Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-10-31
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The electric automobile can be stop
ped and started without any annoying
preliminaries, and is far simpler 10
operate than any other type OF horse
less vehicle.
The most effective Arrangement for
prolonging the life of electric are lamps
consists of a chamber, or cylindrical
body, around the pencil ends. which
prevents the access Of air,
At the scientific halloonlns conference
In Berlin. Alexander insisted that an
unnamed balloon could be sent fifty
miles aud returned to starting point,
steered only by Ilertzian waves.
United States Consul Hughes at Co
burg reports that the German navy ANA
some manufacturers are using new
fuel called "masut.' an oily product
from German brown coal. The coast
defense vessels are fitted for the use of
this oil, and some battleships and
cruisers are arranged so that they can
use both coal and masut. Masut is said
to have one-fourth greater heat-produc-
Ing power than coal and is easier 10
handle, as ii is necessary only to open
valve in order to Gil the furnace.
Pure blue light Is the new eonsump-
ton cure with which q. Kaiser is eN-
perimenting in Germany. The rays
from an are lamp concentrated through
lens containing methylene blue de-
stroyed tubercle baeill in about thirty
minutes and, as the printing of Il pho
tographic positive proved the passage
of the rays through the human body II
was shown to be possible TO reach the
baeilli in the lungs, and TO kill them all
with blue light. In two advanced cases
of the disease great Improvement re-
suited in six days.
Sir Howard Grubb, the celebrated
Irish telescopemake has invented II
new form of telescope sight for use
with Il rifle. Neither fore nor bnek sight
/ Is employed with this contrlyance, but
thesh0oter, In taking aim, looks through
small lens which, by an optical device,
throws an image of bright little cross
In front of the gun and in line with the
barrel. This image serves as Il fore
sight, and by simply holding the center
of the cross upon the object aimed at
the marksman takes his aim. The in.
i yention is shown at the Glasgow eXhi.
bition.
Alligators, according TO the late Prof
4 Cope, belong to much more modern
genus than that of their cousins, the
crocodiles. No undoubtedly extinct spe
cies of alligator has ever been discoy-
cred by biologists, but those animals are
fast being eXterminated at the present
day on account Of the value of their
hides. Aligators are found in China, as
well us in North America; the crocodile
exists in Africa, southern Asia and
northern Australia. The crocodile diff
fers from the alligator in preferring salt
water to fresh, and being more vicious
in its disposition.
Nearly every shop in Japan for the
sale of foreign goods is furnished with
a sign in foreign language. No matter
whether the language is ineligible, If
it is only in foreign characters that is
enough. Many of these signs are a
study: "fhe all countries boot and shoe
small or fine wares" "Old Curious. .
Horseshoe maker instruct by French
horse leech." 'Cut hair shop "If you
want sell watch, will buy. If you want
buy watch | will sell. Yes, sir, we will,
all will. Come at my shop. Watch
maker" "Hatter native country" An.
tematic of Nausea Marina" THE house
build for the manufacture of all and
best kinds of hats and caps"