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Show auTTA-rcnciiA corner. Tho Visiblo Supply la Llablo to Bo Entirely Consumed. The new I'aclflo cable will require fot Its conatruclloi, about 3iW,ono pounds of guttn-percha, wHeh seems llnblo to ' break tho Imnk " As U well known the EUpplles of this most essential requisite for submirlno cub'es hao been yearly Rronliwr less ant less Asldo from tho I rojccli.1 cultlntlon of tho tree, hr.nts for on nmple future supply nto brlshtit by tenson of tho .llseoer, thnt the sup. piles of KUttn-perchn, which lor u number of jeurs have come fiom Hinmiporc hnvo been Kath. red chle n sun.o of tho southern Islands of Hie l'hlllpplnei The slunnl lorps of the War itepiit'imnt Is In-JdlllfntlnK In-JdlllfntlnK this Important maltir, and If It Is found thnt there nro nn, consider i-blo i-blo forests of theso trees on the Islin.ls they will be brnuiEht under the suit r-vlsloi. r-vlsloi. nnd proucllm of a forestr, com-mission com-mission so tint they tun lo norke.1 In. tellli,entl nnd with some regard to the future Iho present demind for tultn-ptrcha, tultn-ptrcha, It Is esllmaled results hi tho du-stiuctlou du-stiuctlou of luiiM) trees uunujll,. A Locking Lamp Socket. A patent hns recei 11, been Rrnnted to Charles It Ilarrell aid niwood c I'hll-lips I'hll-lips of ChlcnRo, 111 for a locking lump socket At one si In of tho limp soiket Is n lalernl rhnmhtr nnd this lo pro. lde.l with a kejimle uud menus of lock-Ine lock-Ine tho limp In place Tho sieidjIiiT of lamps hns recently crown to be a thru-Iiir thru-Iiir occupation In the large offlco build-Inss build-Inss Wireless System vs. Cables. Apropo of the commerclil nspeets of wireless telegraphs It wns recenll, slnt. ed orilclall, that tho Murconl cnmiinny hns twent, fle pernnnent land slatluns und sernty ship sciMeis In npernllon The Ueclrlcnl llcMen, In eommenthiR of Iho possibilities of th" sjsiem for trins-Atlantlo trins-Atlantlo rlmiallnR, calls nttentlnn to Iho fict thnt lne lotul cnpiclty of Iho piesent submarine cables la about 1CWI words a minute, both wn,s Eltcttlc WnBOii-Puller. An unusual npplkntlon of electric mo-tors mo-tors hns reientl, been Instnlled In il hi. cngo mnniifni luring houso In the shape of a wngon pullir lo hilp back henMI,. londed teams onto tho shipping rmm lloor This npixrntus inntlsts of n live, hnrse-piwerinoior which operates a friction fric-tion drum and friction gear Steam Tlpes ami Ammonia Colls. In a Chlingo minufocto, of nrtlllrlil dairy pmluclH It Is nuessury lo main, tain cirlnln rooms ut the uniform lem-pernuro lem-pernuro of i degrees tho ,cnr round To nnompllsh this the rooms are lilted with both (reeling and heating pipes lo reiinlt of regulation during the differ, nt seasons In mid. weather the steam pipes are used while In warm weather lie service of tho ammonia plpis uro requisitioned. |