Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INTESTINAL.

a Berlin scientist says SHIT Is Gull
ducivc to longevity.
Brass solder may he made by using
twelve parts of brass, six parts of zinc,
and Que part of tin.
Antipylinc in doses of one to three
grains is recommended by Sonnenbergcr
as a remedy for whooping cough
a gas stove has been invented to rival
the bookcase folding bed. 1t is con-
ccalcd In a handsome colonial clock
case.
Lithium is the lightcst metal known
and is worth $lG1 per ounce. Gallium
is the costlicst metal known and is
worth $3.50 per ounce.
It is asserted that, under certain con-
ditions, the bark of the quilla tree OF
Chill possesses cleansing properties snpe-
rior to those OF the best soap.
Wonders are being continually ac-
complishcd by electricity. a rcnch
electrician thinks he will soon be able
to produce thunder storm at will.
n correspondent Of the Liverpool
Mcrc.ry says that lie heard some cornct
playing from a photograph which had
been repeated more than Il thousand
times, aud all The notes were as clear and
distinct as ever.
\ new carpenter rule has been in
vented by a Boston mechanic. 1t is Of
! novel construction, and aside from its
uses us Il rule makes very handy bevcl
or square, in which legs may be al Just
ably clamped in amy desired position.
The tax collectors receipts of the
ancient Egyptians were inscribed on
pieces of broken crockcry. Some Of
them, from the British museum collcc
ton, have been translated, and show
the tex i'll Egypt under the carly
Caesars.
a new chain wrench for plumbers is
especially adapted for use in connection
with pipes, aud is so constructed, that
the pipe may be turned from right to Jeff,
Oh vice versa, without removing the
wrench, while it permits Of tightening
the chain less than the length OF link.
The French in Cayenne are said to
hold in great dread the LucilM hom
nicaur, or man-catiug fly. This in
sect lays its eggs in the mouth or nos.
triIs Of sleeping, aud especially of
drunken, individuals, and the Matched
out Lnce usually produce horrible
death.
The Colt arms factory at Hartford,
! Conn, will soon begin the manufacture
of tho 900 navy rcvolyers for the
piece is u ye.shootcr OF thirty-e: ght
calibre BESIDES being self cooking, all
: the cartridges may lie instantly removed
bya pressure Of the thumb.
Blacksmiths, who sometimes get hold
of fractions horses, will appreciate the
device CT a Sidney (0hioj man. The
invention is a horseshocing rack. and
consists Of pen, readily adjustable to
the size Of any animal, and in which Il
horse can he securely fastened, the rack
! being made so that it can be readily
taken down and moved out Of the way.
French chemists now obtain from the
essence Of birch bark, by rectlication,
an essential oil which possesses among
other proprietics that OF being fatal to
insect life, and an electrically Insulating
tarry substance; and these two products
are so treated and combined with other
substances as to produce an antI-oXidiz-
ing compound and an insulating material
capable Of the same applications as
ebonile.
BY means of recent Improvements
made in the manufacture OF rifles us
many as 120 barrels can now be rolled in
an hour by one machine They arc
Strengthened cold and bored with CORE
spending speed, and even the riling is
done automatically, so that one man
tending six machines can turn out sixty
or seventy barrels per day. With the
old rilling machine twenty barrels was
about the limit Of days work, but the
! improved machines attend to everything
after being once started, and, when the
rilling is completed, ring bell to call
the attention OF the workman.