Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-26
/, CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.
KILLED ON THE RIGHT ST


she slapped him dead on the page
thereby to her regret causing a deep
stain on the sacred volume. But on
reading under the stain, verse 8, she
was consoled by these words: '"Ihen
said |, will not feed you! That that
dieth, let it die. And that that is to
be cut off, let it be cut off, and let the
rest eat even of one the flesh OF anoth-
er. "-Hartford COurant.
Ignite AS FUEL.
In the course of a discussion on art1-
fetal fuel before the Hanover section
of the German Society Of Engineers, 1t
was stated that experiments made by
Herr E. Fischer with Ignite containing
60 per cent. of water and having cal
critic value, when coming from the
mine, of from 1000 to 1,5OO, have
when dry from 5000 to $500. The
best temperature for cooking Ignite
seems to be 1902 Celsius, when the aid
of steam is introduced. In this way
80 per cent. of the weight of the moist
Ignite is obtained in the form of coke,
holding from 6 to 7 per cent. OF ash
and having calorific value Of $500,
equal to fair quality OF bltumlnous
coal.
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.
Many lovers of the beautiful are
great admirers of the colors like that
ofthe rainbow sometimes seen on glass
ware, and wonder how they are pro
duced. The story goes that the work
men of Bohemian manufacturer
wishing to celebrate, his return home
kindled some Bengal lights in the an
healing ovens. What pieces OF glass
ware were there became irldescent.
This accidental discovery was taken
due advantage of when like effects
were desired. While the glass is hot,
and before it is put in the anneallng
furnace, a vapor is passed over 1T.
This vapor is the product Of MKT
ure of proto-chloride oftin, carbonate
of baryta, and carbonate ofstrontian.
After the annealing process the colors
can sometimes be removed by vigor-
Gus rubbing.
A GEOkGIAN's WONDERFUL EYE.
There is man in Americas one Of
whose eyes is black and the other a
real cats eye. The pupil of the latter
will expand and contract the same as
that of feline. Here is their owners
explanation for the curious eyes:
"When [ was child | stuck the point
of a pair of scissors in that eye. The
matter in it ran out of the wound. An
old country physician was called, and
he said probably the eye could be
saved by putting q cats eye in the
place. A cat was caught, treated with
chloroform, and, while under the lntiu-
ence, the eyewas transferable me. In
four or five months | was able to go
out of the dark room in which | had
been kept, and could see better than
ever out of that eye. Why, can see
in the night as good as any man IN
daylight | have been thinking OF
having my old eye replaced by new
One.-American Record.
AMATEUR SURGERY SAVES A LIFE.
About three years ago, Mrs. Maria
Davis, of Shushan, Washington Coun-
ty, began to be troubled with pain In
her left foot, attended with swelling,
and which a local physician pro
nounced to be rheumatism. The
usual remedies were of no avail. In a
few months gangrene set in at the tips
of the toes and worked back, affecting
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the case incurable, and Mrs. Davis
was removed to the home of her sister,
Mrs. James A. Zander, of Green Island,
to await death, which was momentarl-
ly expected. Modification continued
until the foot at the middle remained
connected only by a single ligament.
About two months ago Mrs. Davis
nurse severed the ligament with pair
ofshears. The stump at once began to
heal. Mrs. Davis condition I'M
proved Immediately. She has now re
gained her usual appearance OF health
and strength, and although she is still
confined to her bed she suffers little
and believes that her restoration to
health will be complete.-Troy, N. Y.
| Tines
| s.E A PETRIFIED TREE.
The stump of a large tree has been
found on the farm of a Mr.. Curtiss, in
Southbury, Conn, in a state of per
| feet petrifaction. A piece of the same
in the possession Of Milkman Whitney,
of Birmingham, about six inches long
! by four in diameter, weighs ten
pounds A large portion of the body
of the tree seems also to have been
petrified, but was broken up and
built into q stone wall before it's
actual character was discovered. Mr..
Curtiss' wall has since been nearly
destroyed by specimen hunters. He
has been offered q liberal sum OF
money for the stump, but as yet re
fuses to part with it. A curious
feature in the Whitney specimen is
that while the grain of the wood is
plainly to be seen, yet there seem to
be several kinds of stone entering into
it's composition some white and
fintlike, and others dark and shady,
yet all crossways the grain susceptible
of taking a high polish. One would
suppose that the materials and the
surroundings being all alike, the re-
suit would have been uniform in
| character.-AnsoniaE Evening Sen tineI.
A TOUCHING CEREMONY.
| A horse which once attracted great
attention in the streets Of New York
fell lame and was sent to the country
There he formed the acquaintance OF
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