A New Swedish Invention.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1216, 23 January 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

A New Swedish Invention.

The Swedish civil engineer, A. F. Westerlund, of Stookholm. has lately obtained letters patent of the United States for a very useful invention within the chemical and technical branches of science. It consists in the production of an almost incombustible coal, whioh stands between the graphite and the diamond, and is consequently named diamond coal. Its production is very pimple and inexpensive, and the invention is bo important for both hygienic and technical purposes that it oan almost be looked upon as the Colombian epg. This invention can be divided into two branches, one for hygienic and the other for technical purposes, which latter have not yet been fully compiled. The hygienic part is based principally upon the production of a ooal in felt form, which, through itß antiseptlo properties, has created quite a sensation within the medical fraternity, both here and abroad. It is known under the name of carbon wadding. Mike— Oi say, Bridget, wot Barnes to be the mather wid the young missus? She goes a-bout all day looking thot sorrowful and dhroopin', an' her oyes red wid tears. Is she disappointed' in luve d'ye think ? Bridget— Sure, Moike, oi'm at a loss to know entoirely. It was only this mornin' that she was talkin' wid the ould missus' an* I heard her say that her fate was more thon she cud bear. Mike— Poor sowle ! oi'm thinkin' Bridget, it musht be bunyuns she has on thim.— N.Y. Tims. Sober Passenger (angrily (—•' Look where yon step, man I" Tipsy Passenger (apologetically) — " Y-yes, I do ; tfie tr-trouble ia to— hie— step where I look." — Argonaut.