The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-14
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CURE FOR BONE FELoS.-The follow
ing is said to be good remedy for this
cause of suffering Take common rock
salt, such as is used for sailing down
pork or beef dry it in an oven then
pound it fine, and mix with spirits Of
turpentine in equal parts. Put it in a
rag and wrap it around the part affect
ed, and as it gets dry put on more, and
in twenty-four hours you are cured-the
felon is dead
A CHIMNEY THAT WILL NOT Smoke
The Scientific American gives the fol-
lowing hints TO those who would build
chimney which will not smoke" The
chief point is to make the throat not less
than four inches broad and twelve
inches long then the chimneys should
be abruptly enlarged to double the
size, and so continue for one foot or
more then it may be gradually taper
ed off as desired But the inside of the
chimney, throughout its whole length
to the top, should be plastered very
smooth with good mortar, which will
harden with age. The area of the
chimney should be at least half a square
foot, and no flues less than SIXTY are
inches The best shape for Chimney
is circular, or many-sided. as giving less
friction Obrick is the best mas6fal, as it
is non-conductor), and the higher
above the roof the better.
IT appears that the French Govern
ment, by the grant of a concession for
the manufacture and sale Of matches,
is about to realize n revenue Of 81 ,200,-
600 per annum, with a probability of
its being increased to 81, 900. 900. Look
ing at the success of an analogous i'm
post in America (remarks the Times),
and at the losses sustained by insurance
offices and the public by the reckless
distribution of these articles, owing TO
their almost total want of value, some
doubt may perhaps gradually arise as
to the propriety of the ridicule heaped
last year upon the proposition of our
own Chancellor of the Exchequer.
MANsARD, whose roofs are the subject
Of so much obloquy at present. was
superintendent of Public Buildings in
the reign of Louis XIV. 1t is told Of
him that he possessed TO a remarkable
amount the power Of subtle fattery,
which he used to practice with great in
genuity upon the King. He would
sometimes submit plans, portions OF
which were purpcsely made 50 imprac-
ticable. not to say absufd, that the King
could not avoid detecting and pointing
out the absurdities, whereupon Man
sard would declare that il his Majesty
had not been king he 4N,ld have
made first-class architect. blaming
himself the while for having mad snch
blunders. 1t is not stated whether tho
famous roof is one of these latter, nor
whether the King took fire at il when it
was shown 10 HIM.
THE Smallest sized sewing silk manu-
factured measures about 2000 yards, or
over one and one-fourth miles. to tho
ounce. Even in tno construction OF
this variety sometimes 200 to 400 fbres
of the material as originally spun by
the silkworm are required The vermi-
form artists Which produce this beauti-
full material do not spin threads of uni
form size. The smallest fibre Of silk,
as wrought by the worm into the exqui-
site structure of its cocoon, is 80 inf
nitely minute that every ounce Of tha
manufactured thread is supposed to con>
tain nearly 1000 miles Of this iioss-likp
strand, and many puny animals some
times elaborate fibre of such marvel.
GUS tenuity that less than four pounds
of the thread. avoifdupois. would reach
round the world.