The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-28
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nliTlfUnaireEs Of hernTock logs heTn on thres
sides with the bark left on the fourth side. a
veranda IS constructed on three sides of the
building of henlock logs In the rough.
The bofo flower, discovered by DR.. Schaden-
berg growing upon volcanic mountain in
one Of the Philippine Islands, is perhaps the
largest flower in existence, being about three
feet in diameter and twenty-five pounds in
weight
A modification Of Edisonis phonograph is
said to have been devised by a painter in
Milan. 1t costs under $40 and the wax cyiin-
ders are reproduced in zinc by the galvano
plastic process at a cost Of five cents each,
selling price.
An engineer on THERON Mountain road has
perfected an automatic bell ringer on his To-
connective, and now, when running IN corpo-
ration limits, or whenever the bell must be
rung, he just jerks a spring and the bell is
kept going by steam power till he turns off
the steam.
An extraordinary feat in telephoning was
recently accomplished between st. Peters
burg and Bologne, a distance of 2, 465 miles
Conversation was kept up, Notwithstanding a
rather high induction. The Russian engineers
propose to converse by telephone over a dis
lance Of go miles.
A professor in the University of Klausen-
burg claims TO have compounded a solution
which completely neutraiizes the poison in
troduced into the system by the bite of a
mad dog. This solution consists Of chlorine
water, salt brine, sulphurous acid, perman-
ganate Of potassium and eucalyptus oil.
a curious fact is noticed in connection with
the formation of barnacles on ships bottoms.
In tho majority Of cases there is a much
| heavier growth Of grass and barnacles on one
side than on the other. aud IN numerous in
| stances one side will be almost free from
marine growths while the other is as foul as
possible.
During one Of the snow storms OF the past
winter In the Rocky mountains nineteen en-
gines were required for one train, which was
| made up as follows: First snow plow, with
nine engines behind it, then a train of nine
| cars with another five engines, and behind
this five engines with a gang of men to dig
| the train out should it get stuck.
4 mustache traineg has appeared. 1t is an
elastic, curved strip Of thin metal, at either
end of which is secured an adjustable plate,
faced on the inner side with soft cloth, in
order that the machine aycomfortably clasp
the ends of the mustache The latter is care
fully arranged, at night or during periods Of
seclusion and the trainer fixed upon it.
There is firm in Cincinnati which, each
years beats 21;000 gold dollars into gold leaf,
and as each dollar can befbeat into sheet
that will carpet two rooms 1873 feet square,
some idea may be. formed CT its tenuity. 1t
requires l 400 sheets of gold leaf to equal in
thickness q sheet of writing paper. and takes
$4,000 of them, piled one upon the other, to
equal an inch in thicknessI
The largest sailing ship. in the world is in
the possession of France. She is avessel with
five masts, on -four OF which squaresail is
carried. The length is 344 feet with a beam
Of forty-nine feet. The cargo. which the
France could carry is $1,000 toas. The ship
is built of steel, her masts and yards. being of
the same material. She is at present trading
between France and the Pacific.