The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-03-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The discovery Of O copper niue at Isle Royal,
Mivn is reported. 1t yields ore OF quality sim
liar TO those OF the Calumer and Hecla mines on
the south shore of Lake Superior. The ore has
reen IORnd at points IA miles apart
Pure glycerine should not produce, when locally
&ppl ed, burning sensation, which it always docs
when the fatty acids are not all extracted. Bnt
even absolutely pure glycelinc, when undilnttd'
10 water-extractng body 1t should therefore,
when used Ne a cosmetic. or for medlcal appllca-
ton, be always diluted with water
Hot alum wster IL a recent suggestion as ar IN
seSticidc Take two pounds OF ANN and dissolve
II in three or four quarts OF boiling water; lei 1t
stand on the fire until the alum disappears, then
apply 1t with brush, while nearly boiling hot,
to every Joint and crevire in your closets, bed
leads, psLtrs shelves, and the like.
The Great Northern Teiegraphic Company hiss
recen ~ established line betwet n Woosing and
Shanghai Twenty words are sent for dullar
This IL the nrst successful attempt to in'rocuce
The telegraph II rough The main portion of the EN-
pire. AZ previous etforts have been met with vio-
lent opposition from he people, who cat the wires
and destroyed the poles.
slates, ins,sad of being fastened to tn roof may
be fastened by ms vable hooks, about inches
long, which are solderee % c0nicsly formed zii c
plates, 4t,6 inches long. The method is said TO
make roof watertight.
Baron Rchthofen whites from China that he has
discovered, near Bangtcheu, eat Of Lake Pajsng,
Huhi tha
nAarly three thouSa years manufactured their
porcelain. He found that the materials stone OF
greensh color AID Of the hardness of fol par, end
10 placed in the strata between clay slate The
stone IS ground into fine powcer, the finest part
icles Of which are again separated and formed in
to emalI bricks.
when taken in consid cradle quantities for
long tin G. alcohol apt to produce deToflt OF ial
and fatty degeneration of organ, rendering per
sen not ouly lees ca pable Of work, but LIABLE %
disease.
Dim writing nes1ly effaced by age may be re.
stored blythe application Of soIution of nrussiste
of potash in water Wash the parts with hair
pencil, and the writing will appear If the paper
has net been destroyed.
By the eoundngs of John Mckinney, an ezpert-
sneed navigator and oldresdent in the vicinity Of
Lake Tahoe, Cal. the greatest depth of that re- |
msTkaAle body of water is found to be 1.645
A solution of pearlash in water. thrown upon
fire, extinguiphes it instantly; the proportion is
ounces, dissolved in hot water, and then poured
MO o bucket of common water.
Prof. lie Con;e, at recent m aeting OF the Cali
'ornia Academy of Sciences, stated that the great
overflow Of lava in the West proceeded from the
Cascade Mountains in Oregon which were of them
elves enc vast mass OF lava. Fron this point {
he lava overaowed gre t port Of Oregon, /
washington Territory, all Of northern California
md vast sections of vada, Montana and Idaho
The lava floor covered an AREA at al least two hun
lred thousand sqnsre miles, far az exploIed,
nd it would probably be found to extend over
urfaes III three hundred Thousand square miles o
ito limit northe had never been determined e
The depth Of the lava crust varied from up aids +
Il three thonpand feet in the Cascade and Blas :.
on atain Iegi ON to one and wo hundred .est and
At points the cutter edge OF the over
low Where the tienendols gorge Of the Coluu,
Va river cut through the lava bed, it had depth
II three thousand five hundred feet
Professor Dana states that during the Heidelberg
ra, the Connecticut valley was wide coral grow G
ng sea, separating eastern from western New t,
England. C
The Physiological benefit of anghter is thus ex II
'lai aed by pr. e. Heeker: The comic like tickling I,
n ra%o ati0 IF I ha Z hotip hyt
which the caliber OF the vascular portions Of the
ystem is diminished and heir nervous power in
reaeed. The average pressure the cerebral yes
els on the brain substance is thus decreased, and
his 10 compensated Tor by he forced expiration y
f laughter. and the larger amount Of blood thus a
allied 10 the lungs. a
The exclusion OF damp from brickwerk has long I
,een an imE Ortant problem nth builders II If u
tated that one Of the most effective methods o.
his object is the following: Thre
uarieSs OF pound Of moftled soap are dissolved
one gallen OF boiling water aud the hot solution
pread stssdily wi h fat brush over the cute, T
ulfAcs Of the brckwork. being taken that Il e
oes not lather TINS Ia allowed 10 Cry for twenty G.
on hours, when q solution, formed Of a quarter u
4 a peund OF alum dissolved in Two gallons OF ;,
Vater, 10 applied in similar manner over the Q
eating sf soap. The soap and alum form an In :,
oluble va-nish, which the rain is unable to pen =
tra,e and this eauso of dsmpnsss is thus said 10
'e effecluslIy removed. The operation snould be
performed in dry, settled weather
LOUIs.AGhSSIZ.
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