MANY USES FOR ALCOHOL.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 16 June 1904, Page 6

MANY USES FOR ALCOHOL.

Ka«<-oti<3-a«4D* Its AppllPower • i’ ■.« * # TheMitr of GeWiany is encourag"fitg the use of ;.i- ---• cohol for lighting, fuel and power purposes, and under the stimulus of i prujex/pffered to inventors and enjhie Constructors it is being largely mil- ! ised in various ways. Alcohol is economically.jmade from & number of product* In. Germany, - and conse'quently the supply of it is very largo. At A’reeeait ’exhibition demonstrating the use of alcohol there were shown ' a number of motors, farming impie‘jn^nts andsimilar things propelled ."by an alcohol flame. ;' There were also lamps which displayed great efficiency. In a report recently made to Washington, Consul General Gueni fher vrKtes' frond Frankfort that the - -'nhief of the Are department of Han;*orar has recently invented an alcohol ■ used in connection • with * jSh ' automobile fire engine, which lift said to be very satisfactory 'The engine is driven to the’-soeee : <4 the fire by an alcohol motor,' ; while on the way the steam ft gotten nip by the new invention noted above so that the engine Isi ttf*9yller operation immediately he Ha Itmsl on*the ground. Ordinarily » JA h*e<ftfe»y to keep the enin 'ofder th*t tie steam tfupply m*y be immediate? ■*-i0 ifsi&ble. • Otherwise mush time *ijl"fitting up steam. : tSr Dooß* ~ 'Caataea 1 AiMteat BNrt * fs.3 ftjfcft' tCTMIB'TibVWtsteftta -' ; 4 ♦ IfchM' MTftoriueriion thatths beagle bet*d : Early Roman ac’Wifil!?of HSghkftd cofitaln reference# to the bsagis, Jr even by name. Books : fr&sl about 15S0 to IftlO de•riWsrfvbml Varieties of hounds, insir) rHcg ‘"the' kittle beagle which may haurfsmed fa e men’s glove,” That tbr roinisture hound' was extremely pouwiar srt the time was evident from V’-’-ien Elisabeth keeping a pack which also, said to be small enough ’V got in a giove, a&ys the Country ' rs ,in America. This' statement im frequently ridf':■ifed'when* |t is not understood that ■ ‘■ibVtsa-’of that’period were not the breifeat-day-ldnd;' but gauntlet# reach■JJng UCsJrly to the’eibbw. What became of those glove behgise we’ may surmise from what we know of the •pisftfts of laier|aitempia to maintain v’padfcrof bcegles of eight to ten inches high, .the reiult sfter aome years, being weak puppies that,fall short of the fine qualities of tb4'Httfie hugteng dog t when they are grown up. UNCLE SAM AS MISSIONARY. Hew the Umlms Pls*n In Osbs Wave ivsovsiti br the Jomc lew) AatktfMM, Cuban cities, like Havana and Santiago,. previous bo the Spanish war, were, great breeders of pestilence, and menaces to the world. Sow yellow fever and smallpox have been practically stamped out, and the death rate in* the' island ha*'decreased one-half, and was lower in -HaWna last winter than in flaw York, say* the Woman’s • Home Companion. In HsVaue an engineer eorps instituted a gen§r«l system of houiecleaning. Every t house -.in' the icity was clsaned from, tqp.to bottom under the t ipsrvlsio* j; of . American officers, % bather the tenant was of high or low Ugras; rsmdnstha'iices availed noth■r.(. _.Ae; »»any houses were leaned month. The sewer sys.Hfu war given equal attention; the ~VhierTcsß authorities cleansed and reevery foot of Sewer, and did it v> thoroughly «nd~scientifically that !.<>t;a in the cleaning squads was ill. aLjjij aw o.'.* -A

A DIAMOND'S WORTH. * rum Xdßor Ota Be B*Med Ob wHh ! C*TtaAa*T in M*kia ff the Teat. . In deteetfcg a f»lseg*mfpotn agenda, tba X-ray, says an article on j <-ray ph*rtogr»phy, hj» Leslie's Monthly, • can. be relied <on -with abso■ute certainty.. Diamonds, aa ia well • Icnown, are pare carbon; and carbon, which ia opaque to ordinary light, ia trsn»B*rent to the Roentgen light, ¥Wk glass, whieh is transparent to r>rWr>*fy light, ia opaque to the Boentglßn H/. On an X-ray photograph ---' .1 »al diamond nothing will show ..- --r :--t shadow of the gold setting. - ; '-.leresttngejcperrmen-t was,made ] :- - ..jiin watching with the aid-of an j » rr.aebine and a nnorosccpe, mo- ! —' ..-: carried—os-4sside~of-aB-opaqoe— •y. A gooie wa« fed- with forvd •:"x*& tnih jtibnitrate" of bismuth aart, .*!xieh absorbs the X-ray. The pas«ige of th« food- down the long neck of the goose could be plainly traced by the moving shadow cut on the Suoroacope screen. , H* Xeru Talks. Gea. Kitchener recently declined to be interviewed by a soldier who has since hi* return from South Africa turned journalist. "Always pleased to are and do anything for anyone who has .<•!»--? d nnder me, but you know I aevar—" Then he smiled and shook Us head. Am Exn-etIMC Task. A womaw has written 4,070 words on one aide of a postal cord. No word is of leas than three letters, and a microscope waa used? t« complete the task, FUtrm! M»JJ by UoaK. A boat instead of a wagon is used 1 by 'the rurai free delivery mail carirerat Ifew Suffolk, L. I. The route lies along {pie shores of a small protected bay.