The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-10-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

Cases of metallic poisoning have
been traced to cheap silver-plated
pitchers. When the lining is broken or
worn, galvanic action is set up and the
base metal rapidly oxidized. = Chicago
Times.
When man points . fre-arm xt
you in fun it is your duty. no matter
how good friend he is, to hrask his
nose and give him some data to re-
member the circumstance by.-Detroit
Free Press.
"A pianoforte with beautifully
painted panels-musical subjects being
the designs has been finished by the
leading Boston firm in the business for
a wealthy New York lady, ct cost OF
81, 500.-Boston Journal
Underground telegraph conduits
become dangerous when struck by light
hing. A heavy current is suddenly
started that in several instances has de-
stroyed switch boards and injured by
ISLANDERS ia the operating room. Y.
SEN. -
According tc me Me,Miss AND Dr,r.
dist the substance which gives To Rdt,
sia leather It's peculiar Aromatic and
lasting duaiitAs Is the oil of white
birch BARK. Dissolved in alcohol, il "a
said to render fabrics predf against
water, acid apd Insects and renders
them mese fasting.
"A young ladyfrom New York, who
was visiting friends at Weatherfeld,
was MORALLY afraid of cows; and
coming on ono suddenly one day, she
was too frightened to run. So poking
her parasol at the beast, she suffered
but: "Lie down, sir! lie downr'-N.
Y. Graphic.
An English chemist who has ana
lyzed all sorts of canned goods comes
to the conclusion that there IS nd dan
ger from metallic poison. Any metallic
Salt present in sufficient quantities I'd
be poisonous would render Che contents
so unpalatehle that they would not be
eaten.
General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, has applied for a trade mark on
a design of which the principal features
are a cross and crown, and the words
"Bloed and Fire" The trademark is
TO be used in cutlery and edge tools, in
furniture and upholstery, and finally in
preparations for the teeth. and hair.
and soap.
Loco, q western weed, acts upon
horses and cattle just as alcohol does
on man. They loe all appetite for
normal food, become apparently intox-
icated at times, and finally dio from
disease strangely like delirium tremens.
From the vice comes the Calitorfia ux.
preston: "As bad as n locoed horse. "
Chicago Times.
"A Western man at ole of our
hotels, where the bill of fare was in
French, after sorely puzzlInG himself
with descriptions which he could not
comprehend, cotelettes a la Maintenon,
and oafs a la braise, exclaimed: II
shall 60 back to first principles; give
me some mutton chops and boiled
oggs."-N Y. Caterer.
"A surveying party in San Luis,
Obispo County, Cal, recently, while
running the boundary line of the Puris-
sima Ranch, had to pass near an apiary,
in which were three hundred colonies
of bees. The little insects attacked the
men and put them utterly to rout, me-
cessitating bathing in cold water, poul-
tires, etc. They were afterward fur
nished with masks, such as are used by
honey gatherers, and completed their
surveys.
"A lady recently visited Niagara
Falls, accompanied by her little boy,
an intelligent child of six years. When
they had looked long time at the
mighty volume of water Fastening to
its grand abyss, the mother turned to
the boy and inquired. What do you
say to that, Alfredo" The little fellow
lifted his awe struck eyes, and solemn
ly answered.: Mamma, l feel like
taking off my hat to God!'
Blood heat is set down on Fahren-
heit thermometer at % degrees, bu,
more careful investigation has shown
that the temperature of healthy per-
son is between 102 and 1O3. One-half
a degree either way indicates an alb
normal condition, while one degree be
low would make a doctor shake his
head ominously. When fever sends
the temperature up to LOG or 10Y it d.
ponds entirely on the amount of fuel on
hand how long the fire will continue to
burn.
The big stone tower of the Phila-.
delphia public buildings, now under
process of erection, will be finished by
the end of the season of 1886. and will
then be $40 feet high. From the eleva-
ton the iron work commences and goes
1875 feet higher, until, to the crown of
William PENIS hat, the height of 535
feet is reached. The browning piece in
the circle forming the lower part of the
tower is single stone weighing thirty
two tons.--Philadelphia Press.
The Studio makes the following
suggestion to those who wish to buy
pictures: "Never take the advice OF
ANYBODY, no matter how cultivated or
educated or how great an authority
he or she may be- :" This is somewhat
startling, coming from a journal de-
voted to the advancement OF art, but it
has good reasons therefor. 1t holds,
and rightly, that people should buy that
which they really like, and then .'try it
by living with it," ifit be really good
sit will help the purchaser to get some
thing as good or, it may be, better the
next time" The suggestion is wholly
sound, for it is in accord with the theory
that pictures themselves educate the
artistic sense. Current.
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