Nevada County picayune., 1888-11-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


 -Pancr is nude out of the cedar chips Of pencil manufacturers, whichls useful for pre5arving rlrpats and other wooden g3odsanl furj from the attacks Of moths.
 1t has been demonstrated in Franco that electricity cln bo effectively used '.for aging whisky aud maturing wine. It seems that all that i5 necessary IS to pass a strong electric curgont through the whisky to be ageI or the wine to be maturod, and the work is done.
 -Dr. Donald c. Hood has collected many facts leIating t1 he ais of sa-lcy- lie acid for raeu Ay5i5.n, oi1Z' p1yt-hts treated with sG!iaEEaJas. 32} "ara re- Eevrd of tas.rp F v lla seven days; wAsrea-. of Gl3 pGJ.al.s traAtai by o.aor m4tAods, oniy ID wore relieved within the sane ttna.
 l Son, people doubt the poisonous effect of nutmeg. but soEeral c4aa5 or nuune3-po;s6ninr have bsel motel ln the British M.ii.a' Jo@rsM 4 whole l nutmeo was t4,1al il folr Of the eases, and five whole ones in the r2malnlnB case. In still aaothe2 else the use ot half nutmeg ia a hot drink was nearly fatal.
 -Sulphurie e5har gently applied with cottonwood. away from the light is elfect',e for ronDving printer ink from p1F sr, if sufficient pains b. taken. Put plotting paper beneath tho one from whiaa tEe ink is to be removed, and us. clean, white plotting paper to absorb the color after each application of the ether .-Sttti0aar aJ1d Printer.
 According to Spanish journal, if blood be mixed with little bile, small crystals are formed which are oi different shapes in different species oi animals In ma they arc right angled prisms in the hossa clbes, in pigs rhomboid5, in 5heap rhomboidal plates, in dogs right anglel prisms very siml' lar to those seen in hum-m blood, and in chickens more or less regular clbes'
 -Experiments hav3 proved that the tensile strength of a Wet rope Is only one-thirl that of the same rope when dry; aud ! rope saturated with grease or soap is weaker still, a' the lubricant permits the hbres t3 sip with groater facility. Hen2 rope contracts strongly on being wet, and q dry rope twenty, five feet long will shorten t9 tWonty- four ou being wet.
 "A substitute for juta n the manu' facture of cotton ba@giag -aems to have been found in pine straw, which is made into bagging by Q tirm in Will mington, \. C. A blIe of cotton ar rived in that city incasal in the new material, which satisfactorily passed all tests. l. is believed that tho mater ial will answer all the purposes of juta bagging ut mach lower prices.
 M Mourlo, of Parts, o9,atu. from the essence of birch bark, by reotiica. ton. an essential oil which possesses, among other properties, that of being fatal to insect life and aa electrically insulating tarry substance These two products are so treated and combined with other substances a5 tJ produce ap anti-oxi5izing material and au in uLat' ing substance capable Of the same ap' plication4 as obonita. Among the other ingredients empioyejs jn addition to the products from the essence of birch bark, are caoatehoae, sulphur, chalk, tale, litharge, autimoay sulphide, kao' lin, zinc white and red ochro. It is, Q! course. we'll known taat an infusion 0. tho leaves Of the common white bireL produces a yellow dya O. established value in certain aDp,"a,iOgs.