The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-27
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and st. Mary's canal S,4006S5 tons; but in
1882 st. Marys canal traf1c rose to 1O,647, 203
net tons which the Suez canal is far from
equallng. On the other hand the freight Of
| the 81 Mary's canal in 1891 was worth Sl28,-
| l4s'2OS and the SueZ canal was probably worth
tenfold this.
The experiments of Col. Smoilon of the Rus
sian army, with falcons as carriers of dis
patches have proved successful and the Rus
sian army hereafter will employ them in
preference TO the ordinary "hOming' birds.
Inc colonel has found that the falcon can
! carry $40 grams without diminishing its rate
| OF speed, which Is considerably greater than
| that OF the pigeon. The falcons he says, is
| less likely to fall prey to other birds as they
are better lighters than the pigeons. 1t is on
| record, according 10 the officer, that falcon
| once new from the Canary Islands to the eS-
tates of the Duke of Parma in Spain. 1t
seems highly probable tina 1.-THE falcon will be
come the servant Of other European armies.
Bulk for bulk the heaviest part of the body
is the head, says the Yan6ee Blade. Not only
are the bones constituting the skull more
dense than those of any other portion OF the
skeleton. but the brain, which they protect,
Is, bulk for bulk, heavier than any other
| organ. The average weight of the adult hui
man brain is 2.37 per cent. of that of the
| whole body, but with the new born child the
proportlonate weight Is much greater, aver
aging Il. per cent. The relative weight Of
the entire skeleton TO the body is 1875 per
cent and that of its muscular investment
| 43l. The heart, which keeps the whole human
]
OF vitality has, Notwithstanding the i'm
| mense amount of work il does and the mus
cular energy it has to bring to bear upon that
work, merely relative weight of 0.52 to the
| whole framework.
In discussing the abatement of smoke in
Sheffield, a correspondent of Engineering in
sists that if smoke is once made there is no
| way to consume IT, and that the only way to
| avoid IL is either in careful stocking or in the
use OF fuel that makes no smoke. The cor
! RESPONDENT manufacturers
their fuel into gas, as is done in Sheffield,
| with which the most careless or stupid stoker
! cannot produce as much smoke as will rise
from lighted match. In Sheffield, he says,
l1nqulrers can see at any time in one factory
| two 30feet tubular boilers working on gas and
| never a sign of smoke. AS to cost. he says it
was but e. sterling per week for the
| same hours and produced as much with
| crude coal firing, e16 sterling per week; that
ESQ sterling spent in gas plant saves $50
sterling year. OF course, this kind of gas
| plant necessitates close proximity to the place
| of consumption.
Labouchere, in his London Truth, gives the
following unromantic view of love: ION few
| subjects is there more nonsense talked than
on love. girl begins life with a dose of I'M
attached affection. Some one asks her to
marry him, on which she concentrates this
affection on him. If some one else had asked
her, the concentration would have taken
place on the some one else. Having become
| betrothed, she considers she is in that pecu-
| liar condition which is called being in love.
| The best guarantee, however, for a happy
| marriage is not so much being in love as
certain fitness of things and a reasonable
| liking between the contracting parties II
| both are pleasant in their relations TO each
| other, the mere fact of living together and
| having identical interests develops affection
| l know that this view of matrimony is con-
trary to the ideas accredited in novels. 1t is
however, true. In France, where marriages
| are generally arranged between two families
they turn out We j better, in fact. as a rule
than in the English love matches"
There are still so many navigable canals in
England that you could voyage from this Re-
gents canal end to Liverpool by barge, saws
Cassell's Magazine. So completely was this
| country covered by these artificial waterways
| during the canal fever that there was said to
| be In 1886, including Manageable rivers, no
| place south Of Durham that was over fifteen
| miles from water travelling. Railways of
course, soon rushed past the slow-moving
| canals in public favor: but there are still
more than $500 miles of canals open in the
| United Kingdom, while 100 miles have been
| turned into railroads. The longest canal
| tunnel is on the Thames and Severn, and
10 called the Sapperton tunnel. Its length is
| 3808 Yards. No horses tug the boats through
| but men-like birds for once-rest on wings:
| that is, projecting bits of wood, and "leg" the
| bargeS along. or push them with poles. The
| Lappal tunnel, on the Birmingham canal is
| almost as long, extending for 3795 yards;
| and IL has also the reputation of being the
| narrowest-only feet 9 inches in width
| The Ellsworth, on.the Grand junction, is 3056
! :
/ haul the barges through.
The Emperor of Germany is perpetually on
! the move; the Emperor Of Austria passes
| continually to and fro between Vienna and
| Buda-Pesth. while his consort travels allover
! the continent in quest of health and oblivion;
| the Car visits the distant provinces of his
| empire, and regularly goes to Denmark; the
| Queen of Sweden resorts to foreign watering
! places: the King of Italy shows himself In ali
the former capitals of his united dominions:
the Queen Regent of Spain takes her delicate
| little son to San Sebastian, and the Queen of
| England never tarries long at BalmOral Os-
| borne or Windsor, and has of late years made
IT an annual practice to cross over to the con
| tlnent. with much greater freedom
OF Sdr,d locomotion, sovereigns are yet
tiles in their journeys. In prin-
ctple. says London correspondent of
the New York sun. they travel only by special
| trains. and have their own imperial or roval
! carriages built and kept up with exceeding
care and always ready for use at shortest
! notice. The railway carriages used by the
| queen OF Great Britain in England and Scot.
| land are marYels of perfect construction and
| arrangement They are fitted with electric
| light, upholstered, furnished and decorated in
| perfect harmony and taste. She can writ,
read, work, converse, take ner meals and
| sleep almost as comfortably as in any of her
| royal residences; even her faVOrite flowers
| and the many family photographs she loves
| to have about her are disposed in the differ
/ ent compartments of her carriages in the
| exact places she is accustomed to see them al
| hume. Ine Tram always STACKS speed as soon
as she retires to rest, and ii is well known that
| she never seems to feel fatigue or discom-
/ fort from a long night Journey All her heavy
! luggage, the horses, the appurtenances of her
| bedroom. are sent on several days ahead so
| that her apartments are quite ready to receive
| her on her arrival: She owns private car
rlages in France. left in the charge of the
| Compagnie de pOuest, and dispatched 10
| Cherbourg to meet her when she leaves the
| royal yacht These convey her to Biarrjtz
| Grasse, Hyeres or Italy, as the case NAV he
| without change The royal trains are built
| SO as to travel on every European line of rail.
| with the exception Of the Russian and Span
| ish ones, where for military reasons the
| gauge is trifie broader than elsewhere
| Each portion of the line assumes the resnon-
sibility of the royal train as long as it travels
| on Its radius. The government. officially in
| formed of the intended journey of the SOW
| ereign, even II he travels incognito noti
ties the respective companies of the line of
| route
An Irresistible Plea.
simple argument, stated in sinnle