Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

The first municipal lighting by acety.
icne gas Is reported to be that of Totis,
a small town Of Hungary. Several
squares, are lighted In this manner,
and with excellent results.
A yellow light has been obtained with
Incandescent gas burners by German
inventor at Krefeld. He alters the
burners SO that the gas is supplied at
a pressure of three and a half atmos-
pheres. A single Jet Of ordinary size
then emits light Of more than LOCO
candle power. by which fine print may
he read at a distance of $50 feet from
the light.
Truffles will soon be cultivated on
scientific principles and are likely to
become cheaper. NJ. Chatin, who dis
covered that the truffle is a mushroom,
has announced to the Academic des
Sciences at Paris that the Duo de
Lesparre, brother of the Due de Gra-
mont, has found out how 1t scr.ninates
and on what leaves its spores will be.
come fruitful.
It has long been held that typhoid
fever is disseminated by bad water, or
germ-infested milk, and not by direct
contagion. Recently typheid fever
among soldiers in a small barracks has
been directly traced to dust from the
floor. On examination the disease.
producing bacteria were found In the
sweepings, and the locality of the cots
carried out the conviction.
Black Is known to be severe upon ths
eyes. 1t tends to dilate the pupil,
which on leaving the black surface has
to contract rapidly, thus throwing con.
siderable work upon the muscles of the
iris. 1t Is suggested that blackboardi
he abandoned for schools, that light.
colored board be substituted therefor.
and that colored chalks be used instead
Of the usual white crayons.
Acetylene gas buoys, lighted day and
night by the gas, have been expert
mented with In New York harbor.
Cylinders Of liquid acetylene are con.
tanned in the lower part of the buoy. A
lamp Is carried on the apex well above
the water. Enough gas is contained to
supply the lamp for over a month.
Liquid acetylene is known to be eX-
plOsive. Accidental contact of a ship
with such a buoy might be equivalent
to encountering n torpedo. as the i'm.
pact might induce explosion of the
cylinders containing the acetylene.
An effort has been made to determine
the pulling strength Of elephants,
horses and men. Attached to a dyna.
mometer, Barnum & Bailey's largest
elephant registered n pull Of two and
e-half tons on the second trial. but a
smaller and more active elephant gave
Il record of five and one-half tons
whether as the result of a steady pull
or a sudden jerk appears to be uncer-
tain. A pair of powerful horses reg
istered a ton and fifth, while it re.
quired the strength Of eighty three men
to equal the pull Of the smaller ele.
phant.
Near Dresden, Saxony, a railroad.
siding has been installed to ensure the
stoppage thereon Of trains. 1t Is a
siding which starts from the main
track and rejoins 1t father on. 1t is
necessary for the prevention Of acci
dents that the shunting Of n train to
this siding shall stop 1t, II the engineer
neglects his duty. To effect this end
| the rails are covered with some inches
of sand, which in dry weather Is KEEP,
moist. This has brought a twenty cal
train to n full stop. Its utility in catch
| ing a runaway engine is obvious.