, 1877-08-04

of a colonial governor until he's made q
mess OF something or the other."-PictoriGJ
Wor{d.
A new coating for the bottom of iron
ships consists of brown paper attached by
d suitable cement. 1t is the invention of
Captain F. Warren. R.A., and the sub
stance he proposes to use is q preparation
OF papief mache. 1t is sta$ed that weeds aud
bafnacles will not adhere to paper, and
that the special cement by which the
paper IS secured may be applied cold,
hardens under water, is unaffected by
comparatively high temperature, aud pos.
8esses great tenacity. A plate thus pro-
for six months, with the result that the
protected side was found clean, while the
unprotected metal was covered with rust
and shelI-fsh.-N. Y. Church Journal.
"A Belgian iournal-the Pair-says
in reference TO the movement for the ex-
pl0ratiOn and civilization cfCentral Africa,
in which the King of the Belgians has
taken the initiative, that it is proposed to
start two expeditions, comprising each
about 1900 men, of whom one-half are to
be negro porters, nearly simultaneously.
one from LOanda toWardS~tre ~eaStTdn1rhe
other from Zanzibar towards the west. 1t
is supposed that they will be able to meet
on the plateau from which the Niger aud
the Zlmbesi descend, taree or four months
after their departure from the coast.-lbid.
A New USE FOR, GLYCERINE.-Physi-,
clans aud dentists who use small mirrors
to explore the throat aud teeth, astrono-
mers employing large mirrors out of doors,
all who have occasion to use spy-glasses in
toggy weather, and especially those near.
sighted persons who cannot shave them
selves without bringing their noses almost
in contact with the looking-glass, are
doubtless aware that the lustre of mirrors
becomes soon dimmed by the breath, by
dew, ard generally by water in a vaporous
state. The way to prevent this troubIe-
some fog is simply to wipe the surface of
the mirror before using with a rag mois-
tened with glycerine. By this substance,
w,tery vapor is completely taken up
Scientific american.
lURKISH ENGL1SH'-Out OOllCSpOuu6uL
at Constantioople writes, June 18th -
Until yesterday all kilograms had to be
in Turkish, and dire have been the difficult
ties Of Correspondents to ge5 their tele-
grams translated first into Turkish, and
then ont of is. Turkish would seem to be
a language which nine out of ten fairly edu-
Gated OrientaIs can talk, but not one cut
of ten can write or translate. The follow
ing Translation was furnished to a Cores
pondent by an Oriental gentleman. special
iv recommended for his intimate know.
ledge Of both the English and Turkish
languages. The knowledge he disolays OK
the first may, perhaps, warrant az infer.
ence as to his knowledge of The last :--'In
the fortress of which the name is Rnstchnk
there is II thousand gunses.l which j,
speaking with force of side onposite river
maze much lende (sic) cannonade.' i il.
perhaps, needless to state that this myste"
riously startling announcement was not
telegraphed on Immediately to London for
fear of its unduly affecting the Fdnds.-
Times.
Coon News FOR PLANrERs.-We learn
from the Nev York Church Journal tEas
there are only 1s4 factories in France at
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