Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-13


balsam (soft resin). 1.-THE COM
pound when poured upon a glass
plate and subjected to the drying
action Of current of air OF about so
degrees centigrade solidifies in a COM
paratively short time into transpar-
ent glass-like sheet or plate, the thick
ness OF which may be regulated as re-
Quired. The sheet or plate so obtained
has substantially the same proprieties
as glass, as it will resist the action OF
salts and alkall and of dilute acids,
and like glass is transparent and has
no smell. On the other hand, it has
the advantage of being piliabl or
flexible and intangible to a great
degree, while its infiammabllity is
much less than that of the collodion
substitutes"
PROTECTION AGAINST FURNACE HEAT.
The protection of workmen from fur
mace heat, as practiced at the Menden
and Sehwerte Iron Works In Westpha-
liza, is said to be by means of q rectangu.
lar iron screen hung from an overhead
rail, which can be made to cover the
whole working side of a furnace, or can
be pushed aside when not required or
when 1t interferes with the work going
on. The lower end is bent into q gutter,
having slight fall In the direction Of
its length, and the upper edge Is pro-
vided on the inside, that nearest the
furnace, with pipe bored through with
small holes about three-Quarters OF an
inch apart, which is in connection with
the service pipe supplying water fer
cooling the sines of the bed. When in
use the inside of the place is kept con-
stantly wet from the supply pipe, the
small jets trickliDg down to the cooling
bosh at the side; notch at the bottom
is left for the passage of the rabble, and
short inclined plate is provided for the
cinders to run over; with these excep-
tions the whole surface is screened by
the water cooled plate. 1t is said that
this arrangement, which was first APP
piled experimentally to few furnaces.
has worked so satisfactorily that it has
been fitted to all the pudding furnaces
in the works named, the operatives
being thus enabled to work full time
even in the hottest weather.
DENvER's CONDUIT SYsTEM.-The
city engineer OF Denver, Col, in his re-
cent report, described the conduit sys-
tenn used in that city for electric light
and telephone wires, as follows: "The
conduit used is square, burned clay
conduit, 10 inches square outside, hav-
ing longitudinal partition through the
centre, divided into two equal compart-
ments ~ inches by 81 inches each.
The material of which the conduit Is
composed is of the same kind as that
used in sewer pipe. Manholes from
four to seven feet in diameter are built
of brick laid in Portland cement, the
walls being thirteen inches in thickness.
These manholes are built usually one in
every block or Oftener. The cables or
wires are cut in lengths corresponding
with the distance between the manholes
and are then drawn into the conduits
and afterward spliced in the manholes.
Thirty-eight thousand one hundred and
eleven feet of conduit have been placed
underground. making 22S,66 OF single
duct. Capacity OF the conduit as placed
is S.661 miles OF wire. The lineal feet
of trenching, in which the above amount
of cohduitS was placed, was Is, SS5 feet.
The amount of wires already placed In
the underground conduits is |, 175 miles.
There are eighty-one manholes. In
these manholes space is reserved for
the police and fire alarm wires of the
city of Denver"
ELECTRIC PROOF SAFEs.-Some time
ago when safes were being blown to
pieces frequently an Indianapolis inven-
tor devised scheme TO as completely
protect his safe as if he surrounded 1t
with a lake of molten iron. He put in
q large electric battery, and, when
everybody had left the store but him
self, he turned the electric current
loose upon the safe. He knew that the
safe was thoroughly charged, from a
Quick touch Of it, and with feeling OF
pride that he had at last completely
baffIed the burglar who should design to
rob him, he went home. Being cautious
he aid not tell any OF his employees OF
the charge, intending to get down early
and shut off the battery himself.
At an unusually early hour, by chance,
next morning his bookkeeper came In,
and not finding any one down, he pre-
pared to fix for business. Going to the
safe he seized to combination knob.
Then he turned summersaults before
he let 60 of it. Then he stepped back
and studied. Picking up a poker he be-
gan to punch the knob, and he was
again wrenched. Then the office boy
came down and volunteered to open the
safe. A reinforcement Of clerks soon
came, and, armed with all sorts of wea-
mons. they began to assault the safe,
hut lust at this moment the proprietor
came in and shut off the battery.
They Dread Cold Weather.
Persons subject to muscular rheuma-
tism have good reason for dreading the
cold weather OF the winter months.
They will find much relief, however, II
not a permanent cure by applying
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t promptly
relieves the pain and in many cases has
effected permanent cures.
A Word About soaps.
SOAP FOR CLEANING CLoTHEs.-One
onnce of ammonia, one ounce Of CASTLE