Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-03-30
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on the underground railways In London.
A paste Of chloride OF lime and water
we'll rubbed in will take ink stsi,s from
silver or plated ware. Wash and wipc
as usual.
The pendulum governor for steam aud
gas engines has appeared in this country.
IL has only one ball, Is not rotary, and
consumes no power in driviag.
A hitherto uncharted island, tive
miles long. is reported to exist ia lati.
tude deg. IL min. south. longitu 10
i3o dog. 30 min. east
Portions OF the Andcs seem 10 be sink.
ing. tho altitude OF Quito having " dimin-
ished 20 feet 1, iea years, and that OF
another peak eis feet A crater has
sunk 4e5 feet in % years.
The tclcphonograph consists Of an ap.
paratus for recording In lcgiblc charac-
tiers articulatcd aud mu,icai sounds. II
has flexible diaphragm TO b, vibratcd
by the impact OF sound wavss and to
vibratc an ink-dischargiug pcn, which
marks upon paper ribbon.
IL has been found that old crowbars
made OF tho best Swedish iron and used
by the early settlers OF New England.
have become so rotten that they could
not bc welded together whom broken,
and had an offensive smell whom tho
welding heat was applied.
At recent meeting Of learned mon
In Berlin II was said as fact that when
a bee has flied his cell with honey and
has completed tho lid he adls drop of
formic acid which he gets from tho
poison bagconnectcd with tho sting.
To do this he perforates the lid with the
sting. This acid preserves tho honey.
A writer in Science comis to tho con
clusion that as result OF his invcstiga
tions, sit seem, idle to discuss further
tho influence OF forests upon rainfall
from the economic point of view, rs Il
is evidently too slight TO be OF tho least
practical importance Man has not yet
invented method OF controlling rain
fall.n
A veteran OF the latc war, who re-
sides at Croydon, N. H., eInim, to have
invented new cngino OF war, which he
calls Time Torpedo" /. In, no
elockwork aud no chemicals. but by .
subtle combination of forces known TO
every schoolboy the charge explodes al
any given time, varying from two min
utes to two weeks.
The statement has recently been
made by a practical iron worker OF fifty
years experience, that not only does tho
metal rot from age, but that continual
jarring has the effect 10 weaken tho
tensile strength, an illultration OF IA
miliar kind in this line being afforded
by the step Of carriage, which, when
new, may be bent back aud forth with.
out breaking, but after few years ser
vice will certainly break no matter how
we'll preserved.
Professor Morgan caught a scorpion
and pierced II in three places with il,
own sting, on which In each case there
was drop OF pojscp, but tho creature
remained alive aud active. But these
and subsequent experiments led him 70
believe that the poison has some effect,
causing sluggishne.s and torpor for q
while. flo also agrees with Professor
Bourne, that 1t is possible for scor-
pion to sting itself in a vulnerable place.
Messrs. G. II. Hartwig and G. Hunter
have recently succeeded Ia reaching the
crest Of tho Owen Stanley Range, 10
British New Guinea. They had some
difficulty 10 overcome the opposition OF
the tribe which guards the great noun.
tain Paramagero, which the natives Je.
lievo TO be the abode Of the spirits Of
the departed. Eventually they wei,
pIaeated, and two hundred Of the tribe
followed the expedition ia the ascent.
A method, claimed 70 support electri,
wires above ground in such a way ~ {,
practically eyado tho dangers and diff
hcultios Of tho o'd pole system, A. well
as the expense and inconvenience thai
attend most OF the propo ed under
ground remedies, is tho tower system
bcing introduced ~ New Orleans. Tn,
towers are 70 70 quadrangulsr, ans
where placed ~ the corners of streets
their legs aro at the street corners 4
pipe Of suitable size is 70 bo pesmsnsnt
iy fixed upon each tower for Gre pur-
poses There are 70 be about 500 ot
these towers ia New OrIeans. 300 10 400
feet apart Their height IS 70 be from
125 70 80 feet