Savory Morsels.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4509, 18 June 1883, Page 3

Savory Morsels.

The Americans have built a steamer which they hope will go across the Atlantic in five days. Sbe baß extra powerful machinery, and is dome-decked, so that if launched upside, down, whether light or loaded, sbe will right henelf in the water. She is the first' dome deck vessel ever built tlius from stem to stern, and her covering is as strong as her sides, the spans being unbroken. In fact, every arch in her is one unbroken span. Some idea of her shape can be got by cutting in-two the ordinary spinning top. It is proposed to build steamer* after this model for ocean travel ;tbat will carry 4000 tons 1 of freight, 600 first-class passengers, 2000 steerage passengers, and 500 tons of mail and express Uaetter. Health jo*Tnals. say that to retain a sound eolntitbtion a man must lie on the right side- Yes; but which is the right side'P Every lawyer, preacher, and editor in the country thinks the side he is lying on is thp.rightone.J .-.--.■ If you aw neither the head of an ass nor the till pfaii asi, what are yon ?—No. endofanaas. ° •.■■':>... ■ ■-■ Ton never hear of a strike'among the astronomersV Jthipir business is always looking «ri,v ;■_, \, „.. ;■. '• . •