The Bottineau pioneer., 1893-05-20
proof Of It's being totally consumed
seen in the fact that not even trace
OF smoke is perceptible. &
Odors 40 Motors.

Of smoke is perceptible. a.
OdOrs AZ Motors. zs.. -.
1T Is reported that ammonia is to fur
nish the coming street car motor. Now
the chemists may not admit it, but 1t
is evident enough to laymen that am
monia Is just a smell. A big, strong
smell, to be sure, and able to work,
but still smell. It is not immensely
clever to have harnessed so elusive q
thing and make 1t go on wheels? it
is natures own way. When there Is an
able-bodied ef1uvium anywhere 1t Is
a sure sign that she Is busy with some
thing, and has provided energy which
very likely needs supervision. Nature
is enormously effectual, but she will
not work for man unless he makes her.
She discriminates, but her point of view
Is not mans. She is wonderful scav-
enger, but she is just as ready to carry
off live baby as dead horse. Every
body knows her method Of cleaning the
streets. The more colossal the Odor,
the harder she is at it. It Is not our
way, or ought not to be if it is. 1t is
glad thought that now that some one
has found out how to put smells to
work we may hope that presently the
spring filth in city streets can just be
geared to a proper apparatus and made
to carry itself away. Soon it may come
to pass that the farmers will plow their
land with the smell Of the phosphates
they use to fertiliZe it, and the musk
that the girl wears on her handkerchief
at the theater will be taught to hold
her hat, instead Of being, as now,
mere idle vanity and an offense to her
neighbor.-Harpers Weekly.
The plan Of J. J. Heilman, to be
tested on the state railways Of France,
gives promise Of important and in
structive results. It seeks to combine
the advantages Of electric and steam
motors for railway lines, while reject
ing the most undesirable features Of
both, and offers a system that can be
adopted anywhere without change Of
track or rolling stock. The electric cur
rent is to drive the wheels, but it Is not
to be conveyed from stationary ma
chimes along the line; it is to be gener-
ated on the train, the locomotive being
simply travelling electric plant. A
steam engine at the rear Of the locomo-
tive is to work the generating dynamo,
which will furnish current to small
motor placed on each axle of the loco
motive, and also when it is desirable to
extend the system further, to motor
on each axle of the cars. The abSurdity
Of converting the steam into electricity
before using the power is declared to be
only apparent. The double loss in thus
using the energy Of the fuel is more
than offset by the gain in applying
rotary power direct to the axles, avoid
ing slipping on the rails, and making
unnecessary the connecting rods,
cranks and wheels, whose jar apd fric-
ton absorb a great part Of the motive
force. The new locomotive, it is claim
ed, gives exact regulation Of power and
an increase of speed to fifty-six to
sixty-two miles an hour without change
Of road-bed.
Novel Application Of Electric Light
.. ing.
A novel but very sensible application
of electric lighting to railway cars has
been brought out in Boston, and has
had practical test, says a contempor-
ary. It is the location of lamp and
reflector just under the sill of passen-
ger car, close to, the steps. AS the
train approaches station at night the
brakeman turns ON the current, and
passengers have clear view of the
steps and station platform. The re-
Electors are placed in a lantern 7x7x7
inches, and are made up of rejecting
facets or mirrors so arranged that the
light will not be thrown in the eyes of
passengers or others approaching the
train, but will properly diffuse the
light downward and outward where it
is needed. The lamp is 16 candle
power incandescent bulb. The glass
Of the lantern case Is semi-cylindrical
In the front, so that there will be no
shadows thrown by uprights or sup
ports of the lantern body itself. The
cost of equipment is about 500 per car,
and the cost per night, ON q train max
ing forty-fve stops, was only 27 cents
per night. s@~
PaneF BQErel.. -
Among the many uses to which paper
has been put in later years none seem
more curious than the vessels made to
hold fluids And, remarks an exchange,
just as one has grown accustomed to
paper pals and basins, new industry
has started up, in the construction Of
paper barrels. BY means of ingenious