The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-27
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who favor it retort then women should not be
| sent there.
1t is now ofhcislly declared that the queen
was prevented from sailing along the Man
| chester Ship Canal from Irlam to Manchester.
\ as was originally intended in connection with
the opening ceremony, through the report Of
| the experts sent by the local government
/ board TO examine the state Of the water. The
| board described the water in the canal as a
| mixture OF chemicals and sewage. On behalf
/ OF the ship Canal Company Lord Egerton
! strongly urged that effective action should be
/ taken to stop the pollution, which would
| cause discomfort and nausea to those using
| the canal or living upon its banks, in the
| event of drought and hota weather coming.
| The committee decided TO reply that they are
doing all they can to stop the pollution.
At least two-thirds of all the infinite not
sam and jetsam which the gulf stream car
ries along with it in its course sooner or later
| finds resting place in the -SarSasso Sea,
| says Chambers Journal. Here may be seen
| huge trunks Of trees torn from the forests OF
Brazil by the waters of the Amazon and
| foated down far out to sea, until they were
| caught and swept along by the current; log
wood from Honduras, orange trees from
Florida, canoes and boats from the islands.
STAYED In broken, and bottom upward;
wrecks and remains of all sorts gathered
| from the rich harvest OF the Atlantic whole
| keelS or skeletons of ruined ships so cove red
with barnacles. shells, and weed thai the
original outline is entirely lost to view. and
here and there derelict ship, transformed
from floating terror Of the deep into a mys-
terry put out OF reach of man in museum of
unexplained enigmas,
Prof. Colbert according to the. Chicago
Journal, explains the origin of great storms
| that move across our country from the Rocky
Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard on this
theory: The moist air from the Pacific
| driven up the west slope of the Rockies by
the rotation OF the earth. is suddenly de-
i prived of its moisture in the cooler altitude
Thls drying OF the air causes change in
specific gravity, and the disturbance pro
duced at once results in slight rotary cur
rent. The revolving mass of air moves on
ward toward the east, its motion and size
constantly increased by the sucking in OF
| These currents from the south drop their
moisture from contact with the colder re-
volVlng storm. and the sudden tightening OF
the air by the dropping OF its moisture works
like stream on a mill wheel thus the real
causes Of our great storms lie in the condi-
tions met by these travelling whirlwinds in
their regular journey across the country. If
| they are cold enough and meet with enough
moist. hot air in their course they are set
spinning with velocity that makes a cy-
clonic storm.
About the manner of serving their food
says London Answers, patients sometimes
have curious fancies. In one case woman
persistently refused to take her beef tea un-
less the bread which accompanied it was cut
in the shape of diamonds. while in another it
was always necessary to serve the food in a
blue basin for out Of nothing else would she
take nourishmcnt. boy who was attacked
with scarlet fever showed great disinclina-
ton to take food. but finally agreed to swal-
low what was necessary, provided he was fed
| In the following way: The beef tea, or what
ever was to lie given TO him was put into
in his mouth and in this manner
the food was poured down his
throat. An elderly gentleman, who had passed
much o. his time hunting in Africa, on being
asked il he fancied any particular dish re
piled that he would like bit of elephants
| foot. Under certain circumstances, we be-
| lieve this dish is a dainty and nourishng
one, but the price of elephant in this country
| being prohibitive, this elderly Nirnrod was
| forced to content himself with a beefsteak in.
stead. A clergyman with broken leg had
great longing to be put on pair of stifts, a
| pastime which he had never yet tried; while
a man whose leg had been amputated. al
| though admitting the impracticabllity of his
wish, declared that passion for skating had
so seized him since the loss of his limb, that
| he regretted being operated upon chiefly on
| that account.
Almost every one, says the Baltimore
| American, is aware Of the fact that when
| tree is cut down its age can be determined
| by counting the rings, each of which repre-
| sents one years increment, but closer OBJ
servers find in the Irregularities of these
rings and other signs very faithful register
| of climate and any other conditions In any
| given year during the whole period of growth.
| growth were either very dry or the tree was
| exhausted by bearing an exceptionally heavy
| fruit crop The broad rings indicate
| abundant rain and good growing conditions
| Brownish spots on the cut surface looking as
| if they we're worm-eaten, are evidence OF a
severe winter, the young sapwood formed in
sroged by heRs ce ah PiF The q e
| jured part covered over with sound
wood next year. The year may easily be fixed
| by counting the rings from the outside. II
| the LAYERS Of WOO Of Uniform
| ness all around, they afford evidence that at
| this stage of growth there were conditions
which hindered its growth on one side. The
| spread of its roots or branches has been ar
rested, perhaps by height oring tree. The
| number of layers showing this irregularity in
| dicates the number of years during which the
| tree was exposed to the unfavorable condi-
| tions. The student of fore stry may learn
| lessons of practical value in the management
! of forests by careful study of the annual
| rings.
1t costs close upon SlOOO0,O00 a year to
police London, says the New York Sun
| There are in the metropolitan police force
IL, 0iO men Of all ranks, and their pay, cloth.
ing md equipment alone costs the tax payers
of the big city 81 ,54} $50 year. Then there
is the pay of the commissioners. doctors.
clerical staff and workmen generally; the
maintenance of stations and Offices and the
thousand and one miscellaneous items of
cost in the operation OF the department
which brings the total cost of the machinery
for guarding the peace of the British metro
polls to a few pounds short of 420)OO0O a
year There are 1855 ordinary policemen
on the force. They are all called "consta-
bles," there being only one grade below that
of sergeant. The pay of a constable varies
between p shillngs week, the paw of a
new recruit, and 1888 12s lid year. the maxi.
mum pay of an ordinary constable. 1here
were last year 1899 men on the
London police force receiving "A shil-
lings week, which is scarce
50 American money, although the mere com
parison OF money value is Of course, no cri-
terion of the adequacy of the payfor the
place. Clothing is supplied to the
conStables free. or if, from anv
! reason Of special duty, the constable
does not draw his supply of clothes
from the government stores, he receives 95 a
year in place of the clothes. This matter of
allowance is an important one ili the remun-
GRAFTON received by every member of the
force Constables for instance receive an
allowance of coal money when they are not
living in the stations. Married men get four.
pence week and single men threepence half !
penny a week, Married men living in sta !
tons receive 40 pounds of coal week the
year round; single men 40 pounds a week in
winter and 20 pounds in summer. This item
of coal and coal allowance amounted to ff4- |
$50 last year. The London policeman has bv |
no means so good a joo so far as remunera. |
ton is concerned, as has the New York DO |
hceman. making all allowance for the differ. !
ence in comparative values there and here
Nor has he nearly so fine place in compari.