The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

&Thoroughly cooked meat, when reduced to
| fine particles, NJ. WON says is rs readily at.
tached by the gastric secretions as raw meat.
Paper wheelspokes are coming into use.
The paper pulp is forced into the iron
moulds under heavy pressure, where 1t
dries and hsrdens.
To restore the colors OF carpets thin layer
Of hard wood saw dust we'll dampened with
solution OF common salt spread over them
and allowed to dry Is said to bs excellent.
The invention of glass is com n ,nly attr5i-
uted to the Pnenicians. Very ancient dis
coveries of glass in Egypt have somewhat
/ shaken this attribution, and it will remain
uncertain until further discoveries settle
| the question.
By means of the new electric brake, in-
vented by an American named Wa,cker, it
| is said that train running at q speed of
| about twenty-five miles per hour was stopped
in the short space of six seconds and within
a distance of twenty yards.
A box or safe has been made of asbestos
| and silicate, formed into solid, stoneIike
material 1t is said to be proof against
sound and vermin. as well as fire, aud will
be useful in preserving valuable papers. 1t
is light though massive in appearance.
The more frequent use OF lettuce is now
advocated, its leaves being boiled. 1t is said
to be as palatable as spinish, aud has sooth.
ing qualities for oxaluric patients. to whom
spinjsh is forbidden. Lettuce was at one
time thought to be good s0p0rlic, but 1t is
losing this part OF its reputation.
A full-grown man, according to Huxley
weighs 154 pounds. divided IS follows: Nus
cles and appurtenances, IS pounds; skeleton,
"a pounds; skin 1917 pounds; fat, % pounds:
brain, pounds; aodomai yis,ers Ii pounds;
tboracic viscera, 81 pounds; blood which
wonld drain from the body, Z pounds.
An interesting experiment to ascertain
the effect of artificial heat on vegetation has
been made by Barthelemy. He arranged
number of hyacinths in glasses ia q circle
around the pipe OF stove, and after some
time he found that the roots assumed
nearly horizontal position. or direction al
most at right angles with the pipe.
The latest surgical luxury Is an instru-
ment by which incsions may be made with
out giving pain. II consists of knife which
is regulated by watch attachment. 50 that
ii advances st the rate of only an inch in six
hours. A slight sensation of uneasiness is
produced, which does not however, pre-.
vent the patient from going to sleep,
A novel experiment Of carrying railrosd
through forest has been tried in Sonoma
County, Gal The trees are sawed off and
leveled and the ties are fastened on the
standing eide by side and reaching seventy
five feet from the ground. So firm is this
support that heavily loaded cars pass over
with perfect security.
The natives OF America were acquainted
with the use of colors at a very remote pc
Rod. Their first coloring materials we're IN
dcubtedly Supplied by the ochres, root-blsck
and lime, while experiment gradually taught
them to extract vegetable colors from leaves,
fruits, roots, stems and seeds. An animal
coloring matter, like the Tyrisn purple. was
yielded by sea-mollusks. The Peruvians
and the Mexicans were able to dye their
cloths, and Peruvian mummy.wrappings
which have been found after having been
buried fer centuries still retaid their primi-
tive celor.
The camel has twice the carrying power
of gu OK. With an ordinary load OF 400
rounds be can travel twelve 10 fourteen
days without water, going fourteen miles
day. They are fit TO work ct five years old,
but their strength begins to decline at twen-
ty-five, although they live usually until
iorty. They are often fattened at thirty for
the butcher, thu flesh tasting like beef. The
Tsrtars have herds of these animals, often
1000 belonging to one family. They were
numerous in antiquity. for the patriarch
Job had 5000. The Timbuctoo breed is re-
marksble for speed, and used only for couri-
ers, going 800 miles in eight days with
meal OF dates or grain at nightfsll.