St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-29
m THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

lover s6Oo, ,000, 900 is said 70 b the
capital in the many electrical enter
prises of tho United States
Since 1850 over 700 applicants for
patents for electrical accumula10s
have been made in England alone.
An English physician has invented
. cabinet for the generation of ozone
for restorative purposes The ozone -
produced by electricity.
-Exper;ments with electric motors
In elevating and depressing heavy guns
and turning them in the right direction
have been made in France. A saving
Of time was effected. The three Chill
ian warships building in France will b
provided with such appliances
"A new electric thermostat. for uso
In ships bunkers and refrigerating
rooms has lately appeared. the special
feature being . steel bulb inclosed in .
frame having . set-screw. which can be
altered 20 as 10 bring the mercurial col
umn to . platinum contact wire exactly
At the desired temperature.
Edison looks when at work like .
boy apprentice. His manner and speech
are very boyish- But the fire Of genius
shines in his keen gray eyes and the
cleancut nostrils and broad forehead in
dicate strong mental activity. Though
comparatively . young man the Occa-
sional gleam of . silver lair tells the
story Of his application
"A recent novelty in electrical spplf
ances il . handy incandescent drop
light, in which the current il switched
of or ON by pulling the flexible cord
that supports the lamp instead OF turn
ing . key in the lanp-soclet The
switch is at the ceiling, and the flexible
conductor is fastened to the handle OF
the switch. which moves On the alight-
est pressure. A single pull lights the
lamp. and . second pull extinguiahes it
Henry Hertz, professor Of ply
in the university Of bonn. whose re-
markable discoveries in electricity have
given him . place in Germany similar
to that held by Edison In this country,
is . young man hardly over thirty-four
years old. After studying civil engin-
eering. and finding il distasteful. hs
completed the two years term OF mill
tary service required in the fatherland.
and then begun studying electricity
with Prof. Helmoholz. ct Berlin.
whose assistant he flnally became. His
researches look beyond the dynamo
and the carbon, and aim to discover
more economical methods of develop
ing electric energy. rl
Some Of the experiments recently
shown by Nikola Tesla would indicate
that We may look for some early dcveL
opements and improvements in the art
Of incandescent lighting. BY using al
ternating currents Of about $1,000 Al
ternatiOns . second, run through con-
denser, he lights mp lamps electrossat.
ically, or in other words without any
direct connection with the source Of
current At present incandescent lamps
are made with the horseshoe Alament
now 80 familiar, but Mr.. Tesls lights
mp lamps with only single straight
Alament which we may describe -
half hairpin, or else he takes . bulb con-
tanning Just little block Of ono Of tho
less-known metals, such - yttrium, and
lights that up
"A system has been devised BY
means Of which . ship having tele-
phone installation ON board can b
placed In connection with the central
exchange whenever IL comes into port
A telephone is placed in the captains
Office and the wire connecting with it Is
attached to flxible cord, fitted with .
counector 1T the side of the boat Tho
wire leading from the exchange u
brought down TO . corresponding posi-
ton ON the dock. and Is also fitted with
q connector. When the ship comes In
TO port all that il necessary h to mako
the connection, which b simply done.
and the purser can at once commune
cate with any Of the business houses
of the town or with any distant points
connected with the telephone exchange.
FOR oVERsTRUNo NERVES.
rAs bsss rs.ss Tor Frssf.l a.A Ezeisshss
CAilarsa.
II il not the work but the worry
which killa There II no tonic for the
body like regular work Of the mind,
though this IL unfortunately mot often
appreciated or not allowed BY the ply
sicians TO whom anxious mOthers take
their growing daughters There Is
nothing 20 sure 70 steady the nerves Of
the fretful and excitable child - regu'
lar school work in the hands Of . real
teacher. Many . child who II eele'
br.ted for dangerous flts Of temper u
home becomes entirely transformcd
under the influence Of such . school,
till her nearest relatives would not rec
ognize her II they should ever take tho
time and the trouble 70 visit the school
room. do not mean . school-room full
Of examinations. Of marks" and od
irrelevant Inducements 10 make the
child commit 20 memory mass OF un'
related and undigested facts; ! mean
one where, without any inducement
but the natural desire for knowledge,
which II all-suAicient With any Ameri'
can child II il be rightly directed. you
find steady and well ordered labor
without haste. though NOT without rest,
and honest, thorough and pleasursbls
work. We may learn . lesson from
this faet-for IL Il NO theosy-of the ef
feet Of regular work On our tired nerves
and wise shall We be II we sppay Il
Even the most consistent homoopathi<
physician could not object 10 this kind
of ionic. though ~ would tell Ioa. sn<
truly. that TONES are worse than oe n
use for overworlked nerveA-Anna G
Brackett in HsrpeFs Magazine.
An loeeassAesaeo Yeath.
The Reckless Suitoe-1f zoo dout q
eept me my death win liz at yoar does
for I win shoot myself right here b
fore you!
The Good and CoaDoeted 01Bl-Y1easl
do Il In the next rooD instseA NJ
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