The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-02-20
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC

PROF. AGAssIz has discovered
species OF fauna at a great depth y; ~
ne began his voyage in the Gulf St, s.ss' !
SIR JOSEPH HOOKER, late p,e,,
OF the Royal Society, has rees;ss ssa
communication from the Astroeo,a.
Royal stating that the range 81 49,
vations of the late transit Of Vern ue
dictates distance from the sun y "
O44, 900 to 92,77O,OO0 miles.
ONE hundred years ago not a. no,.,
of coal, not cubic foot of iIlum;prsSss;aa0a
gas had been burned in this Coma assas
No iron stoves were used, and n "
trivance for economizing heat amr,s ~
ed until DR.. Franklin invented tha f,vl
framed fireplace which still besr r '' 8
name.
A GERMAN paper says that il IN
polished knitting-needle is dippsd N; NJ
deep vessel of milk and immed;,s.I ~
withdrawn in an upright positioSs -!
of the fluid will hang to the need is's !
the milk be pure, but If il has ~
watered there will be no adhe,ios !.
the fluid.
NUMEROUS experiments are ~.
tried in England regarding the elsrts
light. Quite lately this light wss :
troduced into the fernery and con,srs
tory of the Brighton Aquarium, with 4.
isfactory results. The nave of the r..
toll Cathedral has also been expeFima.t
ally lighted by electricity With M.
success. 1t is to be expected, howssw r
that failures will occur while ysr;oS''
experiments are being made in recsri
to this new illumination. For exsnois
the Court Journal says that at 4 ressrs
lecture given at the Society Of Ars 4
the Adelphi, through some disarrsass
ment of the apparatus the electric iii
went out for moment, when the III.
entific men" gave three cheers for On
The Court Journal remarks: sfThsv n
in want Of a little electric light IN thdr
lofts"
SALYCILIC ACID.-Chemistfy IS en-,
stantly finding new thing, or a new
use for an old thing. The slassIhl
salycilic acid, for the preservation &
fish in their freshness and flavor. Sill
fish have very little OF the favor offiuk
By the new process of curing, With
has been used in Germany for more tim
year, fish of all kinds can be preseud
so as to retain nearly all their origni
excellences. 1t Is understood thai tie
expense Of preparing fish BY the ssed
this acid is not much greater than ID
cost attendant on the older method,
while the result is infinitely more salts
factory. 1t is already about as CHEAP \
ice. The supply of salycilic acid Is Wan
nigh inexhaustible. The salicene il Ii.
rived from willow bark. The acid msg
also be procured from carbolic acid
Like the latter, it is powerful ant
ferment. When well diluted, it is tasss
less and inodoreds. 1t is nov used b
prevent the souring Of beer and tossNa
putrefaction in the manufacture OF gluA
BRUsH's ELECTRICAL LIGHr.--EaI
withstanding all the talk by Edison sud
others as to what they were "sooa
going to do" with their electric lghh
the field is actually being occupied I.
most exclusively by the Cleveland leh
the Brush. A glance at the ordt'
book of the Telegraph Supply Conpal!
shows some very important ordersN
Gently received, some of which ban
been executed, others in process Of ezs
cution. Among those already compet
ed and in use were noticed "a lights to
the immense store of John Warm
maker, occupying the entire sqas!
bounded by Market, Chestnut, Twelhl
and Thirteenth Streets, Philad6lptk
16 lights for the Merrimack Mill At boF
ell, Mass; 16 lights for the Palace ~
tel, San Francisco, owned BY Senxtol
Sharon; eight lights for the Edgemu'
Iron Company, Edgemore, DEL; 10y
lights for the Boston Music Hall; q
lights for the Continental Clothill
House, six lights for Loeser's Dry Coos
Palace, Brooklyn, N. X; four ilg1n
for the mills of the Washburn Il Moel
Manufacturing Company, WmeN|
Mass. Orders now being filed are 2
the illumination of the Assembly Ch.n
Der of the New York State Capitoae
Albany, the composing-rooms ana o. y
ces of the New York Tribune, the MN
of Park Brothers Steel Works, flu.
burg, and several others of less imPot'
ance. The country seems TO look !.
Ohio for Presidents, Generals Of =
army, Chief Justices, and various ~
officers. Why not come here aiso y
the latest sensational wonderful el0'
trio light.-Cgeveland Leedsy