The morning news., 1897-08-30

On board the Neptune liner Delano,
Capt. James, which arrived yesterday
| from Rotterdam, is a clear case of petit
coat government. When the Delano left
Rotterdam a pair of pigeons were occupy
ing a loft on the vessel, says the Baltimore
Sun. On the voyage across the Atlantic
two eggs appeared in the nest, over which
there was d real pigeon chuckle that drew
the attention of the crew, and iuVestiga-
tion proved that a family was expected.
| Great care was taken by the sailors in
wild weather to see that the mother and
her eggs were not rolled out or washed by
the seas. Then the sailors discovered that
there was more petticoat government visi-
bic in the treatment of the male by the
female than was recognized in the ethics
of the married men who were on board. As
an instance. it was seen that after the
mother had taken a dog watch" keeping
! the eggs warm she would catch her better
half by the collar and drag him into the
nest and make him take her place on the
| eggs No sailor would stand such treat
ment as that without complaining to the
! British consul or the board Of trade. The
| male pigeon performed his duties without
a murmur and the eggs in the nest promise
| TO yield a sea crop of pigeons. Yesterday
| morning the female dragged the male into
! the nest again and made him take his place
| on the eggs. Then she stood outside the
nest and spruced her plumage. which she
had disregarded at sea- Then, looking sew
| eral times into the home and seeing that
| everything was all right. she raised her
! wings and few away. At sea time she had
! not returned, and Capt. James in bother
| ing his head as to what he viii do with
the orphans If the father follows the moth
| er
When the Central London railway a
| few weeks ago gave its order for car, To-
! comotive and electrical equipment to
American manufacturers there was con-
siderable undercurrent Of ill-feeling no.
! ticeable in the comments of the English
| daily press, which took the stand that
these orders ought to have gone to Eng
lish firms. says the Electrical Engineer
| 1t is satisfaction to note, however. that
no such grumblng was manifested on the
part of the English technical electrical
press. The reasons which dictated the
giving Of the order to America are we'll
put in recent interview with the secre-
tary of the Central London railway. pub
lished in the Railway News of London
That gentleman states that his companv
was Influenced by the advice of the best
electrical experts who stated that tho
more extensive use Of electric traction In
the United States had brought the man
/ ufacture OF plant and material to "A high
er pitch Of perfection and 10 "A much
reached
England. our tools and manufacturing
machinery were much In advance OF
theirs. as was TO be expected when tho
small amount OF electrical traction com
structon In England Is considered: and
as it WAS the desire TO equip the line in
the very latest and best manner no re-
course was LEFT but to go to America for
tho material. This tells the story in A
nutshell American electric railway an
paratus goes 90 England for tho same
reason that smaller American machine
tools find profitable market there. II
represents. as TO the latter. a product pe-
| culiar 90 American skill and experience
and az Ions as we keep len the van Win
these manufactures we will probably
frd il market Tor our goods. II must be
apparent however that az time pt4.os
the English manufacturer viii gain tb.t
experience which o. now our particuIarlv
valuable stock len trade. and that Nc elIn.
not always hope 90 secure such swrapIro
orders aa that fOr the Central T.onIon
railway equipment Hut hy Keeping lu
advance We maY Hfl hone 90 stapa oN
chat day for some time fo come. ff err.
land does not 70 extensively into siertr..
HIlf0Hdlun Der market for such elected.
fll apparatus viii hr 0urs should .he
develop large electric railway Industry.
ah0 HlN certainly mauufIDiufo hrf..|f flr
supple. necessary Ihn prescott a.fla.
tlan rn1rra on hrr aioWHfss ln mah.rn
600 change from hYfs ani atrlm. ani