Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-01-21
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOTABLE EVENTS THOUGHT
WORTH RECORDING.
For !,c Esgaimaux-Th Siz" ofycs-
scis-An Alpine TnnncI-The Buf-
faio MiikniaH-l Fortune Teller,
g., &c.


Of the successful ST. GotharJ, has for
some time been talked about in Paris.
1t is estimated illat the Simplon tunnel
would shorten the time between Paris
0nd central and southrrn Italy by Il 'e
hours, rs compared with The st. Gothard
line, and the gain over tine Mont Gems
route would be stu great'r. Accord
ing - The representations, the length of
the contemplated tunnel would be about
tw, I've miles, ami the whole work could
lie accomplished III from four to SIX
wears; it would b. the longest tunnel II.
the world, and require extraordinary
provisions for its suitable ventilation,
though this object could b. obtained, it
is believed, by means OF . horizontal
air shaft above the crown of the tunnel
and running its entire length, connect ii
by series of v,..icAl shafts with the
above the mountain Pum
ing engines would not only keep the nlr
constantly renewed, bus would draw OFF
the water which otherwise woaid st v
accumulate in the tunnel. The cost of
Q his work is estimated .oIt $40, 100000
AFTER many year, If experimenting,
with the object of increasing thc speed
e vessels and lcs>enin% their draft by II
Grange i'll the forr.2tion Of tie IN.I, II
L, nsylyania in~"utGr has succeeded IN
constructing a b.iat which l., claims full
ills the ,.,sidcrata 50 long SOUGHT, and is
in entire accordance with true scientific
theory. The boat, which is some thir-
tysiX feet long, is of the shape known
rs the concavc bottom, the hull being
built in right and lcf; hand spiral form
from the bow to the middle section. Tn
conformation of the hull in this ease
such rs to displacn water in mann
closely approximltlIg to the wayc-li
theory, beginning ut the cut-wa.ev I'll.
displaceIa 1t baiIg accomplished grlu
ually Until TIE centre @. The boat i:
reached, when TIE reverse action OF dis
placement begins; the concaye begins
where TIE convex ends. The greater
the speed the greater the lifting power,
the boat rising on the water, and cOnse-
quently moving with greater speed with
out any increc 0 of power.
4 ELL with bit OF adventure and ro-
nance attached is one DR.. Davis of the
Cape God distric IN Massachusetts has
proposed. 1t provides for the dist .bu-
tion OF 81 eco among the EsIuimury
along the Asia:ic coast Of the Arctic
Ocean for their eff'nrts to help the sail
ors of the Napoleon. The vessel was
wrecked in the Mort FERN seas, and the
Esquimaux showed the most attentive
re to all who got ashore alive. Only
one man survived the in iuries and ex-
exposure, He lived with :he Esqui-
HlauX two years, during which he WAS
well supplied with IOoi and clothing,
though his bcu2fac' rs themselves Were
in the midst of II famine. FINALLY, one
Of hem went 10J miles to Port CLAIR
cnce, to carry II statement of the mans
whercrhout5. The officers of the Bear
got the intelligence, and the surviving
sailor, Vincent, got safe home to Vine
yard Haven, Mass, this summer.
Tho crcwof the Bear, who took Vincent
aboard, did I'll they could for the Is
qnimaux, but the tade Cod folks think
they deserve more.
a BUFFALO milAman wears nickel
fye-cent piece as n watch-charm, and
gives this reason: Over year a., |
took this nickel. which was then beauti-
fully gold-platcd, as SCHOLAR gold
piece in payment of a bill. As soon
MS | detected HE fraud / took it
back to the woman who passed it on
me, but she refused to make it good.
go fastened it on my watch chain and
continued supplying her with milk.
But now every day 1 make her quart
One-fourth water, and once n week !
credit her with one-fourth the amount
of her milk bill. When the sum total
standing to her credit is 81 95 she shall
have pure milk once more, and not I'M
til then. She knows the milk is water
cd, but whenever she shows an inclina-
ton to complain l handle the nickel and
say that my milk is as pure as gold.
That settles it.
Big LAKE, near Osceola, Ark, is usu
ally large body of water, forty miles
long and eleven wide, but the long-con.
timed dry weather of the past summer
restricted the limits of the lake to less
than two miles, and the water became
SO shallow that man might wade from
shore to shore. This water was fairly
alive with fish, which were taken in
quantities 10y men who, armed with
clubs, beat them to death. 4 party from
Nashville recently returned from the
lake with 175 trout AMI 20 drumtish,
L. c-- ,n.,n1,
S. B. DAWSON, of Percy, Iowa, claims
e. have disco red the petrified remains
of huge monster on the bank of the
Des Moines River there. The body
without the head is forty feet long, and
nine feet from the tail it is four feet five
inches wide. The head is broken off,
and was found lying separate from the
body. Tho general appearance of the
deposit'i is that of darkish blue stonC
turning grayish on the outside, but
there is quartz formation where the
blood vessels and intestinal canal would
have been.
ALFRED STENMErz and Della Bolac.
Of Oxford, Ohio, were to be married
but O rrmor was started that Alfred nj
ready had wife living. Papa Bolacl
wanted an explanation, and Alfred sait
that he had divorce from his forme
wife, and that a COW chewed up his Goa
in which was the document. Mr.. Bo
lack doubted this, but Alfred got n cop,
of the divorce, and on Thanksgiving Da.
the wedding took place.
BLACKSMITH MILLER of Louisville
was shoeing mule the other day, and
drove nail through the hoof SO that
the point projected an inch and half
He was about to twist of the nail ant
clinch it, when the mule gave his hoo
n tramao1ous iar, and tine nail cauDh