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corporations, and some by private Individuals.
Largi cranes, mounted <>n railway tracks so as
to i>t-- moved along the quay from one point to
am ther, an- used in Liiverpool to unload heavy
art id
A conspicuous feature of this harbor is a
landing stage, a platform eighty or a hundred
feet wide and three-quarters of a mile long,
. lri>|it afloat by enormous iron pontoons. This is
moored near the shore, with which it is connect
ed by eight bridges. Until 1895 it was custom
ary for the great liners to put their passengers
on this stage by means of tenders, and then
proceed to their docks; but extensive dredging
Has now made it possible for the steamships to
come to the stage ii • elves.
London has a larger commerce than any other
city in the world. Liverpool comes next, and
Hamburg probably ranks third, although Ant
werp closely approaches hi r. The docks of Lon
don cover a greater area than those of Liver
pool, and some of them individually are, or
wore until recently, larger than any on the Mer
ley. The Victoria dock, opened in 1855. meas
ires 3.000 by 1,050 feet. The Royal Albert, con
lecting with it and completed In LBSO, is 6,500
jeet long and I." feel wide. The two, with
heir locks, constitute a chain almost three miles
png, across one of the great horseshoe bends in
ihe lower Thames. However, in facilities for
handling merchandise London is no better off
than Liverpool.
The port of Hamburg possesses two or three
Jistinctivo features. One is the system of moor
ing posts, or dolphins, running parallel with the
Quays, but :! < .l.i feet distant from them. Then
there are steam and hydraulic cranes, capable of
Lfting twenty, forty and even fifty tons. One of
these pieces of machinery, with a capacity of
one hundred and fifty tons, is probably the
most powerful thing of its kind in the world,
Kach quay has a pump for the hydraulic cranes,
md these pumps are also available for tire ser
vice. Another notable feature of this port is th.
arrangement "i railway tracks behind the ware-
Jhouses. The latter are of brick, and for a time
pains were taken to introduce as much iron into
the frames of the roof as possible. But a few ■
years ago a tire twisted the metal so badly that
it has been decided to substitute wood in future
construction. This fact, like the experience of
Elder Dempster & '■■. in Liverpool the other
day, shows thai • . . .vith • !ers, quays, sheds
tnd warehouses of stone, brick and iron there
1c yet danger from lire. And there always will
*c. it is to be (eared, until cargoes are incom
bustible .
VEST (OATS PASTS FOIt COOL WEATHER.
From Thi Kansas City Journal.
Mr. Vest Coats is the name of a well known
Citizen of Holsington; who ought to lay himself
aside until the coning of cool weather.
'MWW-YOKK TKIHIiNr: IMiUSSTKATKU
HORbiE HEX DC EAR t()!{ SUMMER.
HUMANE DEVICES Kf'K THE COMFORT OF
THE FAITHFUL BEAST.
The bicycle, motor wagon and trolley save
done much toward crowding tin- horse to the
background, bul where the animal continues t"
be employed it receives as much consideration
as ever, and with the advent of warm weather
new contrivances for the protection of the horse
fn in the effects of the hi v maki th.-ir appear
ance. The sponge fastened on tr;.- head of the
dray horse and the rope gear by which drivers
of covered wagons make thi burden of the
light* r :'■■• ■ s usually co IM . Into T
ÜBe about ;v; v I m< w 1-- r nun iiegin to weai
.i! d are used whenevei the weather
Drivers of heavy drays and
u.t^'ih !!..•'■-.• ; ■ 'in order to bring
their leai publii trough, and at the places
n the car lin>-s which
prrate-1 by I t men arc employed
off the aj • .:.... ;iIll j sponge.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE HAMBURG DOCKS.
PIER 6, NORTH RIVER.
A type of the most antiquated waterfront architecture
The coach horse has less attention in his line,
and Is consequently the greatest sufferer during
the dop days. The fly net is out of style, long
tails are nut fashionable, and a wet sponge be
tween the tars would spoil the looks of a stylish
turnout. A few yean ago a tiny umbrella fast
ened <>n the headstall and spreading o\>-r the
horse's head became popular, and this wa.s f«.!
lowed t>y an arrangement made of canvas which
served as a sunshade and a sponge holder com
bined. Last year a straw bonnet much like the
* » 1 « i fashioned sunbonnets worn by women
thirty years ago was made for horses, and this
has been "much worn," as the fashion papers
Bay, this summer. One larc- manufacturing
concern has its teams adorned with these bon
m s. made <>f heavy straw, trimmed with . ■<•!■ n d
ribbon and fasti ned with a well tied bowknot.
During the last hot wave a cab drivei who
makes his headquarters at one of th-- large up
town clubs had his horses bonneted, and al
though the peculiar dress caused some people t"
laugh the humane appliance occasioned much
favorable comment Dealers In horse furr.i-h
ings have them on sale In several patterns, and
say that horses are better and certainly mora
comfortable for wearing them.
M O. JL" PASSED OX BY THE COURT.
From The Hartford Courant. »
After certain business differences the Davis
Paint Manufacturing Company and the Metzger
I. ins 1 Oil Company came to an agreement.
Their lawyers drafted in concert a judicial de
cree satisfactory all around, marked It "O. K."
and appended their signatures Subsequently
one of the companies wanted to back out. It get
up the contention that the letters O. K. in such,
a use are mere slang, and not binding. An ap
pellate court out in Illinois pronounces this con
tention no ••"'. The Judges quote from the
Century Dictionary the attempts to account for
"O. K." by tracing it bach to Andrew Jackson
.and (still further back) to Old Keokuk. whose
name is borne by an lowa city unto this day.
They quote the dictionary definition: 'All right;
correct; now commonly us«-l as an indorsement,
as on a Mil." They remark: "The definition un
doubtedly Rives that which is the universal con
ception and understanding?. That la no doubt
the sense in which the Court understood it. and,
the meaning the counsel intended to express.**