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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1895)
SUBMERGED PALACE : Ingenious Oriental Scheme for Ds fving J 0 the Heat. A Class Residence at the Bottom of a Lake. The problem of how to keep cool j in summer offers a wide range of glo- 1 riotis possibilities, but probably the most extraordinary method ever heard of is that of the King of Siam. This ingenious gentleman escapes the tor¬ rid rays of Old Sol by depositing himself for hours at a time in the coolingif aqueous embrace of a lake. There he sits in a house of glass as comfortable fts can be, while the pond lilies droop, and the furnace-like heat spreads itself all over his dominion. The King, in the interests of suffer¬ ing humanity, did not copyright this interesting idea, and it has been adopted by the Prince Khan Aryanluh, of India. The Prince has a magnifi¬ cent sitminer villa on the bottom of a lake on his ancestral estates at Agra. The question of ventilation has been already attended to by the king¬ ly inventor, He pumps air from the surface through enormous tubes aud manages to keep up a oonstant circu¬ lation. As it is for himself ulone, the room is but twenty feet square by fif¬ teen feet high. With the exception of the floor, it is entirely of heavy plate glass closely fitted into steel frames. The floor is of wood and steel, and directly under it is a second or false floor, into which are stored weights of stone. When floating all these weights are removed, but when Jlis Majesty desires a cooling, tons of them are rolled in, and the room slowly aud silently sinks, until it rests upon the bottom. It is then at a depth of about twenty feet, and so ar¬ ranged that an abundant supply of air is obtained from numerous tubas lead¬ ing to the surface. By means of other tubes ho is enabled to hold conversa tion with those iu the royal palace on chore, and also to transact state busi¬ ness. The furnishings of this submarine castle are as lavish as those of the im perial palace, Every chair, table and divan is inlaid with gold and heavily studded with precious stones, The ornaments, statues aud minor fur¬ nishings tire of ivory, and the back of the royal chair is emblazoned with a coronet of emeralds When his majesty desires to return to tho surface the weights are quickly rolled out upon a sunken raft by means of levers worked in an ante¬ room, and the room is drawn up, as if it were an elevator, by means of cables and hoisting apparatus oper¬ ated from above. The raft bearing tho weights is afterwards drawn up by tho same method. The whole affair is as simple us it is ingenious. Prince Khun Aryanluh, of India, has a submarine room equally as gor¬ geous. To him, however, the idea of living under water is not as marvel¬ lous as to tho King of Siam, as the water has been the Prince’s home from childhood. His home, and the home of his futher, the royal palace at Agra, is built entirely on the water, aud access to it is only possible by boat. In magnificence and gaudy grandeur, it probably eclipses anything known to the civilized world. Its decorations in ivory and precious stones alone are worth over $20,000, 000, and it has 1,000 rooms. It is known as the pearl palace and was built exclusively for the ruling mon¬ arch, his family and his wives. Twenty thousand men were employed on it for twenty-two rears. It is built in the form of an irregular octagon, is of pure white marble, and so lavishly is tho main hall decorated that the whole of the Korau is said to be written iu precious stones on the walls.—New York World. War an Expensive Luxury. An idea of the tremendous cost of luuuitious of war can be gathered from the fact that the old armament of Fort W adsworth, consisting of seventy guns, cost less than $1,000, 000, while oulv two of the modern monsters of war, the twelve-inch guns for example, can be obtained for an outlay of $600,000, while only sixteen mortars can be erected for an outlay of $350,000. Tim original estimates for the de- fense of New York called for an out¬ lay of 36,003,000 for guns, $3,000,003 for submarine mines and $1,000,000 for torpedo boats, in view of the »“ above »< it «"•*•*«■» will be seen how “ ridiculously ? e *f b f inadequate the estimates are. The cost of the gun itself is only a part of the outlay. It is necessary before a gun is mounted that the gro iind be prepared, masonry con stcucted and all the necessary details 0 f th e erection of heavy ordinance properly carried out. In connection with the erection of sixteen mortars 1 recently constructed the masonry alone necessitated outlay of $160, : an ; QOO. An interesting feature of the cost of modern warfare is the frightful ex¬ pense entailed in the discharging of one of the big guns. Every discharge of a twelve-inch gun means that nearly $1,000 has been blown away. It takes 430 pounds to discharge a twelve-inch projectile, aud with smoke¬ less powder at $1 a pound this means an expense of $450 for every dis¬ charge, for powder alone. The pro¬ jectile itself costs $500 to make. In order to penetrate the sides of a mod ern ironclad, it is necessary to use a projectile something more formidable and solid than the old-style shot, and to get this Uncle Sam has to pay $500 a shot. Members of the Peace Society can be forgiven for objecting to war when the money expended in discharging a big gun once would keep a family in comfort a year. —New York Mercury. Farmers anti Bird Pests. In a recent agricultural department report farmers are cautioned to re¬ frain from waging a general war of extermination of crows and blackbirds. While at times they injure crops their depredations, according to the depart¬ ment, can usually be prevented. On the other hand they do incalculable good by destroying insects. The grain eaten by them under ordinary circum¬ stances does not cause serious loss, as much of it consists of scattered or waste kernels. Their occasional de¬ scent or corn or wheat fields in flocks of hundreds of thousands iudicates that the species is too abundant and should be reduced. Practicable means should be taken by farmers to protect themselves and extreme penalty in¬ flicted, if the crops and the birds’ lives cannot both be saved. Auother report deprecates the gen¬ eral condemnation of raptorial birds for the offenses of a few. It lamented the lack of knowledge of the life his¬ tories of these birds on the part of legislative committees that draft the game laws of the various states. That the beneficial species of hawks and owls will eventually be protected, it claims, there is not the slightest doubt. When farmers are convinced that the birds are their friends they will demand protection for them, and already leading agricultural and sportsmen’s journals are deprecating the indiscriminat slaughter. —New Orleans Picayune. Bicycles Dangerous in Collision. The ability of a bicycle and rider in rapid motion to do serious damage in a collision with another machine or with a pedestrian, is fully appreciated by few wheelmen. A man weighing 150 pounds, and moviug at the rate of ten feet per second (which is only about seven miles per hour) has a mo¬ mentum of 1,500 pounds, leaving out of the accouut the weight of the wheel. This is sufficient to upset any pedestrian with terrific force. It has been suggested that the pneumatic tire forms a sort of fender which would prevent serious concussion in case of a collision. It would un¬ doubtedly have a slight modifying ef¬ fect, but it would be of little account. A collision between two wheels, each with a 150 pound rider, spinning at the moderate speed of seven miles per hour, would result in a smasliup with a force of 3,000 pounds. In view of these facts, it is no wonder tlial bicycle accidents are often very seri¬ ous.—Scientific American. He Was Right. Mr. Absentniind—I am delighted to see you. AdJ how is your wife com¬ ing on? Friend—But, my friend, I have no wife. Mr. Absentmind—You don’t tell me sol Then she is still unmarried. A MODEL COUNTY. Queen’s on Long Island, Grid ironed With Good Roads. Her Macadamized Highways Cost Two Million Dollars. Everybody interested in the move¬ ment for good roads, which is mak¬ ing itself manifest iu so many parts of the country, must take peculiar satisfaction in the circumstance that New York State has within its bor¬ ders one county able to make so good a showing iu the matter of highway improvement as Queen’s. So far as it has gone this county is a model which not only the other counties of the state, but the people of neighbor¬ ing and remote states may study with profit. It is somewhat surprising that this is so, since we do not ordinarily look to the rural counties of Long Island to see the implanting and fruc¬ tification of progressive ideas. But in this case the unexpected has hap¬ pened, and Queens lias set an exam pie which we trust some of the other counties will not be slow to take pat¬ tern after. In accordance with the provisions of the new law. County Engineer Mc¬ Laughlin tiled with the County Clerk his map of the county road system. It shows that the system includes seventy-five miles of county roads, which have been macadamized at an average cost of $15,000 a mile. There are three main lines through the county, running, in general, east and west. That on the north side extends from Long Island City through Flush¬ ing to Roslyn, and is twenty-two miles in length, The middle line reaches out from Jamaica to Jericho, taking iu the Jericho Turnpike, and is likewise twenty-two miles long. Then on the south side are the roads best known to the people of New York and Brooklyn—especially the large number of them who ride bicy¬ cles—the Merrick Road, the Roekaway Road, etc., embracing nineteen miles. Besides these, there are a dozen miles of lateral connections, built at the cost of the county, But all this covers only about one-half of what has been done to supply Queens County with lhie roads, for seventy five miles more have been built by the various towns, at a cost, on the average, of $12,000 a mile. Hence there are in the county 150 miles of macadamized highways, involving an expenditure of upward of $2,000,000. That Queen’s county is satisfied with the results obtained through this lib¬ eral outlay is evident from the fact that only last week contracts were entered* into for extending the north side system so as to provide a line from Jamaica through Newtown to Flushing, and to carry the North Hempstead Turnpike from Rosyln to East Norwich, making an additiou of thirteen miles to the roads already provided. Queen’s County, assuredly, has done and is doing well, Such a demonstration ought not to be with¬ out effect on the remainder of the state. And it should be borne iumind that the Long Islanders did not wait for the passage of general or special road acts by the Legislature, The work done in Queen’s illustrates what can be accomplished by any com¬ munity which is in earnest on the sub¬ ject of good roads. Few if any coun¬ ties in the country have a more wisely plauued road system, or one more thoroughly carried out. We hope ere long to see the contagion of this ex¬ ample affecting some of our other counties, which seemingly are waiting for the state to do their work for them. They ought to take hold of it themselves without further delay. When once a start is made the people will see what is to be gained by im¬ proved roads, and will be impatient to press the work forward everywhere, — New York Tribune. Calisaya Drunkards. “Calisaya drunkards are rapidly in¬ creasing in number,” saida New York druggist, “Very few men who drink this insidious mixture know what it is made of, aud consequently they drink it with a recklessness which is almost suicidal. There is a large number of men in New York who have drunk al¬ cohol in its various forms for many years, and who, either from fear of its ultiovfLs effect or from a desire for a change, resort to drinks the nature of the effects of which they know nothing. “This drink, called calisava, which is so extensively retailed in drug stores, really has very little calisaya iu it. The basis of the drink is alco¬ hol and quinine. When drunk in a rational manner, the mixture is a comparatively harmless tonic, but when indulged in to excess it is much more harmful than alcohol alone, as it combines the deleterious effects of an overdose of quinine. “The unfortunate victims of the calisaya habit ignorantly think that in calisaya they have found a drink which has the stimulating effects of whiskey without any of its physical penalties, when the fact is that they are practically only adding the sjnir of quinine to their whiskey, which is thinly disguised by calisaya. A man with a calisaya jag is sincerely to be pitied. He is just a little short of being a raving maniac, His ears ring like an anvil from the effects of the quinine, while his blood riots through his veins like a mill race at the bidding of the alcohol.”—Toledo Blade Credit hi Foreign Countries. In Austria a credit of six months is generally allowed. In Italy but little credit business is done, and none without good security being given. In Cuba the time fixed for payment is from four to five months after the delivery of the goods. Iu the Bermudas accounts are settled but once a year. Juno 30 is the day usually fixed for the payments. In Austria it is scarcely possible to do business without allowing a long credit, which is usually one of six months. In England a payment of the price of goods delivered is required at the end of three mouths, dating from the day of shipment. In Spain four-fifths of the transac¬ tions are done on a cash basis, while in Portugal groat liberality is shown and quite long credit is generally al¬ lowed. In Turkey even objects of prime necessity nre sold on credit, and in that country, as wel) as in Russia, the time allowed is, iu most cases, twelve months. In Mexico the large commercial houses willingly give credit from six to eight months, and in real estate trade long terms are given customers in which to settle their accounts. In China it is not customary to give credit Money is obtained from len¬ ders, who exact an interest of eight to twelve per cent. Business is nearly always conducted 011 a cash basis. In Canada settlements are made at the end of thirty days, with a dis¬ count of five per cent. Sometimes a credit of from three to six months is allowed, but in this case there is no discount. Tlic Speed of Electricity. The speed of electricity under the most favorable conditions is now es¬ tablished to be 180,000 miles a second. What this enormous speed implies is somewhat dimly suggested by an illus¬ tration recently used by the eminent scientist, Sir Robert Bell. Suppose that a row of telegraph posts 25,000 miles long were erected around the earth at the equator. Suppose that a wire were stretched upon these posts for this circuit of 25,000 miles, and that then another complete circuit was taken by the same wire around the same posts, and then another, and yet another. In fact let the wire be wound no fewer than seven times com¬ pletely about this great globe. We should then find that an electric signal sent into the wire at one end w'ould accomplish the circuit in one second of time.—Atlanta Constitution. Novelty Gone. “What has become of the great sprinters?” asked the man who is in¬ terested in sports. “There got to be too many of them,” replied the man who knows all about everything, “Catching suburban trains for the city put too many of ’em into first-class training. — Washington Star. There is a great dearth of field birds in some jiarts of Maine this year, a condition that has been gradually ap¬ proached by a yearly thinning out of the birds. Made Sweeter *>y Salt. Who would think of matin™ sweeter by the addition of salt? however, is asserted to be than, u’ ^ Professor Zuntz at a late meet? 6 the Physioiogieal Society of Berlin From his experience he fb ds th J: to a slight a solution amount of sugar of there be W* i salt and wa weak that it excites no saline eo the result is extra sweetening taste ' sugared water. The weakest of o mne solution said also nrodJ of Qn j is to i practically similar result. Le #l The explanation given of the ah™ seeming incongruity is that the evei so feeble salthess or bitterness i m an increased sensibility to the part tion of taste by the sinmlta sensa uli, and hence ne °us stim an ppreciation . a of adfi tional sweetness. Cannibal Humor. The missionary stood before th, cannibal king as the cook built th fire in the kitchen stove. “I am greatly disappointed in yo .1 remarked the missionary to kin’ „ “But, dear boy,'” ike my renlied th king, playfully, “you are not i n m yet,” and the missionary turned awa 1 and gazed out yearningly over thi placid bosom of the Pacific. Buskin In his concludes “Ethics of beautiful the Dust” uJ a descrip; tion of a true wife with these words' or “So nothing far as she is. rules She must all must be enduriU be rio-htj ly, incorruptibly good; instinctively infallibly tion wise, wise—wise not that for she self renuncial her] ; may set shl self above her husband, but that may never fall from his side.” The Sarcastic Boarder. do Landlady—Pm take always iu forgetting-i ATrj yon cream your coffee Spluds? boarderjJ Mr. Spluds (a pessimistic Very seldom in this house, madam, ] Small Frv Siviodli'r-, ■eek Some of trade the meant and st of make these are they whJ to upon capital out o| the reputation of the trreateit , f America! tonics, Hoetetter’s Stomach Bitt-.-rs,hyimitad inn its outward guise. Reputable dru'nds'fl ire however, will imitations never foist upon you as foj this spurious sovereign of or substitute rheuma] rent -ri y for in a aria, tism, and nervousness. dyspepsia, constipation, Demand, and liv if r the complain] riealei be honest, yon will get the genuine articles. ] Leave the single world wi thout regret, for it hardlJ contains a good listener. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root cures aii Kidney 1 and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet aud Binghamton. Consultation free. Laboratory X. V. Just as displeased you are pleased at finding at perfections. finding faults] you are There is more Catarrh other in this section of tha country than all diseases put together] and until the last few years was supposed doctor] to be incurable. For a great many years pronounced it a local disea e. and pre-eribcd local with remedies, local and treatment, by constantly pronounced fating it inj tj cure i curable. Science has proven catarrh to be constitutional disease and therefore require] constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarra Cure, Toledo, manufactured Ohio, is the only by F. con-dilutional J. Cheney & curl do] on from the 10 market. drops to It is tea taken poonful. interna It ly acts in dose] da a o| rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces the system. They offer one hundred Send dol'arj dreuj for any case it fails 10 cure. for lars and testimonials F. J. free. & Address Co., Toledo, 0.1 | Cheney Sold by Druggists, 75c. A Grent Blegslng-Sometlilngin theRencl of Everybody. wJ What would you think of a man who sick and constantly' lived in reach of ralvil tion, yet because he had failed in other dire® him? tions refuses This to 1 ake the tne"b easing with Mr. that ishefoj John! was ia-.e Cook, of Atlanta. with dysnepsia'or . tej “I have been suffering DvspraJ years. I began taking Tyner’s pounds tlnrj day. Remedy I commend and gained it fifteen the public in sre« to as a blessing. 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