Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-06-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.

DR.. E. Parmley Brown declares that
the excessive use of SAT- is one of the
main factors in the destruction of the
human teeth.
The inside of coffee or tea pot which
has become discolored may be made
bright as new by filing with soap-suds
and boiling As minutes.
The stains Of oil may be removed from
paper by applying pipe clay powdered
and mixed with water to the consistency
of cream. Leave on for four hours.
A Frenchman has found that by plac-
ing few drops of glycerine and water
into the corners of the eyes of dead per-
sons their ife-ike appearance is re-
stored.
The Con- ectiOner's Journal is author
ity for the statement that green cucum-
Der Feelings will effectually rid house
of reaches. The insects suck the poison
therefrom and die.
1t is proposed to supply the city of
Chicago with water by means of shafts
sunk to the lime stone strata which under
lies the city at no great depth and out
crops in the bed OF Lake Michigan about
two miles from shore.
According to Edward Atkinson 80, 0O0,-
900 pounds of oil is now thrown into the
rivers and wasted from the washing oil
wool. With the possibilities for the use
of lanolin Gas this Oil is termed the
waste seems objectionable.
The beautiful red plumage of South
African species of birds has been chemi-
cally examined and found to be due to
copper. When the birds are kept from
food containing copper they entirely lose
the tint produced by that mineral.
The principle of the telescope was de-
scribed by Roger Bacon about 1850, and
Leonard Diggs, who died about 1878
arranged glasses SO that he could see
very distant objects. Calico construct
ed telescopes in 1909, and discovered
Jupiter's satellites in 1910.
A saw without teeth that will cut g
steel rail in two minutes is in operation
at the Central Hudson shops, in Green
bush, N. Y. 1t is run by ninety horse
power engine, is thirty eight inches in
diameter and three-eighths of an inch
thick at the edge. One saw will cut 5000
rails before II ia worn ont
To mend china: Into solution oil
gum arabic stir plaster of Paris until the
mixture assumes the consistency OF
cream. Apply with brush to the
broken edges of china and join together
In three days the article cannot be broken
in the same place. The wilderness of the
cement adds to it's value.
A patent has been secured for carrying
natural gas safely long distances. 1t is
q process of mixing air with gas IN such
proportions that while all danger of ex-
plosion is taken away all the heating
quality still remains. It will also leave
the air of the rooms in which it is used
in a healthy condition.
A new company has been formed for
the eXtention of submarine cables of
telegralhic communication on the west
coast of Africa and by means Of existing
cables with Europe. The length of the
cables which will require to be laid is
5000 nautical miles, for the most part
in water of moderate depth. The cost
will be $2,5OO,OOO.
To polish plate-glass and remove
slight scratches rub the surface gently,
first with clean pad of fine cottonwood
and afterward with similar pad cover
ed over with cotton-velvet which has
been charged with fine rouge. The sur
face will, under the treatment, acquire a
polish Of great brilliancy, quite free from
any scratches.
The Investigations of the Prussian fire.
damp commission have shown that many
mine explosions attributed to fire damp,
or outbursts of gas, are really due to fine
coal dust, all kinds of dust appearing
to be capable of exploding violently
when ignited. The experiments relative
to this inAammability Of coal dust were
devised as nearly as possible in accord
ance with the conditions prevailing in
practice, and more than 200 tests were
made, explosions occurring in every case
when the electric spark was produced
in a dust cloud.
It is customary to use ammonia for
the purpose of neutralizing acids that
have accidentally or otherwise DESTROYED
the color of fabrics. This must be ap-
piled Immediately or the color is usual
ly imperfectly restored. After careful
use an application of chloroform will
bring out the colors as bright as ever.
Plush goods and all articles dyed with
aniline colors, faded from exposure to
light, will look as bright as ever after
sponging with cloroform. The CONNER
cial chloroform will answer the purpose
very well and is less expensive than the
purified.
Anent low-ceiled- rooms, or ceilings
even with the window tops, it is urged
that such rooms may be more perfectly
ventilated than those with high ceilings.
The leakage of air which is always 60
ing on keeps the air in motion, whereas
in high-ceiled rooms only the lower part
Of the air is moved, and an inverted lake
of foul air is left floating in the space
ahove the window tops. Moreover the
heating OF low-ceiled rooms is accom-
plished at much lees expense than the
heating of high ceiled rooms.
All carpenters know how soon the butt
end of chisel handles split when daily
exposed to the blow of a mallet or ham,