The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-03

rendered antiseptlc by any Of thu
methods used In preparing antiseptlt
cotton or wool. A we'll known medlca
authority also suggests that our yellow
pine saWdust, rich as II 10 in turpentine
would prove itself valuable antiseptiC
application.
The PYoPHoHR,-A musical gas ma
chine Is an English invention, and 1t ID
called the pyrophone; Its compass y
three octayes, with a keyboard, and Il
will be played In the same manner as an
organ. II has thirty.seyen glass tubes,
in which Q like number OF gas Jets burn,
These jets, placed in q circle, contract
and expand. When the small burners
separate, the sound is produced when
they close together the sound ceases,
The tone depends upon the number Of
burners aud the size OF the tubes In
which they burn, 80 that bya careful ar.
rangement and selection all the notes OF
the musical scale may be produced In
several octaveH, Some OF the glass tubes
in which the jets burn are nearly eleven
feet long,
GRATING A CHIcEEN's CoRNEA,-Dr.
Gravsnigo, OF the University Of Padua,
ia said TO have successfully performed an
operation which hitherto has been vain
" tried by various experimenters both
Ia France and elsewhere. The opera.
ton consists il the grating Of chickens
cornea into the human eye, In tho sue
cessful case reported by GFayenigo the
graft Is said 10 have united quickly, and
formed a cornea which was very trans
parent, shiningand convex.
WHAT IS A VALUABLE INvRNTIoS?-
The patentee OF q machine by which tin
horses raced one another around o ring
recently sought 10 enjoin an infringe
ment oil the patent, II appears that the
DULY use to which the machines had
been applied was to place them In
saloons, bar rooms and other drinking
places, where frgquenters OF such places
make wagers as 10 which OF the toy
horses would stop trst. Judge Blod.
gett, OF the Circuit Court, has decided
In this case National Automatic Device
Company against Lloyd that the laws
OF the United States only authorize the
use OF apatent for a new and useful in
vention that q useful invention 10 one
that may he applied to some beneficial
use In society, In Contra.distinCtion TO
IN invention which Is injurious to the
morals, health or good order Of society
that the patent Is not useful device In
that meaning OF the word, Its use so far
having been pOrniCious and hurtiul ;and
80 the injunction was denied,
PERFORATED SAws.-Periorated blades
for hand and circular saws are Just now
attracting attention 10 Germany, and are
apparently giving general satisfaction.
Blades Of this character are not entire
novelties, but have been known In modi.
fed forms for years, says the american
AachiRisi. AS q general thing, however,
their uss has been much deCried. Still
they appear to have some advantages
worth considering, and many claims OF
are made for them. Among
them is that Of reduced blade friction,
due TO reduced area Of rubbing surface
less tendency to heat, because OF the cir.
OF air through the holes, and
economy in power. The holes further
prevent the dangerous extension OF
cracks in saw blades, and In general
make 1t comparatively easy matter to
keep the saws in good running order.