The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-07-02
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC,

A Lone RopE. What is believed to
be the longest o p in the world has
been recently on view at Messrs. Frost'e
walk, Shadwell, England. II is n gran.
mel rope, $1,000 fathoms long without
n splice, and has been made for the
Siemens telegraph company. II il made
Of three strands, the diameter of the
completed rope being two inches.
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lhE oEASoN IN EUROPE The spring
or summer season opened with unusual
~ not weather IN Europe, but soon af-
terWard severe cold seems to have set
~, Tho sudden change is accounted
Tor by M. DE Fonyiclle, n French sa
want, by the fact that the earth is pass
ing behind n ring Of asteroids, which
ab8or' n portion OF the suns warmth,
horizon. The temperature will not re-
sumo is ascensional movement until
the annual rotation shall have carried
our sphere from the shadow OF the null
tltndo Of small planets which is always
projected on the same point Of II orb,
N'hF oTREAM SOrNDINGS. IL APP
pears from the %soundings made by the
Challenger expedition, from both the
New YORK n the Halifax sections, that
the true Gulf stream or Florida cur,
rent Is Il lIml ed river of supcrheatcd
water of which the breadth is about
Sky miles near Sandy Hook, while near
li"IllaX 1T has separated into divergent
streams, forming a sort of delta, its
dcpth Gas determined by the use Of the
current drag) bong nowhere more than
one hundred fathomS. This river rests
upon t'c rciharkabie stratum OF Sixty TO
H'Aty,-lVc degrees, the thickness Oh
WIlcn distinguishes the Western IRON
'iic T.tStcrh Atlaltlc between bcrmliua
ana azores WINE at less than double
'"c "ePth Oh tIl'G layer we come lhto
mos DIRECT IRON TINE OkE. NE. f.
w. Gerhard, OF Stailordshlrc, has lately
lntfouucru II ne" process ny winch plld-
area IRON IS obtained direct from the
ore, tllr pIast furnace beng dispensed
"Itn' instead OF using pIg-lron, Mr.,
''ofl'rd employs compound OF ore OF
any hUnSlaocc containing IRON, the nee,
'S'arY il'l&eS, ana the equivalent OF
cot"oi' u Jump OF inns compound ~
p'lt Iito Tine i%IIrlnce, amt ny the single
process known 10 the pnddIcr as - pail
Il x " ncaJ may De oDt'tllIcd III
,h'lcl less tIino ana WIN considerably
less l"por IMAM under the 0ld method
,llc process OF mrltlhg ana y boiling
holhB cltireIy dispensed Wlth. lhc
Hpcclal FEATURES OF thc invention III the
&rcat saving Oh lllrI, II beng estimated
thl'1 ., 'bo pounds OF coal are ShVcd IN
manufacturing 2,1OO pounds OF IRON.
IN lle OPINION oi some ron-WorkcrS tins
method OF making wroughtlron must
very soon Hlpcrscdc the present Iabo-
ilonS ana costly mode OF manufacturing
IL from plB-Iron.
DAN"ERS or METlITLIG ALcoHoL.-
.1eTlo,'S ihaI'lIcS, S'ys the Lyons Med
lclI, nave Deeh ~chgchdercd among the
"orhlhch III TWO Industrial Establish
menus Oy the employment OF mcthyiic
alcoliol-tla IL Wood naptha, or alco-
MOI derived from wood. The material
IL used IN The finishing OF felt hats and
the mlcug membrane cyposcd to ifs
cmanations, and also through tine nery-
Oue system unOn fine entire o]rmnizn.
ton. The effect is first noticed anon
the ocular cOujmciipn. which become
innlmrd and injected, producing Il zen
sation of 4 nd i'm the owes. 4 copious
flow of tears and extreme scnsjbility 10
light Cp@Ilotophobin follow, iucnpncita-
TING the g%nlIrrer for work FurfLrr
SYMPTOMS include intense corvZo nud
inflammation of the pharyx and bron.
chinl Tubes. together with trouhIe Of
fine dipcstive orpnns Severe headaches
and froliuo NJ hnov;unea and lnnrog-
g,nn are olwoys nrosrnt Thr rignr nr
the mnlady dcprnds mon fine extent IA
which tho uerson il cynnsed tn thoolco.
hoIic fumes. The workman who fin.
ishps fine bottom If n hat 10 ott,cknl
morc severely thon tbn nnc yLn ,'ro,
,orcs the rim II has olso boon notirnd
That cnbinct.makers who uso the mnto-
rial in yornish are Frequently ttnrkcd
with tetanic commissions Of tIo fingers
unknown proyious tn fine emnIovmont
of the nlcohul
OLD HATS PARADISE. The gro
t"sIlc fancy OF savages for the cast-oif
hnblIImcnts of civilized races is II
source OF amusement to travellers the
world over. 1t Is rare, however, TINT
the fancy rises to such II passion for Il
single article III is exhibited among the
N'tob"r Islanders. Young and old,
chlelH, ana SUBJECTS, IN these "Summer
's'eH oil htGn, aliko endeavor to
Oh olu i'l's, prialhB themselves ON the
extent anu variety OF their cOllpctiouA