Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-01-03
M 40 eEEofAic4c WORLD.

The primary battery Ia looming TO
the front In all directions. A good
primary battery Is worth s500,00o to
the successful inventor and one or two
parties believe that they have II. With
IL electrical lighting and power could
be carried on in every farmhouse in
the country, the great expense OF tho
dynamo being now an actual bar in re-
mote places.
An international telephone system
70 cover all Europe with It's network Is
one Of the latest movements 10 bring
the nations into more intimate and
more peaceful relations with each 9TH
er. The cities OF Amsterdam, Rotter-
dam, Brussels and Antwerp are already
connected by telephone, and the ex-
tension of the lines is question OF on
ly little time.
In a new process for coloring leath-
er by electrical action the hide Is
stretched upon n metallic table and
covered, except at the edges, with the
coloring liquid. A difference Of poten-
tial is established between the liquid
and the metallic table. The effect OF
the electric current is TO cause the
pores Of the skin to open, whereby tho
coloring is enabled TO penetrate deeply
into its tissue.-Popular Science
Monthly.
In France the telephone Is used on
many railroad main lines. On por-
tion of the Vincennes railway rather
novel system is in vogue by which at a
given signal on the telegraph instru-
ment the operator connects the telc-
graph wires with telephone for verb
al communication. The large Austria
liam railways use field telephones,
which may be connected with the tele-
graph wires at any point without in
terrupting the telegraphic communi'
cations.
An electric brake has been in use
on a car OF the Suburban Railroad Co,
of st. Louis, for several months. Its
construction is hollow magnet, made
of coiled copper wire. In the middle
and free TO move lengthwise, are two
pieces of soft iron, the opposite ends
of which are connected with the brake
levers. When the coiled wire is ener
gized, the two soft iron cores are moved
toward each other, and the brakes are
applied. The brakes may be applied
with full force at first, and let off grad
ually as the car stops
The new flash light which the gov
ernment will erect at Fire Island, con
sists of bivalve lens about eight feet
in diameter, to be illuminated by two
arc burners of several thousand candle
power each, SO magnifed by the lent
as to give fash whose power Is esti
mated at e5o,oOO, 900 candles. This
light will have the most powerful lent
ever constructed, and, in favorable
weather, its rays, projected agains
the sky, will be seen at dis
tance of at least one hundred miles
while the light itself, which will fiasl
every five seconds, will be visible TWEEN
| ty-four miles.-Hardware n
There was hearing IN the supe
rior court at Hartford, Ct, lately upoI
the complaint of the New York e. New
England railroad that it's track between
Bristol and Plainville is being paral
leled by the Bristol & Plainville Tram
way Co. (electricaD. The New Yorl
and New England people allege tina
the statute regarding electric road
| prohibits paralleling of steam rail
roads. The hearing also, it is said, in
wolves the question whether, under thu
law, tramway can be built from one
town to another without public neces
sity being first shown. The suit is re
garded as test case, as IL is the frs
since the new law was passed.