| Show what science Is doing A glass skate is the latest bince a process has been discovered recently by which glass may be hardened to the consistency of steel the entire skate is made of this substance the upper part resembling a ell opening behind with split leather lace up heel cap among the several advantages claimed for the new skates is that they are much faster than the steel blade and so slippery that they run almost equally well over rough as well as smooth ice they are made very sharp and owing to their extreme hardness it is impossible to blunt them furthermore they need no grinding and cannot rust the crystal skates are nearly transparent although it will be possible to make them any color to match the skaters costume in per they have built a railway over one of the most elevated ribe of the andes and in switzerland the steam engine snorts and puffs around and up the sides 0 peaks where it was formerly considered hazardous for a sure tooted alpine climber to attempt to worm his way the engineers of the united states have been equally as enterprising as those of europe and the spanish republics of south america the plateau on the top of pikes peak wae once thought to be almost as inaccessible to human beings as are the canals of mars to mundane navigators today all is changed since 1891 the locomotive has made its regular trips up the sides of the pride of the seemingly doine it with as much case as the regular makee the journey from the union station at kirkwood at one time the pikes peak cog was the most elevated railroad in the world its upper terminus being at a spot feet above the beach line at galveston texas since the peruvian railway mentioned above was built the dikea peak elevated takes a back seat the immensity of the rotunda impresses the visitor at the capitol the frescoes arc attractive the turbulence of the ahouee and the quiet dignity of the senate are interesting in thear contrast but after all the feature of universal uni vereal in in the white domed building is the weather apparatus it is something novel to glance at a map which tells you whether it is raining or en owing sunshiny or cloudy in montana illinois or louisiana or anywhere elee in this broad land you can tell whether the friends whom you left at home are wearing mackintosh ce or airing their spring clothes under blue ekies while even the tern and the direction of tho wind are recorded some active minded individual haa invented a dynamite torpedo balloon chich will place a city in ashes in a very few minutes from the time the balloon is launched A reconnoitering party a corporals guard at the proper moment approaches the beleaguered city launches the balloon which ascends and when in positive and diabolical position ane torpedo explodes the dynamite of which it is composed destroys the town and its inhabitants the advantages of the modern death daaling engines of war would to lie in the direction of a speedy termination of hostilities by the tenfold decimation of the combatants tesia claims that his phosphorescent lightie ligh so closely a duplicate of sunlight that it can scarcely be distinguished from it it possesses all the health div ing qualities and drivel away dampness the light is already an accomplished tact |
