West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-02-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


Charcoal powdered aud taken with .
little water is recommended for cleansing
the blood.
Rubber pavements have successful,
been tried on bridge ih Hanover and )
street in Berlin.
A Swiss engineer, NJ. Wantweller. pro
poses constructing an underground rail
way up the Jungfrau mountain TO ih
summit.
Australian settlers complain that thcr,
IS great increase of destructive insecu
since the English sparrows arrived anC
drove out the native birds.
1t is fairly established that the common
wart, which Is so unsightly aud often SC
prolnerous on the hands and face, can be
easily removed 10y small doses of sulphat,
of magnesia taken internally.
A permanent aud durable Joint can, II
Is saidi be iiiadd between rough cast iron
surfaces by the use OF mineral asbestos
mixed with sufficient whitc lead TO make
a very stiff putty, This will resist any
amount Of heat, aud il unaffected bI
steam or water.
The reason a person at one end of n
long pipe will hear twice over the sounds
made at the other end is, that iron is 8
better conductor OF sound than air. So
that the sound which is heard last travels
through the air, and hence moro SLOWLY
than over the metal.
a mill operator in Providence. II. l..
has succeeded in carding, pinning, aud
weaving the produce of the CHINESE
Rama plant, which has hitherto beer
impossible, though experimental on b,
many manufacturers in the effort TO OBJ
tain substitute for wool.
The Sanitary Ncics draws attention tt
the fact that silk thread 10 soaked il
acetate os lead TO increase its weight.
aud persons who pass IL through the
mouth in threading neelles, aud then
bite of the thread with the teeth, hay,
suffered from lead poisoning.
The relative values as foods of the
grains named blow arc given by Profes.
sor Wiley as, first, wheat, second. sorg.
hum third, maize fourth, unhullcd oats.
Sorghum seed furnishes ilour-like
buokwheat, that makes passablo bread
and is coming into considerable Use.
a medical authority, DR.. Munde, saws
that the imprudent act of getting out of
bed without protecting the feet ha,
caused more disease To women previously
healthy than could result from any other
imprudcncc. The sudden exposure O,
the feet to cold has brought on many an
attack Of cellulitis.
The recent discovery by a New Eng.
land chemist of cheap method OF dis.
solving zine by combining it with hydro.
gen Is regarded as most valuable one.
Ihe product is a solution called zinc.
water, and has the property of making
wood TO which it has been applied abso-
lutely fireproof, aud at very low cost.
The discovery of an ocean current
coming from the unexplored region be
yond Spitzbergeu is the subject of a
communication 20 be considered by the
Bremen Geographical Society. The cur
rent was encountered during the summer
by Drs. Kukenthal and Walker, aud was
very strong from tho middle OF July 10
the middle Of August, streaming through
the entire Olga strait from north to south.
and turning southcastward OF King
Charles Land.
Recently one Of the agents of the
bureau of cthnology discovered in a
mound OF London County, Tenn, a small
stone with letters OF tho Cherokee alpha.
bet engraved upon It, The pulling
features is that it was discovered at the
bottom with one OF the nino skeleton.
found there, and that tho mound has not
been disturbed within the present century.
II is known by the citizens that sixty
years ago it was covered with trees and
grape vines and has not been disturbed
since then until explored by the bureau
agent, while, according 70 history,
Guess did not invent the Cherokee alpha.
bet before 1921.