Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-20

scaence asa Inaastry.
Kansas hes sown more winter wheat
this year than last by forty-1ve psf
cent, and It's present condition In iar
above the usual average. ls
A correspondent Of the Dental ca.
mos says that the best treatment In r.
gard to offensive breath is the uao of
pulverized charc0si, two or three t.
bieepo0nfols pey week, taken In elsss
of ~ater before retiring for the night.
At Chattanooga, Team, the Tsnnss-
see Steel and Iron company are work
ing double time TO their fullest capacI.
~ on light rail and merchant hon.
with orders for all they can msnufne-
tur6 for some time. The Roano sIron
company are making iron nails for the
Memphis and Charleston railroad, on
q contract for flve hundred tons.
A wonderful feat In engine-buildine
was recently accomplished 1t the Mich.
igan Central railroad shops ct Jackson.
Two gangs OF fourteen men each BE-
gan at 2 o'clock upon two separate 10.
comoeives, the parts OF which had been
previously laid to hand, and set up
the two machines, each employing
thousands Of pieces, and started them
out of the gard under steam In exactly
two hours and 1fty-five minutes.
The Turks glue diamonds and other
jewels te their metal settings with Q
mixture % follows: Dissolve 1--WE or
six bits OF gum mastic, each the size Of
\ large pea, In - much spiriss u wine
~ will suffice TO render it liquid. In
another vessel dissolve In 6raudy -
much isinglass, previously soateued In
water, as will make . two ounce vial
of etrong glue, adding two small bits
of gum ammoniac, which must b
rubbed until dissolved. Then mix the
whole with heat. Keep In Q Vial
closely stopped. When Il Il to be used
set the vial In boiling water. This CO.
ment perfectly resists moisture, and it
Is said to be able to unite eGbctively
two surfaces OF p0lished steel.
The manufacture of bullets Il not 20
simple a. II used to be. Al Wcolwich,
England, the melted metal fs poured
into . receiver, and - soon - C solid
ifies, bat before 1t is cold, 10 b forced
by hydraulic pressure through cyiin-
drical holes In the form of long strings.
This process Is to prevent the foema-
tion OF air bubbles II the bullet, which
would cause it, when fred, to sHervo
from its course. The leaden str;nxs
are thence carried to the bullet mould.
ing department, where they are cut
into lengths and roughed; then shaped
In one machine and finished In snOth-
er. They have now 20 be plugged.
These plugs were formerly made Of
special powder, which solidifle3 aftee
being pressed into form.
At 6methwick, near Birmiughsm,
England, there u . screw fscsofy
which, with Its clever mechAnicni cUa-
trivsncea, Is something 10 wonder at
All the sizes of screws used in carpen.
try and cabinet making are made Of
iron wire chopped into isngths and
shaped In q series OF self-acting ms
chimes. A blow on one eud forms Q
head, which is speedily turned tyuo On
l. revolving chuck, the nick b cuk oy
small circular saw, o revolving jaw
then seizes the head, and the worm
or screw Is turned In Q tWinklfng; aod
In this way = millioa screws m hour
are pr0duced. This seens almost in
credible, but the screWing shed alone
covers nearly On acre sad half, and
contains two tbousnnd maebipee.
These, being self-acting. hve OF SIX saa
be kept going by one woman.
The French laborsr probably gets
more for hts wages than sny ether.
His ford Ia cheaper and moro noufish-
ing. His bouilion b the liquid essence
of beef at q penny per bowl. HiA bread
al the resraurant is thrown IN without
any charge, aud b the be1 In the
world. His hot coffee and milk
is peddled about the streets In tho
morning at Q sou per cup. 1t ID co6es,
not siope. His half bottle OF e;aret ,
thrown In &C meal costing ~ elvo
cents. For few cents he nsay enjoy
an evenings am0seme1t at ooe a tho
many minor theatres, with his CORES
free. Sixpence pays for nicely eush-
ioned seat ct the thaater. No gallery
gods, NO peanuts. PIPE. smoke. drunk
enness, yelling or bowling. The Jar
din des Plantes. the vast galleries and
museums of the Louvre, Hoset Cluny,
palace Of the Luxesnbourgh and Yer
saiIles, are free for him to enter. Ar
and science hold out to him their
choicest treasures at small cost, or no
cost at all. French economy and fru-
gality do not mean that eonstant ~
trenchment and self-denlai which
deprive lie Of everything which makes
&c worth living for. Economy In
France, moro than In any other coon-
try, means utilization Of what Amer
ca throws away, but II daes not mean .
pinching process Of reducing life to :
q barren existence Of work and bred
and water.-Scientific American.