Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-04

lately published government reno-. :
IL that it now requires fully one-,s,,t Jus
all the timber growing within the 10
States to keep our railroads suDpIt.I 'el
oross-ties, bridge stuff and so on. IN
80 per cent. OF the timber emnlovs,, W
| the roads is oak. =!
At last electricity has got into r,,,.,-
II has not been practically applied A.,
art of music heretofore, except. rar,.,'
in the operating mechanism of r1.,-pi'
organs. George Breed OF the I-,..s4i
States navy has devised q method -
which the passage OF broken ci.r-s1,
over n conductor in magnetic field No.,
duces musical notes of varying pitch srt
volume. The discovery is looked 40
as one likely TO cut an important IT,
| in the pear future.
| The young city of Spokane Falls s.s..
| of Washington, possesses what is me-
ably the most powerful electric .u5ta-f,
the world. 1t being of 200 horse p5r,s-
Water is carried from the falls In 10,
steel tubes, each seven feet III iisra.s-
a distance Of about 500 feet: IL husafa'
of seventy feet and gives motio1 to
twelve pairs of Victor turbines. from
which motion is impaired to dynan,s
! which are capable of generating Ella,
trioity sufficient for 1900 arc anu - -f5
| incandescent lamps. But large ro--
ton Of the current generated is used for
| power purposes. The cost to consume,
for large motor is 81 per horse-power
| per month. Thus for S96 wear sva-v
citizen may have the equivalent OF q
| two horsepower engine, and he caC sI1
as many horse-powers as he chooses IN
pay for.
We hear 8 great deal about bsctsrs
nowadays, but of what we are hearing
about, We have an idea little more clear
than we have with reference TO the i'm
mensity of space. n recent sGieuti6o
writer says, SO minute are they that l5Jl
of them, placed end TO end, would only
cover space equivalent to one-quartsr
the head of pin. They are composed
of granular watery mass, surrounded
by thickened walls. A drop OF water a
the ocean IN which they live. Among
their various functions is included a mar
velous power of reproduction, in twenty
four hours one bacterium will produces
over Is 900 200. We offer this more as a
statement made by scientists than as
science.
A "cold wave,' as defined by Pro-
fessor I. Russell, is q fall of temporal
ure in twenty-four hours of 20 degs over
an area of 80. 900 square miles, the tenn
perature In some part of this area de-
scending to &c dogs. Between lSsO and
1890 no less than sol cold waves wcrs re-
corded in the United States. In the
great cold wave of January Il, 1882, the
fall of 20 dogs. extended over-au area Of
Il0I square miles, and the fall OF 10
dogs. included an area of . ,029, coo
square miles. In six cold waves OF the
ten years the area of the fall of 20 dogs.
was more than 900. 900 square miles
Cold waves follow a day after su 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 occur only
however, in the presence OF an area OK
high or low pressure.
Work Is now pushing ahead on g
Niagara Falls power tunnel to cost over
So 900 200. 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 one-fOurtd
per cent. of all the waters of the river.
it must be quite large. Side tunnels Will
be cut in along to the main trunk to be
utilized in water powers. When com-
pleted 1t will be by far the most gigantic
water power in the world. Most of tina
work Is under contract to be fEiShed in
1892. -.
The New York Sun tells us that II
some cities so far has the use OF electric
motors gone, that it is possible for min
to-day to drink at breakfast coffee
ground by electricity and fruit evapo-
rated by the same agency. His meal
over he will proceed to conduct his bust
ness with electrically made pens, using
paper ruled by electricity; and will make
his records in electrically-bo bound books;
his seventh story office, IN all probabl-
ity, having been reached by an electro
motor elevator. At luncheon he will be
able to discuss sausages, butter, aud
bread, and at night eat ice cream and
drink iced water due to the same cleo
trIcal energy. He will ride Gil about the
place In electric cars, wear shirts anu
collars mangled aud ironed By cleo
trio motors, sport suit of clothes
sewn and hat blocked by the Same
means; on holidays ride merry-g go
round propelled by an electric motor, or
have his tobog2an hauled up the slide
with equal facility; be called to church
by an slsotrically-tapped bell, sins
hymns to the accompaniment OF al
electrically blown organ, be buried ia "a
coffin of electric make, and, last OF all,
have his name carved on his tombstone
by the same subtitle, mysterious, aIl-per-
vaslvs and iudefatigable agency. This
NAV sound like wild and exuberant
flight of fancy, but it is simply faith
full statement Of the manner In which
electricity is being supplied to every one
of the necessities and luxuriss OF life 10
America.