Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-01

| bile vehicles, particularly of tourists,
would be likely to travel rhe plan
provides for establishments where
not only accumulators may be
charged, but accommodations, sup
plies, and repairs provided for bicycles
and all forms of auto-carriages. There
viii be a restaurant and doctors Of
| fee on the premises, and probably in
direct or near connection a hotel or
inn where travellers may put up for
the night 1t is intended that the hrst
system shall be operated on the road
| between Brussels and Paris along the
Mouse valley. Eventually the system
viii cover all the well-traveled roads
OF France and Belgium, and ii is be-
lieved that sufficient patronage will be
given the wayslde stations by the
large number of wheelmen now fire.
| quenting these roads to afford them
support until the practice of travelling
by electric or other self-propelling car
riages becomes firmly established.
| fhe application of the Roentgen
rays especially in the domain of med
| icine and surgery, are of constantly
| widening usefulness, although one
| hears less OF them in the daily press,
now that the keen edge of novelty has
been blunted by worlds apprecla-
| ton. Two fields of exploration made
possible by the fluorescence of vacuum
| tubes and recently entered, are of
noteworthy promise. One is the ex-
| animation OF lung tissue in the case
| OF consumption. The healthy lung
gives comparatively little shadow In
the sciagraph, while the diseased It's
sue has a much darker appearance In
the picture. 1t is thus possible to as
| certain exactly the part affected and
to attempt palliative or remedial treat
ment accordingly. The other recent
use of the Roentsen ray of especial
value is in observing the movements
Of the stomach and its contents in the
preliminary digestive process. BY
mixing subnitrate Of bismuth, which
is said to be harmless powder. with
the food, the movements of the stom-
ach may be seen by means OF the
microscope under suitable conditions.
There has Just been brought forward
a portable electric safety lamp for use
in special cases when an open flame.
or even one safeguarded, as In the
miners lamp, would prove dangerous
ihe combination consists of dry
battery arranged to be carried In a
holder at the belt or in the pocket, the
battery being controlled by small
Thanctnf m n n
| of current to the lamp and allowing 1t
to burn with the same brllliancy dur
ing the life OF the battery. The cleo
trio lamp, connected to the battery by
a flexible cord, Is the miners lamp
manufactured by the Edison electric
company. and is OF six candle power,
setsi in small white enameled para
bollc reflector and provided with a
stick-pln to allow IL to be attached to
the hat or any part of the clothing,
the light having sufficient luminosity
to permit of ordinary matter being
read at distance OF 100 feet from the
lamp.
A telephone company in an Iowa
town has made an interesting dis
covery and at the same time solved
mystery which has been puzzllng 1t for
weeks. The telephone lines, which
had previously given good service, be-
gan a short time ago to develop all
sorts Of queer symptoms, the indlca-
ton in some cases being so strong
that person using receiver could
hear half a dozen different people talk
ing at once. The linemen had bad
time searching up and down the wires
for the trouble At length they
found spot where a heavy lead cable
had received a shot from a 22-caliber
rifle. The bullet had twisted and cut
the wires and worked several varIe-
ties OF damage. The injured section
of the cable had to be cut out and
spllced.
A Philadelphia Jeweler has com
planned to the authorities of the an
tics OF phonograph located next door
to his store One day the climax was
reached when customer came In to
buy a diamond ring For some reason
the machine next door was quiet for
while, and the jeweer was Just on
the point OF closing a highly profitable
sale when the shrill voice OF the
phonograph began to sing Get your
Moneys Worth" The amazed custo-
mer hestated. and finally told the Jew
eler he would call another day. This
Incident was the last straw. and the
board OF health will now look into the
matter.
In recent short distance hill climb
| ing contest In France between motor
cars the successful vehicle was an
electric carriage the heaviest Of all
the contestants, and accomplished the
distance OF 1000 yards in three min
utes and 30 seconds. The average
| gradient OF the course was SO per cent,
and the maximum 1916 per cent. The
! carriage weighed $500 pounds, and
was driven by a storage battery con-
| sistng OF 76 cells. This high rate
Of speed was attained on short
! squirt, and the expenditure OF energy
was considerably In excess Of the nor