Show wonders of science it we no longer live in an age lien in lord beaconsfield Beacons field s famous young men prattle protoplasm it Is only because of the inexhaustible resources of science which have our attention with later dis coverless co verles nowadays the public mind la prepared for anything and there fore the announcement that a process has been discovered tor extracting nitrogen from the atmo sphere and for making it available ti agriculture as the basis of a chemi cai manure will probably only create a mild sensation the announcement it it be substantiated Is of the utmost consequence however it solves a problem which has long disquieted both agriculturists and scientists the fertility of the soil is by no means in exhaustible and the supply of ferell izing material from the chilian nitrate fields is also confined to easily cal culpable dimensions wherewith then shall the earth be salt edv Is the question that presents itself and it Is a question which certain norwegian experimentalists claim to have solved combination cabinet it Is an absolute necessity to have a cupboard abad refrigerator in every household but an added advantage Is to have both in combination with a cabinet the housewife will lecog nize the advantage of having a cab inet in close proximity to the aerator as many articles of food can be placed in it and still be near enough to the ce to be hept cool the piece of furniture shown here devised by a canadian Is made in three parts cupboard and refrigerator constructed in combination and ar ranged as sm upright stand the lat ter Is divided into two lower sec alons the refrigerator and cabinet and the upper section or cupboard the refrigerator Is again divided into a cooling box and an ice chest both being closed by a door the cooling box has a number of perforated shelves for supporting articles ex tending the entire height of the cupboard at each side Is a tier of drawers the remainder being divided into shelves the door consists of three sections hinged together the three opening downward and forming the top of a table when it is desired to arrange the furniture as a table or work board a brace extending from the shelf is drawn out and the door of the cupboard let down and allowed to rest on the brace which supports the outer end and also prevents the door sagging by arranging arrah ging the several parts in combination the in has provided several convent ances in a very compact form the combination being especially useful in small places where room Is at a prem lum ne driven locomotive so successful has been the turbine tor stationary and marine engines that it Is not strange that efforts should be made to use it in connection with locomotives it has been pro posed to mount a steam boiler and turbine on a locomotive and use the power to drive a dynamo which would supply current to the motors similar to those ot an ordinary electric loco motive recently however stumpf of the royal technical school at charlottenburg Charlott enburg germany has in vented a locomotive where the tur bines are directly connected with the axles there are three driving axles and the plan involves using the steam in successive stages in the turbines which are placed of each daiv ing wheel the steam Is introduced into the farst turbine on one side through a pipe direct from the boiler and then passes successively through the second and third turbines on the same side it then goes to a set of turbine on the other side ot the loco motive from the last of which the ex hausted steam passes into the stack through the exhaust blast nozzle the outcome of the new invention will be awaited with interest not only on ac count of the extension of use of the turbine but also for the fact that the modern steam locomotive Is an uneconomical piece of machinery requiring given quantity 0 rower montreal large amounts of fuel to generate a herald autos fight fires paris alre fighters race to the scene of disaster at a rate of 21 miles per hour on a twenty four 1 orse power automobile which including the eight firemen and full salvage equipment weighs 3 to 7 tons its four cylinder oil engine instead of working direct ly on to the axles drives a generating dynamo the current of which is re by an electro motor and the latter drives the axles through dif ferent lal and secondary gear tour combinations affording various speeds it climbs the steepest streets and eaves all horse drawn carlof its kind tarn the rear |