The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-26

According to NJ. Beaudemoulin, ifa
quantity OF dry sand is placed in a box
of thin sheet-lron, or even in a canva So
bag, and subjected to slight compress
sion, it forms a mass capable of resist
ing pressure OF fully sixty tons, with
out breaking or even stralning the en-
vel0pe. The sand, however, remains
| perfectly diyisible, 80 that il small
| hole be made in. a box or bag, it will flow
slowly, and with SO little force that
small piece of paper pasted over the
opening will cheek the flow even with
the sixty tons weight on it. Beaude-
moulin thinks this discovery may be
utilized for building purposes, since the
filled boxes need merely be held in place
by framework, while being very thlck,
they would form a protection for dwell
lings against variations of temperature.
Such walls, moreover, would be ire
proof. 1t is also suggested that Tor low
erIng heavy buildings, which, by change
of street levels, have been leit too high
| above the roadway, the sand-bags could
| be placed beneath, and their contents
allowed gradually to escape, thus let
ting the load settle slowly down.
The stage OF the Paris opera house is
the largest in existence. Communica-
ton with the rear Of the building can be
cut off in case of ire by an iron curtain
and iron doors, and curtain OF iron
network can also be lowered to keep
| the tianes from the auditorium. The
''t1ieso are twenty metres above the
| floor. Nearly all the scenic machinery Is
made of iron, but no changes OF import
ance have. been effected i'll the ''work-
| ing" OF the stage, although some innova-
| tions on tlme-honored methods are TO be
| attempted hereafter. A large organ, and
| q fA~ hall IN hn
which weighs six hundred and fifty kllo-
grammes, are ON the stage.-Scribner.
A nayy-yard man had just finished
painting his steps the other day, and
had gone to get a rope to tie up the
gate, when female canvAsser with u
SAMPLE corset in her hand walked up
the steps, rang the bell, and wandered
back ana forth across the stoop while
waiting for some one to come to the
door, The man came back with the rope.
saw her there, and he said: "Why-
blast durn why madam blazes-
ol-idiot-asylum-g gosh!' She gave
linn withering glance and sailed away,
leaving dun colored tracks ON the walk
for the next two blocks.
A little girl braids the hair of one who
sat III front OF her instead OF studying,
when tie teacher remarks: "Home Is
| luG DldCc iOl NV ASASs
WHAT would you think Of my braiding
my hair in school?" Presently Susan's
hand is raised, and the teacher, suppos-
ing she wished to ask some question
about the lesson, mods, when she hears
the following: "Mary says your hair Ii
false, and you would not dare to'do il
here"
The Jardin d'Acclimation, Paris, has {
, chlmpanzee which measures four feel
in hegut, is perfectly tame and extreme
r ly gentle. While its master lived a
Sierra Leone it performed in the house
the functions of a servant, salulng Vls
tors, opening the door lof them, eseort
ing them out and Offering them thei
v hats.
: The widow of a Chicago policeman
who died in 1871, finds herself possessed
0 of power interest in the site OF TWO ele
d CANT residences on Wabash avenue, be
cause her husband forged ner name to thl
l. deed of conveyance i'll 1893. Tue prop
l. erty is now worth about nifty times a
much as then.
i 1t is estimated that there are in th
country parts of France 6,0D0,000 cat
T which the peasants do not feed, and tina
=, these Kill i'll the course OF year not les
than 3 l9J, ,O00, 900 birds, Of which 100000
K QUO are game birds; but there is no Ia,
). on cats and no game law against them.
Viscount de Losgeril has investigated
apothecaries' profits. He says that
lbottle Of 6eidlilZ wafer, sold Tor twenty
live cents, cost to make 1T one cent ant
a half, and that otner profits general!
are in this proportion. He proposes
tax sales Of this class.
The educational professors In Spai
don't scare worth cent. In the face Q
threatened exile to those who resign o
protest, nearly all of them have signe
protests against the recent educatlona
\ laws, and the students are preparing
q a follow their example.
d Ostape Veressai, now at st. Peters
: burg, and the guest of the Biographies
Il Society of that city, is Tartar Homer
e He is seventy years old and blind, an,
4 his ii &c ssadiss o. =: TIE only known relic
e OF the ancient legends Of the Ukraines
e The Prussian Bank of Berlin has give
o1 notice that in consequence of the man
forged ten thaler notes that are now b,
y ing circulated, all their paper of that dt
,e nomination Will be entirely Withdraw
y from circulation.
VI The Empress of Japan has decided o
ia the erection Of college for young girl
7, VINO wish to devote themselves to teacl
10 ing, and has given liberal sum from hs
~ private purse toward the expense {
~ ~ construction.
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