The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-30
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

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dead human bodies, preserved accord
ing to the Brunetti method, which are
as hard rs stone, retaining the natural
shape perfectly, and being equal to the
best wax models.
IT II a curious fact that cats can not
survive when kept about a lead'pipe
mandatory. The experiment has been
tried frequently at one Of the largest
manufactures in New York, and in
every instance the cat has gradually
lost flesh and died within three months.
RELIGIOUS ELEoTRICrTY Recently III
New YORK city, at the dedication Of the
new and splendid Jewish Synagogue,
corner of Lexington avenue and Fifty
third street, n portion Of the first cllop-
ter of Genesis was sung by the choir,
mud o. the wOras "Lct there be light
and there was light" were uttered with
n grand burst Of melody, the whole
church was instantaneously lighted II
by electricity. Thus il is that modern
science lends her aid to give eject to
tie %ROlemnities Of her servants,
IMPROVED METHOD oF Drying CLoTn
FABRICS. An improved method OF dry
ing clOd textures, devised by Basiaert,
nnl one that probably may be applied
ndvantageouBly on n large scale N the
laundry, consists in passing them over
~pryeral rows of aperatures in iron pipes,
ont Of whirh superhearted steam issues.
This penetrates the cloth and dries 1t,
in virtue OF the tendency Of the steam
TO absorb water and its high tempcra-
ture. The steam is drawn into u flue
above, in which there is n strong cur
rent of air. One advantage OF the pro-
cess is that the original surface OF The
web IL not exposed to the injury 1t is
apt to sustain from contact with heated
drums or plates in tho ordinary process
ELIMINATE or Iron "PHoToGRAPmc Pa
PER.-The British journal Of Photo
graDhy announces n remarkable com
pound of gummic acid and scsqui- oxide
Of iron which renders paper coatcd with
it sensitive to light. To prepare it we
IRE directed to add ammonia carbon
ate, carefully and with continual stir
ring, to solution Of Besqui-chloride OF
iron, until the mixture cflervescc9 vlo
lcutly. Filter the liquid, saturate the
paper with it, dry III the dark, and then
cover it with u tolcrably thick film o'
gum arabic, and n layer OF gummate Of
IRON will Immediately form upon IT,
Paper thus prepared does not become
deep yellow for some time, and, if pen
fectly dry, remains very flexible Tor Il
long period, and retains II fine gloss.
EFrECr or MANURE ON WEEDS. The
application OF manrlreB suited to partlc.
ular kinds of cultivated plants appears
70 have mn excellent effect in checking
tho growth of weeds which otherwise
would prove injurious. In regard to
clover, it was found that when the land
wn8 wholly unmanured the weed
formed iiity-seven per cent. Of the en-
tire yield but that the application o
gypsum reduced the proportion o
weeds TO two per cent. NItrogcnou
manurrs have had very slight effect, an'
phosphate manureB but little more
We must not from this, however, con
gider gypsum IA m antidolc 10 weed
in general, since it is n specific mGnur
for clover, and gives it n power to strul
glo successfully with the weeds I'M
crowd them out.
Discovery or An OLD SEwINd-MA
CHINE PATENT.-lhe discovery is IN
nounced of IN old English patent
granted July II, 1890, to Thomas Sain,
for II "machine for sewing boots, sh e'
etc" which is alleged to contain suI
stantinlly the same mechanism M til,
which forms the basis Of existing Anne
NNN llttNiilllNNs We HhNb ipDN''l wv
the drawings and specification of III
old patent, and find them rather dcfr
tive; still it IL possible that the mnchil
could be made to work. II makes u
loopstitch, contains m nwl for pune
ing the hole Tor the needle, apparent
e ploys the cye-pointed needle, n
hN1a horizontal feed. But If any ho
rErects by the production of this G,
tuEancc in cOurf to lnvalidato any
"dv existing patents for shoe mach
~, We think they are destined To Il
40 ointment. The Saint machine VIII
II il interesting as mn old curiOsi
could not possibly be substituted
~" elective devices cmpIOye in d
country. The Saint invention ben
DbOut the same relation to modern We
ing-mnchines that the ancient rcvOlyi
pintOls do to the existing repeating III
arnis. The first, indeed, exhibited /
revolving principle, but practically W,
GOOD for nothing. so Of tho early
tcmpts Mt sewing machinery, includi
That OF Saint they may show the ~
pointed needle, tho loop.stitch, and
iced, but still are, practically, usele
Tho ideas OF American inventors had
bo adopted before sewing-machin
we're made useful to the world. Sci,
hdc american.
SEwIHd-M MACHINE LABOR AND HEALT
Constant labor at the sewing-machi
is said to provoke certain maladi
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