| Show AN atmospheric BAT BATTERY ery I 1 ono of the recent electric batteries only when exposed to light the latest form of batte battery ry devised by mons Jab lochkoff the eminent french electrician is P perhaps er aps quite as novel and ingenia 0 oua us it being kept in constant operation by the of the atmos moisture upon the me metal tl sodium each clenie clement nt comprises a small plato plate of so sodium adum separated by wooden pegs from a plate of carbon of somewhat lighter texture tb than al that used fur for ordinary batteries the carbon and a small copper wire sitta attached clied to tie sodium plate form ilio tho electrodes bec awes exposure of the sodium to the air cause it to oxidize and form forin caustic Boda soda which ia is dissolved by the moisture of the air and gradually drains away as a concentrate cOncen concentrated I 1 trat ed solution on thud constantly leaving afresh a fresh surface of metal to be acted upon the ele ments 1 arc grouped in sets acts often the batt erys action continues u 0 long as the sodium lasts and the air air contains moisture and th the only means m eans of stopping it is to shut it in an airtight air tight lease case the degree decree 0 of f the airs humidity and the temperature determine the electromotive electro motive force ana inn FAMOUS us beal great dwle eastern rn which ia is shortly to sail from new orleans was begun may 1 1854 and by november 3 1857 18 57 had advanced to the launching condition various attempts being made be tween then tind jan at an c expenditure of JC to effect the launching the ship left the thames on sept 8 1859 an explosion of steam pipes took place off hastings seven persons being killed and several wounded and the voyage abruptly came to an end at weymouth after many failures an arrangement was made mado by which the to be permanently n chartered by the tho telegraph construction and maintenance company between 1869 and 1874 the great eastern successfully laid eoma of the tile most important telegraphic 1 cable across the allan atlan tic in the mediterranean in the red sea across the indian ocean across ahn equator from europe to brazil etc mr brunnel planned and mr scott russel built the great eastern her length was feet between perpendiculars a or oi feet upper deck breadth 82 feet or over paddle boxes boies height of hull 60 feet or 79 7 to top 0 of f bulwarks bulwa but many alterations were made later on to the original plan A FACTORY is said to have been established in sweden for making into ito paper piper the half decomposed decompo si d moss which has accumulated in many places in jorwa norway y and swe den to a thickness of a f foot oot or more ahe T ao substance may be pressed into boarde boards which have the desirable qualities of wood without such defects as warping and splitting MR pap erthe celebrated london truth tells the following anecdote 0 of the late 1 prince rince albert to whom indiscreet d courtiers have given tho the sur n ame of 9 the good after returning from kara kars dr humphrey sandwich whose memoirs have just been published was summoned to buckingham palace for an ail inte interview wil with th the prince the doctor docto r thus refers to it 1 I described all I 1 could and especially did I 1 give him an account of the reign of terror iu in kara kars when spies spies were sent into the cafes and when on hearing any one ono propose to give up the city they denounced the culprit who was forthwith flogged on 01 hearing bearing this the prince said ah ab I 1 wish wo we could have that done clone in the london at that time the prince was very unpopular and I 1 was astonished at his imprudence in in making this very english un romark thia this gives a pretty good notion remarks labouchere of the sort of regime which prince albert would have liked to introduce into england you have only to penetrate below the surface of a german prince who is compelled to accept the restriction of constitutional governments to find that in reality he be is panting to exercise the brutal grinding tyranny of a frederick or a nicholas y ILI wn IVE ag agree reo with mr beecher or not few we men i n can speak or write on any subject of public i interest with so great a certain certainty 7 that everybody will want to know they say in discussing the question as to how bow far minister sma 1 properly go in politics politic which abich ho he does in the north american review for february the great preacher preach e r shows himself to advantage aper i haps all the more because itis a matter that touches him personally as well as professionally I 1 in 11 the same number of tho the review the question how shall the president bo be elected is ably treated by five happily chosen writers vit vi two IL S senators dawes and vance a college president F P A P barnard of columbia a new york lawyer roger a A pryor and a well k known journalist T the h 0 substantial agreement of four of them on the same point is significant another notable article in this unusually strong number wit review of of holmess life of emerson by the veteran historian geo bancroft and still another as an all sisily essay by prof C A young on theories regarding the suns corona which ho he skillfully brings within popular comprehension the rev dr IV T shedd hedd defends the dogma end 1 less punishment and professor G stanley hall writes on 6 par in education observations CONCE concerning RNINO the effects effiec ts prod produced aped upon oar planet by the periodic periodically atly appearing spots on nhoeun have given very contradictory results and have established thus far only the single fact that solar bolar disturbances strongly affect the earths magnetism it is ia 1 very probable that sunspot sun spot influx influences ances may have a certain real effect cupoli upon terrestrial climates but much further research will be necessary to prove beyond a doubt that they do prof proe 0 A young af firma firme however that it bag has already been shown that euch such influence if it it ear ests at all is very slight and difficult of detection that it is not dominant or even powerful in terrestrial meteorology and that there ia is no reasonable ground for expectation that tho periodicity of eun sun pota spots will eyer ever enable us to predict the seasons il io adya advance uce REPEATED INQUIRIES as to tho the popular vote vote cast in the tho deno bial election of last list november crusea UJ I 1 to give the figures once M more ore aa as furnished by tho well informed chicago newt news they are as follows blaine cleveland 4 butler st john the question has been angered un so often bince the election that we hope those having any interest in tho abe subject will preserve this reply |
