Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-07-09
No. i6i

their physical endurance; but whatever suc-
cess those of remarkable intellect can attain
under such circumstances, the ordinary wo-
man cannot expect to go fitting on the road
to success with shoes which give her the ap-
pearance of having club feet, with waists re-
duced 10 two-thirds their natural propor-
tions, and without pockets In which to carry
the articles which business life requires.
TURKISH SCHOOL CHILDREN.
How They Learn Lessons and ssTrear
All Round.''
Turkish boys aud girls are of the race
which has given the alphabet and the sciences
of numbers. navigation and astronomy to
the world; but they study only one book
now and learn only one science, says writer
in Wide Awake for July. They study tho
Koran, from which they learn to read, and
the science of Mahomets religion, as soon as
they can commit sentences to memory, eith-
or by having it read to them or by reading it
themselves. They study aloud as hard as
ever they can, each beginning with a differ
emit sentence, rocking to and fro, "weaying
trouble" meantime. If they falter in their
shrill repetitions the masters duty is first to
admonish, and, if this is unheeded, to spare
not the rod. There is lull when the
"muezzin's" call is heard at noon from the
mosque minaret near by, and then the mas
ter and pupils, with faces turned toward
Mecca, drop to their knees and say prayer.
When the priests call ceases and the pray
pers are over the voice of the artful candy
man is often opportunely heard near the
school, for candy is peddled about on trays
| there, and not sold at shops as with US. The
new scholar is permitted to sitraet all round"
on the first day, and there are no better
sweets than "Turkish delights"-pasty,
| creamy, crackly things made up from rose
| leaves, violets and poppies, nuts, dates,
| grapes and pomegranates, delicately mixed
with honey, sugar, syrup and spice. Pure
| cold water after sweets is known by all
| Turks, young and old, to be the most deli
| cious of luxuries, and this the school chill.
| drsn often enjoy, for the waterman is cum
| ming enough to follow closely in the wake of
| the candy vendor, anxious to tighten his
| burden and draw profit, we'll as spring
| water, from the tanned skin OF pig, which
| he carries strapped to his shoulders like q
bagpipe-the Turkish water bucket.
THE JUBILEE SHOT.
1t Would DemoIish Boston or new
York With Remarkable Ease.
In 1888 two shots were fred at Shoebury-
ness, England, from wire-wound gun, ac-
cording to Harper's Weekly. 1t is a compar-
| atively light gun, with a calibrs of 90 inch
es. The weight of its proiectile Is three
| hundred and eighty pounds. It was fred at
| an angle of forty degrees, and the initial ve-
locity was two thousand three hundred and
| seventy-fve feet second. The mean shot
is known to artillerists the world over as the
l stjubiles shot" Before the gun was fred
| the problem of the shot was given out by
the professor of ballistics at Woolwich to all
the artillery schools of the world. It con-
tanned the elements which have been mem
toned, and the question was asked, how far
will the gun send the projectilea The mean
distance of the two shots was twenty-one
| Thousand two hundred and three yards, or
twelve miles and sighty-three yards. The
greatest altitude reached by the projectile
Wss six Thousand two hundred and seventy
four yards-a little more than three and a
\ half miles. The shot travelled higher than
any mountain on the North American conti-
nent or in the world, except some peaks of
the Himalayas and the Peruvian and Boliv-
ian Andes. The professors of ballistics
l worked their problem and announced the
results to the Royal Artillery school. The
most accurate result was obtained by Cap
tain James III. Ingalls,, of the First artillery,
| who is instructor in bsllistics at Fort Mon
roe. Captain Ingalls, computation was with
mean shot, and within eleven yards of one
L of the shots. This fact, and the further
fact that the ability of this officer is recog-
nized by the army and is utilized at the
| school, illustrate the intelligence and capaci-
ty of the officers of the United States army.
| Without furnishing proper means for practi-
cal experiment, the government has In its
service an officer who is recognized as one of
| the first authorities in ballistics, and other
officers of reputation in their specialties.
This shot ought to serve as a warning to
the country, which leaves Its richest cities
unprotected. It may be objected that the
piece could not be discharged at 30 great an
angle as forty degrees from the deck of a
| modern ship without irreparable damaging
| the carriage and the vessel. The best au-
thority, however, says that there is no rea-
son why such a comparatively light gun
should not be discharged from ship of war
at any desired elevation. But even If We
assume the correctness Of the position of ma
} val experts that eighteen degrees represents
, the greatest angle of elevation at which q
, gun can be safely discharged from Q vessel
the projectile of this particular gun would
| then travel more than eight miles. It has
| been discharged at an angle of fifteen de
, gress, with the result Of sending the sho
1853 miles.
There is nothing in this country which car
resist this shot. Judging from recent ex-
periments in resistance, there is nothing In
i, the world which can successfully oppose the
force of projectile Of three hundred and
, eighty pounds sent from gun with the ini-
i tial velocity of this Long ridge 9.2inoh can.