Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-07

tered on some of the grease-droGle'
jobs which every repair man musE TACKLE
A liberal coating left on ovar r!g1t aaC
an application OF water from bose under
Sky pouucs pressure, will have mos.
magical 3C*.
MIsTLEToE ON BRAZILIAN WIRES.
Z telegraph wire Is tns last thing one
would expect 10 support vegalstl0n Of
au7 kind; YET g traveller In Bcszil writes
TO q German Horticultural journal descr.b-
ing crop Of mistletoe which he found
clothing ne wirea not fsr 2rom Ra
Jsneirc. A. distance, hs sEyI, the
wires sppezrsd friuged VIII what he
supposed were the leavings o. z recent
f0oG. But perception OF :5eir height
soon removed this ides, and upon eI-
admission the fringe proved to be com
posed OF thousands Of little mistletoes,
firmly fxad tn thu wires from which they
depended. Many species OF this family
flourish in Brazil. and some OF them,
called "oird weeds" by the people, thick.
ly infest fruit trees and other cultivated
plants, aud bear large berries, which
sre greedily devoured by birds. These
aeeds are deposited on the telegraph
wires in the BIRDS droppings, and quick
~ take root, and, although the plsnts
perish, naturally, before very long, they
are succeeded by others, aud the curious
mistletoe fringe is perpstuatst.
MEASURING THOUGHT.
Staring with the idea that the hand
varies sensibly In siZs with the amount Of
blood present in 1t at any moment, Pro
lessor Mosso, an italian phYsiologiss, has
made some most Interesting inyestigs-
tons. In his first experiments the hand
wss plGced in closed vsssel Of water,
when the change in the circulation pro-
duced By the slightest action Of the BODY
or the brcir, me smallest thought or
was shown By rise or SalI in
the narrow reck OF the vessel. With
large bslsnce, On which she hor,z 0ntsl
human body mSy be poised, he has found
thai ones thoughts may be literally
weighed, and that even dreams, or tha
ef3ct Of slight sound during slumher,
Eurn the blood to the brain sufficiently to
sink the balance Of the head The chang
ing pulse even told him when s profes-
sionsl friend WAS reading ItaiiSn and
when Greek. the greater effort for the
latter duly affecting the blood flow. ,-.-
USES OF wooDITE.
The material known as Woodite, de.
vised By Mrs. Wood, clever Eaglishwo-
man, promises to become v5fg useful
substance. According to Sir Edward
Reed, NJ. P, is has been produced in
divers forms, such as fac sheets ald rib
bons for waterproof srticles, dense
blocks Tor resisting the blows Of SHOT snd
shell, and particularly satisfactory rings
for engine packing. One process converts
1t into an elastic, spoage.like substance,
and another, in which 1t Is mixed With
cuttings. gives is rough or
fricGional quality suitable 70. mats. Some
curious naval applications have been
worked out. Il is made Into srmor
plates, which, on being penetrated By
shot, close go tightly that no water 10 ai-
mi.taG, and tits also formed into light and
convenient cylinders for carrying COM
pressed sir to drive life boats, torpedo
ooa!s and scout.boats.
LET THE WATER CIRCULATE.
Many devices are suggested by plumb
eEs guarding against the danger OF
aouse-traps being emptied by evaporation
or espionage while the houses are closed
for the summer snd thus allowing the
escape OK noxious gases into the dwelling.
Some 60 so fa' as to say that there is no
safety short OF disconnecting the hxtures
snd securely closing the ends of the pipes
Others recommend shutting the water
on and filing the closets and traps with
oil o: glycsrine, while still others favor
en- adjustment OF the valves, so that there
will be s continual dripping OF water. One
OF the most sensible suggestions we have
seen is msde by the American Artisan,
which is, that where house is to remain
closed for some time the oeat plan is to
arrange for some one to 60 into the house
once week or SO, let the water circu-
late through the house and take look
to see thst ell is right.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF BURG.
LARS
Connecticut YANKEES suggests the use
OF fssh-light photography as means OF
bank Vaults from burglars.
He ssys: 81 would hsve camera placed
in position where IL would command in
the field Of the lens space of ten feet
square or more in frcr. Of the door of the
vault, sad have the other apparatus 30
:tSt IS soon ss tsmpering with
the vault door Was attempted the whole
would be placed in opsrasion. MY plan
would, OF course, include retaining the
connected with police
As soon as the burglars
had begun operations the police would
be alarmed, and Ut the same Instant
picture Of the men would be made by the
Gamers and f,sn-Hght combined: SO that
even if the men escaped the police they |
would leave behind them evidence which |
would, very probably, eventually result |
In thar detection.
CURE FOR THE MORPHINE HABIT.
As q cure for the morphine habit Ksc
(Medycyns, 1887, Nos. q and
29) recommends the following: After |
the sudden withdrawal OF morphine,
opium is to be administered: Tincs. |
opii, twenty parts; tinct. lodi, two psrts;
twenty drops TO be taken every two |
louTs, day and night. The opiste partial
y takes the plsce OF the Withdrawn NOR
ohine, and the iodine, as an antifermens,
naiatsins the appetite and makes pos
sible normal and inefficient digestion;
and disrrhes are rsre; The
symptoms OF deprivation are mild and
Tho doao "a roErpod