The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-08-13
words, 1T is between S and 6 o'clock i'm

evening, or 500, as railroad men say.
According to the common method of
telling time you would say that the
diagram shows five minutes Of 6 o'clock
p. M. f Isl
Another Improvement connected with.
the day and night clock dial is an in
svention to simplify the reading of time
tables by incasing the figures that
Indicate the arrival and departure OF
the night trains in heavy black. Every
body who has had occasion to travel
has suffered the fortunes of the. time
table. Most women are absolutely llIl--
able to fathom the mysteries of a train.
schedule. The trouble is mainly be-
cause of the little "A. MS and ssP-
u. s. that are constantly springing up.
IN the most unexpected places and in
the most distressing manner. The new
arrangement does away with the diff
fculty.
Electricity MS a Thief Catcher
When electrical devices for the de-
tecton of theft were first proposed for
general use, this application of cleo
triclty was looked upon as more of a
joke than anything else. Electrical
thlef-catchers, as matter of fact,
able in their operation than their hui
man prototypes, and they are now zex-
tensiyely employed. TIE ready-madeG
suit on the dummy outside the cheap
clothiers store is found to be safer
when the lock and chain by which the
wooden figure is secured are suppressed
ed by an electrical attachment which
instantly gives notice of the slightest
disturbance of the material over wnIcl
its mute custody is exercised. White
chauel, London, has anything but q
sayory reputation, and a shoemaker on.
its principal street has long been puz-
lied how to save the show goods out
side his store from the depredations Of
the nimble-fngered natives. AS every
one nowadays goes to electricity for
everything, the cobbler thought, he
would do the same. An attractive pair
OF shoes, accordingly, were fitted with
electric wires making a circuit with an
alarm inside, and placed just outside.
the door of the store. The bait took.
A passer-by, with a quickess of hand
that showed he was no novice, at
tempted to snatch the shoes, the
electric CELL rang, and the salesman
ran out just in time to prevent the
booty being carried off b ythe thief.
who was given into the hands of the
police. The aims boxes at the Roman
Catholic church at Folkestone are all
equipped with electric alar nbells..
Their contents, which formerly were
often tempered with, are now as safe
as though the ywere locked in an iron
chest. Recently man, who thought
it would be the easiest thing in the
world to s'tap" one Of the eimple-look-
ing boxes, tried to do it. An electrical
impulse along the wire brought up the
Waterman in quick order, and the
thief was marched away to jail, where,
after trial, he stayed two months.
"A Preventive of Fatalities in Col
1iery Explosions.
I Scientific inquiry is being directed to
the saving of human life in mine ex-
@plosions DR.. Haldane has blished
the fact that the loss of life in colliery
accidents is far greater than it need be;
when those who work in the mines
and those who manage them have a
clearer knowledge of the right thing to
do in the face of the calamity. In a.
recent mine explosion, where fifty
seven men and thirty horses We're
killed, the cause Of death in every
case was proved to be not the want of
oxygen in the air of the pit after the
explosion, but to comparatively slow
poisoning by carbon monoxide. Sufh
cient oxygen to support life was left
in the airWays all along the track Of
the explosion. It appears that men
from want Of knowledge now go
straight to their death in endeavoring
to escape. DR.. Haldane is convinced
that hundreds of men have lost their
lives by hurrying blindly toward the
shaft, or by not retiring toward the
face when they met the after-damp-
In many parts of the mine there WilL
be, beyond the limits of the explosion,
abundance of air to effect dilution Of
the poisonous carbor-monoxide, on
breathing which the men suddenly lose
the use Of their limbs, and finally con-
seriousness. So that man who waits
for the rescurers, or long enough for
the aftcr-damp to disperse, will be able
to escape either by the intake, or, if
this is blocked, by the return anyways