The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-11-14
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According to a writer in q foreign paper
animal oils are unsafe to use in air COM
presSOrs, Us they take fire spontaneously in
compressed air or IL other words they create
an explosive gas
The following gives a permanent white
wash: To one barrel of lime use half BUSH
el or more OF cement; use fresh lime and
have it well slaked; use Immediately, and
do not mix up to much at once.
When cattle are intended to be malicious.
ly destroyed in India they are pierced with
a thorn of the Arbus precatorlus. Death en-
sues on the second day. 5 range to say, the
pounded seeds, taken internally, have little
action.
1t is said that about II, 600 var ieties of col
orS are employed by the workers of mosaic
in Rome, and there fifty shades of each of
these varieties, from the deepest TO the pal
est, thus atlOrding 100 600 tints. which the
artist can distinguish with the greatest ia
cilitv.
The cotton growing South is rejoicing over
the invention of a contemplating machine
which successfully discriminates between
the open bolls, green bolls and blossoms. 1t
harvests cotton at the rate Of two hundred
pounds an hour, and promises to take the
place Of Manipulating.
The herring fisheries of Scotland employ
nearly 5O0,00 people, One-seventh Of the
population. The boats represent money
value OF IS. 100000 The annual yield OF
cured fish has risen from &c, 600 barrels early
in the century to ,290, 900, and has trebled
in fifty years, while in the same period the
valne of the nets has increased 75 per cent
The Journal.o of Science is the authorltyifor
| the assertion that some persons who are par-
ticularly sensitive to the bites of gnats and
midges experience return of the original
| irritation at regular intervals of twelve and
| twenty-four hours. This fact, ii fact it be,
would seem TO lend strength to the opinion
| that gnats and mosquitoes are the bearers of
| the germs OF malaria fever.
The Paris Academy OF Medicine has been
considering the remarkable operation per-
| formed by NJ. FelIzet in the extraction of a
| spoon from young mans stomach. By the
use of the Faucher tube introduced through
the month, the stomach was first ceansed,
| thus preventing the risk OF peritonitis, and
| an incision was then made in the epgastric
| region. I'm order 10 render the coat of the
| stomach easily accessible, NJ FeliZit fitted a
| spherical vessel con aiming ether to the end
| projecting from the mans mouth. This he
heated by immersion in water 600. The ether
| vapor rushing through the tube filled the
| stomach, which. becoming distended. was
brought forward to the wound effected by the
| OperatOrS knife. The spoon, measuring
| nine inches, was then readily found and ex-
| tTao ted.
This is the question that tr )ubles a French
| Justice OF the Peace A droYer and butch
| er in the market adjusting their accounts
| went to a tavern to dine together During
| the meal the butcher took from his pocket a
bank note of 100 francs value wherewith to
| pay the drover, but in handing il over let il
fall in dish of gravy. He snatched it out,
| and, holding il between the thumb and fore
finger. waved it to and fro to dry it. The
| drover's dog accepting this movement as a
| friendly invitation, and, liking the smell OF
the saturated note made a spring at it and
| swallowed it. The butcher was furious.
give me my money" he demanded. Kill
the dog and open him" "Not by blanked
sight" replied the drover; my dog is worth
more than hundred francs" Then l owe
you nothing" Your dog has collected fol
you before witnesses" my dog is not my
cashier. And, besides, where is your receipt"
"Ihe Justice will have to settle this. "Lei
him." And now for weeks the Justice has
vainly been seeking law or precedent foI
| suc! case, and the townsmen have been on
the verge OF riot over it again and again.