The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-10

lett Tor scnool OF applied science,
property valued at IL 100000.
An electric locomotive has been man
ufactrrsd and successfully operated on
the lftet ysh vsy q Bsslis yAI
H6e AssT in tAegsspky Alna,inun is
said to possess double the conducting
power Of iron, and can besnads into
extremely thin wires.
The longest submarine cable in the
word D that dong the. seSt coast Of
Af1eay from Natal TO Alden, IL being
1000 miles in length. s.s4t
A railway has Just been finished for
hSa1Sent Of Mount Yesuvius. 1t is
900 meters 10 length, and will enable
tourists to ascend By it to the crater in
safety: -
re dsepcss veil in tbs world rs the
one recently finished at Buda Pesth,
Husgasy, being $500 feet in depth.
The temperature Of the water it yields
il nearly l62 Fair. ~ 81
The slectric light is coming into gem
eraI- use or board steamships. ard pas-
sengers and seamen alike express them
selves ~ highly delighted with the
new method OF illumination.
An exhibition of the arts and sciences
win DO held at Nashville. Tenn. In
celebration Of the hundredth snniver-
sary Of the settlement Of that city. be-
ginning on April Esd next and contin-
uihe dntil May Goth.
The very bright star now to be seen
near lhs horizon, about due south, 10
"Sirius." the dog star. and IL II estima-
ted BY astronomers that IL gives 10 four
times @ much light as any other star
In our latitude.
The reason generally given BY sossn-
lists for the phenomenon OF hearing
sodnd farthest Just bsfors . storm is
that the air, being moist. has more than
it's nWiusl conducting power. and that
the low lying strata Of clouds contins
the sounds to the earth. nn.v
It is sstimated that about 5000 milbs
Of new road are now under contract.
and il 10 thought By men in . position
70 know, that more miles :of railroad
will be built during 1880 IN the Uuitsd
statss than during any year before.
Prof n 0amard. Of France, it is said,
has completely modified the form Of
the American phonogrsph, and claims
to have an instrument far superior "a
Mr. Edison's patent. aud one that will
become of practical utility. and COM
into general use.
An artesian we'll was completed at
Davenport. lava last month ct depth
Of goo feet. The pressure 4. 10 said
carries the watsx twenty a 70 fsA above
the surface Of the earth. Thsstteam i.
six inches in diameter aud flows - ths
rate Of 400 gallons of water per fsis-
ute. -
The manufacture If glucose u becom
ing one Of the most extensive ihdustries
in this cnnatry. Corn sugar 10 now
used Tor oil the variods purposes FOL
which any sugar il used. except Tor frs
class confectionery, and. 10 not only
used largely 10 this country. but great
shipments are constantly bsing made 81
Europe. where il 10 10 great demand.
Scientists have adopted the theory
that the duration Of animal Life shoeld
be ave times the growth Of the animal
or being. Thus. man gets his Rrowtl
In twenty years. anl should live 70. b
one hundred yooto Old. The camel i
eight years . <xt0wing and lives forty
years. The horse reaches maturity ID
ave years, and seldom lives beyond
twenty-five; aud so with other ami.
mails.
The best copying pads now in Us.
for copying letters. esc. quickly. ape
made % follows: Take gelatiue, CT
and glycerine. 6ll nei1 ousess; sosl
tina 9elAtipe over night. In the morn.
ire our o. oil thswatk nod melt bosl
ingredients to . boiling hest. after tie
manner Of melting glue. oas % in I
shallow pan and ALLOW fpashnd ts1
hours or mors. protected <1fnm duse.
when It 10 ready for use. Over ons
hundred impressiops may be tskee
from pad made IN this manner. "a
change the form sponge Oh ~ facs q
The pad with : sponge ard lislls
water.
More wonderful than III tclspAeaS
10 lie magic workings, u t1at o. a.
..D,aphots." : psvly inveetsd issesn
mont By which persons af6 enabled "a
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