Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-25
Curious and Scientific.

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A FEW drops of ammonia taken in
water will check excessive perspiration
HE film of soap bubble about to
burst is only about three-fourths of the
millionth of an inch in thickness.
The Swiss papers describe looking
glasses laid over with gold, which reflect
sixteen times as powerfully as the com.
mon quicksilver mirrors.
RESEARCHES in Chinese archives show
that the architect who designed and the
engineer who built the Great Wall were
women.
| a SPRING OF water, resembling in taste
the best seltze1, has been discovered in
Santa Clara county, California.
ALL of the lower animals, and most of
the insects, as far as investigations have
been pushed, appear to have limbs on
the right side invariably stronger than
their fellows ON the opposite side.
Psychologists have not yet been able to
give satisfactory solution of the prob
lem.
HE preservation of timber by the use
OF creosote, or the dead oil of coal tar.
is claimed by some to be the most prac.
tlcable and effective method vet devised
TOR that purpose. The contrivances
which appear to be the best for this OBJ.
Ject are those that deliver the oil into
the furnace In the form of spray or
yapor, by means of a jet of steam or
blast of hot air.
IHE decomposition of paste NAV be
prevented by adding to it a small
quantity OF carbolic acid. In the same
way, the disagreeable smell which clue
mas may be prevented. If few drops
OF the solution be added to ink or
muo ilsge, they will not mold. For white.
wash, especially when used in cellars
and such places, the addition of one
ounce OF car0olic acid to gallon will
prevent mold and disagreeable odors.
In view of the alarming paragraphs
current at this time of the year concern.
ing persons who are said to have died
from drinking or bathing IN cold water
Winnie overheated," it is well for the
pubic to know that the danger in such
cases arises from doing either of the
things IN question after the body has
begun to cool. When a man is in a
great heat he may take cold plunge
OF draught with comparative impunity.
Inc peril lies IN waiting to cool off a
little before INDUCING in either luxury.
A CANADIAN inventor has lately OBJ
tanned patent for an ingenious process
by which tools, after being first fashion
ed OF wrought iron, may be converted
into steel. This is accomplished by i'm
merslng the articles into a bath of
molten cast-iron, free foom sulphur or
and charged with carbon
TO It's utmost capacity. The size of the
and the degree of hardness
required govern the time it is to remain
in the bath.
A SAMPLE of the baked heart of the
Agave Americana has been received at
the internal Revenue Bureau. This IS
piant rom which liquor known as
meScal is produced, and grows abund-
antiy IN the Territories. Application
mas been made for permission to use it
In the manufacture of spirits, and this
specimen will be fermented and dis
titled IN the Office of internal revenue
lor tne purpose of determining tsspirit-
producing capacity.
CAPTAIN OTIs F. HAMBL1s. of Nan.
Iucket, recently found in the sperm
whale, which he killed near the Gal.
Ipagos Islands, a harpoon belonging to
me snip Catawba, of Nantucket, lost
twenty years ago.
a WRITER in Harper's Weekly saws:
j, A duck found in The interior of New
Zealand Is said to differ from other
iucks IN not exhibiting any solicitude |
or the safety of its young. CAPTAIN
q an eminent naturalist, thinks
mat this supports the Darwinian theory
IS the ducks belong to genus peculiar |
% New Zealand, where there were on |
restrictive animals previous to the ar |
,lvai OF man, and in which genus, there
ore, instructive fear has not been de.
'eioped indeed, the absence of fear is
'ald to be a peculiar characteristic Of |
'he animals of New Zealand"