The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-23
INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE.
Noses mentions an iruu furnace 1890 B.

Noses mentions an iruu furnace 1890 B.
The electric light is to be tried on alazge
scale at the London General Post Once.
The common London mortar is aharp
river sand. 81. parts, with white chalk
line one part.
The water in the Straits of Gibraltar, at
the depth of so fathoms, Is four times as
salt as at the surface.
American hams that don lind market
are sent to Europe, and bring high ir1ce
As WestfaIurc hams
Glass can be easily and neatly drilled
with small drill, operated by how, and
kept moist by spirits Of turpentine.
A steel bar held in the natural direction
Of the needle, and struck several blows
with hammer, will become magneozed.
When a man takes full bath. 100000
mouths are opened to thank him for every
pore of the skin has cause for greatfnlness.
PHYSICIANS ut home and abroad have
come 10 look upon the habit OF constant
smoking rs Of serious injury to the human
system.
DIN the tips Of nails in grease and they
will easily drive into any hard wood. where
otherwise they would double and break.
Paint all tools exposed TO the weather,
and Il with ,ight-colored paint the sun Will
have the least effect IN heating, warpang
them.
The entire German railway system rests
ON A war basis, the different lines beng
| laid and run with military rather than
mercantile view.
Never omit regular bathing; for. unless
the skin is in an active condition, the cold
will close the pores and favor congestion or
other diseases.
A municipal laboratory has been esfab-
lished in Paris for the purpose OF testing
wines. beers, brandies and other liquors
offered for sale in the city.
Cline was used by the cabinet makers OF
ancient Egypt. The Greeks used various
sticky matters, such as glue, bird lime ana
cobblers' wax.
| The odorou- matter Of flowers is intam-
mable and ARISES from an essential OIL.
The fyurinslla takes fire IN hot evenings
by bringing acandle near It's root.
The incombustible nature Of abestos has
long been known Ii Il a mineral. pro-
cured from Asiatic Turkey and Greece.
where, in many parts. cloth Is made OF ".
To restore burnt cast steel. heat 1t to a
bright cherry red and quench 1t IN water.
Do this few times and then forge II care
fully and it will he rs good rs ever.
Punch says that Yankee baby Will
crawl out Of his cradle, take a survey OF II,
invent an improvement. and apply for
patent, before he Is six months old.
Skin cleanliness has great effect on
the assimilation OF food. II has oeen
proved that Digs that are washed put ON
SnL - Al thai, pi.rs that unWlsh-
ed.
Glue is made of the clipping Of hides.
horns and hoofs. washed IN lime water.
boiled, SKINNED, strained. evaporated:
cooled in moulds, cut in slices and dried
upon nets.
For joining the porcelain heads to the
metal spikes used for ornamental mails. the
use Of a thick paste, made Of mixture OF
Portland cement and glue IL recommend
ed
According to Herschel, there are stars so
far of that light, which travels at the rate
of 2O0, go miles IN a second, would require
IL. 900 years TO travel from those stars to
the earth.
EXPERIMENTS on the use Of chincona IN
, preventing some hitherto unmanageabic
diseases of the silk worm have been very
. successful. An actual cure OF pebrine was
effected.
Il Bricks should always be wet before be
ing laid. A wall twelve inches thick Of
wet laid bricks is equivalent TO one sixteen
Inches thick where the bricks have been
! put up dry.
Oil paint, applied TO house. and barns.
outbuilding and fences, will last much
longer and harden better, NJ put on IN late
? 4. nj
! the heat Of summer
Portugal is a. present constructing what
j. called the most important railway IN
Europe. II is IL, miles IN length. and
an important link in the line connecting
Lisbon with Paris.
A plan for protecting safes Is to inciose
them in a wire netting, 80 connected with
. a battery and bell that the division OF any
portion Of the wire ruptures circuit, ana
the bell gives the alarm
. Tumbler locks have one or more pivoted
pieces. called tumblers, provided with
/ lug or dog fitting notch IN the bolt, from
. which the dog must he released before the
bolt can be thrown.
r The manufacture OF ice by the corpora
ton Of ether in vacuum II very common
: in Southern France and Italy. There !. .
large machine constantly at work for tins
object at Morocco.
Careful experiments in France show that
: when a diamond il consumed 10y hire Il en-
tirely disappears leaving not the least
behind. so il really belongs 10 the class Of
combustiole bodies.
In the Arctic regions, when the Their
mometer is below zero. persons can con
q verse more than mile distant. Dr
I Jameson asserts that he beard every word
D of sermon al the distance Of t~o miles.
e Lumber can he seasoned more quickly II
. Il be steamed. bu, excess in steaming Kill.
the elasticity Of the timber. The rsp'd
= kiln-drying eyaporaies the surfaoe moisture
!. TO r1pidly and causes the timber 70 check.
= The manufacture Of j~veiry from pure
u blood Of the OF il sourishins in Germany.
: The blood is dned. reduced 10 powder
e and then moulded and polished. The or
o namenss thus produced are capable OF high
|. polish.
The naturally pale ground and oi-cure
|, grain Of Hondura. mahogany u ofsen vel
brought out by its beinR coated kr.s with
!. spirit. Of hartshorn. and then with 0il thai
!. has been :ineed Nth matter q" Venetian
!. red.
Professor BENEDICT. af Vienna. has late
. " made some interesting r-s~.rehe. mo
The sub,ert Of the chzrzcter,stos ~ fbe
! Ibrain. of criminals. all Of which. IN com
!. parison with the healthy bs<in. h hnds
:. 10 b. Abnormal
:. Leather belt. s-ed With the grain ssd-
;. 10 the pulley Will never er>et. q. u,s ar.ia
/ in pa.sing,t il thrown 90 the sesh ssdr.
. WHICH 10 not Liable b. ersrk 90 break. The
10 grain not t~ing strained any nsos. than
"A 49, ,.cr@sons "A tire hit