The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-03-06
llEMS OF INTEREST.

among the Assyrian tablets in the Brltlsl
J Museum, the legend Of the building Of tn
} Tower OF Babel This discovery is quit
} AS important a. that Of the tablet relating
to the Deluge, made known last year b,
the same.
The London correspondent Of th'
Boston Daily 4dreitiSer says that the re
port is well founded that the FrencI
Prince Imperial is to marry the y"nnges
daughter Of Queen Victoria, and that II
consequence of this arrangement the Queer
has indorsed the last loan put in circnla
tion in England by the Empress Eugene
A French farmer has discovered the
singular fact that by heating glass and
then cooling it in oil its fragility is lessened
in an extraordinary degree.
A very interesting animal, dwarf
elephant, has just arrived in Paris fron
India. CawnpOre, as he is called, is nine
teen years old, but foi years has not grown
any, and is now thirty-nine inches IN
height. He is remarkably intelligent, and
performs many tricks
How long will n locomotive last and
be serviceable An engine on Recalling
road has been on duty since 1897, aud has
run in that time 475, 733 miles, or an aver
age Of nearly L. 900 mile per year for TWEEN
ty-eight years Probably there is very
little Of original engine remaining except
the frame and minor parts. Another en-
gne, made in London, England, in 1888,
Is still doing duty.
Much trouble can often be saved by
marking tools with their owners names,
which can easily be done in the following
manner Coat over the tools with thin
layer of wax or hard tsllow, by Just warm
ing the steel and rubbing on the wax warm
until it flows, and let il cool When hard,
mark your name through the wax with a
graver and apply aquafortis nitric acid) /;
after few moments, wash off the acid
thoroughly, and wipe it of with soft rag
The letters will be found etched into the
steel.
The statement made ms Interesting
article in the Ttods Journal that aithif
the past forty years the gross weight Of
cast iron articles produced in America has
been diminished fully one half Half a
century ago the iron frame Of a Washing
ton printing press weighed nearly 1000
pounds, and although it was an arch of
metal nine inches wide by three inches
thick, so poor was its quality that il was
often broken by the pull of one prvssman' s
arm. The present smooth light castings
show an actual elasticity under strain ap-
preaching the service of wrought iron.
A discovery interesting to archaeolo
gists has just been made AT Const antIne,
Algeria. On January II some work men IN
digging the foundation Of hiase came
upon two tine fragments Of mosaic. evident
ly forming part OF one design. The first
| represents boat ia which are three figures
which appear - be gazing with astonish-
ment upon scene being enacted on the
coast they pproach-namely, on one side
a hon fighting with bull, and ON the
other horse fleeing in terror. The
second is more fanciful and elaborate, con
sisting Of foN Ners, vases, and dolphins,
arranged in q pattern formed Of medal
lions. Very likely other treasures may
now be discovered in the same spot and so
great is the curiosity created by these that
the workmen have been much hindered in
their labors. The mosaics will be for
warded TO the Archaeological society Of
Algiers.
Mix a solution nf borax and water for
the 6ux, and mix brass spelter, which lay
! thlckly on the iron and melt gently over a
clear smiths forge remove the work from
the fire directly the spelter is run into the
/ joint, and leave it to cool
A skeleton was recently found near
Bear lake, which, it is said, has been iden
tilted by certain things found with it, as
the remains of young Taylor, who was lost
in a storm two years ago, and has never
been heard from since His home WAS at
Lake Benton when lost.
The Thames river, at Norwich, Conn.
Is said to be frozen in places to the bottom
A short time since a horse died suddenly
while trotting on the ice, and itw thought
that the easiest method Of disposing Of
body would be to dig a hole and drop it
into the river. The grave diggers exca-
waited hole eight feet deep in the ice, and
there being no indication Of water, the
trotter wrs entOnbed in the ice and COW
ered
| Both Gordon and Webster emphati-
cally deny the story brC ught to Fort Lara
mie that the Sioux City party in the Black
/ dAO ShOAb Va PiohAoiONc LCNtCl
brought out by Gordon from nearly every
member of the expedition state that they
have supplies to last till June. In the al.
sence Of the names Of the two men who
are reported to have arrived at Fort Lara.
mie from the Black Hills with an OK and q
sled, it is not believed here that they ever
belonged to the Sioux City party
The council of the English Crematso
society have, The British Medical Journal
states, made a tangible progress toward
accomplishing their object. A piece Of
ground has been secured for the erection
of building in which the religious lite.
can be performed prior to the incineratinQ
process. The estimated cost of the pro.
posed building is fS, 500, toward which
81, 900 has been raised.
A Forty-mile conduit, for piping petro
leum toPittsburg, connecting that city with
Mlllerstown by line of three inches tub
ing, 10 now in course Of constructing, anC
when completed and in operation will in
its character and uniqueness find no par
allel in the world.
There il supposed to be iron enough in
Missouri to supply the whole country il
one deposit alone there is estimated to b.
over IL, 600, 600 tons OF ore elsewher,
there are $50, 0O0, 900 tons, or enough te
build 2,000, 900 miles Of railroad. The
State il also exceedingly rich in lead,
tin, zinc, copper, and other minerals Of val
ne
The furring or coating deposited on tn,
inside Of steam boilers may be easily re
moved, making the surface appear lik
new iron, by placing quantity Of raw po
tatoes in the boiler and letting them boi
to pieces After two or three days open tn
manholes. and q sandy deposit will b
found brush it out and the boilers vii
be a. good ~ new.
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