Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-17
Scientific and Practical.

| NOioHtLuc anu STacIlcals
BoRNEo has tree the nut of which
yields vegetable tallow. The trade in
the article promises to become one of
great Importance.
! BLAcKcLEAD pencil or crayon drawings
may De liked by smearing the back of
tae sheet OF paper with a solution of
shellac in alcohol
fAw beef chopped up fine with onions
Is a new feed which Germans consider
cure or preventive of dyspepsia. as
well as lung diseases.
A GRAND RAPIDS MANUFACTURING firm
obtains its motive power from a water.
wheel a quarter of mile distant. bv
means of half a mile of cable wire
stretched on pulleys across the Grand
river.
1T has been discovered that work in a
room covered with yellew ochre nro.
duces pain in the head and ewes. and
general melancholy; and that the same
inspires health and exhileration.
1T Is asserted upon the authority of
the contractor for removing the debris
from the Lindell Hotel lot, in ST Louis
that the other day his work men turned
up, twenty feet below the surface
burning mass which had been buried
over five years.
BY lining the bolt holes in wooden
constructions with mixture of grease
and zinc filings, French mechanic has
discovered simple method of preserv.
ing iron bolts, the effect of the contact
oeing to galvanize the iron, and thus
protect it from oxidation.
1T is now proposed to utilize scrans IF
leather or skin by manufacturing from
tnem paper IN combination with RAGS
or other tbrous substances. For this
purpose the refuse cuttings of any kind
OF leather are taken, those of calfskin
however, being preferred.
TYNDALL, the eminent chemist. who
was expected to visit this country dur.
ing the present autumn, will DELAY his
visit until winter. 1t is probable that
his friends here have advised this. as .
course OF scientific lectures during q.
heated political canvass would scarcelv
receive the attention that our people
would be glad to give them.
The following is a scale of the average
duration of animal life from the most
celebrated writers on natural history
A hare will live 10 years, cat 10. a goat
8, sheep 10, a dog from IA to 20. an OK
20, swine %, a pigeon s, turtle-dove
%, partridge %, a raven 100. an EAGLE
100, goose 100.
The good effects Of associated action
have never been better illustrated than
IN the establishment of cheese factories
IN the United States. The improve.
ments that have been introduced into
the manufacture of this important arti-
Gle OF diet have through this agency
been SO great that the American pro-
duct now completes with the best En-
gllsh IN the London markets, whereas #
was almost unstable twenty years ago.
If flowers do not mature well, thew
may be made to do SO by placing half
an inch Of powdered charcoal on the
earth in the pot. Another authority
asserts that a solution or suspension Of
white hellebore in water NAV he used
with great advantage in destroying the
insects that intest so many Towering
plants. A fair friend has tried the en-.
pertinent with success, and reports that
II the bugs sneezed as she did, it was
no wonder that they lost their lives.
PEOPLE who are unable 10 90 to sleen
at night will be glad to know that an
instrument, constructed by an ingeni.
Gus German, when placed under a mat
tress, is calculated, by soothing strains.
to persuade the most troubled con.
science into sweet oblivion and gentle
slumber. 1t also will, at a set time.
awaken the happy sleeper by lively
selection from one of Offenbaca's operas
This little instrument is provided with
a tune appropriate for any occasion.
even that OF death or funeral service,
2. dead march being among the selec.
tons.