Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-02
SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGS.

vegetarian hotel is an innovation in
London. There are already thirty vege-
tartan restaurants in that city.
According to insurance statistics more
fires are extinguished by the use of pals
of water than by any other means.
Cavendish in 1866 discovered hydrogen
and between 1874 and 1879 PriestlY dis
covered oxygen, azote and nitrous gas.
Asbestos clothing has been used by the
Paris fire brigade with success, and is
soon to be adopted by the London fire
men.
The Russian petroleum is said to be
vastly infevior 60 the American, emittir g
an unpleasant odor and black smoke
even when used in the best of lamps.
DIR. Guppy concludes that the average
rain fall on the higher slopes of Guadal-
canar, on the Solomon islands, is be-
tween 400 and 500 inches. That of Eng
land is thirty two inches.
The Electrical Review says that the
lightning rod is a relic of superstition
and that the day will come when light
ming rod on house will be regarded in
the same light as a horseshoe over a
door.
reached Atlanta, Ga, on Monday, when
singular incident occurred. Change of
water was found necessary, and artesian
water was supplied. Inside of an hour
1000 young fish were dead, and nearly
100000 eggs are supposed to be killed.
Il has been calculated by Prof. Rogers
of Washington, the dynamic power of q
single pound of good steam coal is equiv
ton, for twenty years, and one square mile
OF sseam of coal only four feet thick will
represent the labor of a million men for
twenty years.
Scarlet fever is specific poison which
emanates from the person of the patient,
and can be caused by no other means.
Diphtheria is contagious, but may arise
from fermenting filth, etc. Typhoid
fevers and Asiatic cholera are not di-
reotly communicable from person to per-
son, but spread by the deiecta of their
victims, which contaminate the water sup
ply.
A remedy for tender feet is cold water,
about two quarts, two tablespoonful of
ammonia, one tablespoonful of bay rum.
Sit with the feet immersed for 10 min
utes, gently throwing the water over the
limbs upward TO the knee. Then rub dry
with crash towel, and all the tired feel
ing is gone. This recipe is good for a
sponge bath also.
The very best nourishment for invalids
and children, is the juice PRESSED from a
steak or mutton chop, thoroughly
trimmed and boiled about five minutes.
The meat for this purpose should be cut
at least three quarters of an inch thick.
The juice may be extracted from the
meat by a lemon squeeZer or a neat
press, which comes for this purpose.
ships log has been patented by Mr..
Eugene E. Haskell of Forestville, n. Y.
1t is an instrument to be suspended by a
cable and carrying a propeller wheel,
whose revolutions, according to the rate
of progress through the water, will make
and break electric contact, which will be
recorded on register to indicate the
number of revolutions per minute, where
by the speed of vessel may be deter
mined.
FireproCf stables are not uncommon in
Germany and are very simply built
Timbers like railroad ties are placed
from three and one half to four feet
apart, arched corrugated iron put be-
tween them and filled with mixture OF
cinders and lime, making it deep enough
to protect the timbe:s. The trap door 80
reach the loft is made of sheet iron, filled
in With the same compound. This kind
of freproofng is very cheap and very
| effective.