The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-19

Co'.o dIS made OF sasSafTeS wood, there |
VIII he no trouble with lice.
LIBERTY's LEANINGs. The exDansion !
and contraction of metals by alternate
neat and cold are neatly illustrated by
the unsettled demeanOr of Crawford's !
statue OF Liberty on the iron dome of the |
capitol mt Washington. In the forepart !
Of the day, when the sun Is upon the east |
ern surface Of the do me, expanding II. |
the colossal figure inclines four and n |
nall inches towards the west, and in the |
afternoon, with the heat from the west.
the inclination is as much to the east,
ARCTIC Towering PLANTs.-Dr. 7
D. Hooker states, in a recent number
OF Nature, that four Towering plants
were collected by DIR. Bessels, of Halls
artIc expedition, from the east side of
Smiths Sound, in latitude 50 deg. n.
Ihey were DrdbG H(pind IA member of
the mustard family, Cerastiu7l Al
p"'"ht "a kind of chickweedl, Yr1rdri-
Gun 0eRS teo1aS (the common dande-
nom, and POa FcruOSd "a prass)
tIoweriDg plants have never before been
found IN region so near the north
pCla.
CUMBUsTION OF OHs. If cotton which
has been soaked in boiled Iinseer oil he
raised to temperature of 10 dec.
Fair, 1t will commence to generate
heat, and in the course of an bOur will
rise to $50 deg. Fair, shortly ofter
which IL will burst into flame Raw
Llnseed-Oll requires boiling about five
hours, rape oil ten hours. olive oil six
hours, seal-oil two hours, and castor-oil
slight charring for two days. to canse
spontaneous combustion. A knowledge
OF these facts suffices to explain the orr
GIN oil many mysterious fires.
PICToRAL GLAss.-LoDp continued
sunlight is known t. have n certain
changing chemical effect upon the hines
OF colored glass. To utilize this. pic
toriaily and indellibly, any required
hgures are marked upon the surface
with common paint, and the glass is
left exposed to the sun for two wears
where the paint does not extend the
glass gradually bleaches, as it were
Dut the surface under the pigment re-
talns It's original color, in which appear
ot course, when the paint is removed, |
the designs or letterings formerly
PARTED upon it.
The HoG-Plutarch says "Tbe
eyes of the hog are so formed and dis
posed of IN the head, that it is always
looking upon the lowest objects, and
can IN no manner contemplate things
elevated and lofty. It cannot look M
ward unless thrown back with its feet
upward. Although the animal is adj
dIcted 20 the most discordant soueaI-
ing and gruuting, yet as soon as it is
lald on its back it is Immediately silent.
so great is its astOnishment at the
heavens, to the sight of which it is I'M
accustomed, and which causes such fear
that 1t is unable to cry"
tEEULEAT CEREMONY. THE matter
from which indigo comes Is supplied bv
the blossoms of the original plant in
India; and when these shoots have
reached exactly the proper growth they
must be gathered IN the night; as an
other days sunlight would deprive
them OF their peculiar virtue. After
1elng cut, accordingly, at midnight by
large forces of tield-laborers, they are
placed IN stone troUghs of water. which
are next day exposed to the sun. Thus
exposed the infused liquid ferments,
turning hrst blue and nearly black, and
then blue again. After evaporating To-,
Two or three days, it is heated in metal
e
alton results in a precipitate of the r1,ra
indigo of commerce.
NEW NEEDLE.-A lady of San Fran
cisco has invented a new needle. the i'm
provement consisting in making a noe
die OF any size without an eve for the
thread, but with, instead, a hole bored
longltudinally into the head or LARGER
end thereof to the depth If a quarter of
an inch or Whereabouts, which hole is
arranged with n screw-thread. The
needle, 1t Is claimed, will carry any
KIND OF thread, and can be used for ey-
cry purpose. 1t is thought that it will
DE valuable, also, as a surgical needle.
as 1t VIII require but one thread, the adj
vantage OF which will be that smaller
noe viii De made IN passing the needle
throngh any substance than would have
TO be made by the partially donLIei
thread of the ordinary eyed needle
To MAKE WATER CoGD IN THE Sr-,r-
MER--Ihe following Is a simple mode
OF rendering water almost as cold as ice
Let the Jar, pitcher, or vessel used for
water be surrounded with one or moro
folds OF coarse cotton kept constantly
wet. The evaporation of the water will
carry of the heat from the inside and
reduce 1t to freezing point. In India
anu other tropical regions whore ice can
not be procured, this is common. Let
every mechanic or laborer have at his
place on employment two pitchers TINS
provided with lids and covers. the one
to contain water for drinking, the other
Tor evaporation, and he can ALWAYS have
supply OF cold water in warm We ather.
any person can test this by dipping a
hnS'f IN water, and holding it in the
alr Of warm day; after doing this
lhr'e or iour times, he will find his
finger uncomfortabIy cold.
CARE OF CHLDREN.-America men
and women a'e nervous, and naturally
have nervous children, of slender phy.
sique, and easily excited into preco-
CloUS intelligence, which is considered
Renjus. Instead of letting the little
creature suck its fists and grow fat it is
jumped, and danced, and confused, and
made TO repeat like a parrot The Eng
lish method os placing young children
IN tn" hands of experienced nurses and
making them responsible is much bet
ter. 4 large, airy nursery at the top of
the house: good, clean, wholesome
Belgian, Swiss, or Swedish woman to
take charge of it: breakfast of oatmeal
Pun Asia-N anu MIN tliutES OF roast or
boil, beef or mutton, and rice pud-
ding; Tea of bread and batter, milk or
frujr, with no confectionery or pieces"
between meals, and no late visits or
rides with mamma. Tn such Il quiet.
uneveuiful atmo- phere the baby grows
and thrives best. the child is subject to
less excitement, and with healthy and
regular habits lays the foundation of an
excellent constitution while the mother
Is not worn out 10y its constant presence,
or made nervous by being constantly
haras ssd with giving directions to ignor-
ant aud inexperienced nurses.
"A young man at San Jose, Cal, bet
that he could get q billiard ball into his
mouth. He succeeded. and hereafter
will get the bali il quite easily. The
doctor had to rip hi mouth little to
get it ont.