. Electrical news and engineering . e bison, on the plains of the Cireat West, found theaccommodating posts could be pleasantly used as curry-combs. They were, however, not at all durable for thispurpose, as the bison gave them vigorous usage. Toprotect the poles from such treatment, sharp iron spikeswere driven into a large number of them. But thisingenious device did not work weU, for the buffalosregarded the spikes as a great improvement to theircurrycombs, and chose the spiked poles every time inpreference to the others. RESIGNATION OF MR. RUTHERFORD. Mr. \V. Rutherford. engineer o
. Electrical news and engineering . e bison, on the plains of the Cireat West, found theaccommodating posts could be pleasantly used as curry-combs. They were, however, not at all durable for thispurpose, as the bison gave them vigorous usage. Toprotect the poles from such treatment, sharp iron spikeswere driven into a large number of them. But thisingenious device did not work weU, for the buffalosregarded the spikes as a great improvement to theircurrycombs, and chose the spiked poles every time inpreference to the others. RESIGNATION OF MR. RUTHERFORD. Mr. \V. Rutherford. engineer of tlie GeneralElectric Company, has resigned his position, to accept the man-agfement of the electric traction department, which s now beingestablished by the well-known English engineering and conlract-ng firm of Dick, Kerr & Company. Mr. Rutherfords experience in mechanical and electrical engi-neering, gained first in Cardiff, Wales, then with tlie Thomson-Houston International Electric Company in South America and. , SCHOOL OF Pr.\CTICAL SCIENCE, TORONTO. opposition to the land wires offered by the animal crea-tion. We are told that in some parts of Norway, thelovier part of the poles has to be protected in order tokeep the bears from clawing them to pieces, under thesupposition that the humming of the wires is the droneof insects within the posts. The large woodpecker ofNorway and the green woodpecker of California, prob-ably deceived in the same manner as the bears, boremyriads of holes in the posts. Our busy Canadianwoodpecker appears to be more sagacious—at least hisattacks on the telegraph pole have not been frequentenough to be anywhere recorded. In the tropics, theposts have been treated with creosote, where iron polesare not used, to prevent the destructive raids made bythe white ants. Monkeys find the wires of the tele-graph make delightful performing bars, and frequentlyuse them in their gymnastic exercises, thus causing aserious l
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