Show scientific TOPICS 11 CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION A telephone acif phone for le tle in the IL limtt salle lie I 1 by t n brella I 1 lower 11 Y wonderful I 1 louil ump the Mur cui cabal A wonderful I 1 amp PUMP built for jhb stamp mills of the calumet alec a company la Is consid eidd one of the most marvelous marve mari loua elous plc alc of malhan P asin ever eer put pill together IN without 4 cro crowding d ing in the least and with ith as much apparent ease ki one works an ordan iq itei n I 1 this greit gre it angine dell delivers ers 2 gal 1 lona ions of mater for went tent four con secil the tle hours ani ant does it continuously it Is almost ronsele s so perfect 1 Is the adjustment indea I 1 persona persons standing just outside of the bull ling can call scare ly IY hear its beating standing inside by the greit great pit from which the water ie is drawn almost the only sound la is the inrush of the water as its the fumu lifts more than a thousand thou band gillons gallons at every emery stroke this immen Inin iene e piece of t ma chinery la Is ena elated ted in to the N works u where here 1000 1 tons per day ef of conglomerate ruck rock are pulverized into sand fine enough to be swept away by the rush of water the nice ty of adjustment may be imagined from the fact that the current of wi wa ter lifts and sweeps away the sand but does not disturb the copper that tellies to the bottom of the pans the canal buas loung student asks tor for borne some tutor mation about the nicaragua Mca canal answer the object of this waterway a was to connect the blantic and pa cifre oceans the wp w ers of the lake trim which the project takes its came name were to be used and the distance to be traversed was about miles the estimated cost of the enterprise about one hundred and thirty three ana one half million dollars seems a very large sum to expend for such a purpose but it Is claimed that the saving of distance in transportation will vill more than make up for it according to surveys sur veya the distance from new sew lork ork to san francisco by vater 1 Is miles by the canal tt it w will ill be 5 antles this tills mikes a saving of over oer miles on the trip il 11 the cagial the distinct di from new lork ork to the Ilici ocean 1 Is 2519 2 miles by the northern pacific railroad 32 miles by central pacific 31 by canadian pacific 39 09 by southern 3 to cape horn 7 89 miles adding to the shortness of distance dis the lesser risk by inland than outside and the advantages adan of such a oat out off are at once apparent A 11 II ie lol I 1 telephone A berlin firm of cite has re bently placed on the marl et a combi nation telephone teli phone and electric bell for or short distances the illustration shows its parts and its install between a kitchen and dining room the sim cl c the apparatus appi ratus ts is one of its principal r sots of adian advantage tage and its usefulness Is evident eident the one ong shown in the room Is the tile size of an ordinary aln ry ess egg which at the pointed end ead has a small push bulton button for a bell the egg shaped fix fixture tire can be taken apart the short end being the trans mitter the longer end tt it e dreeli re eler er of this diminutive telephone I 1 ahe he fixture in the kitchen Is ol 01 the ordinary telephone type and his it bell lell v hach ring when lien the push buton la ill the dining room fixture Is el this calls the cook to the and arid the lady of the house may ghe her orders in an undertone and een in a whisper which will be plainly tinlY linder understood stood by the cook the th e Is 1 a aim alm microphone the membrane be ing placed just a altti abode a ery sery small electric magnet rile samo same mag net Is used for the eiph button in 11 other respects this ic does not differ from the i microphone and its rapid piN Pora larIt in germany v will ill be un term when A ben it is 4 15 til C stated thai that the manufacturers sell the apparatus n ether with feet of wire ire tor fur abbat 3 a rf f atall some ysais ae leture idi road build ing had reachie its present scientific basis a train on the chicado Chi cao aurili g ton and quincy road which was running at what was nas at that time a V r y high rate of speed met with a most unusual accident it was as an intensely hot day tn in august thoe who are ac quain quainter ted with that country are willing c to admit that the degree of 0 hat beat some times experienced in that region Is lit tie to hort short of the boiling pitch the rails wr were heated ard as the alary train passed oer then hy thy to almost he ile sy under 1 ria weight suddenly lv vhf ft w the ne track bead of allm rise r from froia tae ill swing out ot of line then haq oki s I 1 down on the li alvel yel prairie evil HB in o 0 f perfect curve the 44 L tl tit a aa oa not disconnected but seemed rall 1 u to S have hane liftee themselves ord 14 up ID to f re more comfortable 41 position 11 the 01 was anil arid after a thoro thorsti ato it waa aas kernel deniel safe 11 cops for the train to it pils c over e r 4 alt lid moving very cry elov siona ly and a ly F experts visite I 1 the cal end 0 a as s vos possible sible and de declaron clarol th tha tibB t 11 k for aident was due to the tile tx abi bl rails rain ends touched d and nl B t icing no room for lengthy length wl 1 l they had no ell choice oace I 1 lut ut to guv alne selves elne anil anti form i a curie it lift tt sou is B ble that thi the jarring ot of the train tro dro cd ed in this matter the lb ration nl bly starting the side Alse bovet at ill events it was nas a most less and interesting inci lent B airl bighor ti tie st I 1 it Is a curious and most inte to fact that that a plan tor for acoss the st lawrence river rive r quebec which 1 MIS vaas male up otty orty aars ago a la is q bilte alte aa as appi applei to present day ideas as tl ti e Mo designs in act fact with alth so acme me i tills plan would tn 1 b irk our predent ti Is f ut of bridga bridge building I 1 ahe it e I 1 I 1 lea 1 tending ten dirig an undertaking of ihli this maa ma be inia ginel when it Is taken li I 1 consideration that the di distance dia tance beroll acm n ill the e river from f rom cliff ca lit to cliff ell if la Is 00 4 oo fl it was as proposed to span this dritan by time thre 1200 1 foot sections with baor a er arones ones at the shore ends the tram suspension system was to be employed emp loyet an ani I 1 the I 1 ridge was to ba ime e upper i I J lover lomer decks the one for fur wheel beet ani and too 1 traffic and the other for railroad tra one of the greatest points la in timi under takings of this gort sort Is the strength 8 0 the piers this was to be secured ba foundations built of solid started feel feet below high w ater aa mall the masonry was to be carried up a is the floor evel level of the bridge basold la acl columns columna ave F ive cables were to be em aloyed and on theae the the structure was wis to rest there ii is lit tie trouble with modern appliance carrying ing the foundations of bulli build lip down as far as one chooses bridge recently erected in Australla hal piers feet in length and thester c carried down through mud and mini sand til their solid foundations A strange Str enire dost here I 1 Is a ire of the most novel boat eier constructed it li Is called the umbrella boat from the fact thit U 1 I I the sails 1 fold up juet just as an umbrella does at first sight this would a drav drawback back but in realla it Is cat not so for the mechanism Is the simplest sim pos doi sible aa as hen tacking tack tig the ball sail li is ampre ly shifted from one side aide to the other the boat Is a light one and salla sails very fast and seems admirably adapted foi for ahers or any quiet ba A glance at t the picture will explain the of the sails better than any amount of description nature natures t engraving stone for eara the greatest source of the fine grained atone stone used in litho graphy has been the quarries at solen hoten hofen in bavaria 1 hese these quarries possess a particular interest became because in them have been discovered remain remains of 0 exceedingly strange and rare a ich as some of the fly AT ing reptiles that once dwelt in europe but have now disappeared from the earth the aden o of geology bu has rained gained much from th these se fossils alch flattened tind and compre com and leaving their impressions in the rock might be t likened to engravings from nature natures own hand whereby she has handed down to us pictures of a marld whose antiquity extends far beyond the limit limits of hunan memory or human history recently it has haq been stated that thi iJes are approaching and that a ne louice of cappi of stone Is needed it li gratifying to know that thit our own antry country MY the theina int excellent stone nf of the kind required being lound found in re in the meantime in Gerr permam ranN the tile of substituting al a iril nuin foi fol Solen hofen stone Is I 1 being discus discussed god A I I 1 1 I w I 1 I 1 Muter lal it In ientile genius keeps heeps on in its it predent course ourse chemistry vill ft bs be ame to furnish most must of the necessities of life one of the late latest at achievement achievements Is 1 I noel eort fort of tile adich is la made from chemical compounds which ri yet a profound secret aside from the tact fact that and lime are among the Ingred ingredients lents the compound ii 1 roade made into a sort of paste or pulp POP and A bile damp Is put into molds and subjected to extremely heavy pressure it forms tile aich Is bald said to bo be in eer A ati more durable and tory than wood mood or any other kind of 0 flooring it Is sti of high pol ish may be mide in any color or size 1 and can be decorated after any deign fach instrument excels in ocie some particular passage the piano in scale passages the harp in arpeggio the mn man dolln in the rapid repetition of one note the banjo in the rapid playing of broken chords and so 0 o with other instruments st mente but the violin can beat thea then all en on thelon oun gro ground tind while there Is t much violin music that can be blared 1 on other anstrum ut |