Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-30

lately published government repar, ,.,
1t that It now requires fully oue-ten, ~
ell the timber growing within ths J-Dl,s5
States to keep our railroads supplied W..
cross-ties, bridge stuff and go on. 3b,..
90 per cent. of the timber eDuro9.5t
this roads Is oah.
At last electricity has got INTO n,r,,
II has not been practically applied D, -.
art of music heretofore, except, Qq-l...
in the operating mechanism OF chu,S
organs. George Breed of the T.,.t
States navy has devised method
which the passage OF broken cl-rs-.
over d conductor In magnetic field r-,
ducrs musical notes OF varying p.,.s an,
volume. The discovery is looked y--.
as one likely to cut an important r...,
| in the pear future.
the young city of Spokane Fa ; s,s.,
of Washington, possesses what Is .-rt
ably the most powerful electro ul.,-.,
the world. it beiu. OF POO hor.a-rl..-,
Water is carried from the fs.- - .T
r. .H
Il distance of about sd feet; i, h4,af,'
of seventy feet aui gives .ue:.- >,
twelve pairs of Victor turbine rra-
which motion is impaired TO JruHr.,
which are capable OF Generat.u. cleo.
! tricity sufficient for 1900 are aui 70 If,
! incandescsnt lamps. Bat i lArE, r--
ton OF the current geuerate3 is Csaf,,-
/ power purposes. The cost to coas.g.--.
| for Il large motor is 81 per hur,p--g.,.-
! per mouth. Thus for So wear sr.-r
| citizen may have the equivalent ef
two horse power engine, AMI he can all
as many horse powers us he choose, Z,
| pay for.
We hear great deal about .s.,a-,
nowadays but of what we are hrg-.7s
about, We have an idea little more s-q.
than we have with reference o. ,ae In.
menstty of space. \ recent s.:.r.,f,
writer says, So minute ar they WHAT l-.
of them, placed end TO end, wou j orlr
cover q space equivalent 60 Out-gl.-t--
tie head of pin. They are corauu,-I
of a granular watery mass, surrounded
by thickeued walls. y drop OF wafer :
the ocean III which they 1--we Aw1r,
their various functions is included mar.
velous power of reproduction, in tweutr-
four hours one bacterium will praiur.
over 10 900, 600. We offer this more asa
statement made by scientists than a,
science.
A "oold wave,'' as defined bv Pm.
fessor I. Russell, IS fall of Temperate
ure in twenty-tour hours of 70 lrgs. over
en area of so. 900 square miles, the tenn
perature in some part of this area .e-
Sppntir,Cr x, 1pps EnrTVA4u
1870 no less than sol cold waves ware rs-
corded in the United States /. the
great cold wave of January l., l,>g, the
fall Of > } dogs. extended over an area OF
ll0l square miles, aud the fan Of ..
degS. included an area OF 2.C1l,GIt
square miles. IN six cold waves OF the
{ years the area of the fall OF % dp-s.
was more than 900 900 square miles.
Cold waves follow Il day after an area OF
low pressure, or occur to the southeast Of
an area OF high pressure, attaining their
greatest extent when both conditions are
present together. They occIr only,
however, in the presence OF m area Of
high or low pressure.
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Work is now pushing ahead on
Niagara Falls power tunnel to cost over
IS 900 900. 1t starts in from the river
about one mile above the falls, passes
under the tower OF Niagara, and comes
out near the water level of the river be-
low the falls. Every foot OF the tunnel
will be cut through solid limestone The
exact size of the bore is not given,
though, since the Scientific American
says it will draw off about oup-Fourth
per cent. of all the waters Of the river.
it must he quite large. Side tunnels VIII
be cut in along to the main truuk to ia
utilized in water powers. When COM
peted 1t will be by far the most gigantic
water power in the world. Most Of tbs
work Is under contract to be Inishel In
1892. -
The New York Sun tells Us that IN
some cities so far has the use OF electra
motors gone, that i. IS possible for N II
to-day to drink 81 breakfast coffee
ground by electricity and fruit evapo-
rated by the same agency. His meal
over he will proceed to conduct hIs husI-
ness with electrically made pens, us.us
paper ruled by electricity; and vii! make
his records in electrically boulI b0odsi
his seventh-story Office, IN uH probabi,-
ity, having been reached by an electro
motor elevator. At luncheon be viii be
able to discuss sausgges, butter, AMI
bread. and at night eat ice cream anu
drink iced water due to the sans e!ec-
trlcul energy. He will ride all gbou. The
place in electric cars. wear shirts aud
collars naugled AMI iroued by cleo
trio motors, sport 3 suit of clothes
sewn and hat blocked by the same
means; on holidays ride 4 merry-go-
round propelled by az electric motor, or
have his tobo -gan hauled up the s'le
with equal facility; be called 20 church
by an electrically tapped bell, sing
hymns 10 the accompaniment OF hA
blown organ, bs buried IL
coffin of electric make, and, last Of all,
have his name carved on his tombstone
by the same subtitle, mysterious, nil-Gtr-
vasIve and inde!atiCahi' '-"ucy. ms
NAV soup like 4 viii uIi e1lJeF-u!
flight of fancy, but it is simply iaita-
full statement of ths manner IN wulgI
electricity il being supplied to ever one
OF the necessities and iuXurIes OF lie ID
America.
A NICE XMAS PRESENT.
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