The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-27
INTERESTING ITEMS.

New III lO'"-
The light of lightning, and its refec-
tions, will penetrate through distance OF
from $50 to 200 miles.
Perspiration cools the body, because it
takes up part of the heat, and, evaporat-
ing, carries it into the air.
A farmer named James Francis, near
Victoria, B. c., while telling tree, was
struck by branch and killed.
Brass bands are found TO be effective IL
frightening away Indians from the troE-
tier towns in Oregon and Nevada.
1t is estimated that 100000 will c
added to the population of Minnesota Y
immigration during the present year.
Flame is quenched in air containing
three per cent of carbonic acid; the same
percentage is fatal to animal life.
A heavy dew is regarded as the precur-
so. of rain, because Its formation indicates
that the air is saturated with moisture.
A letter from London says Englan1
will soon be receiving five thousand hea'
! of cattle from this country weekly.
whats man yelling atl" asked an Hi
nois farmer of his boy "Why," chuckled
the boy, Dies yelling at the top of his
voice"
Texas claims to have 100000 inhab-
itants, and to be the third in population
and the first in size in the States in the
Jniou.
Cement for hot-water pipes: Ram on to
the fange a few strands of tarred rope,
and fill up with iron boring cement, and
ram in well.
As many as 1000 salmon are Oft n
taken at one haul of the seine in Alaski
some of them weighing from 40 to 100
pounds each.
Schenectady is said to have 543 widows.
They are of the grass pattern dndoubted-
ly, as the place has been going that way
for the last fifty years.
The San Bernardino Times saws there is
no market for honey In that town. The
finest white sage, in section boxes can
hardly be given away.
Gold is generally soldered by gold of an
inferior quality, as twenty-five carat sol
dered with eighteen carat, or eighteen
carat with sixteen carat.
Neal Dow's latest utterancc on the
liquor traffic: "But for it there would be
no vagabonds, no tramps, no dangerous
classes in the country"
When water freezes, it forms itself into
crystals, with interstices, and expands;
hence ice swims, and is eight parts in one
hundred lighter than water.
Living coral, which were not before
known to exist on our sea coast, have
lately been dredged up from thirty faith
oms of water off Marthas Vineyard.
Mr.. w. w. Story is reported by Mr..
James Jackson Jarves to have recently
sold five statues to Polish nobleman at
the comfortable price of $1,000 each.
A woman was recently before the Roch-
ester police court, who had been arrested
one hundred and thirty-fve times. Her
trouble is her temper. Her husband likes
her.
An article introduced in the Constitu-
ton of Washington Territory limits the
amount of land which may be acquired
or held by any individual or corpora
ton.
A good friction polish for iron or steel
rotating in the lathe, is made of fine emery
and olive, sperm, or neat's-foot oil. APP
ply by lead or wood grinders screwed to-
gether.
A durable black paint for outside work
may be made by grinding powdered char
coal in linseed oil. with sufficient litharge
as drier; thin for use with well boiled lin
seed oil.
Gigantic timber thefts have been dis
covered in Louisiana. 1t is alleged tha
in one parish sixteen saw-mills are en-
ployed in saving timber taken from gov
eminent lands.
Kerosene oil applied with a rag to
stoves will keep them from rusting during
the Summer. 1t is also an excellent ma
terial to apply to all iron utensils used
about the farm.
When the bridegroom finds all the |
clothes he owns in the world hung over
the other on hook behind the pantry |
door, he realizes for the first time that the |
honeymoon is over.
Brass is tempered or hardened by roll
ing or hammering; hence, if any object is |
to be made of tempered brass, the hard |
ening must be done before working it into |
the required shape.
Peru has for the first time INDUCED in |
a census, which gives the population as
2,699,945, of whom 1,365,045 are males;
100 men to SO women.
Sound moves about thirteen miles ir
minute, so that if we hear a clap of thun |
der half minute after the flash, we may |
calculate that the discharge of electricit!
is six and half miles off.
The best way to remove stains from
steel knives is to cut solid potato in two,
dip one of the pieces in brick dust (such
as is generally used for knife cleaning)
and rub the blade with it.
At the recent fshmongers' banquet In
London, Mr.. Gladstone declared the
French and Italian cooks to be the best
in the world, and hoped that the English
would learn to initiate them, and stand
out against the traditional bloody roast
beef. He speaks the truth as to the cooks,
but treason as to the roast beef.
Wood will be found to bend much bet
ter if the piece to be bent is wrapped in
flannel or any woollen goods, and then
steamed in the steam box. Almost any
wood can be thus bent.
Foreigners who commit crimes against
Brazilians will do well to remain away
from that country. Under new law they
are liable to be tried the same as if the
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Flax is at present grown in India fol
its seed, but it is possible to produce from
the linseed stalk a most valuable material
for the manufacture of sail cloth. Hun
dreds of thousands of tons are now wasted.
The stamped envelope contract for {;
term of four years from October l, 1915,
has been formerly awarded by the posi-
master general to the Plimpton and Mo-
gan envelope companies of Springfield ard
Hartford.
The country east of the Cascade range,
in Washington Territory, is settling up
fast. The records of the Walla Walla
Land Office show that upwards of 100000
acres of land have been entered during the
past year.
Some horses were stolen in Vinton,
Ark, and only one of the thieves was
caught. His comrades, fearing that he
would make a confession duplicating
them, led mob of lynchers to the Jail
and hanged him.
A young lady at ball at Dublin Castle
displayed her charms so freely that
looker-on turned to Chief Justice Doherty
with "Did you ever see the like of that
since you were born?" ''Well," said the
Judge, not since / was weaned.n
NJ. Arsene Houssaye has disposed of
the oft-repeated legend as to the room Ii
which Voltaire died being locked up foI
one hundred years under the will of Nine
lie Villette NJ. Houssaye says he himself
was tenant of the room from 1S45 to
lS47.
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