The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-11-12
GGSERAL NEws.

mentioned as the result Of many ex.
perIments that 1000 feet OF gas used
to produce incandescent electric light.
Ing by means Of gas engine would
II employed rs an illumlnant 10 tho
ordinary way.
Copper or brass wire larger than
No. Is IL hard TO bend. BY heating
to redness and plunging into cold wa
ter both these metals will become
m uch softened. In making jelnts
In wires before soldering, II they are
softoned In this way and cleaned,
excellent contract apart from the SOL
der can be obtained.
a Canada bee. keeper uses chl0rO-
form Instead OF tobacco Ia mauagIDg
HE bees. He tlnds II very valuable
aid In removing old queens OF intro
ducIng new ones. These operations
are very perplexlng to q novice, but
q few white Of chloroform blown Into
the hive enables them 20 be perform.
ed without difficulty.
A doHble purpose may be accom-
plIshed by covering the rafters and
stones OF the cellar with whItewash
made yellow with copperas, and an
ing the crevlees and cracks of the
floor with dry sopperaA The rats
and mice win Immediately vacate
the cellar sos,reassd, and II Will be
thoroughly purihed and disIniected.
I've German Psychologists calcu.
lated the relative liability OF Injury to
the eye, fnding that, II ell parts OF
the BODY were equally exposed to
injury, wounds Of the eye would
bear 70 wounds of other parts the
proportion Of about one In 600. Asa
matter Of fact, the actual proportion
10 more than twenty timss as great,
or thIr,y-six 10 1000.
Salt Il Q wonderful remedial agent.
Sal. and cider vinegar VIII cure OBJ
stinste cases Of diarrhoea- 4 soIu-
tlon Of salt viii relieve pain 10 bruis-
IS. Equal paris Of strong salt water
and spirits OF camphor applied TO the
teeth Is q cure for tooihache. Salt
will check bleeding OF the lungs when
other remedies fall. Salt Il q remedy
10 catarrh.
In Algeria there 10 . small stream
which the chemistry Of nature mas
turned Into true Iuk. II is formed
by the union Of two rivnlsts, one Of
which Is very strongly Impregnated
win Iron, while The other, meander-
Ing through peat marsh, imblbts
galIIc acld. Letters have been writ
ten with this compound Of iror and
gallIc acid which unite 70 form the
little river.
Animal tissues In undergoing pu-
lrefacliye decomposition give rise Il
very complex products, which ara
very soluble 10 water, and are ex-
iremely injurious. Uulsss this va
ser filtsrs through such . quantity o
soil, and soil of such quality as vii
completely remove these product
Of decomposition. such water Is IN
safe, however far Il may have pass
ed under ground.
The ditticnlty that Il experienced i
/. some chimney with > strong dow
{ dpught Is said TO have been snEirsl
j obviatsd by an English device. Il con
, sist Of number Of grooved rings pla'
{ ed over each other with spaces betwsel
> and made Of metal or clay. The groov'
. are 30 shaped that when she wir
. strikes them Il 10 90 detected that
d draws air up the chimney, and in th
b way sffsctually prevents down draugh
y" A physician OF Philadelphia says th
II . great deal Of What passes for hea
% diseass Is only mild dyspepaia I; ii
. nervousness commonly 10 bad tempe
r and two-thirds Of so called malaria
of nothing but lasiness. Imsgination,
g. says, 10 Responsible for = multitude
4 Ills, and be gives ~ an instance t
!. case Of clergyman, who after preacl
D. ing sermon would take teaspoohl
N Of sweetened water and doEe off like
In babe, under shs impression that u v
~ q bona=iide sedativs.
le Il IL well~known that iron screws
cs very liable to rust, more especia
ID when they are placed In damp sit'
IL tions. WheA they are employed
ot join parts Of machinery they often !
III come so tightly fixed that they q
r. only be Withdrawn with cCnaidera
70 trouble--a fracture sometimes resn
ID ing. In order to avoid this ipeanv'
at isncs screws a,e generally oiled bef
ct being put in their places, but this
e. found to be insuflcieDt. According
g. the Moniteur f,,duskrtslIs, mixture
"a oil and graphite will eifeetually prev
30 screws becoming fixed, and, moreov
protect thsm for years against r.
The mixture lacilitktpa tighlening
is an excellent lubricant and redu
The frintinn nf the anraw In In aoeL