Show 1 L I 1 f ITEMS I 1 oil 1 fact facts of culled front I 1 I 1 maps published by the geological su lucyy Y of new e jersey give kive sandy I 1 hok k fr four ti tune sas great in an area as in j the b y year r 1 when an aff outline I 1 survey was made A swiss siu physicist proffesor mor immler maintains that diamonds have been formed by the taking up PP 0 of f soluble carbon by liquid carbonic acid and if its subsequent de petition in a crystal line form on U the e evaporation oration of the acid icid this could only take in rock ca cavities cities strongly compressive compres sine the carbonic acid which quickly disappear on release from the pressure pree eure american s invented aba bleeping lee ping I 1 car but i a german h hai invented a steep sleeping ing harness dt makes the ca car r 11 lees nee needful adful broad straps I 1 support the arms they pais through a booie over the ibe leicil le heasto idil t to that cither leither arm can be lowered which gives a chance toa to change ange petition position the head is supported eup ported by a pad which is attached to the upper part of the arm straps the back kick of course jete rests agai against nat I 1 the back backof of the seat an agn english 9 food i inspector 1 usper r mr james bell finds that and beef cannot be j positively dai distinguished by external appearance rance bui but that the fat tat is a se reliable test the horse fat is fluid itt ata A te temperature of 70 degrees cee and baa t cape cefic gravit gravity at degrees of about 7 while the 1 hit a t at to degrees and con sider ably lighter the low maltin melting 9 boint point ot of the fat will show aheu sausais are made from horie horse Reat some bome observations made maae ib iii france by M cosson may throw light upon mady mysterious fi fires res luona in one spon tadeous taue ous firing arose fram an air current hea heated t ed to tc 77 degrees degre fahrenheit only 1 the thi W wood od slowly carbonized at that tem pera ture and being thus rendered extremely po porous rousa a rap rapid id tion of oxygen resulted and euta chent heat walthea was thea produced to u in flame the dry material at erial Inano in another case the warmth from fram the ithe air hole of a stove stave was sufficient to set fire to the woodwork wood work I 1 eight years of almost continuous wm envil rut amr 1 amoo that houseplants house plants are entitled to a very high rank among sanitary agents in a new work be he even asserts the convict conviction iod that tha t I 1 living i pill plants 1 berye as an efficient krotec liori 1 against ait consumption ot of the lunge lungs g beside besides rendering important service in other conditions of disease an abundance of flowers flo were indeed seems to offer an imperfect for outdoor out door life when indoor lite life ia is unavoidable A large larget clock juet just completed in germany by martin is is eaid said to surpass in in wonderful construction str st on all previous achievements it is is designed to show the seconds conde ee minutes quarter hours hours days weeks week a months the four se sea soLa aSOLI the years and leap years until the clo close se of A D it dives indications for every latitude and records the successive phases of the W moon oon it not only strikes the quarters and hour hours but the minutes as well sixty different symbolic figures performing the work A night watchman blows the hours of the night on bia his horn burn a cock crows at sunrise and a cuckoo appears in in ri n there are moving pic pictured pi ciurea a b bell 1 ringing i ing sacristan who and folds bis his bands handa and flute toned musical works work s beside besides other interesting features in an english discussion of rail way speed it appears that tha t rigid exeter engine with 9 foot beugle driving wheels gave 80 miles an hour as a the greatest attainable rate down an au incline of I 1 iu in 90 00 with no load a single car reducing this to 78 miles wiles A great western engine with 8 lacot wheel wheels could do no better than 78 miles buu 1 in oo 00 a level or aseen diug grade the maximum luaiki mum can be but lit little tie mort thau 60 au hour As iheke en engina were designed for giving th the giafes greatest possible speed it i affirmed that no modern in motors arc art a lapped for beating their rec records an und d that re portal f train at more than r 75 aniles an hou even for the mui mu i 1 be due to inaccurate timing or other errors T I 1 1 |