Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-25
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT "WEDNESDAY APRIL 25 l888
SCIENTIFIC soUIBs.

SCIENTIFIC soUIBs. There were 1,248 patents of an electrical nature issued in this country in 1887.
 A recent English invention relates to cast ing rings ready for use without boring or turning The rings are cast in chill mold around metallic core.
 Wood pulp is rapidly being substituted for plaster of paris in the manufacture of all kinds of building ornaments in France, where new method has been devised.
 The number of hides imported into Eng land for home consumption is estimated at 100000 per annum, which together with the domestic hides bring the total number to about %, 100000
 To make an ink for hand stamps that will not iniure the rubber: Mix and dissolve two to four drams aniline color, fifteen ounces alcohol and fifteen ounces glycerine. The solution is poured on the cushion and rubbed in with brush.
 At the general meeting of the American Gaslight association, Dr. Morton, the we'll known physicist, warned people against the use of unscreened electric and gaslights Lights should be placed above the visual range and shaded so as to produce a diffused and equable light.
 Good cement for sticking porcelain letters on glass: Starch, 60 parts; finely pulver- ized chalk, 100 parts. Mix with equal parts of water and alcohol with the addition of 30 parts of Venice turpentine, taking care to agitate the mass with stick, so as to in- sure its homogeneity.
 Fumigation is said to have originated with Acron, physician of Agrigentum, who is i. n,.,1 ko 1>< 1 lighted and aronlatics to be thrown into them to purify the air, and thus to have stopped the plague at Athens and other | places in Greece about 473 B. c.
 The Scientific American gives the follow ing method of perforating earthenware: A soft copper rod or pipe is used in the lathe, it being fed with mixture of powdered emery and linseed oil The emery is imbedded in l the copper by the friction, and cuts right | through the hardest material in a very short time.
 The "OpSiometer" is new instrument for testing the eyesight. It consists of mahog- any case with two front eyeholes, behind which are two travelling bands mounted on rollers. These bands have holes in which different lenses are fitted, and the person whose sight is to be tested looks through the holes and lenses at printed matter be hind.
 The medical attendant of the queen of Corea is an American woman physician, who receives salary of $15, 900 year.
 Queen Victoria offers to sell her villa at EBaden-Baden for ZIG, 900, reserving "a square metre of ground" whereon to erect a memo rial of her ownership
 The Princess of Wales most valuable sill yer wedding present was magnificent neck lace of rubies and diamonds from the en- peror and empress of Russia.
 The queen of England speaks German in her home circle, while English is'the family language of the German, Russian, Greek and Danish imperial and royal homes.
 Queen Victoria has invited the king and queen of Italy to visit Windsor castle in June, and they have accepted the invitation provided the situation of affairs at the time will permit
 Mrs. Garrett Anderson is at the head of the London School of Medicine. She is the lead ing woman physician in England; makes an income of e1O,OOO and has the strength and energy of man.
 After Frederick dies the German empress will receive a fortune, payable by the reign ing emperor, of $50, 1000 year, and the use of the Palace of Charlottenberg and another palace at Potsdam.
 Miss Mary Tillinghast is one of the most successful among the women who have made business of decorative art. Vanderrilt once paid her $3O. .00O for inventing a now kind o1 tapestry hangings for his houses. Lady Haberton stands for the divided skirt, and accepts no compromise for under and outer wear. She does not think that req progress in dress can be made so long as wo men cling to a petticoat in any form
 Empress Victoria of Germany is able tt converse learnedly with such men as Virchov and Won Helmholz, and her comprehension of her husbands case has awakened wonder among his physicians. She is without doub one of the best informed women in tn world. . .-...
 %Ug Yee Cam is the name of Chimes woman who recently arrived in San Fran cisco. She is possessed of wonderful beauty and the Californians have gone wild ove her. She is sister-in-law of Lee Kong You a we'll known cigar manufacturer of Sa
 Francisco.
 : One of the contestants in a walking mate ! in progress in Chicago recently was Esthe ] Gausten, 12 years old. She is describe !, as 'sthe champion child pedestrienne of tn United States" and already has record fo :, speed and endurance, having walked a hal
 mile in three minutes and thirty-two seconds = She began her career as pedestrian at B
 gin, Ills, when only years old.