CURIOUS METHOD OF IRRIGATION USED IN NORTHERN INDIA It consists of a series of wheels or pulleys and cords, and is known as the Sultan water lift. By this means two oxen and a man can irrigate about five acres a day. RUNS GYRO AUTO SCHILOWSKY, Russian engineer, believes wholly in the monorail system, the principle of which was first developed by Brennan, an Englishman. The Russian recently appeared on the streets of South Kensington, England, with an automobile of gigantic proportions, supported by but two wheels. The machine worked on the gyroscopic principle, but it weighed three tons and was capable of running at a speed of only four miles an hour. The same engineer's monorail train was demonstrated before the Imperial College of Science and Technology, and worked successfully. It is distinguished by the fact that but a very small gyroscope seems to be necessary for its operation, and that only on the electromotive unit. The objections which have prevented the gyroscopic principle from being used for transportation have been the difficulty of handling the machine on curves. This difficulty has, however, been overcome to a certain degree by Schilowsky, and he may have solved the problem through a governor which adjusts the speed of the gyroscope. he has, the long expected revolution in methods of transportation, with all side shocks eliminated, as in the bicycle, should follow. THE GYRO AUTOMOBILE WHICH WEIGHS THREE TONS It ran successfully through the streets of an English town at four miles an hour. It is still far from practical. USEFUL KITES A FLOOD in the Si Now CALLED TORPEDO BOATS The new submarines for the Navy are so large and powerful that they are called submarine torpedo boats. lanus River, Cali- STUFFS SAUSAGES ELEC- THE HE electric power control of the automatic sausage stuffer is so arranged that the sausages are quickly and evenly filled. To achieve this result, the governorthe small weight on the lever at the bottom of the picture-is adjusted for the pressure required in the sausage. When the outlet at the bottom of the large sausage cylinder is opened, the electric drive motor forces down the piston in the cylinder, compressing the sausage. When the pressure reaches the predetermined SAGES EVENLY point, the governor is lifted, throwing off the electric current until the pressure shooting out of again decreases after more sausage has been forced from the cylinder. When sufficient sausage has left the outlet from the cylinder to lower the pressure within the cylinder, the governor weight automatically drops, switching on the current. to the motor that operates the plunger in the large sausage cylinder. Thus economy is effected in the use of current, which is only required during a part of the time that work is being done in manufacturing the sausages. on the other hand, that the planting of trees along the elevated tracks might be encouraged, to shut off the view of the unsightly back yards and rear porches that presents itself to passengers on the trains and for some years the elevated people themselves have tried to influence owners and tenants in this direction. The modern tendency in civic life is to make the best of a bad outlook. With increasing congestion, it is not always possible for even those comparatively well to do to avoid living in a neighborhood that has certain distinctive drawbacks. By such methods, however, as are here outlined, such disadvantages can be largely minimized. EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN; Two KINDS OF NEW YORK HOTELS In one a girl may obtain a clean bright room for twentyfive cents. It was built by Miss Sarah Switzer, a New York philanthropist. The other is a finer hotel which caters to women of more means-the Martha Washington. |