| Show EDI OniAL NOTES civilization is advancing into africa from every quarter it seems anly yesterday aiace stanley made bis long and perilous descent ot the congo and now it is possible to ride by mail nearly half the ditta uce between tidewater and stanley pool and then find two lines of steamers plying to stations 1500 miles from the atlantic even at the remote lake mweru where the wanderings of livingston erased there is civilization and it will not be many years before the tourist will not be obliged to turn back at the second cataract of the nile but will find abe water route to the great lakes open and when be reaches them will go by alternate rail and water to the mouth ot the or to capetown philadelphia inquirer the subject is too painful to bo lightly treated but really tho condition of abe republican party in montana is rather aptly illustrated by a current witticism it represents a friend asking the stricken adow where the remains of her late husband were interred to which she replies there were no remain he met a bear helena herald J M dwyer a san francisco man has invented and put into practical operation a new method of utilizing the power of ocean waves his scheme is to anchor at some distance from abe shore a big buoy supporting a strong mast from tl ie top ol 01 the mast a vir rope runs to the motor proper erected on land and consisting of a single arrangement ran gement whereby the intermittent pull of the swaying mast raises a weight which gives continuous motion to a flywheel fly wheel mr dwyer claims that his contrivance is better than any of its many predecessors and thinks that what was long ago recognized as an inexhaustible reservoir offeree has been tapped at last A bovel disposition of sewage is made at exeter england abo method consists of four tanks a fourth of the sewage passing into each light and air are excluded from the tanks putrefaction and decomposition are ip idly set up abe microbes multiply and the solid portions of the sewage are consumed and the outflow from the tanks is nothing but slightly colored water which after passing through filters loses all color and taste no chemical is used and no attention to the tanks of any sort is needed each filter bed cleanses itself by being out of use for a short time london times |
