Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-31
INTERESTING INFORMATION.


 (xing)-was one of the earliest inventions of the Eindoos, being devised by Brahmin. TIE ssgame of four crowns" with playing cards, was early known to the Hlndoos. The pagans in this country sometimes call 1t the "History of four kings"
 THE first use that sugar was put to was the f1avorlpg of nauseating medicines, and it's use as food and i'll cooking was delayed for several centuries after it's discovery.
 THE air brakes are held against the wheels of the railroad cars by springs, and the air is turned into the cylinders to push the brakes away from the wheels as long as the train is in motion. When 1t IS desired to stop tho train the air Is let out, and thus the springs apply the brakes and stops the train.
 THE old form of 'the," as Tn "Y Merrie Englande," is often pronounced Eye" incor rectly by those who never heard that this form arose from the resemblance of the contracted form of thu to Y. It was a form similar to the letter theta of the Greeks, cmbodving the consonant and the aspirate.
 "FLINT" glass Is that variety of glass which is made of white sand, carbonate of potash, oxide of lead and alumina in known proportions with the addition of metallic matter for coloring purposes. It derives its
 
 dered flints. It is used for lenses and for | cutting.
 MATCHES are dipped into composition consisting of phosphorous and niter, of l phosphorous, sulphur and chloride 0f pot | ash, mixed with melted gum or glue and | colored with Vermillion, red lead, umber, | soot or other coorlng material The | proportions of these various constituents | arc almost as varied as tho manufacturers | are numerous.
 | ALLsPICE IS not al spices at all but ono | spice, tie product of the powdered berries of the pimcnto, or Jamaica ginger. Pimento trees arc small evergreens, and the flowers | grow in clusters, and arc followed by small green aromatic berries, which are gathered before ripenng and spread upon platforms to dry in the sun. The trees arc never planted, but grow wild from seeds scattered l by birds, and arc thinned out and looked after by tho farmers. strong liquor is | made from the berries by the Jamaica | farmers.
 BALDNEss generally commences on the | crown of the head, where the supply of blood furnished the scalp is naturally less abundant. Women have greater quantity of soft tissue under tho skin, therefore the vessels are less likely to be intertered with, | on which account they arc not so frequent
 
 head gear worn by women do not have a tendency to prevent evaporation from the scalp, and thus occasion an unhealthy con. dition of the skin, as is the case with the masculine gender, whose caps and hats arc often worn for many con sccutive hours both in and out of doors.
 TARTAR, mixture of hi-tartrate of potash and potash and tartrate of lime, is q deposit formed from wine, and known i'll it's crude form as argol; when purified 1t is calico cream of tartar. It forms a crust in the in terior of wine-yats and wine bottles, origi nauy existing in the juice of the grape Argol is generally of reddish tinge, ob tained from the color of the grapes; bu sometimes it is of a grayish-white color when it has been deposited during the fer mentation of colorless grapes. The red ol white argol is known in commerce as crude tartar, and it's practical uses arc in the preparation of cream of tartar and tartari acid.