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New-York tribune., 1896-01-01

conspiracy against her She further alleges that
Mrs Jacques was discharged for incompetency
Magistrate Brann told Mrs jacques that she must
bring civil suit TO recover her money.
Mrs. Mordaunt said that she had been married
three times In 1880 having been widow for seven
years she said she married a prominent New York
lawyer Six years afterward. she said he dcfaultcd
for $4,000 to estate OF which he trustee
After waiting three years for him to come back she
married former friend Of his. who. she alleges
deserted her three days after their marriage. and
took with him a large amount OF money belonging
to the Caroline Construction Company. with which
then resumed the name OF her first husband, by
which she Is known at present.
Mrs. Mordaunt said that for Ave years a great
many people have been trying to get possession OF
100000 in bonds held by her. She says that her
first husband poisoned. and that after his deaf
she found that he had manufactured a great many
bogus bonds. the plates OF which she has since
found among his effects.
Last September Mrs Mordaunt went to Norfolk
Va, to look for people who. she said poisoned her
husband. After spending two weeks there she re-
turned to the Home In Fordham, where she Is
now dying with her thirteen year,old daughter
Lily. Mrs. Mordaunt says she Is writing book OF
her life for the purpose Of clearly demonstrating to
women the duplicity and wickedness OF men. She
says she s writing her book from a huma nitarian
motive She formerly lived at No. S65 Preston-s.
PHILADELPHIA.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
A RECEPTION AT THE PRESS CLUB.

Yesterday reception day at the New York
Press Club. The clubhouse. in West Twenty-sxth
st., was neatly decorated for the reception which
was given by the officers OF the club. From 3
to O'Clock in the afternoon luncheon was served
Colonel A. Il. DE Frece master Of ceremonies
Joseph Howard. jr, president Of the club. pre-
sided. and made address Of welcome. He In
troduced John Hare. the English actor Mr.. Hare
made address expressing his gratitude at the
kind manner In which he had been received by the
American people. An interesting programme had
been prepared by A. Il. De Frece and William f.
Gilchrisi, who at the head of the Entertain
ment Committee. George Grossmith. jr. recited
and heartily applauded
Among the other weknown entertainers were
Marshall y. Wilder Charles b. Ward. Verbeck. the
magician and Liberti's Neapolitan troubadours
There a large attendance.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
Now in memory let us fix
That we have entered '96.


And drop from date-line '95
Policeman Christopher Dixon who for twelve
years was attached to the Tombs Court Squad. sue
cumbed to an attack of pleuro- pneumonia at 1870
o'clock Monday night at his home. No. Sherlf-st
saloon in Cherry-st. a week ago Sunday. and took
chill while there He had served twenty-five years
on the police force. and was associated with ex-
Superintendent Murray in the arrest Of the Astoria
burglars twenty years ago.
The trial OF Louis Gordon for arson was con-
tinued yesterday In Judge Fitzgeralds part OF Gen
ersl Sessions. The case will go on tomorrow
The charge brought by the Society for the Pre-
yention Of Crime against the pawnbroker. Ben
1amin Fox of No. 72 Eighth-ave.. was dismissed
Yesterday by Mayor Strong. Fox was accused OF ac-
ceptng the illegal fee Of IL cents coat and vest
which had been pawned with him. Mr. Fox's coun-
sci urged that as his client had lived within the
provisions OF the after Marshal Heay called his
attention TO 1t he should be allowed to go free The
Mayor took the same view but threatened to revoke
Mr. Foxs license on the next complaint.
Harvey H. Alexander the Mayors bond and rec
ord clerk has resigned. and Frederick j. Phillips, or
No SO East Fifty -hfth-st.. has been appointed to
the place, at a salary OF $500 a year. Alexander
has been appointed a stenographer in one OF the
parts Of the Supreme Court
Changes In banking and brokerage firms an
nounced Yesterday The partnership or
Gwynne Brothers expired by limitation. G. ii.
Dow retired from Charles W. Turner Co., and
William Koch retired from +. s. Smlthers & Co
Officers John Wakefield and Loui> Vegara OF the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
were discharged by the societys officers to-day for
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF NEW. .YoRK-TrEsDAY. DEC. 81 1905
ARRIVED
EhSD, S & @ % tssa ola'f?S na c
ngers % henderson Arrived at the Bar at o'o
Steamer Mohawk u,D. wiltshire. London pecsmbe, 10:
shS0n S %e 60 and Arrived " 'a9H at tn. SF at $50
steamer Richmond Hil ,'r Srown lOnuVn p,Sn9er S Rr
IS SSsSaT Dallas. tx Sa 1
steamer Brooklyn CITY 'r1 wa,kna 1o SsidI hr.s Se
Arrived at the Bar a, 1890 m s.,.., p.c.us.r 10
with mdsc 7 Hogan Son. Arrived at the Bar at
steimer American Dutch, Butr. Amsterdam December
49, in ballast c II Randerbrock Arrived at the Bar
scamer sched.m Dutch. De vres. Amsterdam De
cembcr u. with mdse % stesrase ss u, 40 he pa
Bark ark teorse $ Homer cot Portland OREGON Hanson
vessel to " nesss Co anchored LIN in Gpayssend ;
viieo IS days hides order vessel to F Met
Steamer M-yslius Tes,. s'ape,on Rio Janeiso % & De.
cember H. Bahia. Pernambuc3 Is 81 Lucia % WIN mdse
ans ahs Bar s Ga0iS "a io.3o g'Sse"s'S m' 'D'N
steamer bardsn Tower oRr Rohertscn. PsramariOo De;
passengers to George chrstall Arrived at the Bar at
A PS%.' sSs wssS: ns"rs4 s psan.,; D
,a :iss;os xs ms.. and .,.
Steamer Louisiana eager. New Orleans. with mds. and
Steamer city Of nirmnshsm;; am; Burg Savannah. with
m l.
Steamer Jamestown Hnlphers Newport New. Nor
folk with ndse passengers to Old Dominion Sc Co.
Sandy Hook. Dec 81. $50 p m-wini fresh breeze
south: clear
CLEARED
Steamer Herman Winter. Nicker-on. Boston--H r.
Steamer Pawn.e Ingram. Phladelpha-w. p. Clyde q
Co.
& S So ana S.xD5x
Old Dominion Steamship Company:
seams, RSsnSks ,s hoaz Norfolk Newport News and
Steamer Iroquos Bearse Charleston and Jacksonville
steamer Ashford. ockerman Bridseport-rrank p.
Smith. - .
steamer A,hos .Bo .Bo. Owen. conaiye., Port au Prince
Steamer franklin tNor Rasmussen. st AIMS Bay. Jam
Steamer city Of Augusta. Daxsett. savannah-R I.
steamer Southwark (Bp. Pasnow Antwtrp-Intsrna
Steamer IAmpasas. burrows Gnlveston-C II Mallory
Steamer Manhattan. Bragg. Portland Me-Horntio Hall
Steamer I'll faso. Gardner. New-Orieans-J ! Van
Steamer 81 Louis Randie Southampton International
Navigation Co.
steamer State Of Nebraska (Br). Brown. Gassow-Aus
Steamer Deutschland CGer scherhors,. FiushIngGust
IIeyc
Steamer Bluenelds Dclano Baitimore-iI c Foster.
SAILED.
Steamers Henry Dumois (Nor for Halifax: Christana
tGep. Baltimore: America ;Brl, London: Pacific .iir,
town. Norfolk and Newpor, News FL psso. New-orleans:
Iebnz G,els Monevdeo Buenos Ayres and md R9.a,io;
does 81 Vincent ;, Thomas. etc cS of AuS'S
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Steamer Beacon Light U3r Anderson. from New York
ber 81.
Steamer ELSIE Marie (Ger) Remers from New York De-
cember 10 Tor Flushing. passed Dow" December Si'
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
NEW-YORK CITY.

The election of the New-York Microscopical So
tiety viii be held on Friday evening at the Mott
Memorial Library, No. Ga Madlson-ave.
Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth will deliver her sec
ond lecture Of the series on parliamentary Prac-
tice'' TO the Emma Willard Association at the Hotel
Majestic on Thursday morning at 1920 o'clock.
The collection Of paintings. studio appointments.
costumes and curios belonging 10 the noted Amer
lean artist, William VI. Chase y. A.. will be on
free view at the American Art Galleries, beginning
January g. prior to being sold at public auction on
January Z and the following days.
A Park Row newsboy Is the poet who composed
this jingle
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
FACTORY: I54 AND 1855 WEST 10 9~oneEt

allowing a young boy prisoner 10 escape from their
custody IN streetcar last week
The night steamer leaving Pier o. East River. al
II 30 g. m. except Sundays. for New-Haven VIII
he Withdrawn to-day for the winter. The steamer
Richard Peck Ghe fyeD vii then begin for the
same period TO leave the pier AT D. m. Instead OF
p. N. freight steamer VIII depart at p m IN
addition.
The children Of the Manhattan East Side Mis-
sion Sunday school to the number OF l5O had their
annual Christmas tree at the mission house. No.
as East Twenty -sixth-st.. Sunday evening. Each
child carried away at least one gift. Before the
gifts were distributed the children took part In a
programme Of recitations and Christmas carols
under the direction Of &. f.. Butts
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
DIRECTORS:
Home Office. 261, 262, and 263 Broadway, N. Y.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 2

THURSDAY JANUARY
,,.o u,y,, Auas 1000 a m 1900 m
An,;li, Nassau rahama .............i:'O 20 m ZOO m
VIetlancia Havana, y Cuba ~ III %" ~
fs,rg. Dumois Costa Rlca. Matina.. 400 m o;W m
: OF Nebraska Glasgow. Allan state -- IN" T"
FRIDAY. JANUARY g.
-e,rensc Para Red Cross. .......... 100 m 90 III III
Niag,rn NASSAU. y Y & Cuba. ....... l'W III oo" 4"
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OUTGOING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.

vss.e, Por Line Malls close Vessel sails.
Teutonic. Liverpool. White Star. 90 m loo IN
st. Louis Southampton. American. 800 IN ii l0o m
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
MOUNT VERNON.

Old-fashioned Watch Night services were heid IN
the First Methodist Episcopal Church last hight'
and there was large attendance the services ne-
can at 1920 o'clock and ended soon after midnight.
,rh. Ladies', Aid Society of the church, assisted by
the Epworth League will give reception for the
Rev Or c. NJ. Giffin tonight $500 . oo,
The Rev. and Mrs. Frank ;. Scuduer gaNt III
rregational reception to the members OF the ne
formed Church. at their home. NO L. oou'h
Eleventh-ave Monday evening. =,
Mayor Edison Lewis Will have reception @ m ior san an
ond-ave from TO O'Clock this afternoon IL,
The Rev and Mrs Charles Stoddard Lane VIII
give a reception for the congregatfn n OF the frcs-
byterian Church this afternoon ana evening
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01

Steamer strathcyde Br!. Dulins;. from Japan sna
China New-York. passed Gibraltar December ~ -.
Steamer Beaura usr) Moppett sailed from santos fos
New December ~.
Steamer San AUST sailed from smyrna for New
York December ~. ,,.,
Steamer Garth Prince dr Dobson. sailed from Victoria
Brazil for New York December 81
IAsse Br). Hammond. sailed from fsio Jshei'S
4 December
Steamer Ilandan City 3r Hunter. sailed from swansea
fol New-York December 80
Steamer Ptolemy (}r Ellis. from santos exc saheo
81 Lucia for New-York December % ~
Steamer Belarden ,Br Davidson from Ne" tork 10
cember Bahia and Rio Janeo. arrived at Pernam
buco December 30 -. v,
Steamer = Caland Dutch. Brunsma, from New fork
December IL. arrived at Amsterus" c'e"''' ''' "'"
had sustained damage about her decKD -. vS
Steamer Conemaugh Amer) kosep from NeM- so's
December II for Hull arrived at Portland pccemoer sn
Steamer Hilary tl}). Harrison. from Ne"-iorh' a'r""
Para December 80
Announcements.
e. W. CHICO. r. q W.
The new collar.
Reliable Carpets.
Cownerthwat IN close touch with the worlds fashions
and with complete mastery Of price snd make W.
w. l4th.
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FOOTBALL on 'CHANGE.

Somebody threw football into the grain pit OF
the Produce Exchange at O'Clock yesterday after
noon, and then a disturbance began. There were
300 brokers the floor. and all Joined In the fun.
which lasted for two hours. The ball kicked IN
such lively way that half Of the electric light
globes in the ceiling Of the big room were broken
IN the struggling crowd S. II. Post who IL
known as the great grandfather OF the exchange;
Edward Foley, who is designated as ,Buebeard' Blue,
uel Stetson, G X. Clark. William Malcom, w. G..
NJ Num- Walter Bevns. Henry Day. Thomas
Daniels and William Robertson.
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HOME NEWS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
AVENUE-President ID. G. Gilman, OF Johns Hop
kins University. and General J. -. Bingham. L.
s Army. PLAZA.-Congressm Frank J. Can
non of Utah. SANOY.-Eiward Atkinson. of Bos-
ton. WALDORF EX-Congi essman samuel H.
DICK, of Pennsylvania.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-01
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sunrise TBS Sunset % Moon sets $40 Moons age 10
HIGH WATER TO-DAY.
AM-Sandy Hook 7:a0 Gov. Island s:04 Hell Gate p57
PM-Sandy Hook 8:il Gov Island B:2S He'll Gate 1913
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INCOMING STEAMERS.
THURSDAY. JANUARY

Hamburg. Dec 20. 49,. .Hal
New Orleans. Dec 27.........
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-28

A good comfortable easy chair 10 a
house makes your guest feel at ease
and gives him a pleasant impression
Of his surroundings. You can get
these sort Of chairs Of Geo. Kitzmver
II you're in a hurry for groceries,
there's always wagon at your door,
ready to bring them to you. We have
everything that's choicest in GROC-
ERIES. TABLE LUXURIES, WINES
ETC. Lots of danties rot found in
other stores. Prices no higher than
You will pay for inferior goods
Walsh & Wylie, The Nevada Boys,
Genuine Eastern Picked Pork at
Walsh & Wylie's
Santa Clause condensed-Mince
meat-rich, mn ... ,4n-each package
enough + NO pies. at Walsh q
W. lies
Fresh Eagle Oysters G5 cen per can
at Chas Il KelIy'a Arlington Black.
The Hartly jury is still out as We
go to press.
The Thaxter Drug Store has an ex-
cellent line of hair brushes.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-28
Turkey Shoot

On Wednesday the 25th the day be-
for Thanksgiving there wilt be
turkey shoot at Wiggin's Empire. OF
course everybody knows what a
turkey shoot at Wiggins means. The
mere mention Of the matter is alvay3
sure to draw crowd.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-28
Pop posaIs to Furnish Supplies.

Bids will be received by the Board of
nish stationery herein described for the
period OF TWO years. Proposals VIII be
received up to but not including Decem-
Der IS, 1896, on which day the bids will be
opened. All bids should state the price of
goods delivered at the State Capitol, and
IN every instance when practicable should
be accompanied cy sample. All articles
to be the best OF its kind and the amount
required as indicated, as follows. (Arti
cis-> 10 he Delivered by January ISt 1S97)
'r@m Q4''drlite paper, I0N25
'rNN~ iFFcWrlllnS paper (egaD
!" Ft"ms lNpe""tIH@ paper QeUer)
10 IDS. hiot'.hS t"H~', ifcdel" :, 1924
% - T"CiN envelopes NAA "H'='s ->os
'':'" u
SOC S"N" eh'S"'s.> N-,. "hl-G nos 9
an" 10
5000 envelopes, br9"@i, 7Nio
3F eACh. pens. 61iIotL7 Nos. 500; 4o4 ;
5ol
> - E''t'i' pens L9tC' ID Ooh NOS Il
st; 5I1; cfo
GT each, pens opencerlan, Nos. I Is; IS
: sf taCh, pencils. Hex rub tip u. FAB
,--,.2r.l, f''S'' Ups
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-28
Penmanship.

O. T. Nesse, teacher Of penmanshir,
will begin two months course in
rapid business writing and figures
on Tuesday evening the "a, inst, at
the High School building. He will
also teach day class during the
hours of school. Terms: To school
children so cents a month, evening
class so a month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27

will be compressed TO a density seventy times
greater than the normal. Foul air Will BIO
pumped out. In the engine room nre ALEC
steam and electrical pumps for handling the
water ballast. Forward OF the living room
and reached through alright doorp Is the
divers compartment. In the floor of tho
divers apartment Is a door which drops down
ward when any one wishes to leave the room
and GO out on the bottom of the sea. BY means
OF an air lock a diver may pass from the living
room out into the sea or Vice versa.
In tho divers room will BIO placed a tele.
phone. a hose reel, n divers hoisting engine,
and wrecklnG tools. Forward OF tho divers
room is TO be the lookout apartment, In which
the atmosphere will DO normal. This Is tho
pilot house when travelling on the bottom. In
II the operator In charge of the vessel will con.
control the divers, and direct the craft On
tho nose of the vessel will be placed a 2 900
candle power scarchlight. Incnndescent lamps
throughout the vessel are TO furnish light.
Two heavy circular anchors are TO be placed
in the bottom of the hull to assist in sinking
the boat. 70 sink the wreckor five tanks In the
vessel are nearly filled with water and tho
Then tho cables are wound into the boat md
she is. drawn down. This Is the method of
going down TO a sunken shin whose location IL
known. The wrecker retains n reserve buoy
ancy and In case of accident the anchor chains
may be cut loose and the craft rises to the sur
face. When out on searching expeditions tho
tanks will he filled with sufficient water TO keep
tho locomotive on the bottom and the tootbed
wheels will drive her forward. The search
light will show the path across the hard sandy
beaches which girt.the coasts and also bring out
the lines OF sunken bulls.
The cars are to be shaped like giant revolver
cartridges with a door In the centre of their
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health of NJ. GiGard. to the future Of bal
looms TO glory; to the arts; TO what was. il.
board, and 1t fell waltzing into the Lac de Vim
ccunes. The terrified swans tlapred their
reached the bottom. and tranquility was soon
restored. 4 moment of vague sadness came
oeyei us, Poor bottle" mur,nured DoNa Sol.
ut is like an old &C ress. once brilliant and
sprightly. that gave us everything. and that
We. sati ited and ungratetul, fling without re-
greet Into eternal oblivion"
An ha." cried Georges Clairin. "IIurrah
Tor I've. since death is the end Of it,
You people are not very cheerful said
Louis Goddard. Sad thoughts are out OF place
here; They ma e tho balloon heavy and bring
us GOWN; Pitch out more ballast! To the
The party began To laugh. and another bag
was einptied. Ne had descended so rapidly
that We were only 500 metres from lie ground.
and. us luck would have 1t, the gravel tumbIed
n 4 shower upon a picnic party on the grlss.
We heard a shout OF rage and horror. Thov
did not see tho balloon, and tancied that they
were attacked by a crowd OF wicked snail boys.
They discovered one little chap that was limo
Gently pla, wing, as we saw with our glasses.
and one o! the women of the party slapped
him savagely. EnIaged at This. Dona Sol
threw the tin box that contained the rem
crowd. They looked up. shook their fists Mt
US. and shouted to us everything but compli-
ments. As we'll as we could guess.
The balloon rose 10 n height of 9. 400 metres,
plains and woods. over tears and smiles. Here
is garden where people, seated around a table,
are singing and laughing. There is a Gene
terry where q woman is weeping. Life in all
Its forms rolls under us from house to house.
1t Is O'Clock. Night begins to cover her
shoulders with.her dark cloak. The balloon is
up 1900 metres. The earth has completely
disappeared. Come said GODDARD, "it is
time TO get down.
Doha Sol opened the, valve and the gas be-
gan TO escape. We began to descend rapidly,
and the valve was closed. soon we found our
selves, over the Eastern. Railroad. In ten min
utes the valve was again opened, and we sank
down slowly. We were followed by a crowd
OF children that climbed over lodges and
last some peasants seized tho long rope that
GODDARD throw .doYp to. them. Don't be
will land You without a Jar" And he kept his
word. The balloon alighted like a bird. We
were at NerchSres.
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SECTIONAL VIEW OF SUBMARINE WREcKlNc goAr.

backs. When loaded the cars are coupled to-
gether and attached to the locomotive. The
train then climbs up the beach to the dry land.
This method costs less power than running on
the surface. especially in stormy weather. 1t
f. to I've so arranged that the whole train can be
pumped out. when It will rise to the surface
and proceed to harbor like q tugboat and n tow
Of barGes. Tn boat is TO be capable OF going
down and looking for sunkon passenger liners
like the Elbc. the Salier. or the D%rummond
Castle which lie In waters too deep to be
reached by man. One OF the principal objects
OF the boat Will be the rescuing OF drowned per-
sons from the interiors OF sunken ships.
The craft Is to be 80 feet long. . feet wide.
and will have a displacement of 81 tons. When
necessity calls for it the vessel can be trans
ported to the great lakes on n fiat car or taken
across the seas on the deck OF a steamer. II
may be possible for this craft to find some or
the famous treasure ships which lie al the
bottom OF the seas. They include Torrent,
sunk bv Nelson at the battle of the Nile. with
S3.00O,000 aboard; the LRtune. sunk In the
ZuiGer Zee with 81 900. 900 in her hold: the
Do Brake. lost of Delaware Bay with Spanish
bullion. and the ship Golden Gate. which went
down off Cape ~liatteras while returning from
California In rhe tifties. loaded with gold. ON
cial statistics show that 1000 vessels are sunk
annually. The vessels and cargocs being valued
at 500. 00o.0 900. The Atlantic and Pacific
coasts are strewn with old and new wrecks,
many laden with valuable carEoes. Only these
in shallow waters can he reached bv the
methods now i'll use. The lake boat can run
down the beaches. which drop six feet in u mile,
and travel out 100 miles under the sea.
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IN THE OCEANS DEPTHS.
The Enormous Pressure Exerted by the
Water In the Deepest Places.
lrom N. NtnefeenM Century,

from N. Nineteenth Century.
The temperature at the bottom of the ocean
Is nearly down to freezing point, and some
times actually below it. There is n total alb
sentc of light. as far as sunlight is concerned,
AMI there Is an enormous PRESSURE, rccGoned
Mt about one ton q the square inch in every
1000 fathOms, which is 100 times greater than
that of the atmosphere we live in. At $500
fnthoms tho pressure is thirty times more
powerful than the steam pressure Of n loco
motive when drawing II train. AS late as 1850
n leading ~zoOlog!st explained the existence OF
deep-sea animals at such depths by assuming
that,their bodies, were composed OF solids and
liquids OF great density. and contained no air.
This, however, is not the case with deep-sea
fish, which are provided with air-intlAted
swimming bladders. III one OF these fish, in
full chase after its prey. LANNON'S to ascend he
tended with the decreased pressure, and car
r~ies.tt, In spite OF all its efforts, still higher In
It's course, In fact, memners OF this untortu-
unusual accident of falling upward, and no
doubt meet with a violent death soon after
their bodies reach the surface in n distorted
and unnatural state. Even ground sharks.
brought un from a depth Of no more than 800
The fauna Of the deep sea n few ex-
%ceptions, hitherto, only known as are
and: genera inhabiting shallow waters in
modern times. and have been driven down to
the DEPTHS Of the ocean by their more power
- - - 80 N-N $50 49, t'ASst 30 tlc AH-
Client Brltons wers compelled TO withdraw to
the barren and inaccessible Businesses or
Wales. Some or their organs have undergone
considerable modification In correspondence 10
the changed conditions of their new habitats.
Thus down to 900 fathoms their eyes have
generally become enlarged. to make tho best
OF the faint light which may possibly penetrate
there. After 1000 fathoms these organs are
either still further enlarged. or 30 greatly ro-
duced that In some species they disappear alto
Rether and are replaced by long
~feelers. The only light Mt great depths which
would enable large eyes TO be of any service is
the phosphorescs nce of deep-sea animals.
We know that at the surface this light Is
often very powerful. and Sir Wyviile Thorn
son has recorded ono occasion on which tho
sea at niRht was "a perfect blaze of phosphor-
escenco, so strong that lights and shadows
were thrown on the sails and It was easy To
read tho smallest print" 1t is thought posi-
hlo by several naturalisIs that certain portions
Of the sea bottom may DO as brilliantly illu!
mined by this sort OF light as the streets OF a
European city after sunset. Some deep-sea
nsh have two parallel rows Of small circular
phosDhorsscsnt organs running along the
whole length OF their bodies. and as they glide
through the dark .wsters Of the profound
abysses thoy must look like model mail ships
with rows OF shining portfolios.