The daily gazette., 1881-03-22

DoHs lHE ELECTRICT LIsHT TAN
nag SKlN?-'l he burning question OF
the Ia ar seems To De AS to wheth6r the
electric light tans the skin. Ladies are
q peel lily IL crested in this matter, Tor.
while they DO not object to suuburn aud
freckl during summer-rcst intervals at
the st lside OF IN tue mountains, th case
will be very different II their delicate
anu carefully nutsei ard elaborated
compl ,xions should deterlorste into
aailaW hues or become red and trecked
Whenever they spend ali hour or 50 in
tle rays Of the Edison arc, the Jabloch.
ko Il eandlr,the Brush light, OF any other
of The various new devices for dispellinp
darkness. Edison says that llgnt '. IA
tan, and hat IL has turned tile skin Of
himse fand his assistants almost copper
elored time aud again. Mr. Maxim also
.' epurted rs ch erfolly admitting that
lLe light will ian, as II could not help
but do with the number of actinic rays
which it throws of.
"Any blue white light will tan, "he
said, he chemical rays having sim
liar effect 10 tbat of the suns heat
rays. Other experts, however, deny
the tanning impeachment, saying that
lhey have tested tha matter in the
most careful way. One expert said that
The re n objection of the ladies to the
electro light was not that il burnt
their skins, but thai, like The photo
graph, it uusparingly revealed aud
perhaps emphasized the defects aud
blemi,hes of their compilations, ifany
eXisie /. The question is not settled
yet. but there seems to be enough in Il
for th3 gas companies to make further
inves igations. Gas, as all know, will
not tan, and il deals with rouge and
pearl powder in the.most kindly way.
AMERICAN SALMON FOR FRANCE
AND GERMANY.-Mr. Frederick Ma
ther, Of the Forest and Stream, New
York, who is the American agent OF
the German Fishery Association, of
| B Rim, made, Saturday, one of the
largest shipments Of the eggs Of the
wlnin sh, oT land locked salmon, which
has taken place for many months.
| The shipment, comprising some 40, 600
eggs IA the best condition, was made
by tho Norh German Lloyd steamer
| p'io'I hA'Nl bliC od fCl fISlbu VI L -IDI.
Spencer +. Baird, United States fish
| commissioner.
NEW CARS TO BE BUILT.-Prepa
rations are being made at the can
shops of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company, in Reading
for the building OF 800 cars, in cop
pliance with orders recolved recent
| ly. One thousand will be coal cars.
300 freight cars and 200 gondola cars.
Locomotive wheels. nearly six feet
in diameter, that were cast at the
Baldwin locomotive works, are be
ing turned aud finished in the ma
chine shop OF the company in Read
| ing. Heretofore wheels OF tins size
and the inner surface of the tire
were made bcYel, so that the latter
could be slipped on the wheel with
out heating, but now the rim will
have no bcvel and the tire will be
expanded by heat, the same as a
wagon tire, before placing il on the
wheels.
FraIz Muller has been commit ed 10
| PRISON or adminlstf rug in beer guam
| uty Of cantharides 10 Mrs II ermau and
her children. Their lives were only
saved by the strenuous exeTtions OF
| physicians, One enid is still it "A critical
| Condition. When arrested Mpller az.
tempted TO cut his throat "ith razor.