds supply of copper. The
amount of production has been carefully es-
timated and the syndicate prepared to buy
all the copper offered, but at the close of-July
it was found that the visible supply of the
metal in England and France, including that
on the way from Chill and Aus tralia, was
nearly 80 per cent. greater than at the begin
ming of the year, and A per cent greater
than a year ago. The mine production has
been stimulated by the operations of the syn
dicate and it is predicted that the total out
put of this year will exceed that of 1887 by 20
per cent. Moreover, consumption has fallen
OFF about one-seyenth, and other metals are
taking the place of copper to a large and in-
ereasing extent.
The government of Chilli has provided for
the extension of commercial relations with
this country by subsidizing, at an annual
cost of 1925, 900, the South American steam
ship company, a Chilian organization. The
agreement is that the company shall extend
its service to Panama and carry the mails.
The company has eighteen large steamers,
and by special agreement these are to be
placed at the governments service in time of
war. Steamers will ply fortnightly between
Callao and Panama, and it is understood that
rates for freight and passengers will be made
very reasonable. Chill is evidently not afraid
of the word Subsidy" but sees in this plan
of paying its own steamship company a fair
compensation for carrying the mails, that it
is providing for regular communication and
rapid extension of trade with this and other
countries.
DR.. Hans Rsusch of the Norwegian Mete-
geological Institute, who is engaged in col
lecting particulars of the earthquakes which
occur in Norway yearly, has issued his report
for 1887, from which it appears that earth
quakes are far more frequent in Norway than
has hitherto been imagined. Reports were
received of twenty-three, all of which were
faint except three. One occurred on the night
Of May in the Bommsl Islands, on the west
coast, and was accompanied by subterranean
detonations; another in the islands of V@ro
and Rost, at the extreme point of the Lofod-
den group, where doors and windows clatter-
ed and the states on the roofs were pitched
off; again, on November 8, severe shock of
earthquake was felt at Bodo, on the north
west coast. OF the minor shocks those
which frequently occurred on the Yttero are
particularly remarkable, as this island lies
far out in the ocean, off the coast of Sondf-
jord.