Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-09-23
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Woman must look pretty. The disAp-
pearance of the mackerel gull from Maine
waters is due, according to the Biddsford
Times, ssto the merciless work of the men
who supply the milliners with plumes.
For the mackerel gull they are paid ten
cents each, price SO renumerative to pro-
fessional gunners that these birds were in
the short space of two years practically
exterminated. All of the snipe family
were also in great demand; even the little
ox-eye did not escape, for single order
was placed for 1000 of these at three
cents each to ELL an English contract"
California will profit much by the scare
ity of fruit this year. The San Francisco
Chronicle estimates that the fruit ship
ments from California to the East this
year will reach 10000 carloads, or 200,-
price of cents a pound-which may be
considered low, as the above embraces q
vast quantity of dried fruit, which sells at
from 8 to 20 cents pound-our surplus
for export will bring the State at least
10000 This is pretty good show
ing for section in which apples and pears
sold freely at 81 so to 50 a pound forty
years ago, and which at that time was
deemed by most persons unfit for any
other purpose than to dig gold and raise
cattle for their hides and tallow."
ALI the ''hustling" isn't in the West.
Fifteen months ago there were not dozen
people in Middlesborough, Kentucky.
Now it has population of 5000. An
English syndicate worth $50, ,000,0 is
building the town. They have spent
$500, 600 in Strengthening a creek which
runs through it, and have encircled it with
seventeen-mile dummy line. They have
put up electric. cars and electric lights
and have about completed seven furnaces
Business buildings costing less than s10,-
600 are not allowed to be built-and lots
are selling for as much as $3.50 a front
foot. The bonds of the circular dummy
line have been gobbled up at 115. The
syndicate owns 100000 acres in and
around the place and has already realized
million and half dollars on the invest
ment. Mr.. Arthur, the manager for the
syndicate, gets s35, 900 year for his ser
vices, and last Christmas they made him a
present of $4,000. H.
It is apparently not easy to destroy a
war balloons usefulness. In q Russian
camp balloon, held by three cables, and
with dummy for an aeronaut, was al
lowed to float 900 feet from the ground.
At a distance of about 5000 metres -four
field pieces, loaded with shrappel, opened
fire upon the air ship. To the left of this
battery, but considerably closer to the bal.
loon, post of observation was occupied
by few officers who communicated by
telephone with the officer in charge of the
battery to enable him to regulate his fire;
while, on the other hand, the cables were
held by men in sheltered position, who
were able to alter at will the altitude OF
the balloon, and thus render the aim oi
the gunners more difficult. At the tenth
shot the range was captured, and then ths
firing was done by salvos, five of which
were discharged before the balloon wa
hit. When struck it began to descent
slowly. Then sixth salvo was fired at 1t
but none of the projectiles struck it. Il
all thirty-four projectiles, without count
ing the shrappel, were fired at it, ant
when the balloon reached the ground il
was found that it had been hit by onl.
five of the larger shots and by twenty-foul
of the shrappels, nearly all the perfora
tions of the latter being in the upper por
ton. 1t was estimated that the damag,
done could be repaired in about half al
hour and the balloon sent up again.