Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-28

There are no astronomical phenomena
particularly worthy of note for the
present week. Neptune and the moon
will be in conjunction on Thursday night.
October 2 but the planet is too far away
to be seen with the naked eye. He is
the eighth planet, reckoning out from
the sun, and has a diameter of sc 200
miles. Distance from the sun 2, 746,-
600 900 miles.
We hear OF kerosene explosion in
lamps, but there is really no such thing.
Kerosene oil cannot be made TO explode.
Under certain conditions, however,
gas is formed above the kerosene, which
is highly infiamable, and consequently,
very explosive. 1t is, therefore, eX-
tremely dan gerous to attempt filling
lamp from a can while there is any fire
about the wick, for The outflow OF the
kerosene forces the gas that may have
stood above II in the can into the lamp.
Being lighter than common air it rises TO
the flame and is ignited, the result of
which is an explosion; and if there hap
pens TO be more gas in the can the effect
will extend to that also and cause the
can to burt. IN this case the burning
very serious results may follow.
A kerosene lamp is only dangerous
when the oil in 1t is low, for then the
space above the oil is filed with an explo-
sive gas. Handle partially empty
lamp with great caution. A lamp en-
tirely full of kerosene may be dropped
and broken with fifty chances to one that
the oil will not take fire; but on the other
hand, lighted lamp, if only partially
filled, is almost sure to fire the oil with
flash, if broken.
Some persons start q fire in the stove or
fireplace with Kerosene. 1t is an ex-
tremely dangerous operation if the oil be
poured from the can, and there is already
a spark of fire among the fuel. Should
lighting a fire in this way be desirable
the oil should first be poured from the
can into q cup, and then applied from
the cup. Such an application is al
tended with no particular danger, as the
explosive gas has already left the oil in
the cup and tloated off through the ar.
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More colds result from bad manage
meut with reference to the feet than
from any other cause. An eminent
scientist once wrote ''to avoid colds keep
JHe Hedu COOL dul lue leel WITH. his
philosophy was strictly on the side of
truth, but, as rule, we are apt TO go
directly against its teachings.
Now reason on the case moment.
We will suppose that in cool weather q
man ls warmly clad and he takes off his
coat or undershlrt and goes about expos
ing himself, leaving his other thick
clothing ali on. Why, of course we
know what the result would be-he
would contract q severe cold. And yet
many of us do that very kind of think on
the approach of cold weather in every
season. We put heavy clothing on the
body but make no change for the feet t,
which is precisely the same thing as If
all portions of us had been warmly clad
and we had suddenly removed the warm
clothing from the feet, turning them out
in summer dress. AS we increase the
warmth of our clothing for the body so
should we at the same time make cor
responding increase for the feet. Moth
ing could be of more importance.
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The workings of the human BRAIN Is
something that cannot be made clear by
any man 5 philosophy. When we wish
to see thing as it is and take pains to
look after it we stand a far greater
chance of missing our object than would
seem possible, particularly if that object
be an error of some kind that we desire
to correct; but the moment we have dis
continued our search and it is too late to
correct the error if discovered out it pops
in such full relief that we are puzzled
exceedingly to account for how we man
aged to overlook it.
No man better understands this thing
than the proof reader on a newspaper.
He may read his proof three or four
times and finally desist with the self
congratulation that erything is all
right in this instance, sure. The matter
goes to the stereotyper; the plates are
cast; the press starts. The proof reader
takes up one of the first copies of the
paper that leaps smoking from among
the machinery and there, almost the
first thing he sees. is an error so conspic-
uous that he can't we'll see anything
else. All those four readings had passed
him over it without suspicion of its ex-
istence, and now there it is the pleinest
thing on the pagel
Who can explain scientifically this
common phenomenon of the human
brain?
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In his newly printed first annual re-
port Of the geological survey of Texas,
Professor E. 7. Dumble, state geologist,
says, page Xvii, cretacious or chalk
formation Cthe formation upon which
Fort Worth is located), contains in great
abundance materials entirely suited TO
the manufacture of Portland cement.
AS immense quantities of imported &C.
ment are used IN this region, that thirg
ought to be looked into without delay.
We have long known that Texas has
everything she needs-the only thing
now in the way lies in getting into gen.
eral use what she has.