Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-30

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eoWn and city OF the eastern part OF the
save north OF the latitude Of Philadelphia.
lnere are I'VE MILLS at Darby making rpun
snk, ana within the limits Of the city Of
fhilaueiphia nearly one hundred mills
spinning and weaving silk and siIk-mixed
soous. Plushes and velvete have recently
oeen added, aud there are two mills on
dress goods, the most OF the establish
ments making upholstery fabrics, cur
tainsi turcomans, ribbons, fringes, braids
and trimmings. The product OF all these |
IL very large aud rapidly increasing, EN- |
ploying about 5000 persons.
Engineers pronounce the project Of tap /
ping Niagara river by means Of canal
entirely practicable, and experts have de
clared that not elsewhere within the
known world are there such natural adj.
vantages for the creation OF gigantic
water-power, and that II can be delivered
at Lockport TO the extent OF 500, 900 horse
power, II so much shall be wanted, al n
minimum Of expense. Lake Erie aud all
the great upper lakes would be the mill
pond for this power, the Niagara river the
head race and Lake Ontario Its tail race.
The supply OF water can never be dimln-
lshed by drought; no spring floods nor
freshets will tear away the dams, for there
viii be no dams. The supply Of water
VIII be uniform, uninterrupted and prac-
tically unlimited. At the ordinary capt.
tallzed value Of horsepower this would
add about 200,000,000 to the material
resources of the country.
The Ottomacs, people Of South Amer
lea, regularly consume from pound TO a
pound and a half Of clay per day, which
satisfies their hunger without iniuring
their health. Among the Indians on the
banks OF the Amazon clay forms part of
the fare, even when other food is abun-
dant. Edible earth is sold In the markets
OF Bolivis, and kind which has an agree
able odor is much esteemed among the
Peruyians. According to travellers, the
negroes Of Jamaica have recourse to clay
only when there is dearth Of other food,
but they eat 1t without repugnance. On
the contrary, the negroes Of Guinea
transported to America, seek an earth
analogous to that which they have been
accustomed to, and not always finding 1t
have recourse to pips-clay. In the King
dom Of Siam the women and children are
clay-eaters. In Java they make sort OF
q cake out OF ferruglnous clay, which
the men eat when they wish to become
lean.
4 Some months ago It was stated that o
plan of electric signaling from balloons
was invented by Mr.. Eric S. Bruce having
special advantages for army purposes. 1t
will, then, be enough now to say that
balloons after having been permitted to
ascend suitable distance are caused TO
be lighted by means of electric lamps,
supplied with current from wires com
municating with an electrical generator
| ~ fba fr,- Is.t. nd aha int
walls, so as to spell out words in Morse
alphabet manner. The essential nature
of Mr.. Bruce's invention being thus men.
toned, details may easily be re-
called to mind. This method Of signaling
was tried short time ago by the British
military authorities at Chatham, and II
appears that it has given entire satisfac'
, tion. The light thrown down by an Hum
! mated balloon was so brilliant and diff
fused over go wide an area when the bal
loon was at considerable height tina
} some one suggested that such a ligh
might well be made use Of for conducting
+ certain military operations at night
At the present time, when so much i
| said and written OF "mad dogs II ma.
q be well to recognize that, as the Lance
b says, fear or nervous apprehension ca
Y
not all, the characters OF hydropaobia
o 1t is not necessarily true that hydrophc
: bia is always brought on by the menta
, anxiety that dog-bite not infrequentl
d occasions. Hydrophobia is nervou
\ disease, but 1t has probably a materia
( cause, poison, which is most likely
\ "germn or micro-organism. IL Is cur
ious fact that birds, even when in5culate,
with the poison rabies, do not suffer iron
= the disease; and some individuals appea
! to enjoy, with birds, the same kind @
! immunity. The Lancet further point
y out that whether 1t is those persons VIII
4 are not given to fear ornervous apprener
! sion who always escape hydrophohia, eve
: though bitten by rabid dog, we are nc
: In position to state. But nothing ca
J be more detrimental to bitten individ
ual than to brood over his misfortunes, 0
make himself miserable by learning all tn
n symptoms OF hydrophobia. II Science.