The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-28

slant vibrstion sArssrk % sss.,<,...--
rsPulsiOn Of m slsssze-mIuss /. -.
N electric current Aowz, and 4 "A
ing one end CONTESTED % Tia 49, -
other applied over The nseva So
eious does il appear 70 h Ga. -
kinds Of Neuralgia. especially n "A. ~.
deeP-seatsd nerves, are chsrnad sv,-s
ter few ninutes' uss. The suh;... :
Jet IN its infancy, but it d prpbabls -.
other kinds Of physical suffering m.v
sOOthed By the vibrst0ry inlauenc.. - :
Is not uliksly that eonpless an...L.-.
similar 70 that PrOduoed By ehIOr,f,--
may result from trenors o. the cr..;.-
for when the fork Is applied - The m
OF the skull, swimming Of the he.l "a
lowed BY desire 20 sleeF, Il frsuusu.I,
induced There are good reason. fo-
lieving that chlOrofsrn acss thrOugk
chanical disturbance Of the seasorv D.r-..
-Several western towns are exu.s.
menting with powerful elecsric E.h,.
erected on mssts or tower, and inteod.s
to give broad general ilInminntiou v;.h
out offending the eye. Reports sbov.
the success Of the system are verv eo..
6cting. As ii is proposed % light Iudi,.-
aPolis IN this way, . representative Of n.
Sentinel Of that city was tent 20 Aim,
Ohio, to ascertain the opinion Of c;,;....
Of that place on the light He r.vor,.
that the tower system il very unsati.f..-
tory, Its failure being due IN pan 70 n.
number Of shade trees in the streets wh;.h
Obstruct the light The effective r.uv.
of the light on masts zoo feet high 4 ~
to be not more than . quarter of a MI.
The correspondent standing in the ssrs.t
within the supposed range Of the Kzbt
was almost run down by buggy whiek
ne did not see until il was within a f.w
feet of him The light also goes cut %.
casiOnally, and is said to Be IN AKIN,
more costly than gas. Tie Foltaic A..
light can undoubtedly be made % replae.
gas at less costs, but possibly not By shs
tower system, where 50 nurh offs power
is wasted in transmission. This. a. w.H
as other objections urged against the tow-
er system, by the dissatisfied citizens of
Akron, might easily have been forssesu.
In open squares the tower iights, th0uzs
wasteful Of energy, might Be of sdras-
tage IN removing the s0ur.e Of iIIumin.-
ton high above the ordinary range q
the eye, but they would be wholly N
suited to closely built streets lined WITH
shade trees, awnings and other obsrruo-
tions to light
"A very remarkable deposit Of pstrO-
leum Is described - existing IN TsneEu-
Ella between the Rio Tara and ZuEa
Near the former there rises q sandhauk
about thirty-6ve yards In extent. sad
some ten yards in height On It's surf.ss
Is visible collection Of cyfindriczl holsa.
apparently arti6cialIy made throuzh
which streams Of petroleum mixsd wilk
boiling water, gush out wsth great 10
lence, accompanied with noise rsssn-
bling that Of several boilers blowing C
steam The column Of vzpor that asosuds
from the spot would doub<less Be sssu
from long distance were Il not rhroudsd
by the thick forest, 70 wnEcn the peErs-
leum beds that evidently lie underneath
give perpetual grsennsss and = fresh
ness Of foliage From one Of these holes
oil has been collected At the rate Of four
gallons per minute A curious phenome-
non has been occasionally seen in Vens-
zuela, consisting Of frequent lightning
unaccompanied by thunder, which Is OBJ
servable from the bar Il the entrance Of
the Lake Of Maraczib0, and which has
been attributed 70 the vzpor ascending
from the Cienegs de Aqua CaIiente. L
is more probable that this appearance,
called by mariners < Elfarcl de Mzrzczi-
bo," is due to the infAmmable gas that
Permeates the whole district 70 such An
extent that it Is known By the natives -
e FL Inferno" There Is No doubt that
the supply Of petroleum Is very large n0t
only at this point, bat IN the neighbO1rg
Republic Of Columbia where. betwssn
Escuque and BettJOque, the labOrsn
gather 1t up In handkercaiefs. which,
when saturated, are squeezed out into
barrels