The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-09-19

SCIENTIFTC1ND
Pesrifed trees have bssn found n .
6Ag at Waterford, Vermont t-The
discovery of extensive cual-0elds II
Hindostan has been announced. Ooe
seam h said to be flfty FEET In thick
Dess. This is the nsst discovery -
the kind In that country.
The larges, solid iron casting sver
I I made hAS Just been turned out In Eng
land. Itis IN anvil block Weighing
one hundred and twenty-five tons, %
be placsd under . twentY ton hammer
to Jbrgse thirty-nvs ton ArmstEoog
gun. Il was too late for the JubRiee.
Ordinary jam (fruit and sugar which
have been boiled toesthsrl kssps ost-
ter u the pots Into whtch It y pourso
are tied up while hot. II the pot Of
jam be allowed to cool before It II tiso
down, Htsle germs which fall upon ie
from the air will retain their vitality,
and being shut In by the cover will
soon fall to work decomposiug the
fruit.
The Scientific American says that Il
you will have wood floon and stairs.
and wish to have your buildings frs-
proof you must lay flooring Of thick
sheet iron over the joists, and your
wood upon thai, pnd sheath the stairs
with the Same material. A door will
not burn without supply Of air under
II. Prevent drasts, sand, though thsrs
may be fires. no houses will be con-
sumed. AA 80
The New Yorksrs at last have some-
thing almost a. marvellous as the Bos-
ton Coliseum and big psacs Jubilee.
It is set Of paper car-whesls, on one
Of the Pullman cars running out from
jersey City, which have run over le0,-
600 miles Of track, have entirely out
worn one set Of steel tires. and are still
agoing. Ordinary wheels, they say,
will run only 10000 miles.
Several people Of Sacramento, Cali
fornia, have been poisoned by what ID
there known - the ''sanitary compos.
ite" water pipe, and the Board Of
Health hsve ordered its use to b dis.
continued. Water fowiDg through
this pipe, which IL belisvsd to be COM
posed OF species Of brass, was found
to contain lead and arsenic. Look out
for things which have high-sOunding
aud promising names.
The Boston Journal OF Chemistry
calls attention to . method adopted in
Portugal for preserving fish. It con-
sists in removing the viscera, and
sprinkling sugar over the interior.
keeping ths fish In . horizontal poai-
ton. 20 that the sugar may psnetrats
- much a. possible. Fish prepared In
this way may be kept completely
fresh long time. A tablespoonful Of
sugar IL sufficient for . five. pound flsh.
Alaska proves richer In valuable
treasures than had been anticipated.
The latest discovery is Of plentiful 70
mains Of elephants. An enthusiastic
writer reports the finding Of enormous
quantities OF bones. and Of - supply
Of ivory sufficient to last the world for
centuries. The valleys Of al the
streams and all the low grounds are
filled with bones and tusks." Neither
Europe nor America has now climate
fitted to the existence Of the elephant.
"Half horss and half slligators was
once the slang phrase BY which the
fowdy Of the South described hisneelf.
But even our fine gentlemen Of the
North may find this IN appropriate
title wherewith to designate thslr
boot. For during the past few months
. gentleman Of Jacksonville, Fla, hes
shipped to parties In Beaton one thoos-
and four hundred and ninety alligator
skins. The uppen are used for boots,
the tops Of which are made Of horse or
COW skin.
The Medical Independent knows Of
. gentleman In Western town who
lately counted seventy ladies, In If
teen minutes, all in the streets chew
ing gum; and comments upon tho
bad effects of such . habit. It injures
the teeth, wastes saliva, exhausts VI
tai force. and "diverts attention from
duty or study, aud is one OF the many
familiar modern modes Of killing
time" besides being an indecent prac-
tice. But why is II not a. healthy
and decent for lady to chew gum, o.
II is for q gentleman to chew tobacco?
It is not nearly as nasty.