The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-27

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each letter being cast when a
key is pressed. The principal
trouble with this class of machin-
es, and with other type setting
machines, is that it is difficult to
''justiiy"-that is, to fit out the
lines evenly at the right-hand
end and space properly between
the words.
The Tay bridge when COM
pleted according to the vast and
and admirable design of its pro-
iectors, will be one of the great
est marvels of engineering con-
struction which Europe can
show. The Island Inchgarvic,
in the middle of the arm of the
sea which it crosses, enables the
bridge to be IN four spans, only
two of which are over water;
these two principal spans are
each of about 1900 feet, and
the height above the sea of each
of them is 200 feet, all of the
most massive masonry.
In Carlisle, England, tall fac
tory chimneys are being utilized
as sewer ventilators with good
results, twenty-nine now used.
The velocity of the rising air
has been measured by Surveyor
! Mekie, and it is found to be
| 1902 feet a minute in ordinary
weather. The owners of The
factories make no objection tC
this use of their chimneys, ant
the practice seems to meet witt
general approval. This suggests
a plan that probably might bt
proftably employed in man.
cities in this country. Will
chimneys Of ample proportion
there would seem to be no ser
ious trouble in using them t.
some extent as ventilators.
Louisville, KY, is called Git
of the Falls.
Ships were first "copper-bot
toned in 1888.
The English language consist
Of $4,000 words.
The longest session of Cor
: gress on record is 302 days.
Chicago regulates the price {
grain in the worlds market
New York and Vermont
/, midway between the Equatc
4 and the North Pole.
! At Gazepoor, on the Gangei
thousands of acres are plante
!, with roses from which the fan
Gus altar Of roses is produced
Embroidery is usually asc.il
4 ed to the Phrygians; but th
: Sidonians excelled in it and it
mentioned in 1491 b. G..
A traveller in Greece say
y that the Greek language hs
!; !; never died. some few learne
men having always spoken tn
O classical idiom. In that cour
try the newspapers are the chic
d promoters Of the literary langr
age.
The carrier on the mail rout
between Viroqua, and Prairi
du Chien, Wis, made his la,
run last week and the route ha
been discontinued. In the earl
days of Wisconsin Governor Rus
used to drive a stage on thi
route.
A peer who had always ordere,
his coats through his valet step
ped into his tailor's on Picca
diily to order one himself. Whel
he gave the address, the tailor
supposing him to be a new valet
slipped little PACKET into hi
hand, with "Here's your com
mission, and it's your own faul
if you don't earn more. Jus
you take this brush and give tn,
old mans clothes good wipe
: down every morning. He doesn'
I wear half as many coats as h
should" 1t was a steel wire
brush. The peer took the mon
ey and his costume with him
A Pittsburg optician make
the statement that gum chewing
has a harmful effect on the eyes
and when carried to excess
apt to cause blindness. TIL,
constant moving of the jaw
affects the nerves that lead iron
the spine to the optic nerves an,
strains the latter until they give
: out,
8 Halfthe actual trouble of lif
would be saved if the peopl
- would remember that silence
golden, when they are irritated
vexed or annoyed. To feel pro
poked or eXasperated at trifl