Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-08
accounts OF lsborers under the eight
hour law.
Adjourned.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
NeWsY and Interesting Items Put In q
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the edges beyeled at various angles.
According to the California Architect
plank from redwood trees are sawed il
that state from ten TO eleven feet in width
A paste Of chloride OF lime and waite
well rubbed In will take ink stains from
silver or plated ware. Wash and wip,
as usual.
The drift Of popular opinion is thst th,
coming railroad passenger train will b
heated by steam from the locomotive
either live or exhaust steam.
One VI the latest uses to which papel
has been put is the building Of chimueys
1t is made in the form OF blocks, which
are Joined with sllicious cement.
The use of steel castings is becoming
so extended in Eo2lSno as to alalm thu
! iron founders, who see their prospects
for work slipping away from them.
Chemists have ust determined by care,
full experiment that man can barely.taste
3-I0oOtas Of grim of sugar, 1-l000th q
grim. of salt and 5-10, 900 OF grim. Of
strychnine.
Mildew may be removed from linen by
rubbing upon the damaged spot common
yellow soap and sitting upon it some
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bright sunshine.
physiciani lecturipg upon ply steal
exercise, declared that if only twenty
minutes day should be spent in physical
exercise as an adjunct to mental educa-
on, We might live to be seventy without q
days illness, and perhaps pIolong our
lives to 200 years.
NJ. Paul L9roy-Beaulleu gives figures
showing the quantity Of tobacco con-
samed in the different countries of Eu-
rope. The rate per 100 inhabitants is,
according to him, IS follows: Spain,
ITO pounds; Italy, I28 pounds; Great
Britain, l3S pounds; Russis, 1921 pounds /;
Denmark, 22+ pounds; Norway, 229
poupos; Austria, 273 pounds.
In the photograph of Mr.. R. M. Hunter
the aid of electricity is secured. Mr..
Hunter takes q trace on sheet of speci-
ally prepared carbon paper, and the in
strument repeats the words through o
teLs phone receiver by means which will
resElly suggest themselves to the cleo
I ician. 1t Is thus inferior to the Edison
apparatus in the loudnesS with which the
tones are reproduced.
Sickness insurance is meeting with
some favor in Leipsic and OF er German
titles. The law authorizing the opera,
ton Of such companies permits the in
surence to ell classes OF hand-Workers,
except clerks and statesmen, but these may
DE included by local authority. The scGion
of this law is very noticeable in the tax
for maintaining the sick poor, 1t having
decreased 81 673 marks in Hamburg II
one year. The total plumber insured un-
der the law is 2 ,294,l 3, or 81 ! per 1000
of the population.
Tobacco blindness, It is said, is becom-
ing common sffijction. At present there
are several persons under treatment for
it at one London hospital. 1t first takes
the form of color blindness, the sufferers
who have smoked themselves into this
condition being quite unable to distin-
guish the color of a piece of red cloth
| held up before them. Sometimes the
| victim loses his eyesght altogether.
| Tobacco being q narcotic, naturally be-
Humbs the nerves. When the nerves are
thus benumoed people do not see as dis
tinctly, and this Effectiveness Of vision
tends to increase and become permanent.
The interesting fact has been stated
that so indesTuctiole by wear or decay
Is the African lockwood thst vessels built
Of 1t have lasted 100 years, to be then
only broken up on account OF their poor
sailing qualities from faulty models. The
wood, in fact, is one of the most remark
able known on account of its great
weight, hardness and durability, its
weight varying from forty-two to ftty-
two pounds per cubic foot. 1t works
easily, but On account of the large guam
trty Of silex contained in it the. tools
employed are quickly worn away. 1t
also contains an oil which prevents spikes
and other ironwerk with which 1t may
come in contact from rustiDg. -
The Industrial World Tins describes
method of making row-boats for use on
the ice: A light frame mounted on pair
of fixed skaterunners, with third runner
hung rudder fashion, a seat, rowIocks and
oars, spikes in outer ends of oars to
scratch hard on the ice at each pull, or,
better, sort of small circular saw pinned
fat on the oar for the blade; this can roll
on the ice inward and outward, with the
sweep OF the oar, while the teeth still
hold to the Ice, and scratch sidewise or
f4twise as sn oEr moves backward
through the water ia rowing. Steer by
foot lever connecting with rud6er-skate,
or have rudder free and steer by oars
alone. Larger sizes for several persons
using "sweeps" require more skAte-run-
ners, none fixed, but all ike the steering
rudder and all free but 1t. No patent.
The Carpet Trade and Review gives as
among the most effective remedies for
carpet beetles and moths kerosene oil and
corrosive subIimate. The kerosene is
placed upon wads of cotton, which are
forced into cracks and crevlces under
meath the carpet. Corrosive sublimate is
still better remedy. Dissolve in an
open Jar one tablespoonful of corrosive
suoIimste in two quarts Of boiling water,
and, after allowing the solution to remain
undisturbed, few hOurs, apply IL to both
sides of The carpet or rug, using for the
purpose . small whisk brush II is not
necessary to use, more Of the solution
than enough TO slightly dsmpen the sur
face Of the fabric. As me solution is
poisonous 1t should be plainly labeled.
In she case Of csrpet beetles 1t Is some
times necessary to reduce the quantity Of
water In the solution, using bus one quart
instsa CT two
The poison conveyed by the human
teeth is one of.the most annoying that g
physician has to deal with, writes DR.. A
Z. Robinson. "a bitten ear or nose is
months in healing, where more impor
tAnt 1oGnd inflicted by an instrument
would readily yield to simple remedies.