The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-29
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

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ducive to longevity.
Brass solder may be made by using
twelve parts of brass, six parts of zinc,
ana one part of tin.
Antlpyiine in doses of one to three
grains Is recommended by sonnenberser
as remedy for whooping cough
A gas stove has been invented to rival
the bookcase folding bed. 1t is con.
cealed In handsome colonial clock
case.
Lithium is the lightest metal known
and Is worth $1G0 per ounce. Gallium
Is the costliest metal known and is
worth $500 per ounce.
1t is asserted that. under certain con.
ditons, the bark of the quilla tree of
Chiii possesses cleansing properties supe-
rior to those of the best soap
Wonders are being continually ar
compished by electricity. A rench
electrician thinks he will soon be able
to produce thunder storm at will.
A correspondent of the Liverpool
-u.rc ry says that he heard some cornet
playing from Il photograph which had
tlme,, and all The notes were as clear and
distinct as ever.
y new carpenter rule has been in
vented 10y a Boston mechanic. 1t is of
novel construction, and aside from its
uses as a rule makes very handy bevel
or square, in which legs may be adjust
ably clemped In any desired position.
Tine tax collectors receipts of the
ancient Egyptians were inscribed on
pieces of broken crockerv. Some of
them, from the British museum collec.
ton, have been translated, and show
the tax in Egypt under the early
C,,sa
y new chain wrench for plumbers is
especially adapted for use in connection
with pipes, ana Is so constructed that
the pipe may be turned from right to left,
or wee versa, without removing the
wrench, while 1t permits of tightening
the chain less than the length Of link
The French in Cayenne are said to
hold in great dread the LuciLn hom-
m'c,roT, or man-eating fly. This in
sect lays its eggs in the mouth or nos
trils of sleeping. and especially of
drunken, individuals. and the hatched-
ont i"Tcte usually produce horrible
death.
The Colt arms factory at Hartford,
Conn, will soon begin The manufacture
OF the 300 navy revOl, ers for the
United States Government. The new
piece is a fi'e-shooter of thirty-eight
calibre. Besides being self cock ING, all
the cartridges may he instantly removed
by Il pressure OF the thumb.
B'ackNmiths, who sometimes get hold
of fractions horses, will appreciate the
device Of Sidney Ohio man. The
invention is a hor-cshoeing rack. and
consists of pen. rca lily AL ;u,tlDle to
the size of any animal, and in which a
horse can lie securely fastened. the IA k
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, bv ratification,
an essential oil which possesses among
other proprieties that of being fatal to
insect lie, and an electrically Insulating
tarry substance; and these two products
are so treated and combined with other |
substances "a to produce an antI-oxidiz- /
ing compound and an insulating material
capable Of the same applications as
ebonite.
BY means of recent Improvements
made in the manufacture Of rifles as /
many as 100 barrels can now be rolled in |
IN hour by one machine. They are
slaughtered cold end bored with CORE
spending speed, and even the rifing is
lone automatically, go that ore man
lending six machines can turn oct sixty !
'r seventy barrels per day. With the
I'D ritiing machine twenty barrels was
lbout the limit of a days work, but the
machines attend to everything
Ifter being once started, and, when the
filing is completed, ring bell to call
he attention of the workman