Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-05
THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE


| to the vote of the people a constitutional
amendment providing that the eohool taxes
education of the white children, and that
the schools for the blacks shall receive for
their support only the taxes paid by the
colored people. If this amendment is rat
| lied there is dark outlook for the oolored
children. 1t is estimated that now fully
85 per cent of the money spent on the col
ored schools comes out of the white peo-
ple's pockets.
A new kind of paint is announced, which,
1t is claimed, possesses in peculiar de-
gree the properties of preserving metal
from rust, and is Unaffected by either heat
or cold. When applied to sheet iron it is
found that the coating is not effected by
warm water or steam, nor ia it at all In
fuenced by the action or acids and alkaline
liquids, ammonia, gas, hydrcchlorie acid
gas and sulphuretted hydrogen gas. The
principle Ingredients in this paint is the
silicate of iron which is found In the neigh
borhood of natural deposits of iron ores,
and also occurs in veins in deposits of
granite which have become decomposed by
contact with the air.
Lake Assal, one of the finest salt lakes
in the world, in the district of Obock,
East Africa, only few miles from the
head of the Bay of Tadjouiah, has been
bought by speoulator from the French
government. All along the edge of the
lake, which comprises only sixteen square
milee, is bad of pure salt about foot in
thickness The water of the lake ia so
surcharged with salt that it is impossible
to sink in it. The bottom ia apparently
bed of solid salt. The heavy waters have
the base of jagged and precipi;ous noun
tains which descend to the edge of the
lake, making 1t almost impossible to travel
around 1t.
The success which attended the uss of
the electric light in fishing off the Cslifor-
mia coast has led to the devising Of various
improved apparatus for that purpose. One
of these consists of a large iron frame in
terlaoed with netting, which can bs opsned
and closed at the will OF the operator. An
electric light incaaed In lantern is low
cred into the net, the electricity being
furnished by motor in the bow of tho
boat AS the boat moves along the net Ia
thrown open and the bright light of the
lamp, which is ssen at u great distance in
the clear water, arouses the curiosity of the
fish, which readily swim into the trap.
This ia the modern variant of the old
method of destroying fish from canoe by
torchlight.
A report that has juet been published
gives an account Of the work that has been
done by the Society for the Sanitation of
Naples. From this it appears that the sum
of e262, ,546 was spent during 1892 on the
appropriation of property required for the
improvements of the new quarters, which,
added to the expenditure under this head
in previous years, brings the total to e1,
1872, 646. In the lower sections of the town
%, 1878 square metres ct housea have
been demolished. the total epace cleared
since 1889 bsing 1873, ,529 square metres.
On the other hand, 19, Ss4 square metres of
new buildings have been erected in the
east end of the town, making a total IF
Sc, 665 square metres since the beginning
of the Society's operations, exclusive of
S7,SSs square metres of dwellings for the
poorer claEses No less than 27,194 In
habitants have bsen evicted from the de-
molished quarters eince 1889, and of these
1850 are occupying the new dwellings.
In the work of the new Drainage system in
connection with the sanitation scheme con-
siderable progress is reported, more than
one third of the whole project having been
executed.
The experiment to bo made in the use of
electric locomotives in the tunnel that has
been built by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road under the city of Baltimore is expect
ed to give an almost conclusive answer to
the question whether electric motors can
be economically u.ed on elevated and sub
| urban railroads now operated by steam
| locomotives The locomotives are to be
used to haul both passenger and freight
trains. They have been completed by the
| General Electric company, and are the
most powerful ever constructed. Each is
of 1 200 horse power, and consists of three
| separate trucks coupled together 10 form
| one motor. The weight on driving wheels
is 100 tons, and there are twelve drivers te
each locomotive. The maximum weight
of freight trains to be hauled ia placed a
| / 200 tons, which can be carried at speed
of fifteen miles an hour; of passenger
trains, 500 tons, speed, thirty~miles al
hour. The current will be supplied to tn,
motors by the regular trolley wire will
ground return through the rails Th
tunnel itself will be made as light ss da.
by 1000 incandescent lamps fed from tn
same central station that supplies powe
to the locomotive.