The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-29

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WHEELING
nrd or such roads rs the Lonlon un-
foreground or New York elevated II
might be possible to provide g eenunu.
GUS train, which could be; boarded at
any statlon at any instant. AZ simpler
plan was brought forward in india
more thanitwenty years ago by Lieu.
tenant Colonel w. sedgwick. 1T was
suggested that each station hava q
s!de-track n mile long. with n sharp In
cline at each end, and that passengers
and baggage be carried on a platform
car on this track, At the proper time
the car would be sent down onri of the
inclines. The train on the main line
would slow up without stopping, the
car would be made fast, passengers
and baggage would be transferred, and
the car would then be released with
sufficient momentum to carry II to the
top OF the second incline, where it
would be ready to serve the next return
train. =; !
Fuel Is to be made in English factor
les from street sweepIngs and sewage,
even Thames mud being converted into
q cornbustiblc yielding great heat and
only Is per cent Of ash. The waste ma
terini. Is treated with chemicals, press I
ed Into blocks. and sterllized at 400 de-
Srees E.. the resulting brIquettes being
black and like the best coal In appear
ance. The cost of the sewage fuel is
said to be only two dollars per ton. 1t
burns freely. with little smoke, and is
claimed to be equal in all respects to
the cheaper Goals.
The watch with ball-bearings OF NJ.
Leon Gruet Is OF ordinary mans sIzeS
but Its pivots NIL roll on hard steel balls
one-lttteth and ne-hundredth Of an
Inch in diameter. only the moving parts
of the escapement being without them.
Advantages In durability. etc, are
claimed. Jewels" OF sapphire and other
stones are not needed, and with the In
cvltable cheapcning OF the minute balls,
considerable saving In cost is expected.
a mud island that lately appeared
near the coast OF German Southwest
Africa has been subject of inyestlga-
ton. The island was visited on June l,
2and 4. but had disappeared on June Z,
and soundings of SIX and seven fathoms
were obtained on Its site. Heavy roll
ers at the time Of the islands appear
ance did much damage about Pelican
FONT. including the destruction Of n
large section OF new break-water. The
waters OF Walsh Bay were not af.
feeted, however, and It Is pointed out
that this Is evidence against any theory
or volcanic disturbance. and that the
mysterious island had an, origin similar
to the "lhud Jumps" that are known to
rise In the Gulf OF Mexico. Much sui
phuretted hydrogen escaped from the
mud, the odor persistlng In the vcin-
ity after the island had sunk. Remains
in the fine mud indicate that the gas is
result of animal decomposition, while
the gas of the mud OF the Gulf OF Mex
leo arises from decaying vegetable mat
ter.
A curious effect upon the glow lamps
ms been noted In Calcutta during Sc
we're thunder storms. The glowing fila
ments suddenly brighten after each
flash, then slowly return to normal
bri'liancy. and this has happened so Of
ten that the engineers have strlyen to
explain 1t, without finding any defect in
their circuits. The only theory open;
seems to be that the carbon acts rs the
coherer of q wireless telegraph apparat-
rs. The Hash produces. by It's electric
radiation, n sudden decrease In the re-
sistance of the Gament, with O cores,
pondins raptl increase OF Its candle
power, and gradual self-decoherence
then reduces The brightness to the nor
NAL.
Electricity has proven the womau's
friend at st. Etienne. where it.how runs
o3Ss ribbon looms In 1850 weaving
shops, The looms were formerly work
ed by hand, and could be operated only,