The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
CURIOUS, USEFUL AND SCIEN-
TIFIC.

Oiling with linseed oil will save wood from
worms.
Wash grained woods with cold tea, wipe
dry and rub with linseed oil.
Cayenne pepper blown where mice or ants
congregate drives them away.
Before trimming rubber dip the knife in
water and it will cut more readily.
Sprinkle hellebore on the floor to kill cock
reaches. Sweep it up each morning.
Dr. Palisa, of Vienna, has discovered an
other small planet. There are now PSI
known.
A little carbolic acid put in your glue or
paste-pot will keep the contents sweet for a
long time.
The artesian wells, it is believed, will some
day convert the arid-slaked plains of Texas
into fruitful region.
Very warm, light blankets and feather
cloth are now made from the waste feathers
of domestic fowl and game birds,
When drain pipes or other places get sour
or impure they may be cleansed with lime
water, carbollc acid or chloride of lime.
People who find it difficult to get up a
food of tears upon occasions are notified
that the tear-begetting property of the
onion is now extracted, and may be used
without creating suspicion.
Glass plates have been substituted for cop
per in the sheathing OF an Italian ship, the
advantage claimed being exemption from
oxidation and incrustation. The glass was
cut in plates to fit the hull.
Hot alum is the best insect-destroyer
known. Put it in hot water, and let it boil
until all the alum is dissolved. Apply hot,
with a brush, and all creeping things are
instantly destroyed without danger to hui
man life or injury to property. sezs2z
German engineers have succeeded in di-
minishing the swaying in locomoti es, aud
with it the wear of the rear drivS, anges,
by making the tender coupling more or less
ripid IateTalIv. and. indeed four-wbeeled
locomotives have been used on some roads
for line engine by having heavy shoot bolts
on each side entering sockets on the tender
in this way preventing either vertical or
horizontal swaying.
The schooner Grampus, built at Noank,
Conn.,, for the United States Fish Conn.,
mission, is 50 tons burden, commanded by
Captain Edward Collins, and is fitted with a
well, that live fish may be brought home.
She will go on cruise to the Grand Bank
after halibut. An effort will be made to
propagate them by artificial Matching, the
| first of the kind ever attempted. A staff of
scientists will go on the voyage and other
| scientific researches will be carried on under
direction of Professor Baird.
Some very attractive specimens of paper
| slippers sandals, and other coverings tor the
| feet-a substitute for leather, etc.-have been
| brought to notice in London, where their
manufacture has been recently undertaken.
| For this purpose, paper, paper pulp, or
papier mache is employed in making the
upper, which is moulded to the desired form
and size; the sole is made of PAPER or paste
board, leather board, or other adapted paper
material. a union of this sole to the upper
being effected by means of cement glue, or
other adhesive material; the plan is to have
the upper creased, embossed, or perforated
at the instep and sides, so as to prevent any
! breaking or tearing while in use. The sole
may be made with or without heel.