April, 1881.
THE WEST SHORE.
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CROCODILE SHOOTING IN INDIA.
Although the Hindoo, similar in that rcspeot
to the Egyptian we reed of in the Bible, re.
ver thow wild nitrl, which they have to Iit,
end will often subject themeelree to loet o( prop.
rty. y Ion of their own or their kindred '
live, eooner than to entrap end kill them, they
bav of late yeara, often appealed for doliverauoo
to the Eoglithmen, whom ehanee or the rumor
of a man-eating tiger or crocodile hai brought in
the neighborhood. The M uieulinau ha no auoh
qualma of oonsoienoe, for not believiug in me
tempsyohosis, he hai no fear to kill eome rela
tion whoee aoul hai pawed into the body of the
animal he wanta to slay.
Shooting orooodilea ia at the beet but tame
port; but hen you know that the old fellow,
hownin the engraving.atiokinghis head through
the reed, baa entombed within hie spauinua
belly, aud that in the apaoe of only two veek.
several human being, you rather feel your
blood boil, and you determine that you hall
deatroy bis man-relishing appetite forever.
However dangeroua the orooodile ia in the
water, he ia not much to be dreaded ou dry
land. In aome plaoea ou the African ooaat the
negroee, who roadily eat orooodile meat, will,
for the aake of hii tleoh and the pleasure the
thing afforda them, sutler thematlvts to lie
bunted by him (or a while. One of thern will
attract the notioe of a large orooodile and draw
him on in purauit. Trie diatanoe ateadily tie
oreaaoa between tlie two, and now they are but
a foot or two apart. 8uddeuly the tormentor
wheela olT in another direction and ia far away
before the orooodile, who oannot turn with eato,
it able to oome to a atou. Another ueiiro now
takea the first one'a place, and the game ia kept
up till the reptile ia exhausted. Then one of the
tarty get on bia back, and with a few bard
ilowa upon hi tkull, end thai gam forever.
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LonoiTUii of Tin Asiatic Coaht or Tin
Pacini'. It i understood that Lieutenant
Commander F, M. tiroen and C. 11. Davis,
Lieutenant 8. M. Aukley and John Morris,
aud Surgeon Dale, U. H. N., now in
Han Francisco, bav been detailed by the Navy
Department todetermine the oorrect longitude ol
the Aiiatio ooaat of the l'acilio ooean. They sail
Saturday fur China, to Join the I'alot on the
Aiiatio atation, All point on the ojaat of Jaian
aud Chine, connected by oable,will be visited, aud
theii exact longitude determined. The Amerioau
otiioera have permission from theoableootnpaniea
to establish stations and na th wire at night.
Knuliah nllioeis are engaged in a aimilar work
in New Zealand and Australia. Th inform
tion obtained from th observation will be ex
changed by the two nation. KuglUh ollloora
. have determined the longitude a far aa Madras
and llusaiao ollioera have made observation 00
the Siberian ooait. All observation have been
taken from the Hongkong observatory. The
American party will asoertain the precise longi
tude of that place, there being a question a to
th accuracy of the etandard. Th object of
this movement by th Navy Department is to
establish oorreot standards, from which trus
chart (or th protection of maritime in tens ts
may b produced.
Food Valci or Varioci SuenTAXca I'rof.
W. 0. Atwater, is an eetay on the aotritiv
valu of fish, give th following table: Tsking
medium beef at 100, w have, as th nutritive
valu of like weight of fish (re from bwei
Medium beaf, 100 fresh milk, 23.8) skimmed
milk, 18.01 butter, 124 0; obeose, I.M; hen's
eggs, 72.0; fresh eodftsh. C8 0 flaind.rs, 6-1.0)
halibut, 88.0; bass, 70 0; macksrel. MO; lake,
trout, 01.0; eels, M O, .had, 9 0; as) moo,
104.0) salt maoksrel, 111.0; dried oodlUb.
34S.O.
Whixivbr yon Bad great deal of gratitud
In poor man, yon may Uk it for granted that
there would be as much generoeity if ht.were
run
Wiki Kort Thakhmiimion. Among th re
cent improvements in th way of transmitting
power for lung distauoes, ia the aubatitutiun of
belt by endless wire rnpe rnrniinj at h!jh
peed Just when th belt become too long
for eoonomy there th rope stops in. In place
of a uat-faoed pulley a narrow aheave, with a
deep, Daring groove, i used, th groov being
tilled out. or lined rather with leather, oakum,
India rubber, or eome other eoft substance, to
save the rope. The essential point are a large
sheave, ruuuing at a considerable velocity, aud
a light rope. When the distance exceed 400
ft., a doubla-groovtd wheel is used, and a
second endless rop trsnamita the power 400 ft.
further, and so ou. The loss by (notion i laid
to be only 8 per mile. If it ia required
to transmit SOU horse power by meau of a wire
rope, the aixe of rope required will be one inch
Amtahctio KxrLORATioH, While th energy
of modern explorer has greatly xteodd oar
knowledge of th geography of th North Polar
rc'.out, Oouipeieuvely littie has been don in
th exploration of th corresponding portion of
the southern hemisphere. Lieut. Wilkes, at
th head of an American expedition, believed
that he bad established the existence of an An.
tarotio ooutinenL and thia disoovsry waa v ri
ll od year later by Sir Jam Rose, who found
the extensive Victoria Laud with mountain
14,000 ft, high, and an aotive volcano, Heyond
those discoveries, nothiug i positively knows
of the exteusive regions of th earth. It ia
now proposed by th Italian Uengraphioal Ho
oiety to send out an Antarctic exploring expedi.
tion under th command of Lieut, ileve. an
Italian ollloer, who aooompeuled Prof. Nor.
denikjold in hi recent Polar voyage, Th i.
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VENOKANOK ON T1IK MAN-KATKR.
in diameter, running 4,920 ft, per nilnul over
a wheel 14) ft in diameter, making IOH revolu
tions per minute. On is thus enabled, at a
email expense, to transmit power In any direc
tion That woKtuart'L locomotiv. built at Tat
araon, N. J., for an Inventor, who, in hla design,
turnsd th ordinary locomotive topsy-turvy and
imparted power to th driving wheel by Mo
tion, has been tried, and ia aaid to bav given
remarkably good results in drawing heavy load
up grade, but it has not been teated for speed.
On an up-grade of about I'.'J ft. to the mile, the
engine pulled 21 ear weighing over 474 tons
with such an esse that more ear war added to
th train ia uooeeeiv experiments, uutU Ha
alljr !RI loaded oars, weighing &?1 tone, were
pulled over th aam grail with from 135 IT.,
to 140 ft of Uam, la thia eegine th cylin
der and lb moving pert era above th boiler,
so as to permit th aas of double drivers, on
est above th other, so proportioned as to give
great speed to the driver, resting th track,
and to which power if imparted by friotioa.
peditloa of Lieut, llsv. It I given out, will b
lilted out fur a prohnged voysge, and It la aa
aounoed to b th intention at th voyager to
winter ia the Antarctic region for the purpos
of making a thorough study of It character,
AaTisui Wati i IWxrrox, For some tin
past boring for artesian water ha been la pro
gross la Provhleoos street la thtolty of Boitoa,
Th ohanos of laoees wsre generally believed
to be against th ffurt Quit reoeotly. how.
ever, water ha been foand at a depth of l,nA0
ft, and th wall I now oapabl of delivering
from tliree to four hundred thousand gallon of
watar a day.
AxoTliaaMllirAl RailwaT, Th telegraph
report another Meiieaa railway projsot, with
130,000,000 eapitaL Among the inoorporatori
are Mayor Prinoe, FWo. BaUer. U. . Orant,
Jr., and two Mtileaa capital at. Th mala
line i to run from I'ltdra Neeraa, at th Hio
(Iraod. to a point oa the UnU of California,
with branch.