, 1874-06-14

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it. Taxing the hint, he made q liquid according
", drew some figures upon q piece OF glass
covered them with Tarnish. and applied his cor
roding fluid, cut away the glass, around hls
the figures appeared raised upon DARK
ground; and etching upon glass mas addod tt
the ornamental arts. Alois sonefe1der, play.
wright aud actor, thinking it possible to etch
upon stone in lieu Of copper, polished slab fol
tho purpose. He was disturbed BY his mother
| coming into his small laboratory with request
that he would jot down her 1iet OF things for the
wash. a. the roman Was waiting to take tho
| basket away. There being neither paper nor ink
handy, 6enefelder scribbled the items on Ills
stone with his etching preparation, that he might
copy them at Lis leisure. Some time afterwards,
when about to clean the stone. he thought he
might as well see what would be the effect Of
biting the stone with aqua-fortis, and in a few
Taking up polt-ball charged with printing-ink,
he linked the stone, took OF & few Impressions
upon paper, md
BE BAD INVENTED LrrHodRAPHY-
Tho pelt-ball used BY Benefeldor was long In
dispensabte = printing~ofice. A Salopian
lind his ball, and linked the form with pisca OF
soft glue that had fallen out OF the glue-pot
with such excellent results, TINT he thenceforth
discarded the pelt-ban altogether. aud, by add
ing treac!e to the glue, to keep il from harden
ing, hit upon the composition OF which printers
rollors have ever since been made.
Three very different discoveries are recorded
to have resulted from the un,ntentional
application OF intense heat Plny attrib-
utes tho discovery OF glass to Bome mcr-
on tie banks Of river to take meal, wero
at loss for stones to rest their kettles upon.
Putting them upon pieces OF nitro, they ktndled
their fires the nitre, dissolved BY the heat,
mixed with the sand, and the merchants we're as
tonlshed to see transparent maIter flowing over
the ground, which WAS nothing else but glass.
Charles Goodyear had for years experimented in
vain, hoping to deprive 1ndia-rubber OF its sus-
ceptihlllty to the action OF heat and cold Con-
versing With friend on the subject, he empha-
phured rubber across the room. It lighted upon
the store and uhou he picked 1t up. q few days
afterwards, he found the intense heat to which
it had been subjected had dconforrod upon the Iu-
disrubher just the quality he had so long striven
to impart to it. According to some. he stumbled
upon the discovery in q different manner; bur,
at any rate, vulcanized India-rllbber WAS the
CREATION OF AN ACCIDENT
Il Limerick tobaccunist, looking dolefully at
his poor neighbors cropping among the shoulder
ing ruins Of his burned-out shop, noticed TINT
some OF them, after trying the contents Of cer-
tain caniBters, carefully loaded their waistcoat-
pockets from them. He followed suit, and
found the snuff had come out Of the fiery ordeal
Like wiso man, he said nothing, but took
another place, set up a Tot Of ovens, and be-
fore long, Black Yard Snuff-other,rise Irish
was all the rago with lovers Of
nasal Utilization; and In few years Lundyfoot |
was rich man, owing to the accident he thought |
had ruined him. wou1d-be alchemist, seeking |
to discover what mixture Of earths would make
the strongest crucibles, one deJ found ho Ind |
made porcelain. Instead OF transmitting metals |
as he had fondly hoped to do, Bottger tranarnu-
ted himself; IS as II he had been touched with |
conjurer'a wand, he Was on sudden trans |
formed /
FROM An ALcHE11sr KTo POTTER"
Cornelius Drebbel placed in his window some !
sxtract Of cochinea with which he intended to |
6ll thermometer; into this soma a4ue-regia
it, and Dtebbel's purple liquid mas converted
into beautiful scarlet one. How this came to
oass puzzled him not q Little, but he ascertained
hat the aqua-regia Lad dissolved some OF
he tin OF the window-frama on its way to
he cochineal. falling this to his son-in-
aw, Kufrelar, q dyer at Leydcn, tbs lattar
urned the information to such good account
hat Ku1elar's Color, as it WAS called, proved
! little gold mine to its godfather. Bechmann
'a2s !" Through the means OF Colbert, one Of
,aling the German scarlet dye from one Glnck,
md the Parisian dye soon rosa into 30 great ro-
'ute that the popu1ace imagined that Gobelin
lad acquired his art from the devil all be-
ause Drebbol chosd to make uso Of broken
'ottle. Mrs East, the wife Of an English paper
maker, Is sad to have been the first producer ct
DLuE-TSTED WR1T1SG-PAPER-
ioing among the rats whio tho workmen we're
way for their dinnerh hour. she let blue bag fall
Dto one OF them, and, horriRed at the mischief
he had done, said not word about the matter
he spoiled paper Was hidden nway in his ware
ouse by the angry papermaker for four years
hen he sent 1t to his London agent to be sold
or what it would fetch. The novelty was nd
took Of blue paper at high price, but asked for
1orc. Then Mrs. East unboaomed hersaif,
laimiug new c1oak rs the reward Of her for
unate careiessness; and her husband was ena-
led for while to reap rich harvest. until
be- demand became so great TINT other makers |
eriscd means for the same end. and manufac~
ured blue pnper as matter Of course. Even
hose now necessary utilities envelopes, origin
ted accidentally: 4 Brighton stationer took a
,ncy for dressing his window with piles of
the smallest size in use, aud, to fnieh his pyr-
nids oil nicely, he cut cards to bring them to a
oint. Taking these cards for diminusiye note-
aPcz, lady customers were continually wanting
'me OF that dear little paper" aud the e:a-
oner found it advantageous to cut some paper ]
} the desired pattern. But then there was no !
,ace for addressing the potelets when they :
ere folded; and, after much cogitation,
He INVENTED THE ENVELOPE, Z
hich he cut with the aid OF metal plates mado 4
r the purpose. Tbs sale increased so rapidly I
at le Was unable to produce his envelopes fast :,
Eough; go he commissioned 3 dozen houses to | =
AXE them for him, and thus set going an i'm
rtant branch OF the manufacturing stationery =
adc. q
At the time of the last war between En- |
and and France, a brig, command = =
by an American, was captured o.
San Domingo by the Sparrow cutter, O
der the belief that she WAS smiling uDder false /
Lors or at any rate carried euemy's goods. The l l
m1ra1ty Court at Port Royal found the ships :.
peru perfectly correct; and, Us the Captain I
ore hard and fast to her American nationality, | Z
. Court decided in his favor. The Yankee I'M +
'diately commenced proceedings against tho /
arrows commander, Lieut.. Wylie, for the iue- s.
capture. While the case WAS pending, d T
all tender, in charge OF Midshipman i 4
lton, entered the port, aud the 70
ung officer being friend of Wylie's Y
mt on board the Sparrow, and Was not long r
Tore he became acquainted with the latters L
sfortune, and most Unexpectedly delighted -
q by declaring the brig Was lawful prize, and :,
proof forthcoming. It appeared that the /.
'der. cruising near where tha sparfow's ii
lse began, sighted shark which was upon .
* in very short time. Hearing the men x
ployed cutting the monster up cry out; !. y
tand by to receive letters, boys; the post r
MS come on board" " 1[r. FELTON, went to see u, a.
at it meant, and received bundle Of papers oti
t takop from the sharks nav. Upon e1au- | a.