Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-17

.American.i
The latest part " the world ~ tai
= sictim To- The daylight saving faiacy
H. British Columbia. where the pro
v%incill legislature hi> heru Fashioned
a. ad,ancc thr standard Time now IN use
one hour Nv, NJ inr first SUNDAY in April
ivy the third >nula, il October. ~ SIP
port of this petition il D. stated that
British Criumhirl~ how >lr.n during
rhIsv hours NJ daylight III summer.
Thr gold mining companies &C The
Rand field. South Africa. have hrvn cN-
petiuruiiue with ~ciertr.r blessing wits
\ view ~ reducing the danger ~ min
ri> rhthi>i~ " disease which I~ very
widespread DO THAI region. ANIL j. hid
tn tlr fine dust resulting from blasting
Itt Using r@lrrtri, -t>irms he firing can
BE- Lour from the surface and the ar can
lr cleared No the time dust before ihr
miners urr,I w enter thr min
The Nrw York Edison company ha~
perfected an apparatus tnr eliminating
the snake aud ciudcr nuisance 10 ia
great Waicr~idr station. New York The
.muk, from thr boiler plant. Iatcr With
scot and ciudcr>. ~ driven "a high
speed through u sheet ~ water. hv
means ~ which practically al' W.T. rhr
material which constitutes a nuisance
H. deposited IN q by water tank. The
recent test showed WV average efficiency
II extraction of - per cent.
n H. believed that about ~ per r.ni
NJ al carpets now woven iu Persia com
tain 40 least some aniliur colar~. The
Persian government some wears HgD pro
h.hiicl thu U>t ~ aHlliur dyes. iu order
tn maintain the prestige of ihe carpet,
made iu ihat country. hli now merely
imposes 4 tax uf q per cent 40 the va ur
nf exported carpets ia whirh these H lor@
ARE used. The United States i- ~ eyed
a. hc .hc largest purchaser At Persian
carpets.
Experiments w Elrrtrnrultrrc carried
ou hythc In.ted <ilic~ Bureau ct Plant
Industry drring tLc rl~i y,nr have not
had encouraging results. Electrically
treated plat> 1T wheat gave an increased
WELD NJ uny enc hnlf hn>hrl tH'r acre
above that NJ the check pllt>. WI 1912
nu increase IT two bushels per acre WIS
uhtaiurl. Nun" ~ the experiments rtn
Quoted ~ the bureau ha> ~ flr iudi
Gated that clcciroculinrc r. practicable
from \ commercial standpoint.
According to The ARMY and Na,,
Iuurnll. the new gm mounted un ihr
Fr-liz Worth 1ud battl"~hir -T" ~ wy
krupp u iuch piece. presumably T.
calihrr~ IN length. which weighs seventy
five tons and fires Y proircti y VI lhr1
pounds with q charge 81 81 pounds e
>luukrlt ~~ pnuurr ut ln initial vrlncitN
ul 11~r irnt seconds. aud with ihr r'
>u'fiug cpormouS muzzlr energy of 80.
80 foot toms. The possession M ~urh
\ Gun mrIu~ The ahilit, NJ hit hard anl
accurately ~ yer, extreme ranges.
The MARINE mrtrnrnlu.iral charts
heretofore published monthly for each
NJ the ncran> and for the Grrat Lakes
ht fh- United States Weather bureau
have been Discontinued. and hereafter
thr nrl, ~ tfi~ rf Tbs character i~~rrtl
y, fhr Government vii hr Ihr pilot
charts - The photographic office. The
Weather bureau viii. however,. continue
WI r,.lrti ur'trrruln- raI I've hooks from
mariners ~ ever ihr world and Ga work
nr .hr valuable data they contain. sub
segment, turning thr d%igc~irl material
osrr a. thc photographic office for use
nn charts.
Considerable agitation ha~ hcrn
stirred nr in London. following the ai
dress it %iyrrrri before ihc Institution ni
Electrical Engineers ", prnf. a.. Kiln
ernhcig. nn rhc subject pf electricity
supply I'M large cities. IT, compare
conditions iu Der ih. chicago and Lon
don. showing that iu the first two riir-
only Xix power stations aIr u~rri in rlrh
/. city. whereas III London there are sixty
four. aud b. showed how much more
economical it Wruli hr tu rmpluy " frv
large stations. ~ suggested the sub
~iitutiuu ~ y large power station fHf
tw,uH five ui the existing stations
Representative iloh>nu. in explaining
tr the House why hr considered thli
~ United States was nnly Il third rate
mower. referred 90 thr fact thar cur
present small na,t. merely in The per
furmaucc ~ IT, y lice duties. won u have
a. guard .n.u1Uu0 people and 80 H#l.
Hl.'Irl worth Nj property that were Seem
%rrutrntri airng our ~tlhnIrtl and actual
IN within gln>hul uf "a hostile fleet. IT,
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