Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-11-04
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The paper gas and water pipes in
troduced SO extensively IN Vienna
come time ago, it is claimed are sue
cess.
M. Estrade, of the French Ecole Poly
technique, has perfected new locomo.
tive which will haul train Of cars
rom seventy to seventy-eight miles an
iour. y sg.
Electroplating with silver upon wood
is now successfully performed, the pro-
iess being adapted to handles of all
;inds, including canes and umbrella
ticks. ar .tflji
According to Wright, many of the
finer grades Of transparent soaps do not
contain glycetine or sugar, which it
appears, Is as well adapted to transpar-
mt soaps as is gycerine.
People who have presence of mind
enough when In danger of drowning to
lock the hands behind the back, fully
initiate the lungs and close the mouth,
may thus keep themselves afoat for
some time.
Or. +. G. Janeway of New York city,
acting on the suggestion of country
practitioner, has given frozen milk to
'atients whose stomachs did not toler-
lite ice'cream, and speaks highly Of its
use in fevers. aa
The Chronique Industrielle gives the
following recipe for a paste that will
remove rust and not scratch the finest
polished surface: Cyanide of potas-
SUM, is grains; soap, 10 grams; water,
sufficient to make thick paste.
1t has been shown that the strength
of the lion in the fore-limbs is only 800
per cent of that of the tiger, and the
strength Of the hind-limbs 500 per cent.
Five men can easily hold down lion,
but nine men are required to control a
tiger. "A
Inc mandoline is now a fashionable
instrument IN society. II the chronicles
Ire 10 De trusted, 1t was in vogue a
century ago. and siozart is said to have
written the accompaniment of "Deh
V'en' Tor 1t; but o. late years a piasi-
cato on the violin does duty for the
mandoline.
From the London papers we learn
that Father Damen, who has long been
''nown asthe Apostln Of the Lepers at
.lolokai, has been u. last stricken with
The dread disease, and will hencefor-
ward remain con-. .lal{ with the
afhicted people with ahom he has spent
so much time ~ rct' yeasS.
In paper li'e.y read beivre Lon
aon engineering society it was men,
uoned as the reS''ltof many expert
ments tnat l,OOO feet OF gas used to pro.
luce incandcscent electric lighting by
means OF gas engine would give twice
US much light as twould IL employed
rs an illuminant in the ordinary way.
AN immense quantity OF jewelry is
now made from thin layers Of gold al
10y upon an ingot OF brass formed
while 1t Is hot. On the ingot cooling
II Is forced between steel rollers into
long, thin ribbon, each part of whichis,
OF course, still covered with the gold
alloy, intellectually thin, but which wears
for years and can he moulded into anv
shape. .olr lt
Edison, the electrician, Is going to ex-
pertinent on earth currents. lie can
not do 1t at his home in New Jersey,
because there is too much mineral In
the soil. In Florida 1t is all sand. lIc
says there are currents Of electricity
passing all the time through the earth,
but their directions are unknown. A
knowledge OF them may revolutionizr
telegraphy. 1t may revolutionize the
the meteorological bureau system and
make 1t possible to forecast the weather
exactly. Telegraph wires sooner or
later will be a thing OF the past. They
are expensive and cumbersome, and
why use them II you can make an in
strument that will be sensitive to the
natural earth currentss % go
1yiltis said that the great glacier OF
Alaska Is moving toward the sea at
the rate OF q quarter OF a mile per
annum. The front presents q wall of
Ice some ooo feet In thickness, its
breadth varies from three 70 ten miles
ana 1t is 100 miles long. Almost every
quarter OF an hour hundreds of tons of
ice in large blocks fall into the sea,
which they agitate In the most violent
manner, the waves being such as to
toss ABOUT the largest vessels that ap-
proach the glaciers as II they were