The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-04-05
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

A PLAN ID suggested for mechanically
removing scars left from smallpox and
alterations. Il II by daily rubbing tho
part with fne sand. A small sponge
filled with sonp-lather and dipped in
marblc.dnst offers convenient way OF
doing this.
DR. Ellis, OF tho Canadian Associa-
tion, has made analyses Of tho milk of
COWS feed with different kinds OF food.
lilo finds there il n greater amount OF
fatty matter In the milk Of cows fed on
,listillcry refuse, but he saw no evidence
that the milk was impaired by such
feeding.
CilAiRs and camp-stools "a used by
unlcrtakers IN funerals. who take these
seats from place TO place, arc rightly
viewed by the Scientific American ns
disscminators Of disease, and il with
nearly equal reason deprccates tho car
rying around Of tho ice.boxcs from
house to house.
Mr.. Routcledgc held lately at scien-
tiilc meeting that the paper trade was
probably the ono which turned to inn
mediate use moro waste products than
any other. In IL was utilized cotton,
flax, hemp, and jute waste. and old
ropes and canvas rags. In fact, the pa
per manufacturer could turn TO profita-
bic purpose any vegetable fiber.
kRrrr's works at Essen, now en-
ploy somo 430 steam boilers; 456 steam
engines, with IN aggregate horse power
of 1880: ID steam hammers, varying
in weight from 200 pounds to 30 tons !;
u rolling mills; machines for making
tools, l,G22; furnaces, 1856. Of which
Il arc high furnaces; 25 locomotives,
and propellcrs, with tonnage Of
about 5000. Annual production, 3OO,-
900 tons steel and q, 900 tons iron.
THE main wheel Of watch makes
four revolutions in "a hours, or l460 in
yea. the second or center - revolu-
tions in "a hours. or s760 in year; tho
fourth wheel (which carries the second
hand) LAO in "a hours. or 525. GOO in o
year; the fifth or scrape-wheel. 12,964
IN "a hours, or 4,72S.4OO revolutions in
year: while tho beats or vibrations
made IN - hours are 3SS,SOO, or lil,-
al2,anu ia Il year.
\ MIXTURE Of 20 parts of hard soap,
10 parts OF kerosene, and part Of fir
balsam has been found very effective in
destroying the insects which damage
the orange tree. Prof. G. Y. Riley is
the authority. Other valuable plants
notably tho vine, might he similarly
protected hv spray from an applica'
tion Of the same recipe. II can be Iii.
lnted ut will with water SO as not to in.
tcrfcrc with the constitution Of the
plant.
TnE Japanese are almost race oi
vegctarians. depending mainly for their
heterogeneous food upon the lcgnminoas
plants--somc forty varieties II peas aud
beans which, they cultivate. These
foods are quoted by Mr.. Van Buren,. a
consul to Japan, who has also noticed
IAN expression Of good hnmor upon tn,
faces Of mon, tho amiahility and some
times real beauty of the women. and thu
comfortable, open-eyel serenity Of tht
babies"
PoSr NoRrrMs in Germany of anNmis
(hloollcssl subjects have exhibited liver.
aiscolored with an excess Of iron. which
has probably resulted from the use o
iron preparations ~ medicines To inn
prove the blood. This observation
simply proves that iron alone will mo-
improve the condition III the blood, hu,
is merely deposited in and ohstruct.
/ the liver. Poor white blood il due To ,
fault in the assimilative processes. an,
i il the blood lacks iron this fault canno
he rcmelie,l by merely pouring iron 80
lntions into the stomach. Remedies /,
be useful must improve the assimilatio,
or nutrition and enable the system I,
make use of the iron which il sufficient
II supplied in ordinary diet,--Dr
I Foote'S Heaah MoathM.