St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-02
IN rnE ELEcTR.cAI woRLo

The electrical railway. at Now
burg, N. Y. has commenced the trans
portation Of milk between the subur>
ban districts and the New York steam
boat landing.
/. DIR. NJ. z. veeder declares that
electric disturbances In the sun are
transmitted to.the earth by the impal.
pable meteoric dust that he believes
fills inter-planetary space. All meteor
ties possess magnetic properties
"A committee Of Philadelphia eoune
cilmen recently witnessed trials Of AZ.
teen tenders for trolley cars The
dummies used were Of various sizes
and styles, being made mp Of waddine
or sawdust sewed in stout canvas.
in . Harlem (N. ~ grocery store
there is usually ON exhibition pyra-
mid of vegetables and fruit set in the
center Of the floor and visible from the
street. Scattered through the pyra-
mid are incandescent electric lights OF
various colors, which are arranged to
lash in different combinations at in-
tervals.
During the recent English cavalry
. division of the royal engineers. per-
formed some very creditable work
The battalion constantly accompanied
the cavalry. laying wire along the
ground rs fast as they advanced, and
reeling it in again as they retired.
This wss successfully accomplished,
even ut . sharp trot. and communica-
ton was had ut all times with the
camp, twelve miles distant.
Mr.. Allan, . resident of Melbourne,
Australia, has, it is said, Invented an
electric submarine torpedo boat which
he claims can be sunk to any depth.
and can be run - fast as . surface
boat. It can. be kept submerged, he
says, for three days A successful exc
pertinent with Allan's model was made
recently in the presence Of the earl OF
Hopotoun and many naval and military
officers After seeing the experiments
Rear Admiral Bowden-Smith gave the
opinion that the boat was all that Mr..
Allan claimed. and was destined to
revolutionize naval warfare.
"A new electrical invention is the
idea of . woman. Her name is Sophia
II. Caruthers. and she lives at Sydney,
New South Wales. Australia. The pat
ent, also taken out in the United
States, is for an electric towel intended
for the bath. The towel Is woven ON .
loose web of very fine wires. 50 rs not
to interfere with its Aexibility. and il
connected with battery. The bather.
just out Of the water. rubs the body all
over with the electrified cloth, thus
engendering q healthy glow. This
ought really to be very useful thing
for weakly people. The current, Of
course, can be made rs mild n may DO
desired.
The Lake Shore Electric Railway
Co, o. Chicago, has been incorporated,
with q capital stock of SIG, 600. .Oe0 ID.
ii. LOuderback, j. L. Cochran, Dunlap
Smith and others are incorporators,
and il is generally understood that the
stock is largely held by capitalists who
are behind the Northwestern elevated
road. Indeed, Mr.. Lauderback, presi-
dent of the Northwestern L, Is said to
have admitted that such was the case,
and added that the new electric lines
| were to be used Is feeders for the
| Northwestern L, much rs the North
| Shore electric line is now used to attract
travel to the north division cable sys-
TEN. The new line will connect with
| the Northwestern l. at Wilson avenue
g. miles from the county building in =
| northwesterly direction The road will
run rs close to the lake shore as possi-
BILE, and take in all the towns between
Chicago and Milwaukee. Preliminary
surveys are now being made, and. il the
road is ever built. it will be the longest
single electric railway line extant, the
| length being shout ninety miles.