The morning news., 1892-03-16
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| lady against the proprietor of the whitehall
| Court flats upon the Thames embaukment IL
was stated that the lady was induced TO take a
nat by the promise Of the proprietors that a
restaurant would be established on the premises
and that, as this had not been DONE she had
been living principally on timed meat and sar-
dlnes. On the suggestion of the judge an
arrangement was come to. his Iordship express
ing hope that there would be no more living
on sardines and timed meat
BACTERIA are simply microscopic plants, the
smallest form of vegetable life. In some in
stances they are so small that it would be neces-
sary TO place Is, 900 of them end to end in order
TO make row an inch in length. They are of
widely different forms, some round some oval
some fat or rodshaped, while still another
class are the exact counterparts of small cork
screws. in all cases they are so minute that
one needs powerful microscope in order to
study them, and in no case can they be per-
ceived simply with the naked eye. When count
less millions are grouped together they NAV
probably be seen, but in this case they NAV be
said to resemble an approaching army. of which
we are totally unable to distinguish a single
soldier.
CHURToN COLLINS has recently published In
England book entitled illustrations of Ten
nyson in which he shows the indebtedness Of
the poet to his predecessors. He names a great
many passages in his different poems which are
taken bodily from Virgil and Lucrstius and
Theocritus, not to mention words and phrases
which are taken in great numbers from the
older English poets. The findings show that
Tennyson has been a great student Of the best
literature and has known how to appropriate
good thing whenever he found 1t. Mr.. Collins
shows no mean ability a scholar in being
able to follow the laureate in his pilferings and
appropriations. Probably Lord Tennyson
would allow himself to be called literary thief
in the sense in which Emerson would say that
that term might be justly applied to his own
quotations. He has stolen wherever he could,
but, like the honey bee, he has made it over
into something swester and better than the first
owner ever dreamed of. 1t is in this sense that
Lord Tennyson shows himself to be superb
artist taking whatever is best in expression in
all literatures and using it with the freedom
and impunity which are allowed to a man of
genius.
A MARINE experiment of great Importance TO
Milwaukee was announced in the Milwaukee
Wisconsin a few days ago. The Toledo, Ann
Arbor and Northern Michigan railroad is about
TO build a large ferry steamer to test the feasa-
blity of carrying trains of cars across Lake
Michigan from Kewaunee to Frankfort The new
steamer will cost $250.000. and will be large
enough to carry forty freight cars, and she is to
be fast enough to make the runs across the lake
between the points named in about five hours.
The distance is sixty miles. The ferryng of
cars in this manner will result In great saving,
as it costs from Sc to SlS a car TO mako the
transfer of freight from the cars to the steam
ers, and besides, the loss through breakage incl
dent to such transfers will be prevented. 1t is
thought the experiment will prove successful
as freight trains have been thus trans
ferred for years between Cape Charles City and
newport news, distance or forty miles, across
the mouth of Chesapeake bay, where the water
is sometimes very turbulent. If the pro-
posed ferry system should be successful
it will without doubt eventually be put in opera
tion between this city and Ludington, Grand
Haven and st. Joseph The distance across
| the lake is considerable greater at this point
| than between kewaunce and Frankfort. but if
| the proposed ferryboat can be made to success
fully breast the waves with its pecu liar freight
| the problem of speed will be readily solved by
| the engine builder and the marine architect
car n Mfoh;
cease to be an obstacle to the development of the
railway facilities of the ports on each side of
the lake, dnd Chicago will no longer have a
Leading advantage on account of her geogrGph-
| 1cal location. The railway lines running across
| Michigan and Wisconsin will be able to carry
| freight more speedily as well more cheaply
than they do at present, and CO nseuuentIy their
| business Will increase rapidly and heavily.
To MAKE a voyage across the ocean to Europe
in balloon is an enterprise projected by Prof
Samuel A. King, the aeronaut. and several finan-
cisl hackers, to take place fr ON Philadelphia
some time during next summer. The projact Is
not yet definitely assured. although Prof.
King has been promised the funds necessary for
complete preparation for the transatlantic
journey. The expense that would be attached
to such an enterprise Is estimated 90 be about
| 5000 or &25.000 Prof King was seen late
| Tuesday night about the proposed oceanic bal
| loon trip at his home by Philadelphia Press
| reporter He declined to give for publication
| just what arrangements had been made, DEEM
anB 1uaI AZ MOulu 400 10 proper inaslnucn as
the enterprise had not been positively assured
'"The talk is that the start" said he SHOULD
take place some time in August from this
| city. That is the best time. / am very anxious
that it shall really occurl for l have
| been considering such a project for several
years. think have at last mapped out the
| plans by which such journey can be accom-
| plished. 1t is necessary that l should try to
make the trip soon, for ina period not far dis
tant might find that have not vigor to risk
such task Should Prof. King accomplish
the voyage across the ocean in a balloon 1t
would be the first feat of the kind in history
There have been several attempts made TO cross
| the Atlantic through the air, but they resulted
| in signal failures. Prof. Wise tried it about
start. Subsequently Prof. Lowe also made an
attempt. the starting point being at Point
Breeze but the balloon was not properly made
Prof. Donaldson did not have much better SUI
cess in his effort many years ago. 1t is Prof.
Kings opinion that the balloon necessary to
make trans Atlantic voyage should be hydro
gen one, and its capacity should be from 400 600
| through high altitude, say 315 miles high, as
has been suggested BY some aeronauts, Is not
| advisable. His idea is that the balloon should
carry drag rope 1000 or 1000 feet long with
| the end trailing In the water. In this way the
| balloon could strike current of air and travel
| with it across the ocean. There would be two
| cars attached to the balloon. The upper one
would carry the passengers and the food. The
lower one would be used as q cuisine and
could be descended into by means Of a rope
| ladder. The idea is 40 have the cuisine re-
moved from the upper car about the space of
twenty feet, so that there would be no danger
from the coil oil stove. Prof King has made
over 800 balloon ascensions in his career.
v an And