The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-17
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over other simple engines OF similar class.
! The recently projected Roanoke Mineral
| Belt Railroad Company IL is stated. is to be
a. o1t thirty miles in length and traverse a
! rich mineral section Of Virginia, in Roanoke.
| Bedford and adjacent counties, terminating
at point on the Richmond and Danvllle sys-
| tenn near FRANKLIN, Va.
The railroad commissioners Of Maine say
that by the consolidation of the corI o atoms
| and lines in that state Tn Ter one management
| the public are afforded better and cheaper
! railroad facilities They also note that as the
population Of the state increased the rates of
! fare and freight charges have decreased.
There were 81. 1856 locomotives engaged in
hauling passengers and freight over the rail
ways of the United States last year-S,s4S in
hauling pass enger trains alone. To transport
the passenger trains alone. To transport the
passenger tra1ic OF the country 2sS75 cars
were IN operation while for the conveyance
OF freight nearly 100000 cars we're required.
A" penny in-the slot" apparatus has been
arranged to deliver tickets on the Berlin Ele-
waited railroad. There are tickets for two
classes and of different rates for different
distances ON the road, but the apparatus sup
plies only second-class l5-pfennig % cents
tickets. You put two l0pfennig pieses into
the Slot and take out ticket and 5-pfennig
piece.
Generally speaking we say that large ear
denotes generosity. but if it really indicates
anything 1t is the poor blood or debased char
acter OF the possessor, says the Philadelphia
Press. An English writer who for the last
hfteen years has been a close student OF Grim
inal anthropology. says that large, volumi-
nous ears are the most marked characteristic
| or the debased criminal II any reader of
this note should get insulted over these state
ments would invite him to consult the de-
| tectlves OF the Four Courts, or examine the
portraits in inspector Byrnes book, PROBES
slonal Criminals of America before rash
| ing INTO print in a quarter or half column de-
NAL of the same.
The place of torment for the reprobate sons
| of the north, is called Nastrond, and is stu
ated far toward the frigid north and is d.
| rectly under Nihhem, the Scandinavian my
! thologlsts purgatory. A description OF Mas
| trond as it appears in the Prose Eda" writ
| ten in Ice and in the thirteenth century, is as
! follows; in Nastrond there is vast and
| dlretul structure with doors that face the
north. This building is formed entirely OF
| the backs and scales Of serpents waited to-
gether like wicker works. But the heads of
| the Serpents themselves are turned toward
| the inside OF the hall, and they continually
| vomit forth floods OF venom. in which must
wade throughout eternity all those who com
| mite murder or swear to lies. - Ano her de-
| scriptlon OF Nastrond is similar to this but
| adds that the eVl-dOers are occasionally bit
| ten by the great dragon Nidhogg.
new imperial train for the Gar Of Russia
| is at present being built at the Alexandrow-
| ski Wagon Mandatory at St Petersburg
| says the Railway Review. 1t consists OF
eleven carriages. of which one is reserved for
the railway officials, kitchen carriage and
two luggage vans. With the exception of
wheels and the aXles, which have been sup
piled by krupp, at Essen, the whole of the
material Is of hussian origin and manufac-
ture. BY means OF very powerful auto
matte brake the train can be brought to
a standstill in a minimum OF time from every
one of the carriages. The interior OF the car
rlages is appointed with much taste. The
windows are different on Goth sides; the side
with the corridor has windows NJ
size, while the windows on the other side are
made In rccordan>e with the requirements OF
the various compartments. The passages be-
tween the various cars are vestiDuled. The
carriage OF the car and the czarina is con
nected directly with the dining room; then
comes the large saloon car, the carriages OF
the grand dukes. etc. The carriages will e
sent on trial trip to Copenhagen: some of
them have already been sent to Vienna and
back.
report from Carson, New. says that on
the night Of FEB / a most brilliant meteor
was seen in Western California apd Eastern
Nevada The whole heavens were Illuminated
for several seconds, and then came rumb ling
soand ana shock as of an earthquake. 1t
has since transpired that the meteor struck
about five miles from Candelaria,t in ESTneral la
county, about 40 miles from Carson. People
there who saw the meteor describe 1t as an
immense body OF IRE, with tail like a comet.
AS it rushed through the air it made a noise
like the sound Of skyrocket just as it starts
upwards. At Cande, aria many were greatly
alarmed at the sudden appearance of the
great all OF fire. Suddenly it seemed to
burst in the air, and then the light dis
appeared. Then came the rambling
nose. Houses in Candelaria we're shaken
as il by an earthquake. 1t is estimated
that meteor must have weighed 100000 tons
to have clused such shaking Of the earth
Friday morning party was organized and
started in search Of the meteor. Towards
evening searcherS began to find broken
branches. which had been knocked from
trees ~ flying fragments, sagebrush torn up
by the roots, and holes 10 the earth which had
Eeen gouged out by pieces OF the meteor.
Finally they came upon a huge hole nearly
100 feet across, where the larger portion had
fallen. 1t struck on bare knoll composed of
sand and rocks One report is that the
ground was hot about the hole. and close ex-
animation was impossible. Many pieces were
found in the neishborhood The surface Of
the earth for several hundred yards is SCARED
by pieces Of meteoric stone.
Explorers are discovering that mud ava
lanche3 are powerful element in determln-
! ing the physical features of Himalayan re-
| Gions. number Of travellers. says the New
| York sun have observed the results of these
| PUSHES OF mud and rock, but very few have
| been so fortunate as to see them. w NJ
| Conway had that good fortune while ago
| and has given a description OF one o. these
| falling avalanches to the Royal Geographical
| Society OF London. His party was travelling
| in the Gilgit valley ad Joining the Himilayas
| in the extreme northern part OF India. Sud
| denly they heard noise OF contin nous thun-
| der. They saw huge mud avalanche sweep
| ing down steep gully between two mountains
| opposite. The onrush and weight of the
mud tore from the sides of the gully masses
| of rock and rolled them over and over
| like so many pebbles. Each of the big
rocks that formed the van guard of the
avalanche weighed many tons. The mass of
mud had width OF forty feet and was fifteen
feet deep and moved at the rate OF five miles
an hour. In a few minutes the mass of stuff
became shallower. The mixture was then
half mud and half rocks and flowed faster
Now and then one Of the larger rocks barred
the way and the mud filed up behind it and
finally swept 1t on. Looking up the gully
Mr.. Conway could see that the earth from its
sides were constantly falling in the mud river
and being swept along as part OF it. All this
material poured over into the gorge through
which the river runs. 1t did not reach the
river, but spread out and piled up on one side
OF it.. Conway SAYS that this accumulation OF
debris has piled up all along the valley to a
| depth Of i0) to LOO feet. and that the Gilget
river flows in a sort of cannon built up
by this accumulation. II the valley was
| filled up in this way TO a depth OF coo or
5000 feet more it would resemble the Pamlrs
and all the deeply filled valleys that are
characteristic OF the Central Asia plateau
Conway says that mud avalanches have done
all this working OF filling up the valleys and
have done it with great rapidity. These
avalances show how rapidly, under the in
tiuence of moisture. cola and heat the de-
nudlatiOn, or crumbling of these stuuendous
rock masses OF the Himalayas is going on.
1t is this denudation that provides the ma
terial for mud avaauches. The leyeling PRO.