The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-10-30
CURIOUS AND scTFNTIrIC.

OF y week may not Be Injurious to
health, and women d, particular robust
physique may endure many. bours OF
sueh iabor without unusual fatigue,
but to the delicate and weak, the conse-
qnencies are very often serious. The
state, be4.rd Of Massachusetts recently
made this subject of special object OF
inquiry, and in their report says ''This
unnatural movement of the feet upon
the old tseadle, for eight 81 nine honrs
daily, bends 70 produce ia a large pro
portion OF women. fatigue, pain. and
cramps in the limba. back and loins, the
degree q Vhioh viii dc pend MON ahs
Phyaica eaPaeity OF The individual ma
the material which Is being made up.
II this labor is persisted int result is
that physical deterioration may be in.
dueed, the constitution being insi
OuslY weakened, in which condition
certain specific diseases, particularly
those peculiar TO women, may be devel
oPed and aggravated by the abnormal
amount Of blood forced into the pelvic
organs, or If no special disease is de
velOped, their reduced condition is made
manifest by the decided manner in
which trivial illnesses affect. them.', The
proPrietOrs of some OF the New Eng
land factories, where large number OF
sewinR-machines are employed, have
introduced steam power With beneRcial.
results to the health Of their operatives,
and it is e. be hoped that their exampl,
will be followed elsewhere.
PKRsIsTRNT AcTIvIsll OF A BIoHRo-
MATE LMAGE, According to Marion OF
Paris as announced in nature, if
bichromate photographic image, prin
ted lin the sun, be brought into contaci
with another bichromate surface
in the dark, a. similar impression
will be made upon tho latter. in fact,
a carbon picture fresh from the frame
can, be employed as a printing block,
from which any number OF impressions
can be obtained. asif q sutiiOisnta qnan-
tity, of sunlight had been stored mn in
the original impression to produce an
sotiye effect by merely bringing the sur
face 10 coetaet. This discovery, If yeti.
fed, is-Sonaidered Of very great ina.
portance, since il is alledged that IL
single Photograph be printed in the sun.
we can from this procure large mum.
Der of copies, all of which will be a.
delicate and vigorous q the original.
For this purpose, a sheet of ReIatine.
senHilized it'll bichromate of potash. il
put under a negative and printed il
then Withdrawn from the printing
frame, and immersed in a weak soln.
luton Of bichromate of potash, which
sweils mp those portions Of the surfac.
that have not been attacked by light.
and thus produces picture in relief
The sheet Of gelatine is then put into 3
press and impression from it taken oD
sensitive carbon tissue, the block beino
moisfened from time to time with hi
chromate solution. The copies TINS
produced upon the tissue are not full,
printed, and can not be developed NJ
once; they are simply incipient or ma.
scent pictures, and they require preser-
walton in, the, dark for some hours t.
allow the action Of thefigh to continue
exactly in the ssme way as if the car.
bon tissue had been exposed to sunli0bt
for few minutes. When The print,
have been kept sufficiently they are de.
veloped in warm water, and fine, Wig,
orous copies are the result. $500
faEsERvED HUMAN BoDuEa.-Tbe
Italians are said TO exhibit specimens of
dead human bodies, preserved accord.
ing to the Brunette method, which ar,
as hard as stone, retaining the natural
shape perfectly, and being equal to the
best wax models.
1T Ii curious fact that cats can not
survive when kept about a lead.pin,
mandatory. The experiment has beer,
tried frequently at one of the larpest
mnnufaotories in New York, and IN
every instance the cat has gradually
lost hesh and died within three months
RELEeIoUs EIEorRIcITY. -Reaentiy n,
New YorK city, 80 the dedication of the
new and splendid Jewish synagogue,
corner Of Lexington avenue and Fifty.
third street, portion of the first chm.
ter Of Genesis was sung by the choir.
aud as the woxds "Let there be light
and there was light" were uttered with
a grand burst of melody. the Who'll,
church was instantaneously lighted u
by electricity. Thus il is that modern
science lends her aid TO give effect e.
the aolemnities of her servants.
IMPROVED METHOD OF DRYING CEoTH
FABRios.--An improved method of drv.
ing cloth textures, devised by Bastaert,
and one that probably may be applied
advaptageously on a large scale in th,
laundry, CONSISTS in passing them ovei
several rowspf aperatures in iron pipes
out OF which tuperhearted steam issues
This penetrates the cloth and dries it
in virtue of the tendency of the steam
TO absorb water and its high tempera
ture. The steam is drawn into a flu,
above, in which there is strong cur
rent of air. One advantage of the pro
cess is that the original surface Of tn,
web is not exposed 70 the injury it i
apt to sustaiii from contact with heate,
drums or plates in the ordinary process
GUMMATE or Iron PHoroaRAPmo PA
PER-The British Journal of Photo
graphy announces remarkable com
pound Of guTnmio acid and sesqui-oxid
of iron which renders paper coated Wit
it sensitive to light To prepare IL W
are directed 10 add ammonia carbon
ate, carefully and with continual stir
ring, TO solution of sesqui-ehloride @
iron, until the mixture effervesces vic
lently. Filter the liquid, saturate th
paper with it, dry in the dark, and the
cover y with atolerably thick flna {
gum arabic, and a layer Of eummate {
iron VIII Immediately form upon i
Paper thus prepared does not becom
deep yellow for some time, and, II PEI
fectly dry, remains very flexible for
long period, and retains a fine gloss.
EFFECT OF MASuRs on WiEEDA-Th