Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-01-04
Science Notes.

The railway up the Rathhorn noun
tain in Switzerland probably reaches q
higher altitude than any other road In
that country Of lofty lines. Its upper
terminal station is at an altitude OF
I, 400 feet, it's length is three and
half miles and the difference in height
between it's two ends is more than a
great measure by a too abundant
meat dietary combined with a seden-
tav life. The half-oxidized products
of albumen circulating in the blood
produce both mental and moral dis
turbances."
mile. The road passes over several
bridges and through two tunnels, one
of tile latter being about thirteen hun
dred feet long. The gauge is thirty
two inches and between the main rails
ia a rack rail into which gear wheels
on the locomotive fit, the train being
driven by the rotation Of these gears.
inst as the trains up Pixies Peak are
operated. Another road now building
in the same country up the Eiger
mountain will reach a height Of nearly
thirteen thousand feet when cOmplet-
ed
Submarine soundings which have re-
Gently been made with extraordinary
care and precision, rendered practical
BILE by means Of superior instruments
. in hands most experienced and expert,
show the existence in the Pacific OF
trough or basin Of extraordinary depth
and extent along the east coast of jap
an and Kurile islands, and under the
Kuro Siwo, or Japan OF Black Stream,
the basin exceeding any similar depres-
sion yet found in any other region OF
the great ocean. In a run OF thirty
miles after leaving the coast of Japan,
the surveying officers for the proposed
trans-Pacific telegraph cable found
that the waters deepened more than
1,SOO fathoms, and upon the next cast
of the lead the wire broke after some
4643 fathoms had been run out with
out bottom having been reached. The
depth of the deepst cast, which was
five and one quarter miles, being the
deepest water yet found, is remarked
rs sufficient to hold two mountains as
high as Japan's great Fusiyama, one
on top of the other, and then the sum
NIT Of the highest would be nearly
two-thirds of mile under water.
The position taken by the vegetar-
ians is strongly Endorsed, by Mrs. Er
nest Hart,.who says: I'm no country In
the world is home rendered SO unhappy
by the i'll temper Of those who are
obliged to live together sin England.
If we compare domestic life and man
ners in England with those Of other
countries, where meat does not form
such an integral article Of diet. nota-
BILE improvement will be marked. In
less meat-eating France urbanity is
the rule Of the home;in fish and rice-eat
ing Japan harsh words are unknown.
am strongly Of the opinion that the
i'll temper Of the English is caused in
|. It is suggested by correspondent in
the Electrical Engineer that the next
sep in trolley improvement should be
to borrow another point from steam
locomotive practice and equip every
trolley car with compressed air. brakes
and an independent electric motor for
COMPRISING air. Undoubtedly the in
creased safety and popularity Of the
improvement would more than COM
pensate for the greater cost. Besides
this, when the motorman Is provided
with a reliable air-brake for stopping
his car, in addition to the present cleo
trical brake, his duties will be less ar
duous and performed more to the sat-
isfaction of his employer and the pub
lie. g5s