The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-03-17


"A new electric inealatof u made II
woua. sawdusi, cotton rags, snapies
macl's and other hbrons substances.
The export trade ii furniture L
eon6ned chiefly 10 medium grades.
which ARE sent to Af,ies, China. the
Sandwich lslanIla and 10 South
Americas.
AHtlihc dyes are now made fast in
cloth ~ sending current Of elec-
iFlclty through Il from one plate to
the other, the two plates being con
melted TO the two poles oF yoftaic
battery
The little canary seed, which va
feed TO onr binds only, is ased ~ the
natives Of The Canary Islands Is an.
larticle 81 food It rontains 4 large
proportion snut,itions farina.
If d. Eisler has made correcnol-
servations, The wheat plant never
grows upon any day when The tenn
peratufc Of the air does not for be-.
rica Of several hours at least rise
above - degrees Fahrenheit.
French silk merchants are thinking
about acciia,asizing 4 spe,.ies 81 spissel
which has been discovered on the Afr
can Coast This spider makes a thread
very Ike yellow silk and almost Is
strong.
Distilled waier III the daylight Is Of |
a deep blue coioT. by gsslight, as may
have been expected, The color \ green.
~. Meyer mace TIE experiments. using
long Glass tubes closed by parallel |
pieces Of glass.
Dilute niir0musiatic acid Il BRO
posed BY an Italian scientist FOR The
preservation of nest and Of animal
substances for scientific purposes. The
proportion Of she acid 10 the organic
matter i not stated.
Town sewerage does not, according
70 competent antho,itv, eject iron
pipes with lead Points 50 much as
ordinary water The greasy matters
appear TO form n coating on the in
'ide Of the pipes giving the needed
protection.
The Lesseps plan for the inland sea
y Algeria Is to cnt canal between
5abes and Biskra, the chief centres of
North African trade, connecting sew ,
raj "ehotts. the first of which is
'sserted 10 be at least fourteen times
$ large 40 the Lake Of Geneva.
One Of the Industries of Australia
the cooking and canning Of rabbits,
Fhieh are 50 plentiful IN some districts
bat whole crops are sometimes de-
troyed by them. One firm during
he last season, which lasted twenty.
We weeks, canned 675, 900 Of the ani- :.
lals. y
a rail for common roads has been
ltroduced into France. Il is imbed- =
Cd in concrete, and Is flush atthe
1ges with the roadway. From the
des i slopes dswn to the centre, SO
TO enable the wheels Of vehicles 10
tain their place upon it. The esti-
ated cost Is about ss yard.
From observations made by scienti-
men, the herring in Scotch waters =
late years seem 10 take to deeper
aters, but at intervals to return TO 3
ie shallower waters, usually fire. Z
sented for feeding OF for breeding I,
lrposes, from which it had been ap- 4
'rently frightened BY excessive net
pg, vast shoals Of dogfsh, etc.
a correspondent Of the Druggists
rcular recommends The following as
9 bess remedy against dandrntf
hing of the scalp, and falling of lie
h: Berate Of soda, 10 drachms: =,
licylic acid, ten scFnples; tincture III y
ntharides, 6 ounces; bay rnm, rs -
noes; rose water, rs eunces; boiling M
ater. enough to make 4 l42 pints. I'D
ssolyc the borax and the acid in
Hing water; mix the bay Tnin and IA
se Eater with the solution then ada "
. rest, and filter. III