The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-08
CURIOUS. AND SCIENTIFIC.

OF all metals known, silver the best
electrical conductor.
IF gilt frames are varEished with
copal varnish, they can be washed with
cold water without injury.
To cement metal TO glass, mix two
parts powdered white htharge and one
part dry white lead into a dough with
boiled liuseed oil and lac cnpal. The
metal is to be coated with the cement
and then pressed upon the glass.
THE MARTIAL SEAS IN. Meunier hes
rece atty advanced the theory that the
planet Mars is much older than the
earts. because os the ratification of its
-atm0sPhexe and the -smsll extens- ef its
seas. The form of the latter, he says,
IS exactly that which the terrestrial
oceans would assume alter partial alb
sorption by the esr his crust. If, for
example,, the Atlantic were absorbed so
that only that portion included in the
contour msde by the uniform depth of
y, 600 feet were left, f4e shape would
be exactly similar to nat of some Of
the seas recognized in Mars.
EXTENSION. OF UNDEReRouND RA1L-
WAYS n LscNDoN. -Ass the enermous
cost of S12, ,500,O00 the Metropolitan
Inner Circle railway company is busiIy
engaged in carrying ont its plans. In
addition to the construction OF Gres,
stati0ns, etc, this company in c1m-
PEELED to make an entirely new street.
from 'F'enchuTch street to King William
street, and also TO widen the streets
right and left WHICH branch therefrom.
The importance attached to this enter
prise may be gathered from the fact
that the metropolitan board of works
and the corpoIs 5ion of the city of Ion
don have subscribed the sum of 81,
800, 600.
A New USE For MINERAL Ons.-In
a late number of the Australian Medicsl
Journal, DR.. John Day maintains that
certain mineral oils, gasoline especially,
are of great uge as -disinfectants, their
value depending, he believes, on the
fact that they are rich in peroxide of
hydrogen. He employs the gasoline in
various ways as disinfectant, applying
it to walls, TO g. cles of furniture, and
to clothing 6 30, as a wash for the
hands after treating infectious diseases,
allowing the moistened hands to dry in
the open air. A peculiar and valuable
property os these oils as disinfeciants
is their continuous action, while they
improve and gather force by exposure
to the air.
SAGAcITY OF THE PARTRIDGE.-In-
stances of the sagscity of the partridge,
woodcock, and other birds have often
been related. But the most singular
illustration of the deception pracsiced
by the first of those willy species to pro-
tect their young is given by MIR. Hen
shaw, of the government survey west
of the one hundredth meridian. While
riding through pine woods, a brood of
partridges, containing the mother and
eight or ten young of about a week
old, was come upon so suddenly that
the feet of the foremost mule almost
trod on them. The young rose, flew a
few yards, and, dropping down, were in
an instant hid in the underbrush. The
mother meanwhile began some peculiar
tactics. Rising up, she fellback again
to the g=ound as If perfectly helpless,
and initiated the actions of a wounded
bird so successfully that for q moment
it was thought she had really been
| trodden upon. Several of the men,
completely deceived, attempted to catch
her, but she huttered away, keeping
| inst out OF reach of their hands until
| they had been enticed ten or twelve
yards off, when she rose and was of
| like bullet. Her tactics had success
fully covered the retreat OF her young.