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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, ' ; ' - a t NOVEL. HAND-TRUCK,. - 'Among the ingenious devices re cently patented "is the novel attach tnent for. hand truck shown In the 11 . lustration below. With a truck equip ped 'with, this device a man can, with practically no effort, raise a , heavy packing rase, barrel; or article of any description onto the truck, .whence he can easily transfer-it to the point desired..-' ;-t'. - ' '. ' It is well known that articles or great weight, after being placed on a hand-truck can be read yily moved by ne man, . bat . the latter very often trains himself getting the article on the track. Imagine what it means to haya tbe lifting done automatically, yet this Is what the attachment shown h,M ASMm Pt,A fW.lr aHB.VttJ . th w.v a w km v ...... j 'case,' or whatever the -article may bejr a Kever released, and presto, the case V PULLS CASE ONTO TRUCK. ' la palled wpon the truck. The chain . move In and out of a tiolder contain t )nc compressed air. When the lever , 1a released the alack or the chain Is . ', takta up, palling the case onto the . track- Ja addition the chain prevents ftha ease from tilting forward and fall ' in off as the truck is being wheeled ' KEW RESCUE APPARATUS. , Many a drowning may be aVerted as the reeuk of a simple yet effoctlve ltfe-eaeing apparatus Invented t.y a . 'Manarfhueetts man. Indeed, so simple it tha apparatus that the wonder is nobody thought of it before. It is AIDS HIM IN THROWING. . t jy. : mrmy m rope vtjin n iirwurii iiniiun tv .attached to it. but it Is the. wooden , ;handle that mikes an effective rcs " j'V, citing device from what was otherwise ... , ' a nap-hazard affair. Probably the ln V " ' renter saw ecyeral futile attempts at . , rescuing drowning persons by throw- -; A trig them a rope. He may also have ? seen how wide of the mark a rope can ; ., be thrown unless can by an experl- y. enced hand, and how necessary It It ' -r for the BtruKgHiig person in the water ' to grasp the rope before it ulnks. Hn v he devised a board with a hook on it and fastening one end of a Ion mpe to the end of the board, colls the rc- . ' pialnder over the hook. To the fne :? ' end of the rope he attachvs a woodi n handle, which not only improves the aim, but floats until It can be grasped. Rl'ANRRS KOU fiO-CVKTS. . An ordinary folding go-cart, which 1c practically useless on pavement and roads covered with snow, can bs easily made valuable for use In such feather by the addition of runners. is shown In the accompanying HIiin tration. The wheels are readily re moved and the runners substituted, the latter being clamped to the front i N 1 V GO-CART WITH UCNNEKK f . "and rear axles, inxuad of pioddii , along with the wheel cutting d..' into the enow, the runners render 4 ravel easy and enjoyable. A go-cart .. thus equipped would also be far supe- rior toa sled, as there would b no ; ' danger of the youngnter slipping off. ' Another, adrantage In the fact that this go-cart can be folded tip an for ) fnrly. In case the owner dexires to ; ride on railway cars. , . MIXERS IXECTBICAL LAMP. TJje' old-fashioned oil lamp still l ing used by miners seems on to ! superseded by the electrical lamp, a recent ' design being shown in 'the lllutttrstlon. It can readily be !m- i seined what the general use of the . , electrical lamp would .mean to the J niiner the elimination of the hor rible accidents of dally occurrence - due to explosions from contact of the oil lamp with Invisitds gases. The r, eh-ctrlcal lamp shown here is operated - Jn conjunction r with a specially de signed cap. In whiuh l stored n ; electric battery. Light la furnished '- by ; a small r incandescent - lamp aur .rounded fey a (reflector cn the fore part of the p; The light la operated X - by a push button securied to the under a'jrface of tha viae r, where It Is con . stantly In convi-nJ-nt Treach of the . wearer. The cap and attached lamp .are ilsht In weight and -la no way Interfere with free movement' of the . arms.. Th battery .'la readily re changed at little expense. -, In- fart,, the cost . .; malnletiance to-son'ri StIENGEiANDl INVENTION-Pl slightly In excess of the lamp, the ELECTRIC LAMP IN CAP. greater coat being the Initial expendi ture for thp apparatus. . NO MORE RUNDOWN HEELS. Policemen, actors and other pedes trians Stftmid drink a toast to a man in Australia, for he has come forward with edevice that will lengthen the life ofa shoe many moons. This de vice is an interchangeable heel which locks to a heal pad by means of ping attached to the latter. Probably the chief cause of a shoe losing its shape and wearing out In the uppers js the running down of the heel, which SAVES rEDEHTKIANH MONKY. throws the foot to one side and brings a strain on a part of the shoe not. prepared for it. Kundown heeln, too, are renponslble for many ranes of ore feet and hav aldsd largely in making the business of chiropody a lucrative one. With this new device It will be possible to take off an old he l and put on a new one whenever the (lrt Is so worn as to be uneomfortablr or unsightly. If people only realised the Importsnre of a flat heel there would be few limps in the world of walkers. A AOVKIi BRACKET. To those who have to make the most of every inch of spucein home or offlee. the bracket devised by a New York man will appeal strongly. The bracket consists of two heavy wire srms, shaped like a letter "U" and having lateral extensions at the ends which faxten in two plates that are screwed Into wail or door. He low and between these plates is a third which holds a pair of support ing arms, the endH of which fasten In circular loops in the longitudinal arma and holds, them upright. The wholp apparatus can be put up any where In a few minutes and Taken down easily. When not In use the supporting arms can be slipped out FOLDS AGAINST WALL. of place and the bracket folded h kuI not wall or door. A board can be placed acres the top If needed. A IWMN TO AHT1STS. Something new and decidedly con venient In the way of artists' outfits U the very complete work real of holder, denlgned by a Massachusetts man. This consists of a sliding sup port beuring a table which In turn HANDY FOU COPT WO UK. contains an eajwJ and drawers to hold the colors, brushes and palette. The whole folds into a small spare and can be carried handily, but when open forms an adJustiUls easel with paint box attached. The sliding stand can be mude any height and the easel, which is hinged to the top of the table, can be fixed at 'any Angle de sired. This device is more for use in smaller work, such as copying. For copying, work 1n art galleries It Is Just the thtng needed, as it ran be moved from place to place with no trouble. O 7 METAL RAILWAY TIE. Metal railway ties are used exten sively in Germany, and numerous ex periments with them have been made in this country, but it would appear that non comes so near tilling the re quirements as the tie and rail fastener Just patented by a Pennsylvania man, This tie is composed of two sections of heavy tubing Joined at their ends and separated frm each . other between the track rails. . Tha rails are set in RAILS ARE SET IN GROOVES, grooves and held firmly In place by holding devices. The advantages or these metal ties over the wooden ones are several. In the first place, they are much more durable, and there is no dapger of their rotting and having to be replaced. They can also be made very cheaply and the tubing Is not only very strong, but separation of the two sections between th tracks relieves the strain and reduces the noise of traffic. THE TOWEL BAR'S CAPACITY, j The metal towel bar. which Is to be sen In every properly furnished bath room. Is a popular piece of fur nlshlng, as attested by its general HOLDS DOURI.K HOW 1F TOWET.S. use. I'p to very recently It has con sisted of n straight bar of metnl or glass, held at a convenient height above the tub by supports secured in the wall. The storage capacity of this article has been greatly increased by a slight change In Its design, as shown by the accompanying cut. This feature Is particularly deslmhtn from the fact that it permits of frenti towels belnrr placed on the renr. white the, toweli in use may hang from the front. Ml'SIC LEAK Tl ItXEH. AmonK recent patented devices Is an ingenious apparatus for turning the leaves of munlc, designed by a Pennsylvania man. Numerous at tempts have hen made to devise a music leaf turner, but none has m yet proved practical. At least we do not sec orchestras or bands using any of them. The one shown in the Illustration certainiy seems pi net leal In every way. At the same time Its operation Is very simple. It can be used In connection with any of the ordinary music stands generally em ployed for the purpose. Attached to PMESMINO BULB TURNS MUSIC. the frame is a receptacle containing the operating mechanism. Extend ing from the . receptacle are six or more rods, which are bent at right angles and end In Angers. The lat ter when In position rest on each suc cessive page of the music. Depend ing from ' the operating mechanism Is a ruhbersjube and ulb, the latter resting on the ground close to the musician's foot. When the musician hss reached the end of the page and desires to continue on the next, he presses the bulb with his foot, and ! the first page, of music Is ' turned over. On each successive page he does the same, each finger in turn forcing the next page over. AUTOMATIC FAX. .. During the hot summer season everybody resorts to the fan te afford temporary relief, yet few people re alise that the exertion necessary to manipulate a fan, especially on a very warm. day. will raose the perspiration ..L .. .hi., it... i w lO IIOW irMUIiJ Ulan t inv IMfl- nlng was omitted. Unfortunately, the electric fan Is within the reach of but a few, but a contrivance, recently pat ented by a Detroit man, should prove equally as effective, and la yet pro, curable by everybody. Ae ahown In the accompanying Illustration, this fan somewhat resemble the electric fan. being made of metal and has sim ilar revolving pefldles. The latter are Joined on a shaft which Is mounted on a stationary handle. Connected with the shaft are gear wheels and a lever, the latter being In position to be push ed by tha thumb when the handle It held la the hand. The occasional opcr- .:'-if L7 ation of the lerer causes tha paddles to revolve continuously in one direc tion.' The more quickly .the lever Is OPERATED BT FINGER. operated the more rapidly the paddles revolve, the current of air being thus readily controlled.,. A, person reading or otherwise occupied where the use or the bands is not esscntlar, can eas ily keep himself cool with thla. fan with little effort on his part. WEED KILLER. How to get rid of dandelions and similar undesirable weeds is a prob lem hard to solve to the man who is nxious to have a well-kept lawn. Pulling them up does not destroy them. Sprinkling of weed killers round the plant invariably destroys the grass also. A Colorado man tug gests getting at them with the mur derous-looking implement shown here. He claims that it will do the trick thoroughly and with dispatch. A chemical compound deadly to weeds is placed in the bottle and forced by means of a tube and pointed Injector into the ground close to. the roots of I.Jr"TS POISON INTO PLANT. the plants. The point In pushed lnl- Ihi. art)l hv niruTi., nf thr fmit urwl O lever released, injettnz the liould I the notu of the pla:it. The Jailed die I" a f''v days, there being no nccesuity of pulling thein out after receiving the treutment. With tho aid of thl-J weed-klllrr all tbe weeds in a large lawn can be (uickly attacked and put o'lt of business. LOADED HAMiLK TO HAMMEK. iVrnenters have u bad habit of los- ' ing their nail pouch. Being small. It ts very readily mislaid, and, naturally. can never be found when wanted. A Iteihester Invention suartfests a simlc means of ovcrcnmlnu this InMin.'t of I the na'l punch lo get ;ot. He has a recess placed at the end f the handle Into which the nail punch Ills. The1 NAIL PUNCH IN HANDLE. latter has a plate at 'the end w hich clamps over the toji of tho opening and prevents the nail punch falling out. Hammers having similar recesses in the handle would also be of irrent A ? s r 3 ; ? t , cUJ value for houaesold use. Nails, tacks, j not fall to be of Interest,. The foltow screws and similar aDDurtenances, Ing are the names of the most curious could be stored In the aperture, and.) of course, would always be easy to . find when wanted. Hammers siml- lariy equipped would also prove a boon to tenants in office buildings, where tacks and nails aa as "scarce as henH teeth." UNIQUE VIOLIX. Improvements in musical instru ments are very rare In fact, jso much NOVEL VIOLIN. so as to be at once noticeable. The latest Is shown fa the Illustration be- . ' ;; x lew. Invented by; a Wisconsin man. Thia Instrument is In many respects like - the. ordinary violin, - tiaving strings, tuning pegs, etc.. and Is play ed with a bow. The addition Is made of a portion of -a horn, the latter serv ing to increase the volume of sound and also to preserve Its purity.- The sounds . are collected by the horn be fore they emerge frost the violin, and are emitted in an even, smooth tone? not ragged nor disconnected, as Is often the case with the -ordinary vio lin. As with a graphophone, the horn increases the volume of the notes many times. The inventor, a musician, j claims that this Instrnmment cannot be equaled for solo worlrand also or- chestra music. ' . : . ; . . . - The business of tha Chicago freight subway- has now; reached a point where .the financial loss, . occasioned by- the withdrawal of tha government contract for the carriage of mail mat ter, has been overcome and the busi ness of the company la said toe be on a - sound basis. .The action of the government officials was based en tirely on the fact that -transportation could be made' by horse and "wagon at a slightly lower coat, although it Is contended that it la not sosaafe'or satisfactory. Tha company has an ar rangement with eleven of thev rall- r roads entering the city for the trans fer and delivery of freight, and while thia does not save the ahipper : from the cost of cartage to the receiving stations of the tunnel company. It does save the ; shipper the- coat ' of transporting freight across the city, which cost Is exceedingly high under the existing conditions. ' The use of the tunnel has .thus not only already taken a considerable amount of heavy traffic from the crowded streets of the business section, but also affords many advantages ti shippers. In ad dition to the saving in transportation charges. The mail service waa prac tically perfect during the two years the contract was In force, besides avoiding the use of -over 100 teams that had formerly ' been engaged In hauling mail through the streeta of the central business section. 1 Dry farming Is being liberally en couraged by some of the Western States. Including Colorado and others possessing any great amount of what is called "semi-arid" land This Is where less than twenty inches of rain fafts In the course of the year. The art of dry farming consists of work ing the soli In such a manner as to secure the full benefit of every par ticle of moisture which It absorbs. The success attending this kind of agriculture bears out to a great ex tent the adage that In agriculture the man with a iioe can do morejioa(ji according to the position fn than a man with a hose." Dry farm ing l now succeesfully carrlel out In localities where the annual rainfall Is 14' Inches anil It is hoped, us more Is learned of It. that It -vill be commer clallv potable to utlllae lands where the rainfall H ns ow as 10 Inches. Esi rlmrnts cenducted abroad have oad have , traveling demonctrwted that balloons at a height ef from 600 to 2.000 yards. cou'd be hit only once out of six shots. while thev- are absolutely safe at a height of 3.000 yards. Evrn when struck the damage to the gss batf was( so s'tiall'that the balloon was able to continue its ierney for hoars before the escaping eas made a landing nece!sar' The Argentine ant, which has work- ri jr-ent devns'atlon among the sujrar plantations of Louisiana, has made Its arvearance on the Pad He coast ani active steps ere belns taken to exter minate It. This Insect Is so pugna cious that It nuickly drives out the natlve ant. which has some consider-! nMe economic velue end which Is not replaced bvtlte Intruder from Argen-j tine. The latter Is not only destruct-, ive In Itself, but It protects avalo : growth and nlant lice. The Argentine ant Is regarded one of the most In-! Virion pests which was ever brought' into the I'nited States. rate the average yearly loaa as z per ' cent, of the maximum, butat Ma- The Haku-Pfitoum pipe line has' Hon It is 4t per cent. The necessary been In operation for about a v ar. ! shop-hour re-arrangement is not very and ns far ss the mechanical opera-; radical and can be very. easily accom tion of the line Is concerned It Is njpllrhed by smaller establishments, great success, but because of the d- crease in the exports of IJIumlnatmsT j An entirely new design In the con olls from Batoum. therels not suf-, structlon of electric lamps has been flclent oil to keep the olpe line and Its' recently brought out, the novel fea cos'lv machinery continually at work. ture Df which la the entire absence, ao and the underUktng Is. therefore. not far a9 tj,e eye is concerned,, of all as remunerative. Simultaneously; wire's. One-half of the transformer Is w ith the operation of the fine. It was i fastened to the under elde of a table. found also that the consumption of; ell at several of the towna along the line had also decreased, and after some prolopsred Investigation, It v.'as discovered that the line - was bcinr tapped at several nolnts and the oil stolen from the pipe. ' In some In stances from elghf to, ten car loads 'of oil were stolen eacn nigni. The National Museum of the fnited States has recently acquired a collec tlon of models representing over 100 different fruHs of Haiti, arranged for exhibition purposes. Thia collection of models of fruits and; vegetables. which was exhibited at Jamestown, Is probably the most complete series of Its kind that has evef been "prepared. The fruits of Haiti include many forms that are rarely seen In this country, and this set of models can- fruits of the Island: Cashew, ginger plant, mango, alligator pear, castor oil weed, custard apple, pomegranate. guava, tamarind, naseberry and a large green bread fruit Startling resulta have been obtain ed by Dr. Franela J. Allan,- an Eng lish medical -officer. In some expert' mente to ascertain the real character of the germs found which find lodg ing places In the mouthpieces of tele phones. , The mouthpieces - of a few nubile call office telephone in Lon don yielded enough baccllt to kill a guinea pig after 8 days, death being due to ''galloping consumption." The necessity of spraying the mouthpieces of public telephones with Wntiseptto fluid Is urged as a means of prevent ing infection. In New Tork'clty tho Dhvslcal examination " of telephone '.operators has been taken ap by the new York, stock exenange, witnftn oblect .of safeguarding brokers against tuberculosis contamination. Several operators have been relieved from duty. v' -y.r-'y ;, jyVVVj The Interstate Railway Commission has begun a vigorous campaign with the view of Cutting down the great death list which, Is rolf.d tip every year by the railroads ol thia ountry. It will make a careful examination of any device offered which aeems to have any merit. There have already been submitted to the body no lesa than 20 devices for the prevention of collisions, : v j, s: :y.- -The first st el ship built In Nova Scotia la now under constguctlnn at New Glasgow,' which was once 'a very active wooden ship . buHdlne? centre. The new vessel s la a- schooner, the James William. Her -tonnage la about S00 and most of the material entering Into her construction waa produced In Nova .fScotla, the remain der being Imported from Great Brit ain. The rivets were all made in Dartmouth, N. 8., and tha rope for tha rigging all came from tha same town. The sails were made In Yar tpouth. The. vessel has been built without government subsidy Of ; any sort.. -?';-- A'- . -i ; J --.' V - -A government expert has ftgurea out that by the year. 285S the United States wilt be using more than 1,000, 000.000 tons of - coal a year. The average annual production In the de cade from. 1111 to 1125 :la put at (00.OAO AAA tons. The total jroauc- tlon ef 1107 was 480.t5MMx xona ah official predict that future enera- a,- .,m have . o far developed MTntbnA of subduing, and utilising other forcer of nature that the need of coal for the production of neat. light and power win to a ' tent have been eliminated." ; Knee tha bonanaa anthracite beda .have been practically exhausted the mlnlieg of the deeper and thinner beds .will increase the cost, which must be made u by higher . prices. It fc,d if the production of ntnc"f,,w" ever greatly exceed the Proufc"oft,005 1J07. which was . about AJ,000,000 gross tona, --v -' " . ;.' An excellent demonstration or the resistance of a concrete tore to eevere ahock took place gently In Indianapolis. Ind... where two acety. lena tanks on the roof of such a struc ture exploded. . 0ilrUfl hl shock would have een .attended by eerioue damage, but In this case It was confined to the malng of( two clean holeg in the roof the size of the base of the tanks. The lndowrof the .... . -A rr,.r, fit the dOOI .WCrO U1owb out, but thia did prevent the employee rrom reiurn.ua 30 minutes after the explosion. The timber gable roof of a city Are nglne house 86 feet from the drums was wrecked, and also a portion of the tor .i.. . hMir hnildln 100 feet from v. Ami Th roof was of tile ana concrete conMrucum - "' -- :- tile and 4-tnch concrete Joints, each reinforced with aoar. Tha tile was covered -with 1 inch or concrete, in materials were not injured outside the area of the hole blown, through the roof. The concrete aeemed to be shat tered, breaking away from the barf. The roof waa restored to ita original condition by using the- same bars, merely bending them back to place. A large -grab-bucket of the clam shell type, having a capacity of seven and a half cubic yards; was recently installed at Jollet, 111., in connection with a cantilever coaling bridge to re claim coal from stock plica and to feed it through hoppers to an exten sive system of belt conveyors. The hnKbx win hunrila rive to six tons per which lit Is landed on tne coai. Al though the bucket la huge and the amount of coal carried enormous, the power required to operate the bridge is comparatively small, due to the fact that the bucket is balanced, by count erweights. Tnp roDlem ot taKihg care of the ..., i. .matteF which ,ntr.8te(I electric, power Jtatien mon for aometime. Much gray matter na8 iiern expended in the endeavor , 80VC ne problem of taking care of thp extraordinary demand for current wnicn experienced at certain hours VPry day,, while at other times the capacity of the plant is not approach- ! cd. In Marlon, lnd.. the working nours of many establishments have been re- arranged for ' the purpose of taking advantage Of the favorable rates of fered to such consumers wbo win agree to shut down each day during the "peak of tho load" period. This time varies according to the season. ranging from 5:15 to 8:05 p. m. In the first half of October to 4:30 to :05 p December. I m. in the. latter part of Such a contract keeps the motor load off the station during the time of the peak, .'and makes the ratio of per? ating expenses o gross earnings much lower than Is usual In central stations of the same size. It Js customary toj wniie the other half of the transform- er is Incorporated in the base of the lamp standard. By proper transform- er design, It is possible to supply the lamps on. the standard with electrical energy when both parts of the trans former are placed one above tne oth er. The advantages of such an ar arngement are that no holes need be made in the table or coverings for the passage of the wires; while the lamp itself can be removed from the table when so desired without "disconnecting any wires. PROGRESS OP THE DAY. . Venezuela has eight-ounce beetles. The French Congo has a pigeon postal service. , - The population of Canada la now about (,500,000. The average height of the Lapland er la less than five feet. - ... Four Miles of a ' spider's would weigh one grain. thread Tbe best time for exercise Is about two hours after a meal. r '-';" v Sixty languages are In every-day use in Freetown. Sierra Leone. In Belgium a revenue of 145.000 is derived from roadside fruit trees. At least t"20.000.000 worth of Brit Ish property Is always o nthe sea. - A 7,000-foot pier Is under construc tion at ?d,B8ter"on-tnsai. England. On July C the earth is farther away from the aun than at any other time. Wheat rust la limited to no'eectlon 6r grade of grain, but la encountered f Naturalists -asserts that a healthy swallow will devour WOO files every day. .-- 1 " . Liona and tigera are too weak in lung power to run more than .half a mile. :;w ' -. , ,r ,; . - The 1 high price of meat has made many converts to the vegertarian diet. - ' : -r- , - -,', ;. . ' ; Every shilling turned out bf the English mint shows a profit of nearly three-pence. . , ,. Some of the largest ocean eteamers can be converted Into, anned cruisers in 30 hours.- -:: ; . t , . ..; - . The arrivals of wllen Immigrants lo the United Htatea In the 'year ending ff una 30 numbered Oe.OOO. compared prevloua - fiscal An- acre of cotton land In Egypt yields four times aa much as one In this country. i ; ?,- - - -'. 1 1 l -r - In no country has the ready-made clothing trade developed aa in . tha United States. 4 T - " In China more freight Is transport ed by the wheelbarrova than y any other method, ".The simple "cost of sen ting tip in type a new edition of he Bible amounts to 5000. -, - The oldest national flag In the world la that -of Denmark, which has been In use since the 121. r . There are but aeven establishments in thia country with the facilities tor casting broni statuary. . ; M An elephant's burden Is from 1,100 to 2,600 pounds, and that of a horse from 200 to 2S0 pounds. i ' .V" f The horn of a rhinoceros la not Join ed to the bone of the head, but growa on the akin like a wart. . ' . Seventy-two raoea inhabit the world ' and use 3004 different tongues. There are aboiit 1060 religious. 5 - . v i with ; 1.300,000 in the year. . , -, ; .. Out of every million letters that pass through the postofOca it la calcu latea mat only one goee-astray.- ' Louisiana 4ia 7,009,000 acres- at marsh lands which, If properly treat ed, are capableNf great fertility..; , ; : Women are barred from -the Island . of Ferdinand de Norouha, belonging .. to Brazil. -It la reserved for convicts. ' A two-mile railroad bridge has been recently completed across the Colum-' ' bla river. In the State ' ot Washing - ton.' '"',. '.'-',-..-'.- !;' When excited or frightened an ele phant can attain a speed of 20. miles an hour, and an keep it up for half a day. .. ... ':..- ' A man can hire a horse In Japan. -keep two servants and live en the fat t of the land, all for a little over 120 a month. A hen attains her beat laying ca pacity In her third year. She will lay In an average lifetime from 800 to 600 eggs. : . -' ' According to the' latest figures, the anthracite coal of Pennsylvania will last but 100 years, and the bituminous 400 years. ' . . The first English regatta took place on the Thames, between London Bridge and Mlllbank, on Friday. June 2 3rd. 1775. The record of shipbuilding on the 'Clyde In the first six months . of ' the year Is the smallest for a Hka period since 1S93. The clock at SL Chad'a Shrewabury. has a record pendulum. Ita length be ing 22 feet and the weight of the ball 100 pounds. , . The Church of England blshoprlo of Mackensle liver. In British "North America, Is five times as large aa the United Kingdom. The reclamation of the marsh lands of the United States Is one of .the most important natural developments con fronting ua at this time, r. . . .. Kums have now ' been received amounting to a total of $225,000 for the Koch endowment, to be applied In the" crusade against tuberculosis as Dr. Koch may direct. - Only two total eclipses of the sun oave been visible In London during tne isst luu yesrw. n is esumaieu that the next total eclipse visible In London will be on June 14. 215L The Manchester Ship 1 Canal Im provements, which were undertaken in 1904. hsve been completed, and vessels of 28 feet draft can now go up to the largest docks In Manchester. The Canadian government la - ex pending great sums of money In new railroad construction, In improve ment! of waterways, in. Industrial bounties, subsidies to steamships and .: In various other ways to develop ths, country. The British railways in lf07 are re ported to have had a total length of 2S.101 miles. There were 1.2(0.117,000 passengers and 615,971,000 tona of freight carried during tha year. . The gross receipts were $591,4(5,000 ana the total expenditures were $17S.085,-V 00. v f . , ;.' Since the operation of Ita subsidy law nearly 111,000,000 has been paid by the Canadian Government In bounties to IS Iron and steel companies In Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, with a view of developing ' "that In dustry. , .... -' . ; . . ' ' The production in this country dur ing 1907-of mica waa to tha value of 1392,111,. In 111 States. The Imported nfloa, waa worth 1926,259. The large and Increasing " consumption of mica . is attributed to' Its greater . use In electrical work. ? The anthracite output of about". 78.000.000 . long tona In 1907 -Wilt probably never be greatly exceeded, according' to Edward W, Parker,: of tbe United States Geological Survey, aa Ita pries' must rise so steadily as to make it a luxury. - . - , The State of Xorth Carolina la one of the most notable in the Union for. the production of gems, particularly diamonds, emeralds, rubies,, a quanta-: rmes, beryls-rhlddenlte, rhodolite, am- - ethysta and remarkable rock crystals. These gems have, been found matnlyt - ' ... In the course of mining operations, al- V , though a few systematic searches for . them have heea made and two com- ' panles are now engaged - exclusively in such work. , v. ' An Improved dynamite for blasting has been recently put-on the market " Yl which has a great advantage 4n that -1r the frees! ng point of the nitrogen la kyvered S degrees P.; moreover, when the temperature continues to ; sink atlll lower the new dynamite J freezes with extreme slowness. When froren It can be thawed with a small fraction of the time and expense ex perlenced with ordinary dynamites. l. The production of lemon oil Is , Jraportant , Italian Industry which Is carried on extensively-or the Island of Sicily.' Three methods of prMucuoq -are used the two-piece method, -ta which the lemon-Is cut in half; the pulp, removed and the oil extracted by means of pressure within a sponge and tha three-piece method. In which the lejnon la pared, the akin being re- . moved In three pieces, leaving the " pulp with a small portion of the skin adhering to each end,' the parings being pressed against a flat -eponge fur extraction. The use of machines, in the production of oil Is confined to the province of Calabria, - upon the mainland. less than t per cent, of the total output being thus manufac tured. , .... . . t s 4: :-,v 7.1': ' '
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 29, 1908, edition 1
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