The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-09


1t Is told Of \ man in Connecticut who
wanted to put awater pipe through .
drain several feet below the surface OF
the ground without digging up the
drain. To accomplish Il he tied q strin /,
to cats leg, thrust her into one end II
tho drain, and giving a terrific "scAt -"
the feline appeared at the other end the
pipe was drawn through the drain hv
means OF the line, thus saving cOnsi ier-
able expense.
A statistician, Or. Fsrr, wa believe il
was, reCe, tly stated that il one could
watch the march Of l,OOO.OO people
through life, the following would DO Oh
scrvablU: Nearly 10000 would die the
first year, 53,OOO the second year, 5000
h third year, and less than 1000 Ia tho
thirteenth. At the end Of fOrty-iye
years 5OO,OOO have died. At tie ouu Of
sixty years 37O,OjO would still he living:
at the end of eighty years, $1,000; at
eishty-ive, 3l,UOO; ana nj ninety i've
Years there would bo 2gi; at tho eui Of
los years there will become survivor.
10 hang RrluiStone on It's axe To
keep IL from wabbhng from side To side,
requires great skid. The hole should bs
VI least tnree-eighths or One-half inch
larger than the axle, and both axle and
hole square; then make double wedges
Tor each of the four sides OF the SQUARE,
all alike and thin enough, 80 that One
w0dge from each side Will reach clear
through the hole. Drive the wedges from
each side. If the hole through the stone
il true the wedges will tighten the stone
true; II the hoe IL not 1T right Angles tn
the plane of the stone, II must he made
-, or the wedge correspOndngly must
DO altered in the taper 10 meet The irres-
ularity Of the hole.
IL seems to be- overlooked by meteor
Ogists, says writer ia t1o Journal VI
/ science, hat when a season has taken a
decided character, whether ~ wet or
urv, tho ordinary indications OF change
seem u loose thelr meaning. In lS7phll
Signs of fair weather, drawn from the
appearance Of the clouds, tue action OF
birds aud insects, ETC., we're quite mis-
leading, Aud In the present season |
have more than once seen ihe con .
monty accepted signs Ut rain 20 for
nothing. The sky may become grad
ually overcast, with dark ragged masses
oi under scud; there may lie " "hOllow
and clustering wind" swallows may
| fly low, slugs come out IN numbers, buD-
| bles OF gas rise from ditch -, etc, hut
the weather remains dry, or AZ the most
there Is n slight shower.
rae newspapers published In the LAX.
Superior COPPER miues region recon.
mend tho use OF copper As roof cover
ing in p ace OF tin. In reply to an In.
Quiry by one oil our contemporaries ~
10 the relative economy and benefits Oi
copper over tin, All architect furnishes
the following; We always specify the
use Of Supper for covering roofs, When
| Ia. la .l1AsN a = 4 IN a
10, ON account of its dugaullity;A though
its cost Is about ylt per 100 square fee
over price of tin rrOhng. Bu when W.
reflect that tin roof requires constant
repairs, and painting NJ EAST every i've
Years, ~ = cost Of Two or three cents pVr
| foot, varying as 10 the uumher ut cOsSs
the cost ot repairs Tor six years, lOgVth0l
with the cost Oi the tin root, equals tn,
cost of copper.
A curious aud Instructive experiment
has lust been madh hy NJ, Outer, VIII,
took " number of very thin plates ul
discks OF tempered steel, HOou, amilh
meter thick aud from i've millimeterl
~ forty contractors wide, aud bun
them into piles, the adiacvut plates b.
ing sometimes IN contact and sOnotimei
separated by q sheet OF paper or card
board. These piles were then inserted
IN u very powerful magnetic field an,
withdrawn. IL Was then found they
had become powerful permRu' NJ mag
| nets; but when the individual ptate'
were separated they seemed to hGv,
lost their magnetism. On building VA
the pile again the original magnetism
WAS restored 10 Ii. IL appears then thn
/ the thin plates have not really lost theil
| polarity ON being withdrawn from the
exciting held. Some of prOL u. h
| Hughes recent experiments have 4
I great similarity TO NJ. Dutcr's,