Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-03-31
SCIENCE JoTT1NGs.


che hsxibiity Of the paper.
Frozen potatoes can be cured by soaking
them in water three days before cooking.
Ate. taking up carpet. sprinkle tho
door with very dilute carboic acid befoEs
sweeping.
Avoid wearing heavy ovsrcoats or fufs
Tor hours in succession; the tendency is to
weaken the powers Of resistance Of the
wearer, leaving him liable to inflammation
Of the throat and lungs.
An unexceptionably able physician has
said that mental labor never alone pro.
duces disease Of the brain, but that
"worry" is the chief source Of softening Of
the brain, and Of that paralysis which u
distinct from apoplexy.
The large rejecting telescope at the Paris
Observatory IL completed. although it will
not be brought into use for two or three
months. The equilibrium Of the tube il
perfect, and il can be directed with the ut
most facility on any part Of the heavenA
although it weighs about six tons.
The sovereign remedy for stains from
gallnut ink and ir ,nmould is solution Of
one part Of oxalic acid in ten parts Of hot
water. Dip the stain in this solution. and
after few minutes it will disappear.
Afterwards rinse the spot In solution Of
soda to kill the acid, and to restore the
color il Affected
A machine for darning stockings has been
invented BY Mr.. o. s. Hosmer. Of Boston.
U. s. A. It consists Of two cufrogatsd
plates. one fixed. the other movable. be.
tween which the stocking is laid. A frame
carrying twelve eye-pointed needles. which
work in the grooves. is pushed backwards
and forwards. its travel being sufficient to
cover the holeto be darned.
The discovery Of q new metal has been
announced to the French Academy of Sci
ences by NJ. de Boisbaudran. The new
metal. which is called gallium. was found
by the spectroscope in zinc ores. with which
metal it has much resemblance in common,
although showing sufficiently distinctive
chemical characteristics. This addition
raises the LIST Of elements to &C. the metals
alone being represented by 81 bodies,
To cure badly shutting windows. cover
the bottom Of the sash with fresh putty.
chalk the corresponding face of the franz,
shut down the window fast and leave 81 ::
enough for the putty to harden. The fresh
putty will accommodate itself to any ine-
qualities, and harden into a permanent
close-ftting joint, any excess being pressed
out between the sash and the frame. The
chalk on the latter will prevent the putty
adhering to it. and so interfering with tho
reopening Of the window.
It may not be generally known that.
when q person is drowning. if he is taken
by the arm from behind. between the elbow
and shoulder, he cannot touch the person
attempting to save him, and Whatever
struggles he may make will only assist the
person holding him in keeping his head
above water. Agood swimmer can keep q
man thus above water for an hour. II
seized anywhere else. the probability is that
he will clutch the swimmer, and perhaps.
a. il often the case. both will be drowned.
A good cheap paint for barns and out
houses is made as follows: Put half bushel
Of good lime in clean barrel. and add sui.
dcient water to make q thin whitewash; stir
it well with q datteuei stick until every
lump Of lime il broken up; then add fifty
pounds mineral paint. fifty pounds whiting,
City pounds road dust, finely sifted mix to
. thick paste with insesd oil. and thin
gradually to the proper consistence with
sweet buttermilk fresh from the churn.
The covering quality is improved by the
addition Of gallon Of soft soap.
SWEDISH MArcHEs.-In Sweden the wood
Of the white poplar alone is used for making
matches. The trunks are sawn in planks
Of an equal thickness TO the length of the
matches, and these are reduced into pieces
by machinery. After they are completely
dr.. they aredipped in ISOLATION Of paraain.
dissolved in photogene volatile oil, ard then
again dried. They are then dipped by
packets or bundles in the inHammable ,om.
position, composed of 400 parts Of chlorate
Of potassium, 400 Of minimum, 800 Of sui.
phate Of antimony. $50 Of acid chromate Of
potassium, and 81 parts Of gum arabic.
The sides Of the boxes which serve for
igniting the matches are prepared with
composition Of eight parts amorphous phos.
phorus and nine Of sulphide Of antimony.
NEW ARxY ArPARArus.-Church towers
were freely used BY the Germans for recon.
noitiring during thewar in France. but il
has been left to the ingenuity Of Dane
Mr.. Sahlstrom Of Jonkoping--to construct
special apparatus for the purpose. which
can be used where there are no natural On
Artificial elevations accessible. It consists
df light expanGble iron framework, sui
l ounted by cage capable Of holding three
ersons, and mounted ON q four-whesl car.
iiage. The apparatus shuts down on the
carriage, which is then about six feet in
height. The Observers cage can be eleva-
ted by two men in less than five minutea
II attains, when elevated. the height Of
from Is to 80 feet. The weight q the
whole - about 20 cwt.
SrARcHrNo LrNrN.-The following II rec.