The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-12
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shortly in Paris. 1t is well known that the
Parisians are particularly fond of the sweet
warbler with the yellow plumage. and even in
the poorest quarters one generally sees more
than one In a cage on the window sill
The marriage rate in England and Wales
during the last quarter of last year was lower
than in any previous like period There
were l2l,Sls marriages, which was in the an
nUal proportion of 1853 persons per 1000 of
population. The mean rate fer The CORE
| spending quarter in the preceding ten years
was l7.3 1t is also noted that the average of
the last ten years is far below that of any pre-
ceding decennium.
Prof. Lapworth, speaking OF deep SEES in
vestigations, says that recent deep sea re
| searches have shown that former ideas of the
! similarity OF size aad form between the sur
faces OF the land and water areas as such
| must be rellnqulshed. For the mean hight
| of the land was found to be only onesixth of
the mean depth of the ocean; and the entire
| volume OF the solid lands above the level of
| the sea was discovered 10 be only one
| fourteenth of the volume Of the ocean waters
| below that level Further, what was far more
startling and far more important. it was
found that the shore lines OF the visible con.
| tlnents by no means mark the true edges of
| the great ocean basins; the dry lands were
aScertained to be merely the undroWne ID
| portions of one universal continental plateau,
| the surface of which sinks at first very gently
! from the shore line through a shallow water
| area many miles across, and then pl2nges
| rapidly downward in sudden slope to the
! true or abySSal floor OF the ocean. This
| spreads out as a broad. undulating plain some
| l2,OOO feet and more below the sea level. and
| descends even still deeper locally in magnif.
| icent lake like hollows to depths'of from 20
! QUO TO 10000 feet. These results gave US for
| the first time map of the forms of a region
/ OF the earth surface at least twice as large
| as that of the whole dry lands united together.
Nothing so important. from geographical
point OF view, has Teen accomplished since
| the days of Columbus.
Fuel bricks of crude petroleum are extern
| sively used in the Italian navy, and are made
| as follows: The mixture which is made in
| the proportion of q pints of petroleum 10
per cent. Of rosin' 51a ounces OF powdered
| soap and ll1s ounces of caustic soda. is
heated and stirred at the same time Solidi-
| fication begins in aOout ten minutes and the
| operation must then be carefully watched.
| II there is a tendency to remain liquid a little
mo- e soda is ad led. After the. mixture has
| been stirred until the mass becomes nearly
solid the thick paste is poured into the moldS.
which are placed for ten or fifteen minutes in
| a drying stove. The briQuettes, which are of
| The same size and form as those largely used
| in France and Germany, are then cooled and
are ready for use In few hours. Signor
MaeStracci recommends the addition OF 20
| per cent. OF wood sawdust and % per cent, of
| clay or sand, which makes the briQuette
| both cheaper and more solid. In trials made
at Marseilles on several tugboats the petro-
| leum briquettes furnishedaboat three times as
much heat as coal briquetteS OF the same
| size. They were burned in the ordinary boiler
| furnace without any special preparatio on.
gave out very little smoke and left little or
no ash. The advantages claimed for the pc
| troleum briquettes are the absense of smoke
| and large reduction in bulk of fuel which
| must be carried as compared with coal,
| while the risks attending the carrying of
| liquid fuel are avoided. ..- -.4
you sometimes hear OF men who can ride
| anything that wears ham" said Mai Barbour
TO the New Orleans Pfcayune. Sometimes
you hear men say so themselves. Riding is
merely matter OF leg-grIp and equilibrium.
| Like any other art 1t has lts possibilities and
limitations. L know some horses that no
man can ride. So instantaneous, strong and
violent is the muscular action of these ami
mails that If a human being were placed in the
saddle, he would have to come of The Mex
leans are the best riders in the world, and
you never see them N cunt an unbroken ami
NAL without every precaution. They hopDle
the stirrups-that is, connect them by piece
| OF rope some two feet 1Ong-uSe two girths
| to the saddle, and tie across the pomnel
| heavy stick folded in piece of blanket
| under which, when seated, their thighs fit
With all of these appurtenances thew are
frequently thrown. The action OF the puck
| ing horse OF the praires, you must under
stand is utterly different from the action of
| the civilized horse The latter jumps with
straight spring from the hind legs. 1t is easy
enough to sit. The former arches his back
until his spine forms an apex upon which, the
rider is perched, goes straight into the air
anu COulCS OONu WIFI ill lOuE legs SUN. Inc
jar is terrific. have seen blood run out Of
the nose, ears and eyes of bronco busters 3
Next to the Mexican In natural riding ability
Genes the southern negro, and after him the
western Indian AS for the gentlemen of the
Chevy Chase aniSe seed pursuers, fear that
they would not he in it. Use of the pigskin
saddle does not TT man for rough work.
In many ways the street railways-t tram
cars-of England are superior to those of
America, and this is conspicuOusly true in re-
gard to overcrowding and the civility/of en-
ployes, says the New York Advertiser In
many places the lines are run by the city,
notably IN Liverpool, Manchester and Biz
mlngham. There is rarely, practi ally never
the least bit of oyercrowding or any delay or
in fact single word on the part OF driver or
conductor which could by any stretch OF
| imagination be construed as uncivil In the
hrst place, there is no question but what the
law distinctly states that there shall be no
| Overcrowding; that there shall be SO many on
seat-Got one more-but il necessary one
passenger may be permitted to stand This
| applies to both inside and out. Under this
admirably arranged order of things the
humble or distinguished and exalted can ia Ike
a penny or 2penny, or more expensive
ride. preassured that it will not only be
without inconvenience and annoyance but
with ease and pleasure. II q conductor were
| to permit a second person to stand either in.
side or out he would be instantly relieved by
one OF the inspectors on the route. who at in.
tervals board the cars to check the waybiil
which shows the number of passengers car.
ried during the journey. The ineivility which
one occasionally experiences in American
cities of drivers declining to take notice of
wouldbe passengers waiting on the sidewalk
is practically unknown here. for the men
know full well that two complaints of this
character would cost them their situations
To every passenger is given ticket from A
package numbered consecutively which
must be shown when called for by the CON
ductor, though this very proper provision is
rarely exercised, for the young conductor
who is invariably bright fellow, seldom
makes n-.stake as to who has paid and who
has not. In the matter of boarding or
| alighting from the car the ends of
the conveyance are used but only
one at time. That is 10 say. the door where
the driver stands is not used for the time
being the passenger always making his exit
! from the end of the car, and the same uUou
entering It. In this way any oility OF
accident in that direction is avoided. The
schedule of times for starting and arriving at
certain points en- route is admirably main
tanned, and the experienced traveller knows
almost to minute what time a car will ar
rive at certain spot, though the place NAV
be two or three miles from the depot The
entire arrangements and details of the street
car system in England are as nearly per
feet as possible. There is very important
advantage which the passenger has here
which the directors of companies in America
do no vOuchsafe. In America every passen-
ger pays cents II he rides for five blocks
Here you can go couple Of miles for a penny
q cents. If the average EnRlishman had 10
put out cents for miles ride he most Ger