Show NOTES A correspondent having asked us to i explain what ie meant by tue number of volts in a current of electricity we refer him to the explanation made in court some time bince by that king of electricians thomas A edison 1 I will have to use the analogy ol 01 a waterfall to explain bay we have a current of water and a turbine wheel if I 1 have a turbine and allow a thousand gallons per second to fall from a of one toot on the turbine I 1 acet a certain power we will one horsa power now the one fool fall will present one volt of pressure in electricity and the thousand gallons will represent the ampere or tho amount of current we will call that one ampere thus we have a thousand gallons of water or one ampere falling one foot or one volt or under one volt of pres euie and the water working the turbine ivea one boree power if now we go a thousand feet nigh and take one gallon of water and let it fall on the turbine wheel we have got the same power we had before namely one horse power we have got a thousand limes less curk rent or water and we will have a thou eanoth 61 an ampere in place of ona ampere and we will have a thousand volts in place of one volt and we will have a fall oi water a thousand feet one foot now the tall ot water or the height from which it falls is the pressure or volts in electricity and the amount of water is ahe amperes it will be seen that a thousand gallons a minute falling on a man at a height of one foot would be no danger to the man and that took one gallon and took it up a thousand feet and let it fall down it would crush him so it is not the quantity or current of water that does the damage but it ie the velocity or pressure that produces the effect loean journal england is a monarchy but the courts there are not above public criticism the london globe declares that the sentence of mrs castle constitutes a most terrible violation of common justice it is because the courts do not assume to be above criticism that they earn respect courts that seek to ewie t proper criticism into contempt only subject themselves to the genuine article 0 contempt sacramento bee an editorial paragraph in the salt lake herald last sunday stated that thomas J bradley who was elected in a now york district is the youngest man ever elected to compress Con press his age beinke ag years dr woodring of this city noticed the paragraph and he calls the herald and goes it one better the doctor is personally familiar with the canvas made in tho old third congressional district of kentucky in 1860 and recalls to mind the campaign between john young brown and james P jewett brown was elected but being only 24 years of age had to wait until he reached the 25 year minimum before he could qualify and that the district went without representation until he did qualify brown served several successive terms and afterward became governor co vernor of the blue grass abate he and the doctor are intimate friends mt pleasant pyramid the scientific american suggests that on january a new division of the year into thirteen months be instituted it ia claimed that this is not preposterous as most people would be likely to consider it at the first thought if such a division were mide the first twelve months would have juat twenty eight days or four weeks each and the new month twenty nine to make and thirty in leap year after a few days there would be no need to refer to calendars as the same day of the would have the same date through the year if january 1st were say monday even monday would be the ast 1st ath and every tuesday the and 2nd ath 16 and and throughout the mr the changes of the moon would been about the same dates through the jeer and many calculations like dates of maiming notes easter somi and many other important dates be simplified although Althou ah the pen craton would have to figure nei dates for birthdays and legal except new year would be on different dates yet tho it is argued would be more than alie lose that would be permanent and the objections the innovation however will never be braueht about the sen li mental reason it are too strong |