Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Sventy tons Of chewing gum were re-
quired to keep American jaws moving dur>
ing the year.
Toads and frogs were originally intro
duced into the Sandwich Islands to exter>
inmate cockroaches.
Specimens of Florida beech sand have
been tested in northern glass factories, and
found to answer the needs Of such factories
admirably.
Iron railway sIpepers are said to have
proved, both in India and in England, nuch
che'per than wooden ones, Their gradual
adoption is predicted.
A Belgian physician, appointed to re-
mort on the prevalence OF color blindness,
attributes that disease to the excessive and
general use of tobacco.
France forbids the manufacture or sale
of earthen ware, whether french or foreign
glazed with layer of lead oxide melted or
imrerfectly vtrfed, aud so liable TO yield
lead to weak acids.
1t is stated that the Salisbury process
for using the resdium Of petroleum for iuel
has proved a failure, aud that even IN the
original experiments III the Brooklyn navy
yard no petroleum was used.
NJ. Carre, of Paris, ndsitnece,sary to
extend his establishment for the manuiac'
ture of carbons for the electric light Ihers
are more than 800 feet Of carbons per day
turned out at his works at present.
The alarm felt in some quarters lest
the lawyers should devou the land It's lnhao'
itants is not very keeny exnenencea as 10
the Delaware legislature, which has doctor
for speaker of the house, but ne'er Lawyer
in either chamber.
The supreme rurt o Missouri decides
that all the seven hundred lawyers in 1t.
I,,nis are as clearly Liable TO taxation as
merchants, hucksters or auctionvers, AMI
mnst pay their annual license fee OF 80
demanded by city ordinance.
Uisstatei that in Iroquois county, Ill.,,
"a 10 600 gallon, Of wl.er are supplied dauY
nv ariesian wells for the i,rig'uon ot lana;
m, Sc walls do not ia any in tance exceed
ssyenty.fve feet in depth; thev are OF small
| hore and within a raiiu- OF 20 miles thefe
are 200 of them.
India is said to possess aconvenlent tree
called the "kapas," whici Is used as tele'
Cronb mist. When cut down, its branches
nnrtaliy removed and stuck in the grou1d,
| r. rsodiiy takes root, thus checking the raw
ayes Of the white ants, and becoming Ilv>
ing telegraph post,
Millstones msde of glass are r German
novelty. Eight pieces OF glass equal slz, are
nssd as ntslei; cOunter piece OF granite Is
hound ~ the outer form with cement. me
,Jrant,ges claimed are thai they run ea.l'y,
"rird cool, and produce haer, lighter hour
tben french burs. But few are in actual
J operation.
I Engineers Of steamships have found
that the hes. lubricants are glycerihe lor
the cylinders and castor oil Tor the pear
inSs Wuen castor oil is used th9 man a,
hearings seldom become heated Qhly Ine
hest ulyceriue eau be employed with adVahN
tage. but when it is OF a hiyh Sraue the
yssnlts leave but little u be desired
Some matches are made without sui
~ Tins ayoldin the offensive smell oil
lEhat h. material, A German composition fol
th;S nurnose consists of phOsnhorus, ioui
~artsi water, ten; fine glue, six red ochre
vod lend FIVE; smalt, two. The lngre'
S;on,s in the order named are iDco' porAteo
with %itr the liqui6ed glue to form PASTE
Tho hahv,carrjage is condemned BY
49, per,in nbysician in cases where the little
no Wv si,s facing the nurse and is pushed DUCK
onV npS The natural desire Of the eye ID u
Sa'" S,r oayer To what il sees, and the practlc'
uta" " so,srsing this no NAL order Of things, ant
oI lev''' wv Founding objects to recede, IL
Ge91,ut .Lin to fact ipiuriously the development
OF both sight and BRAIN
plated silver ia obtained by rollins
.ibor a nlste of copper Of the first qnalitl
toss,mv n,e of silver these are either welded OF
aUu ,nIv y~y united by placing their hot and clear
s,mp's snala:e together, wetted with eoncentrS