vmwffluj yai ' z:'''xtm - w Af zmm0-5z s . ... ft. -I 'f. VI .SII- A III I II . J - ,OdEiSmTi " I IW Z -. - , jl I U.r .7f . .fKJ$WCTjer ' l l . s&V , I , i. '' W ' iirs BBUTCS IS A2T HOJTOBABLE Mas; Hew York Prat. AMERICAN WOIHHNGMAN KOTV TOTT HATE THAT OATE SHUT, KEEP IT SHUT 1 IT IS A GOOD THING TO PCOTECT ME AGAINST THE COMPETITION OF EUEOrEAN PAUPER LABOH; BUT "WHY KOT ALSO PKOTECT ME AGAINST THE MILL IONS OF PAT7PEE LABORERS WTO ARE SWARMING HERE? "WE "WANT NO MORE IMMIGRATION. GIVE ME DOUBLE PROTECTION I Judge. SIDING IN MIRAGES. The Wonderful Panorama That Un folds Along the Staked Plain. PICTURES PAIKTBD Iff TAB AIR. Broom TT eeds a Foot High Magnified Into Graceful Cedar Trees. GEAITDEUR OP A STORtt ON THE SANDS rcoirarsroifDEycE or thi distatch.! Dumas, Tex, Sept 27. Up in the Pan Handle, lying on its level plains like a book on a table, is tiiat freak of world building, the Staked Plain. Its eastern edge cuts sheer off, and the streams of water that rush down it after heavy storms, carry ing with them the rich red prairie soil to fling it into the sluggish currents of the lied, the Brazos, or the Colorado, and send them raving down over the lower levels in a "red rise," are rapidly eating it west ward. On all this vast table land of thousands of acres there are no streams, no forests, and, it was formerly believed, no water supply beyond a few scattered ponds and lakelets. The Canadian and Pecos rivers have cut deep canons through its porous and triable formation, and go crawling along in the dry season, or thundering forward during fresh ets, hundreds of feet below its level; but no streams traverse its surface. What then becomes of its heavy rainfall? Little of it goes to swell the streams that are eating away its eastern escarpment, less to brim its few ponds. It is beginning to be un derstood that the Staked Plain has its river system after all, concealed like the plumbing in a house but fairlv availa ble. Its Kivers Arc Underground. In short, there lies beneath the whole region a network of underground streams, rivers, lakes, where, held between the layers of its geologic formations, the rain fall is hoarded. The enterprising ranch man has but to put down his well and put up his windmill, and nis water supply is as sure as if the subterranean river ran over bis broad pasture lands, instead of a half thousand feet under them. This it is that has transformed the Llano Estacado from an uninhabited desert to one vast pasture, broken here and there by tiny farms. The 15 or 20 counties that it in cludes are all under fence now. Wells are easily and cheaply bored in the soil of the great plain, and watering places for stock established. Besides these big ranches there are set tlers or "nesters" scattered at long inter vals over the plain. Sometimes these set tlements include a good wooden house, some little outbuildings, a well and a wind mill, but rather more often it is a "naif breed" that is, half dugout, half wooden house, near some big ranchman's watering place some naif-hearted pretense at crop making and a tremendous showing of white headed youngsters. These settlers are the sort that come in a wagon across country from some place that has become too civilized for them. They are only the straws on the front edge of the wave of immigration, for such a magniScent country cannot be long without a thrilty farming population. Sensation Created by the Plain. The plain is a wonderful country of air line roads, where there is neither hill nor hollow to say the directness of your inten tion nay. I know that no words can de scribe it, no language picture it or even suggest it to the mind and imagination ot one who has never seen it The sec we ' get an idea of it from pictures and descrip tions, we hardly know when; we have al wat s known through poets and painters, and pieced out by the kindred appearance of lakes and rivers something of what the sea would be like. But a picture of a dead level would not uraest the plain, with its strange charm. hundreds of allurements, lu caprices and J vagaries, its softness and sweetness and terror. Riding out onto this plain for the first time especially to one who has always dwelt among mountains is like being sud denly turned loose out of time and space into eternity and infinity. So unspeakably vast is it, so imperiously does it beckon your fancy and command away your imagin ation that they fly out in every direction and leave you in a sort ot pleasant daze. The everlasting stretches spread out and out and out on every hand, their unbroken silence lying upon them like a garment Not any tree or bush, no little hill or hol low, nowhere the smallest evasion or reser vation the eye is in free command of all; yet nowhere that I have ever been is there so ever present a sense of mystery. An Arena for Nature's "Wizards. The mysteries of the mountains are the mysteries of a nature that conceals itself from you, but the invstery of the plains is the profound, unseizable mystery ot the frank and candid nature that reveals every thing. It is a wonder show, a ride across the plains. They are only a vast level of soft green-brown earth, infinite sweeps of short, fine grass; but on this open stage the wizards of sun, air and rain can juggle till the most trusted of your five senses is ready to go out on a strike. I had always thought the mirage a phe nomenon occasionally observable on the plains. I had no idea, and I am sure others not acquainted with the subject have not, how universal and ever present a feature it is. You ride or drive out onto the plain", especially on a bright warm day, where you are CO miles away from any living water no means of watering cattle except bored wells and windmills, and yet there is no appearance of dryness; very much the con trary. To the right, to the left, ahead of you, cool and placid and smiling in the sun light, they lie, and open out and change as you move along reedy shores,biuffy coasts, nnd green, heavilv-timbercd inlets and bays, everywhere about you the sweet refreshing idea of water. A mile or two away there is a settler's little house with one of two tiny outbuildings; it stands in a mirage, and looks one of those little coa't houses or tisher's huts around New Orleans, on Lake ' Ponchartrain, on tall stilts, with little boat houres and fishing sheds built about it above the lapping water; while out beyond, to the horizon's rim, stretches the sea. How tlio 3Iirase Exaggerates. Only a few hundred feet to one side of your course stand a bunch of cattle in a pretty little lake; you see their shadows in its sur!ace,you see them splash the silvery waters upon their sides as they walk. Ob jects are so magnified in this" atmosphere that a corral 25 leet long, with some little sheds and bits of fence, sitting in or on the edge of a mirage, will look an immense summer hotel on the beach, with all its bathing houses and pavilions about it; a bit of broom weed 12 inches high is a great cedar, a glimpse of whitey sage bush not bigger than your hand, a coyote, or a big grev "loa'er" wolf. When you first see some one accustomed to the plains look out at the horizon at a tiny epeck, moving or stationary, and find in it an antelope, a wolf, a horseman, a cow, or simply a bit of milkweed, vou are struck with amazement and admiration, and think he must have a pair of Sam Wel ler's "patent double million magnifyin glass microscopes of hextra power" for eyes; hut presently you find you can do this yourseit wuuoui i-nowing now nor wnen you learned. We had the whole show in bne short afternoon, in a ride of 22 miles across the plains, from Channing to Dumas, the brand new capital of a brand new Pan handle county. The wonder-box u as turned upside down, and its entire contents emp tied about us. An Afternoon frith the Ulrages. The necromancers of the plains were abroad and in a wild hnmor. It was the most reckless, madcap, hare-brained per formance I ever inadvertently attended. When we first started out at 2 o'clock it was very hot The sun blazed down much as it usually does in midsummer, but the" wind, the fresh, sweet, tireless, sweeping wind, which makes even midsummer davs cool to travel across the plains, which conies all the way up from the Gulf to have a big time all over this wonderful country, and make life worth living for the people here the constant, reliable, plentiful, everlast ing wind was nowhere to be seen or beard. It was away, hatching up devilment, and life was a wearisome and the grasshopper a burden. The sky was a beautiful, ltaiivsisw Klna svltTi mrrrm MtlAK a1aJ eareuaiag aroad la It, aert of hftD-Marda j ' - TEX PJl'mBUBg PIBPATOH. BU3TDAY. OCTOBER 2. 189ft . ' 5L--' 1 P0ETBAIT3 OF THE TEADTEB 03P THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE BEST OF THE FACULTY. Chicago Ntwt- jgr; HOW LOITO CAN THET HOLD the mirages were all about us, with their alluring sweetness and beauty; between them, where the level plain reached, un broken to the skyline, you could look, as the cowboys say, "right off into neverthe less." But none of these beauties found favor in onr hot and tired eyes. We wanted some shade and a lot of cool wind. We got into a sandy place just as we came well up into the plain proper, and it was very bad indeed. Here we passed some people in a buokboard who were yet more unhappy than we; for what little breath of air there was, was following us along north westward, and carried solid wreaths of fine sand up from their wheels into their faces and all over them they said their ears were full, and if we had anything intcrest- iing to communicate we might just write it down. A Storm Upon the Plain. We went ahead, inhaling the sand our ponies' feet threw up, t'll we were as hoarse and husky as the amateur vocalist when asked to sing. My companion and I de cided indignantly that we couldn't stand it. We each opened one eye furtively to look at the other, closed it again hastily over three-quarters of a pound ot sand, and agreed with angry unanimity, that nobody could stand it Well, we didn't have to; the wind having got its devilment well hatched, how came at us whooping and jibbering. It slapped a few handfuls ot big drops in our faces and upon the road, that laid the sand and dust instanter. It swept every ghost of mirage out of sight, till the plain was raked bare and clear and level from horizon to horizon. Our ponies raised their drooping heads and pricked up their dejected ears. We loosed up gratefully; the sky was changing; it ceased to be blue; it became a whitey gray, vaporous and agitated; it glowered palely above us, then rushed down upon us in great lashing sheets and writhing streamers of opalescent rain and hail, which smote the earth with a snapping sound and creamed up again like the crest on an ocean billow. There "Was "Water, Water Everywhere. The roar of tne wind was deafening; I marveled how my little pony kept his slim buckskin colored legs under him. Only the clinging of able-bodied desperation kept me in the saddle. The wind drove the rain along almost level with the earth, and when in a few minutes the water was fetlock deep on the horses, lashed it into foamv little waves. The sky was water the earth was water we might have been riding our little Texas ponies across the waste Atlantic in a bitter gale, the mad dened sea replying to the furious skies, the wild wind screaming and tearing at both, the fierce lightning biting savagely through and through the not, like the very, naked, venomous teeth of death himself; the great, noisv, menacing, harmless thunder, alter each little shuddering pause, rolling out over everything, fairly shaking us in our saddles, orowDeatmg ana scaring us more than anv real danger. Suddenly, alter about half an hour of raving, the uproar caught itself baok in an instant of silence, as one in a blind, chok ing passion of fury draws in his breath to plunge into the final outburst We quailed in our saddles and waited for the onslaught, it never came. The storm was really over. A Torrent of Golden light The wind onlv blew enough to iear the masses of misty clouds, or cloudy mist, off the lace oi tne setting sun, wnen out leaped a torrent a surging sea of pale fiery gold, and flooded and illuminated its rent and flying edges, swept' on and through and over all, till the universe ot whitey vapor, dispersing and reassembling around us, was one living, burning splendor. We ourselves, on our dripping ponies, were the only reminder of a real world, the only objects the eye could fasten upon to guide the Imagination back to earthly life; for, from the wide plain under our feet, all white and gold with water and reflected il lumination, and sparkling with living gems of hailstones, to the palpitant glory of shift ing radiance moving above it, with the great sun himself pouring forth his seas of paley fire, like some awful and divine fountain, all was a dream, or fairyland, or heaven. The sun went redly down into the level earth, and the last crimson stain of his fires died out of the world around us; the wind went racing gaily on its way as gentle and playful as a kitten, and we rode into Dumas "as oold as. a very poor grade of worldlv charity, r garments drenched with the moisturxJfcd our souls saturated with the splendor of that glorious storm, for we had no "slickers" on either of them. uoaXAAGtavAjf THE FOET. Chicago Jfawt, HUNTING A NEW FISH. The Fish Department Sends Oat a Boat for a Valuable Sea Food. HARD BRAIN WORK HEYER KILLS A Kiciel-in-thc-Slot Machine for Beading on Eailroad Trains. THE ODDS AND ENDS OP BCIENOE fwmrrJBT ron the nisr-ATCH. f The United States Fish Commissioners' Department has detailed the Grampus to make an important and interesting cruise. The object of the expedition is the search for the tile fish, a specimen of which was caught in 1879 by a Gloucester skipper named Kirby. Captain Kirby, fishing for cod on grounds not previously explored, southeast of Nantucket, brought up several hundred most brilliantly colored fish, possessing characteristics of the sea perch and the mackerel, and, yet distinct from either. The body was profusely spotted with greenish-yellow patches, and the col ors were more varied and brighter than those of any fish ordinarily caught outside of the tropics. The fish ran from ten to fifty pounds, and was remarkable for its soft dorsal fin, like that of the salmon, but placed in front of the regular dorsal fin, in stead of behind it; its head resembled tbat of the t dolphin. The fish was salted and proved such good eating that the attention of the'Government was drawn to the possi bility of developing a new food product, and the next season the Fish Commission's cruiser was sent out to explore. t A catch of 250 pounds was made from small boats with a shoit line, and part of this catch, served at the wardroom table, was found to be of fine grain and delicate flavor, resembling in some respects the taste of cod and in others that of striped bass. The verdict of those who tasted the fish confirmed that of the previous year, that if abundant catches could be secured, the fish would grow in favor and become among the most important food fish caught in Amer ican waters. This excellence of the tile served to Verify the usual experience that fish of any family fonnd in New England water, or to the northward, is the best of its kind. Whether the cause is better food or water of a tem perature to produce a hardier fish, the flesh is firm and solid and wholly free from the sponginess of tropical fish; the grain is also finer and the flavor much more delicate. Further attempts to catch the tile fish led to the opinion that it could not be secured in sufficient quantity to make it the object of a svstematie fishery. Incoming vessels in 1882, reported having seen the fish in great numbers, covering tne sunace oi tne sea for many miles, and apparently dead or in a dying condition. Since then nothing has, practically, been seen or heard of the tile fish until one was caught on the old grounds about a month ago. The whole sale destruction of the fish in 1882 is at tributed to a violent change in the tempera ture or the water inhabited bv the fish; even the cod, which is caught in almost all northern Iatitudes,is known to be paralyzed by a sudden fall of temperature. The cruise whieh the Grampus is now entering will extend over a range out from Block Island and lying inside the Gulf stream, 65 miles long by 4 miles in width. "Wasteless Gravity Zino. A remarkable and ingenious method of economizing sine in battery work has been invented by G. d'Infreville. Hitherto the waste of zino caused by the necessity of re moving the electrode before it is entirely oonsumed has often reached 45 per cent of the total weight of sine purchased, and even under favorable conditions when the stumps are sold for a reduced price, the lots amounts to 32 per oent Mr. d'Infreville's Invention consists In wing for the sins atiMi AwimsiW vlAaaa liaaiia ka DON QUIXOTE WEAVEB AIiAKM IN NEW YORK THEBE'S A NEW connected with one another in column by joints or connections which are liquid tight, or adapted to preserve the connecting parts from the action of the battery liquid; so tbat a partially consumed piece may be connected or attached to the bottom of a fresh or new piece. This new piece, after being partially consumed, and while the first piece is still in course of consumption, may in its turn be supplemented bv a new piece. In time the lower piece of zinc will have been entirely consumed; thonHhe one directly above it and to which it was at tached, and so on, so that practically every piece of zinc introduced into the battery will in its turn be entirely consumed. The introduction of this form, of gravity zinc will have the effect of simplifying battery work to a considerable extent. For instance, as the zino can at any time be put over another partially con sumed one, there need be no hesitation about the proper time for the replacing ot a worn zinc Ordinarily there would be fear that in making the change too soon a waste of metal would be entailed, or that in mak ing it too late the internal resistance of the battery would be so increased as to impair the efficiency of the battery. This special property is of the utmost value in many cases, as in fire alarm telegraphs, railroad telegraphs and signals, police telegraphs and alarms, and whenever the maximum re liabilitv outweighs any other considera tion. One telegraph company in New York City alone is reputed to use 2,000 zincs per day, and the yearly saving to this company by the use of the new zinc would probibly be far beyond bait a million dollars. Among the advautages to be derived from the lower internal resistance due to the simultaneous use of two zincs, one under the other, and one stump under the lower zino in the same jar, is the saving of 50 per cent in the ex pense of now superfluous jars and coppers; of BO per cent in amount ot room required, and ot 40 per cent in total bittery weight, setting aside the saving in money and time in packing, handling, shipping, storing and attendance, with the reduction of risks and delays. Telephone Amenities, An amusing account is given by an Aus tralian correspondent of some experiments in connection with long distance telephony on the new copper wire between Sydney and Melbourne. The copper wire extended only as tar as Albury, a distance of 386 miles, the remaining 190 miles being com pleted by an iron wire from Albury to Mel bourne. The speaking to Albury was re markably clear, voices being easily recog nized; the speaking to Melbourne, though perfectly distinct, was, of-course, fainter. The Hunnings transmitter and double pole Bell receivers were used. Some ludicrous results were obtained by the induction on the main line from some ot the railway tel ephone lfnes telephones connected from signal box to signel box and station to sta tion, etc, for railway working entirely, but very olten used, especially on iSunday, when there is practically no traffic, for purposes of private conversation. One conversation between a man and a girl was specially amusing. After a lew prelimin ary passages of an interesting nature the couple, unconscious of listeners, began "blowing kisses" to each other through the telephone, and afterward describing the effect produced. First was heart! a girlish giggle, loltowed by a faint smacking sound, and then a shrill treble voice asking with keen solicitude: "Did you get that one; shall I send you another?" answered by a gruff bass, saying; "Wait a bit till I've'rc covered from the first one," and so on. The girl then sang "In Old Madrid," which came out remarkably clearlv, and was as much appreciated apparently by the person for whom it was intended as the listeners on the free list Tribulations of Storage Battery Can. A London electrical journal calls atten tion to the1 fact that accumulator work seems to be ill-rated, and no line appears able to live long. The explanation given lor this undesirable state of things is that the in herent weakness of the system is partly to blame, as is also the indiflerent financial management which seems destined to be a part of the exploitation of accumulator trac tion work. These criticisms were called forth by the announcement that the accumu lator cars of the London North Metropoli tan Tramway Company, which have been running for four years, have suddenly stopped. At Birmingham, also, the finan Ul malts vf tbs operation of aoenmnlsur ynasx am I AT 1Nea York World. COP ON THIS BEAT. ThOaddphia Inquirer cars have proved unsatisfactory. During 1891-2 the total expense of these cars has amounted to 15.39d per mile run, while the receipts only reached 13.25d, leaving a loss of 2.14d per mile run, or equal to over $8,000 on the 12 months' working. A careful analysis and comparison of the detailed figures given both this year and last by the Birmingham Tramway Com pany, however, puts a different complexion on the matter. It transpires that a series of exceptional charges have been passed through the books ot the company, and had not this abnormal increase in the expendi ture taken place, the accumulator cars would have shown e profit The best proof tbat the directors of the company nave faith in the soundness of accumulator trac tion as a commercial investment is the fact that they have entered into a contraot for the maintenance of the batteries at Id (2 cents) per mile run. Hard Work Not Necessarily Overwork. Dr. Pye Smith holds that there is no fear of the ordinary man using his brains too much for health, and he does not believe that mental labor or honest work of any kind interferes with health or shortens life a day. He maintains that excessive eating is the abuse that tends to the injury of 'rain workers more than any other cause. Many active brain workers have suddenly broken down, and fancied tbat it was due to brain fatigue, when, as a matter of tact, it was due to overstuffing of their stomachs. The furnace connected with mental ma chinery became clogged up with ashes and carbon in various shapes and forms, and, as a result, disease came, and before the case was fully appreciated, a demoralized condi tion of the nervous system was manifested, and the prosaic cause for the collapse was suppressed under the euphemistic "mental overwork." Dr. Smith insists that if a man will take nutritious, digestible food, in ju dicious quantity, live and. works regularly, and rests when fatigued, cultivating at the same time a philosopnical habit, and keep ing himself aloof from fret and annoyances, the chances are that he can do an almost un limited amount of work for an indefinite length of time He must, however, bear in mind that when weariness comes he must rest and not take stimulants and work upon false capital. 4 A New Secondary Battery. Now that the time is anticipated when the storage battery In a practical and economical form will come into general use for commercial purposes,auy new battery or modification of existing forms is interest ing to the public The latest modification is of the Plante type. Long, narrow and thin strips or ribbons of lead are passed through a machine which psrferates them and at the same time impresses in them two longitudinal corrugations. They are then twisted together with a cord or rope of asbestos and woven into a loose mat Sev eral of these mats are pnt together under moderate pressure so as to form one plate, which is inserted in a lead frame, and is then readv for use in the battery. The ad vantage of this plate is that it presents an unusually large surface to the action of the electrolyte, and the weight of the battery is consequently very much reduced. Very long life is claimed for the cells, and from the formation of the plates it is practically impossible to destroy them by mechanical injury, and the' disastrous effects of buck ling end short circuiting arc presumably avoided. This cell is claimed to be much better adapted to rough usage of any description than the ordinary form of lead battery. "What Garner Takes to Africa. The list of apparatus taken by ProC Gar ner into the heart of the African forest Jo aid him in his researches into the mysteries of the simian tongue is unique. In order to secure a certain animal from among a herd without frightening the others, which he thinks may sometimes be necessary, he will use a silent gun. The barrel consists of a straight rccd, bored and smooth. The ammunition for the gun is a missile, which is driven by the force imparted by two rub ber bauds nnd two steel springs. This missile, which is made of steel, and arrow headed in shape, is hollow, and will be filled with prussio acid. On entering its quarry, it will be foreed open, and the dis- will eatiM instant death, Another peculiar adjvnot t Prot Garner's siiasln taiissy POLITICS AT THE COLXTMBIA DEAB MS! I THOUGHT I HAD GOT BID OF THAT CLEVELAND BOBS IN '88. Xea York Rewider. is a sort of canteen, to which is attached a h03e about two feet long, on the end of which is a metallic nozzle.'provided with a ring to fit the forefinger, and an opening and closing valve. The canteen will be worn buckled under the arm, while the nozzle will be worn on the fourth fingerof the right hand, so that it may be used in stantly in case of a surprise. It is charged with concentrated ammonia, a douche of which will stifle the most ferocious beast The Decimation of the Slosquito. The latest mosquito remedy bears the im press of a scientific, mind, while being emi nently practical. The inhabitant ot a summer cottage, finding the insects very troublesome, traced them to their breeding place, a rain water pool in the neighbor hood with a surface of 60 square feet. Find ing that eggs were deposited, he sprinkled four ounces of kerosene over the surface of the pooh At the end of ten davs it was covered with dead insects, of which 7,400 were counted. Most of these were gnats, but there were 371 female mosquitos and manv males. As the average number of eggs laid by a female mosquito is 300, the destruction of these 371 specimens pre vented the development of 111.300 indi viduals of the next generation. Moreover, certain females flew away after touching the surface of the water, and undoubtedly died at some distance from the pool. The experiment proved so successful that it is likely to be repeated in districts where mosquitoes abound. The remedy has the double advantage of being simple and chenn. The nrons.?ation of insects could be arrested over 96,000 square feet of water surface by using a barrel of kerosene, and the cheaper oil is much preferable to the expensive for the purpose. It is suggested tbat if the application be made early in June, so as to head off the first generation, the numbers ot this biting pest may be re duced to a minimum. Blackening of Incandescent Tramps. From the consumer's point of view, one of the chief charges that can be brought against the incandescent electric light is the fact that its efficiency falls oS with use. At the electrical laboratory of the Ohio State University, a prolonged inquiry has been conducted into the "life" and efficiency of the incandescent lamps of ten different American makers. The results show that the mean candle-power falls off with use approximately at the rate of 10 per cent for each 200 hours; that the life of 90 out of 127 lamps exceeded 11,000 hours, and that the average initial efficiency was 4.2; after 600 hours 5.6, and after 1,200 hours, 7 watts per candle-power. One of the most interesting results indicated by this investigation was that the blackening of the lamp bulbs is not entirelv due to the deDOSition oi caraou particles from the filaments, but is largely owing to vapor of mercury left in the lamp chamber by the Sprengel pump. The evil was far less apparent in lamps exhausted by pumps which did not involve the use of mercury. The reason of this blackening is a point which should be cleared up by chemists. It is suggested that minute auantities of sulphur may exist in the fila ment, and may combine with the traces of mercury vapor, forming, after a time, black, solid mercury sulphide. An Electric Incubator. A novelty 'in the hatching of eggs has ap peared in the shape of an electric incubator. The special feature of this machine is that the heat'of the egg-drawer is automatically regulated to the fiftieth part of a degree F.ihr. It consists of a tank incubator, heated by radiation from the bottom of a water tank, which is constructed on the multitubular system. When the egg drawer reaches the "temperature of 104 Fahr. an electric thermostat connects up a dry battery with an electromagnet, which actuates a damper, allowing the heat to escape through the open air instead of pass ing through the flues of the water tank. This entirely antomatlo device is said to effect a saving of 30 per cent in the fuel used for heating. .Inoculation for Cholera. One of Pasteur's scientific discoveries is the inoculation of cholera as a specific Ne gotiations are now in progress with the Bul lion Government for the introduction of vaccination in cholera tainted districts. Dr. Fwflrl'ft well-known Buropoaa author (SYiSZL V'Ct Xtt '00X111X7 FAIB3. CMcagO HcraJ.iL ity, has experimented upon himself with the virus, and believes himself cholera proof, judging by the after symptoms. Ho advocates universal vaccination for cholera in all parts of the world where the epidemia prevails. KeadUtg-Jn Tallroad Can. A gTeat improvement hasieen introduced into Bngljhh railway carriages, in the pro- .1.,'ni, nfn eAnoFtta llrrTif. fftT TlAnfrffrt (?- ' siring to read, in addition to the lamps in the roof of the cars. The mechanism oi tno; lamp is exceedingly simple, and is contained in a box 5 inches by 3 inches. On the top nf the machine is the inevitable slot, and tvfion tt npTinvii inserted therein andaknobj is pressed, an electric light is obtained! nTiixh Tinrn for half an hour, at the end of which time the light is automatically ex tinguished. It can be relighted by the in- ( sertion of another penny. The light, which is of about three-candle power, is concen-j trated by a shaded reflector, which maybe, turned within certain limits so that a light' may be directed to suit the position of th passenger. A remarkable feature of tho ...--I,;,.- to ta !mnef.ir n ifc in so arranged that in case of a failure in the supply of electricity, the coin ia automatically re turned to the operator. An Opening for Inventors. An engineer has written to one of tha dailies to advocate' the disoxygenation of glass. He argues that since steel is mado by disoxygeuating molten cast iron by blowing air through it, by a process re versely analogous glass can be softened into toughness and flexibility. He maintains that glas, which is not only mnch cheaper than iron, but much denser and tougher, can be put to any cf the uie3 of iron ex cepting electrical conduction, while for drain pipes and water pipes it would be un-( equaled. The champion of disoxygenated glass maintains that it could be nsed instead of tin and copper, and would replace iron,, for rigging and fencing, etc, as it possesses almost three times the teasile strength of the best wrought iron; furthermore, he re gards it as not improbable that vesssls built of glass beams and plates will event-, nally replace our present steel ships, as they would be stronger, cheaper and ons half lighter. Improvement In Billiard Tattles. An improvement in cushions for billiard tables consists in inclosing or imbedding in, the nose of the robber cushion a cord or wire so located that it receives the direct concussion or impact of the billiard balls. The effect of this stiffening of the acuta nose of the cushion is to return the ball ( with greater energv than before, and thus lessen the retardation caused by friction of. the cloth. 7r.nint- fcy Blectriclty. A French paper tells of a new process ofj tanning by electricity, which, it is said, Is J being used on the skins of the stray dogs gathered into the Paris pound. The electria svstem, it is alleged, transforms the lUn into leather in four days, against the six or eight months required in the ordinary F4L cess, and the leather so tanned U better than, that tanned in the ordinary way. It is chiefly used for ladies' fine shoes, and is notable for its soft and delicate qualities, TOTAL ABSTTNESCE NOTES. The children's pledge cards are having - boom. The Board of Government will meet Tnssv day night The next meeting of tho union win "bti at. St Bridget's. Octobee 10 will be the anniversary of ta birth of Father Matthew. I The union increases steadily, notwitlKi standing tne political excitement. Xo. 2 of the "Temperance Truth Bureau', is by Archbishop Ireland and will bo out before October iO. j Messrs. JIoBitrus, Loahy, McLaughlin andt Kelly, veterans in the canse, are never mis-' sing Irom tho montbly meetings. All. societies should celebrate tho 19th of October in a becoming manner. What more) fitting way than by distributing a number of tracts! Sbsd your orders for temperance leafless f the union secretary, so tbat tho Fittsfcssqr, union may bo in the front rank of tte MUK sjortors of the bureau. i !!
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