The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-09-18

Hoohelaga, and the tunnel will be 40 feet
below the bottom Of the river which has a
depth of 42 feet at this point The South
Shore Railway and Tunnel Company have
undertaken the work, and with Walter
Thauley, well known through his connec.
ton with the Hoosac Tunnel, as chief en-
gincer, the undertaking will doubtless prove
a successful one.
January first, 1881, has been set for the
time of taking the International Sinultane-
Gus Meteorological Observations throughout
the world, by weather observers of all ma
tions wherever such observanccs are made.
Notes will be exchanged and frequent OBJ
servations of this kind will take place, hen
ceforth, for the benefit and development q
Meteorological Science
The proposition of Prof. Lockroy, tha'
sum of S7OOO,OOO francs, originally in
tended to rebuild the palace of the Tuile-
riesj should be devoted TO enlarge the ma.
tional library, has been adopted BY the
French Chamber Of Deputies, and the sane
ton of the Senate has been asked for.
"A large and elegant Obeisk has been
erected By the New South Wales Govern
ment, on the spot occupied by the transit
instramcnt in the old observatory at Para
malta, established in 1922, by Sir Thomas
McDougall Brisbane, the building having
long since been swept away.
Excavations are being made for tun-
mel under the English Channel, between
France and England. The starting point
being near Calais. Work is being prose-
cutel with great activity and it is thought
that the success of the undertaking is fully
assured, and its completion, though quite a
long time of, will be looked forward to
with much anxiety.
Quite sensation has been created in
the Paris scientific world by recent dec-
sion of NJ Tisard, the Minister of Agricul
ture and Commerce, causing the removal Of
NJ. Tresch, whose name has been familarly
connected with the Conservatoire des Arts
et Meters for the past twenty-five years.
1t is authoritatively stated that there
are now ,724 900, 900 acres of Government
lands in the United States, unoccupied and
open to settlement to those who may wish
to occupy them. The unsurvcyed portion
OF Montana alone is claimed to be larger
than the area of Great Britain and Ireland
combined, and yet there are thousands Of
families in this country who are without
homes, who could easily possess one for the
trying. Why is matters thus?
The Audinet is. the latest invention to
enable the deaf to hear and the mute to
speak. 1t is like the fan in appearance, is
pressed against the teeth when used, and is
said to do its work wonderfully and WELL
Under the auspicics of the German
African Society" wealthy organization Of
Germany, not less than six different expedi-
tions have been equipped, and are now
travelling and exploring Central and South
Africa, and a report of their doings is anxi-
ously awaited.
Extensive Emery beds have recently
been discovered near Peekskill, N. Y, tc
which considerable Importance is being at
tached by manufacturers who use large
quantities Of the article.
"A new steel suspension bridge, 1,l5C
feet in length, and surpassed by but ont
other in the United States in hcght,is be
ing erected at Minneapolis, MINI, acros
the Mississippi river, the cost of which viii
be about 100000.
M. Seibert, of France has invented el
apparatus for registering the law of motion
of a projectile, either in the bore of a gun o
in resistant medium.