The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-10-11

or till the glove Is shrunken to small
piece and becomes a mere pulp. Add
teaspoonful OF ammonia and sponge
the silk on the wrong side with this
liquid and rinse it of with clear
water Take out grease spots before
beginning with gasoline. Wipe the
silk as dry as possible. then hang it up
to continue drying, then press it as
dry as possible with thin.cloth laid
Jver it-N. Y. Trihnna
Spain furnishes nearly third OF
the worlds production of lead. The
deposits are extremely numerous, and
the ore is Of exceptional purity.
"A curious use is found for molasses
by iron founders. They mix it with
sharp sand or gravel to make the
cores for certain kinds of work.
Electrical coal mining machines
are being introduced into English
mines which can do as much work as
four men. Electricity is also used to
haul coal out of mines.
"A thermographic printing press,
capable of turning off 1000 impress
sions an hour from hot type on wood,
is new French production. 1t is said
TO yield results equal to lithograph.
The practical results of the appli-
cation Of electricity to tempering steel
are said to be very satisfactory, both
in regard to the cost and also uniform.
ity OF the product. as we'll as its ap.
plication to tempering lower grades oi
steel into good spring steel.
The Electrician reports a rumor
from Berlin to the effect that means
has been discovered Of using electricity
for ascertaining the true north, instead
Of the magnetic needle; that, in short,
the new means will be superior to the
compass, and is likely to supercede it.
There are 5.747 central stations.
with isolated electric light plants in
the United States. showing an increase
Of 2,067 plants in a year. There are
also 2,504, AGO incandescent lamps ir
use, or 754, 900 more than twelve
months previously.
Experiments again made in Lon.
don with carbo-dynamite, one of the
latest explosives, would seem to show
that 1t possesses some important ad
vantages over ordinary dynamite,
among others that of considerably
greater power, and the generation oil
much less noxious vapor when ex
ploded in confined places. 1t is com.
posed of nitro-glycerine absorbed by
ten parts OF variety of carbon and is
claimed to be entirely unaffected by
water.
1t is we'll known that oil or fat is
an important ingredient in the food OF
the Esquimaux to support the animal
heat 1t is not SO widely known that
oil is quite as essential, though for
different purpose, for the native races
of the tropics. Among other possible
functions it supplies an oily secretion
in the perspiration necessary for the
protection of the external horny layer
Of the skin when exposed to strong
sunlight and heat.
The new sugar produced from coal,
called saccharine, has been condemned
by Paris doctors, because it seriously
impairs digestion. They recommend
that its use as an article of diet be for
hidden by law, and an ordinance ia
that effect is said to have been enacted.
The good old cane sugar seems likely
to retain its place for while yet, in
spite of new inventions and artifcially
high prices.
lit is well-known that in observing
transits. and other delicate astronom.
ical operations. the operator stretchel
a spider web across the inner surface
of the glasses because no thread can
be manufactured fine enough. Bui
even the web OF the common spider il
too coarse, and as it is really a rope oi
eight strands, it has to be untwisted- |
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and only one strand is used. But a
variety of spider has been found in
Melbourne, Australia, whose thread |
has only three strands, and heprecious
creatures are considered a great treas,
ure. They are brought up very care.
fully, fed and taken care of. and not |
allowed to come ia contact with their
plebian cousins.