Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-08

headache and will be delighted at its eff
cscious results. Henceforth, the same per-
son Will fly TO the relief afforded by such a
powder whenever he has the slightest bad
Keeling in his head. Thus habit is form
ed that is as hard to shake as any other
and which is intellectually injurious to the
nerves and especially destructive, If persist
ed in, to the mental faculties. The safe
guards of the law should be thrown around
the manufacture and sale of all patent
medicines, with view to protecting the
confiding public against its unqrestioning
trust in the alleged harmlessness of patent
medicines"
Every man who goes down to the sea
in ships" said Capt. Walter Heath, a
transatlantic skipper. at the Riggs House
last night, is interested in the removal of
the ocean derelicts which has been sys-
tematically begun by the United States
government, and in which the Britishers
are about to actively participate also. A
large volume might be written upon the
subject of ocean derelicts; they float hither
and thither over the surface of the sea
and appear to be guided by some invisible
hand along the same paths pursued by ves-
sells with intelligence at their rudders. The
best instance know of, showing the lon
gevity of the derelicts, and the immense
amount of travel they indulge in, was that
of the jamestown. When the Jeanette
relief expedition was at Reykavik, the
capital of Iceland, in 1881, a derelict DELHI
erately fioated right into the harbor and up
to the wharf 1t was made fast by the
natives, who discovered that IL was stored
with yellow pine. The cargo was in an ex-
cellent state of preservation. and the Ice
landers were naturally delighted for they
believed that they had lumber sufficient to
last them for twenty-five years. Their nap
piness was short-lived, however, for after
the wood was unloaded and piled up, the
Danish government stepped in and con-
fiscated the whole business and started a
A
Jeanette expedition, upon his return to
this country. made inquiries regarding the
jamestown, and it was learned, beyond
any question or doubt, that the vessel had
been loaded with lumber in Pensacola, Fla.
in 1865: that her crew had been compelled
to desert her shortly afterward, in the
midst of a great storm; and that for six
teen years she had been floating at the
mercy of the elem to finally bring up
in the arctic seas"
There is a fortune awaiting a man who
can manufacture a durable wheel for use
on electric cars said W. Kennon Whiting
of the construction and repair department
of the Baltimore Traction Company, at the
Arlington last night. 1.-The life of wheel
on a cable car is about 400 days, but on
electric railways propelled by the trolley
system. where the electricity is returned
to the power house through the medium OF
the tracks, the expert does not live who
wheels will last. They wear out in the
most eccentric manner. A comparatively
new wheel will be returned to the shop
with its rim and edge worn off, while the
wheel on the other side of the car, which
has been in use precisely the same length
Of time, will be found to be absolutely I'M
injured. No one SO far has been able to
discover the reason for this peculiar condi-
ton of affairs. You know there is a motor
attached to each axle. If it was discover
ed that the motor on one aXle-the rear
axle, for instance-drove the wheels attach
ed to IL at faster rate than the motor on
the front axle propelled its wheels, IL would
not be difficult to find out the cause of the
unusual wear and tear, because the wheels
that were going at the more rapid rate
would necessarily slide. But this can hard
ly be the cause, because as / said before.
the wheels IN one side of a truck Will be
perfect while the others will be worn to
the point of utter uselessness. Some OF the
best mechanical minds in America are now
engaged upon this problem and its solution
will be hailed with much satisfaction by
every car wheel manufacturer in America