San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-06-28
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We: ropo "a only onothiri rs tonsilc or
when dry, ard grcasod ropo IL oven weaker
Astronomical photography Inns slccocdol
IN reproducing stars down TO tho thirtccnth
magnitude
II Is predicted Tint tho borings through
tho Straits of Dover viii reveal tho existence
of extensive coai bcds
Basic sing tho refuse OF steel works, when
freed from Iron and reduced a. powder,
proves 10 10 valuable fcrtiliznr
Medical authority cnn 10 found for tho
uirory that IL Ia tho early riser who catcie,
miasma II there bo any Ia tho air.
FlSrida promises TO become n largo pro-
Queer Of opium Sixteen plants will produce
an ounce, aud nn nero Of poppins will yield
$1,000 worth OF opium.
10 hns bccn nsccriainod by careful cxDcri-
plonts conducted by NJ Roger that poisons
loso oncilfth OF their toxic power when taken
into the system by fasting.
An instrument called the autoSrnphomctnr
has lately boon devised, which, when in use,
indicates the Topography and difference OF
level Of all places over which 10 paSica
. japanese engineers propose to adopt sys-
tom Of oarthwork dcf,nsos protected by an
iron shield one foot In thickness, and extend
lug twenty-five feet each si1g " the gun.
IN China thorc arc over 400 spcc,ca OF
pinnts used for food, and in the world proha-
bly, ten times thntnunbcr. Sawdust In Swo-
den Is used In hrcnd and found digcstiblo
a light, slliclous earth f. found in France
and Germany, from which arc mado bricks
that will float In water. Such bricks AFRO
mentioned by Pliny; they wcro also mado in
Tuscany In tho Eighteenth century.
A Euronburg inventor bas produced n
6hoc sole composed of wiro net oveilaid with
substance resembling India rubber. These
coles, which cost but half the price Of leather,
hnvo been tested In tho German army, and
found 10 DO twice as durable
A new double pointed nail IL tho invention
Of an ingenious woman. Tho points turn I'm
opposite directions They are especially use
full for invisible mailing In wood word. 1t IS
simply two nails Joined firmly, tho sides Of
the heads being placed together.
Professor Schmidt, Of Ortiz university, hns
lift upon tho plan Of emitting of pieces Of liv-
ing sponge ind planting them In n suitable
place IN the sca, as II they were willow twigs
In this way no has succeeded, at tho end Of
three yenrs, in producing 1000 Gpongcs nj a
Gust OF SIS
DR.. Worms, of the Paris Academy Of Medl-
cfno, hns GsccrtaIned that brcs, ants and
wnsps show a marked dislike TO the new sac
charlne To the human pulutc there IL no
difference IN the thstc between It and sugnr
1t has been shown, however, that its use dis.
turbs digestion.
A physician OF Philadelphia analysed "a
black japanncd Int bnnd worn by patient
suffering from headache, and found IL con- |
taIncd three grains of ono of the lead salts |
From this case he concludes that many head |
aches arc often due 10 tho absorption Of tho
lead In the hat band
Supervising Inspector Lubbock, of San
francisco, having reported TO the treasury
department that petroleum IN not safo fuel
for lnrgo boilers has been instructed by Sec
rotary Nairchild 20 withdraw all permits
heretofore given for its uso except in tho
case of small steam launches
In drilling glass sticlS picco Of stiff clay
On putty on the part whore you wish 10 mako
tho hole. Mako "A hole in tho putty the si2n
you want the hole, rcnching 90 the glass; ~
course Into this hole pour lttlo molten
lead, whom, unless il Is very thick glass tho
piece will Immediately drop out-Tradcs-
man.
Both In China and Japan soapsiono has
long been largely used for protecting struc-
tnres. built Of soft stone and other materials
specially liable TO atmospheric influences II
has been found that powdered soapstonc In
the form Of paint has preserved oboisks
formed Of stone for hundreds OF yoara which
would, unprotected, hovo long ago crumblcd
away For tho inside painting of gtocl and
iron ships it is found 10 bo excellent. II has
no anti-fouling quality, but is anti corrosvN
A writer in The EcorOmistc Francois esti-
mates tho total loss to France from tho raw
lges Of the phylloxera since 1870, when this
'courgo Of the French vineyards first mado
Is appearance, at tho cnormHus sum of 49,
vOO, Co., 900 of francs, or about GIN,OO0,0m |
This estimate Is based upon French official
statistics giving the aggregate area Of vino.
yards destroyed in tho country at about 2,50J,-
NO acrcS; and on the assumption that, IN al
iJsIon to the acreage Of vines thus utterly de
troyed, the extent Of vineyards mora or less
infected with the phylloXcra amounts 10
bout 100000 acres; making thus together
ln)O, 900 acres =