The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-10-28

II is proposed by Mr.. Benner to print
aniline black along with dyed alizarin
violets. He prevents the colors from
spreading or running by adding acetate
of lime in large excess to the violet
mordant.
The Central Society of Chemical and
Commercial Industries, France, has
nominated II commission for the revi-
sion of the analytical processes used in
determining the value or the purity of
commercial products.
The Emperor William takes pattern
al interest in the smallest trifles con-
necled with tho business and amuse-
ments of the capital. Owing to an al
legged slight, caused by the part of Di-
norah having been bestowed upon
rival singer. Mile. Schumann, one of
the prime dome of the Royal opera,
has lately chosen to submit her resig
nation direct to tho emperor. The
aged monarch had great difficulty in
persuading the injured lady TO with
draw her threat and continue to grace
the boards of the Royal opera.
The Nature reports that telegraph
ic experiment of Il singular description
was tried about the middle of August
Mt the Trocadcro. IL consists merely
in the reading of large silvered link
letters, q sqssre metre in size, fixed ON
n blackened board, by refracting trle-
scopes. This method has succeeded
very well from the Trocadero to tho
Pantheon-a distance of three miles.
The inventor, an officer in the French
service, thinks nc will succeed in read
ing messages ut distance of sixty
miles under favorable circumstances.
Viscose, the gummy substance of
viScous fermentation. is thus described
nj. A. Bechamp: 1t is white. easily
powdered. and not ut all like gum, but
when it is dissolved in cold water it ap-
pears glutinous. 1t does not reduce
thc cupro- potassic rcagant. Alcohol
prccipitatcs it entirely from its solution
IN mass which can he drawn into
threads. Solutions of viscose are not
colored blue OF violet by iodine. Sui
phuric acid acts on viscose rs n starch,
forming deXtrine and glucose, and
the doctrines do not ferment when
beer Yeast is added to them.
A chemical analysis has been made
by Prof. Girod of the contents Of the
..ink-hag." or pouch of the Cephal0pO-
dd di6rdRchidtd. AS is well known,
the ink-bag contains peculiar secre-
ton, which can be expelled at will
when the animal is in danger, and by
the dark color impaired by it to the
water the chances of escape are greatly
increased. Girod purified the black
matter by successive digcStions in alec.
hol. ether, glacial acetic acid. sodium
carbonate, TO which little potassa had
been added, and dilute hydrochloric
acid. The ultimate analysis is as fol-
lows: Carbon. $50, hydrogen, 4.04.
and nitrogen, S.S-the remainder being
oxygen.
Mr.. Curtiss, in his pamphlet on
wheat culture, favors early cutting ex-
cept for seed. He mentions several inn
portant advantages. and several minor
ones. to be secured by cutting wheat
when it is passing from the milk to the
dough stale-viz.: 1t largely prevents
injury by rust, as rust ceases TO affect
the grain rs soon as cut. 1t gives more
and heavier grain. 1t gives more and
better flour TO the bushel, as all the
time the grain stands, after the dough
state. it makes bran at the expense of
starch and flour. 1t causes less waste
by Smelling and scattering. while har-
vesting and handling. And, last, the
straw is tougher and softerto handle.
Nuts intended for planting should not
be allowed to become dry, if it is de-
sired to have them sprout the season
they are planted. Immediately upon
falling from the trees they must be in
serted in soil, covering but slightly with
light, friab!e earth or sand, and early
the next spring the young plants will
appear. In the case of walnuts it will
be well TO hull them before placing UNI
der ground. Owing to the difficulty
experienced in transplanting all kinds
of bearing trees, the seeds should be
placed where the trees are desired to
remain. Nuts intended for planting
may be preserved over winter in slight
ly moist sand placed in n cool cellar,
and of course set in the open ground as
soon as termination begins, which will
be very early.