The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

It's Initial baptism in the waters of the Della
ware ana new era in the story OF the
american merchant marine will be inaug-
urated- While not as Lar ge as the Lucania
ana her twin sister. the Campania nor en-
ooWed with their horse power. the st Louis
Viii De greater and swifter than the
Parls or New York. and will make
AZ least twenty knots an hour on
her trans-A Atlantic voyages The new
vessel IS more than one-tenth OF a mile long,
Delng oS4 feet over all, with an extreme beam
OF slXty-three feet and a tonnage of ll.UOJ
IONS. Her chief glory will be that she has
Deen constructed from Eeelson to truck OF
American STEEL in an American shipyard and
represents American skill and muscle IN
nooel' design, material and building. Phlla-
oeIpala IS Justly proud that her citizens have
contributed their enterprise, money, brains
ana muscle to this pioneer Of our future mer-
chant marine.
The Arabian Nights" or the thousand
and One Nights is the celebrated collection
OF tales, long current in the east and sup
posed TO have been derived by the Arabians
ION india; through the medium Of Persia,
SAYS the Newcastle Chronicle. They were
nrst introduced into Europe in the beginning
OF me eighteenth century by means of the
translation OF Antoine Gal and, a distin-
golshed French Orlentaist, which was hailed
with universal delight and soon became one
OF the most popular works in Europe The
story which connects the tales of the Thou
sultan Shahrlyar, exasperated by his bride,
made law that every one of his future wives
should be put to death the morning after mar
rage AT length one Of them, ShahraZed. the
generous daughter OF the grand viZier, sue
ceeGed IN abolishing the cruel custom. BY
tne charm OF her stories the fair narrator in
ouced the sultan to defer her execution every
uay I'LL the dawn Of another by breaking OF in
the middle Of an interesting tale which she
had begun TO relate. The delight felt by shah
rlyar has been felt by thousands more Of his
own Ialth, and the universal popularity of the
ARABIAN Nights is evidenced by the numer-
Gus transactions in different European lau-
guages which have appeared since the time of
Galland.
The total fall between Lakes Erie and On
tario, says the Popular Science Monthly. is
S2S feet, and is made as follows: From Lake
Erie to the head Of the falls, feet the falls,
1ol feet, and below to L Ike Ontario, 9S feet.
Consequently ths total power running TO
waste is more than double the 600 600 horse
power on the falls. An idea of the proportion
that this total bears to what NAV called
the world consumption of power may be had
from the fact that it Is computed TO Re equal
TO the total of all the steam-generated power
IN the world. The geographical situation OF
Inc 1alls with respect TO nearness to the at
present, great power-colsumlng centers is,
as nlnted aSove, not quite all that could b
desired; but there are, nevertheless, sew
eral cities within reach, electrically speak
ing which will use an enormous amount.
Bunalo may be said 20 be next door and
Rochester IS within easy reach. In the not
TOO distant future we may expect to see the
great electrical manufacturing works in
schenectady operated, as is meet, by electri-
cal power from Niagara. The power company
has however, made branch track connections
IeCWeen the territory owned by it and three
important railway lines which all pass within
a few miles of the property. These con
nections and the good freight rates which
nave been contracted for in various directions
together with the cheapness of power, will IN
all likelihood attract to the spot manu-
factures, besides those which have already
undertaken 70 go there, to an extent that will
yapV nr-anro f,ar
ter in the world.
More than $50 families of animals on land
and in water, embracing tens OF thousands of
species produce phosphores cent light. They
yield enough Of it to illuminate London, Paris
and Glasgow. says Lloyds Newspaper. The
most brilliant light afforded by any land ami
NAL is that Of the famous freely of the trooics
known as the 'cucuio" Thirty eight OF them
yield one candle power. People in Cuba CON
hne them in paper lanterns for going about
the country at night, or for indoor lighting
> Sometimes they attach one Of the insects to
each foot for travelling in the dark. to serve as
a guide to the path. Also, they use them as
ornaments for the dress and hair. A scientist
has recently decided that the ght does not
depend on the vital principle of athe
insect. He found that an egg be-
came luminous on being shaken in
a glass receptacle. Then he dried the epgs
and kept them In that condition for a long
time. On being moistened they shone The
dried eggs we're powdered In a mortar but
they gave light on being moistened. The
beetles themselves twelve hours after being
killed by electri lily were st Il luminous So
the professor infers that nothing more than "A
chemical combination Is concerned in the
manufacture of this cheapest light" He
thinks there is hope that we may lie able to
reproduce it some day. To make a light
eq lal in br1lliancy 20 that Of this tropical in
s set we must produce a temperature of 1000
degrees. The hre-tys lamp creates no heat
that can be detected by the most delicate in
strument. It's energy is entirely expended
in illumination. Nature, while offering OBJ
Ject lessons in the art on every hand laughs
at man S efforts to initiate her in this field.
If there is not some latent but fatal defect
in Herr Doves system of making a soldier
bulletproof says the Spectator, the re-
suit Of warfare will be very remarkable
one. Since the object of war is to kill-"to
place hors du combat is only less crude
way Of putting the fact-new ways of
killing infantry and calvary will have to he
devised. The chances of hitting men in the
face at long distances with rife FIRE
will not be good enough But the only
ways OF killing effectively that will remain
open will be ar illery fire, close combat with
the bayonet and dubbed Internationally
the latter, as the cuirass will make the
bayonet difficult to use with effect-and
first of these, artillery fire. has hitherto
been regarded of comparatively little
Importance in the matter of killing.
1t is often declared, indeed, that the chief
effect prod uced by the guns is the moral
effect, Though not many are killed. men do
not like to be within range Of artillery Pos.
s1bly, however, the effect OF artillery Ere
could be increased. In any case, and since
everything is relative, the fact of the falling
of Of efficiency in rife fire must increase
the Importance Of artillery ire. 1t is obvious
however. that the chief effect of bullet-proof
soldiers on the circumstances of a attic
would be to increase enormously the amount
of hsnd-to-hand lighting But hand -to-band
fighting means an advantage TO the strongest
and most athletic force. Now It will be seen
from the bare enumeration Of the Changes
which seem likely to follow bullet-proof Sol.
diers that great advantage will be given TO
England. Bulletproof cuirasses will give an
advantage TO the nation which can only bring
a small number Of troops into the field ant
that nation is England 1t will increase the
Importance OF artillery. But this should he
in favor OF England, for though we have not
the CONSUMPTION, and so cannon get men In
large quantities, we can manufacture as many
guns as we choose. Next. the revival of close
combat ought to be in our favor for n dish.
men are certainly better at the rough-an
tumble of close lighting than their neighbors
The infantry are naturally more handy and
more athletic, and the cavalry are. If not theo.
retlcally better riders, more capable horse
men. An EAgllshman is more likely TO get
his horse to do the impossible than a French
man or German.
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