The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-14

time, though English engineers said il
could not be done. The United States fur
nished the pine and the timber and the
skilled laborers, with the foremen and the
superintendent. Practically four months
from the day the contractors began work
England's first great elevator was finished.
There are few larger elevators in the
world. 1t has capacity for 100000 bush
els and can pull grain out of a vessels
hold at the rate of 1900 bushels an hour
The elevator itself stands back from the
edge of the canal on Trafford wharf.
about 300 feet from the waters edge
The grain is carried over this distance
from the tower to the bins by means of
belt conveyor. The coaster for loading
vessels is placed at one end of the build
ing, while the cars are freightod at the
other. The dimensions of the elevator are
449xS0 feet.
Among the phases of modern scientific
methods calling for special study, says the
New York Sun, is the deprecated eyesight
In the case of sailors, due to the brilliant
electric light used on shipboard. Gray and
blue eyes, not being heavily charged with
pigments, are found to be the most sub
ject to injury. Resort is had by those
working the searchlights to the wearing
of dark blue glasses. These, however
NAAAC tSAAN4tlS " iu1liSdl6 the intensity OF
the light, fail to absorb the source of the
trouble-namely, the ultraviolet rays. The
latter, nevertheless, can, be intercepted by
goggles or screens of uranium, or yellow
glass, and these, it is expected. will in
course of time be extensively introduced
Operators with the electric drill-burning
out holes in a hardened steel plate-have
sometimes had to be treated for intense
pain and partial blindness. This kind of
Iri11 fes
through the steel, and the intensity of the
light is greatly increased by the rays
thrown off by the molten metal The use
of dark glasses by those engaged in this
kind of work has proved great boon in
obviating its otherwise disastrous effects
A singular feature of the injury done to
the eyesight is a remarkable similarity to
snow or desert blindness, being, as in
these probably due to the ultraviolet rays
of the spectrum.
The geological gardens in London have
acquired no less than seven walking fish,
or mud shippers, says the San Francisco
Examiner. If an ancient mariner were to
describe TO you the habits and appearance
of the mud skipper you would probably at
tribute many of his statements to vivid
fancy trained at sea. But when the Royal
Geological Society places seven mud skip
pers on exhibition in the city of London
there can be no longer any doubt about
them. The mud skipper is a large fish,
which walks on land frequently 1t also
climbs trees and does other things equally
curious. A weli-known specimen weighs
from forty to fifty pounds 1t has a head
something like that of a mastiff the re-
semblance being very striking about the
lower jaw. The scientific name of the
mud skipper is Periopthalmus The mud
skipper walks principally by means of its
pectoral fins and its tail. II gets along
exceedingly well. 1t is fairly common
along the shores of the Indo-Pacif1c ocean
that is to say, in Southeastern Asia. In
Siam plenty of mud shippers are to be
found. The most remarkable ACCOMPLISH
ment OF the mud skipper is to climb trees
With its pectoral fins it catches hold of
tree trunk as firmly as if it had hands.
1t goes up into the tree in search of in
sects, sunshine and fresh air. The mud
skipper has loud, hoarse voice
The chances at birth that a baby will
eventually marry, says Mr.. T. D. Denham,
in Parsons, are nine in twenty, or, rather
less than one-half. This result may seem
surprising, but it is largely accounted for
by the great mortality of persons under
manageable age, especially of infants I'm
70 the age OF .. no FEWER than IS per cent
of babies die before they are years old
and A per cent. of the whole population
before the age of is. The females outnum-
Der the males in this country in the propor-
ton of LOG to 100. Out of every 100 persons
now living in this country 90 are single
30 are married, and are widowed. So
that on the average / person in every 20
you meet in the streets I'm the train. or
wherever il may be, will be either a widow
or w.dower. and out of will he nm
married In England an average husband
and wife on their wedding day NAV exnact
to live together for q years. in France
only Is, in Holland and Belgium %. but in
Russia 80. The most popular time for a
woman TO get married Is from her Dist 70
her 18th year, Inclusive More than one.
half Of the women who marry al all
marry in these five years of their life and
another quarter marry between the ages If
% and 80. With men, not quite one-balf
marry between the ages of % and 70 rhe
average age of marrying is Just over d
for women and just under 2S for men
These figures include remarriaees For
sp!nsters only the average age As q ana
for bachelors 26l2. II is a noticeable fart
that In the last ten years the average age
of marrying has for men and women
alike, gone up half year. Taking Inc
complete quarters ending on the last davs
of March, June, September, and Decem-
ber respectively, the December Quarter IA
most prolific in marriages. and the spring
and summer quarters come next. about
equal, with the March quarter a long wav
behind.