Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-12-04

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hour before bedtime Il helpful in the
ease Of constipation, and has : most
sOOthing effect upon tho stomach.
ACCORDING 70 N Forel, the guam
tity Of heat accumulated In Lake
Geneva, Switzerland, during the sum-
mor Of 1850 was equal to that given
on BY the combustion Of 81, 600, 900.
tons Of coal.
C0HTRAcToR trying to introduce q
system Of water WOfks)-You zee,
gentlemen, Watef viii always rise as
high - its source. Eelectman Spar.
tib-Wa.Al that's Qieer. Haow IL 1t
that Ill tn rivers run down hill?-
Puck.
MArHEAArfcs h iikc 4 co6ec.mill
which grinds admirably all that is
given it To grind, but produces moth
Ing but what 10 given it-Faraday.
The water OF the central basin Of
the Mediterranean has been found to
be warmer, dcnser, and richer In dis
solved salts than the western. While
q white disc was easily visible at 43
meters, Photographic plates were
affected at 500 meters.
CAoUTCHOUC can be dissolved more
readily by adding from 8 to Is per
cent. OF oil eucalyptus to the benzol
or carbon bisnlphide usedl in the lat
ter proportions, the mixture of carbon
bisulphide will dissolve nearly 20 per
cent Of caoutchouc.
THERE is something about the &C.
dar logs that are now being exhumed
In Cape May County, N. j., and that
are said TO have been buried for more
than 1000 years, that imparts q sort
Of melodious tone to q violin, and the
logs are being cut up for making Of
such instruments. )
AN English inventor has construct.
cd a novel device to do away with the
enormous pressure Of water against
the bows of ocean steamers. 1t con-
sists Of one or more screws on each
side OF the bow, which throws the
water aside and creates . dry well In
front OF the vessel.
WI read in = contemporary Of a new
machine called "a handwriting du-
plicator," which we regard. with APP
%prehension. 1t Is hard enough now
to read most handwritings in the
original text; what they would be du-
plicated by a machine we shudder to
think.-The Engineer, N. Y. City.
A RACE took place on Newark Bay
between a naphtha launch and a
steam launch. The naptha launch
won by a trife, and, while this proves
nothing In particular, either for or
against naptha versus steam, 1t Ia
quite a cause for rejoicing amongst
the owner of naphtha launches.
"AND what is thls?" said a passen-
ger to the man who knows all about
steam engines. THAT is the con-
denser," said the man, ut wasn't,
though,) sthey pump the u out
Of 1t and then the steam gifts con-
densed; something Of that kind, l be-
lieve. It's very complicated" Then
they went away.-The Engineer,
New York City.
ACCORDING to NJ. w. Smith Lea,
in the columns OF a German paper, a
mixture Of SO to IS per cent. of gran
lite or syenite, s to Is per cent. OF
blast-furnace Stag, Is Of clay. s sand,
s phosphate Of potash, s Of common
salt, and 2 OF chalk, all finely pow
dered and mixed, makes q cement or
mortar which will resist exceedingly
high temperatures.
A LENS for seeing under water gives
. distinct vision of objects twenty or
thirty feet of, the loss Of extended
sight under water being because an
entirely different focus is required.
The spectacles; which provide this
can De made by putting two watch
glasses Of three-Quarters Of an inch
diameter and an inch radius back to
back, OF with the concavity outward.
WHEN the tubes Of injectors become
scaled, do not undertake to clean
with . Ole or scraper, as q very small
enlargement Of the area OF the jet
will interfere with the working OF
the instrument, but remove the tubes
and place them In a solution Of one
part Of muriatic acid to ten or twelve
parts Of water. This will soften the
scale, and the tube may then be
washed clean.-Power.
As the sluices neal Maigrange, ac-
cording to NJ. Buony, ground ice forms
about the iron work largely used in
the ~sluices, and Is got ridO of by heat
Ing the upper part Of the structure
with wood fires. M. Cuony produced
ground ice experimentally, by cooling
an iron bar 10 to Is degrees below zero
c., and plunging 1t in cold water;
thus illustrating the part played by
the piles OF bridges.
Mr. s. r. STICKER, an engineer, OF
Buffalo, N. Y, claims to have dis
covered q method of making ice by
means Of Illuminating gas, which may
be returned to the mains after use
without deterioration. BY expert
ments In the works OF the Provincial
Gas Co., at International Bridge, Ont ,
he produced q temperature of 80 de-
grees bellows zero by the use OF water
and gas only, without chemicals.
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Are People buried AAvs9
II . vote were taken in any COM
munity, civilized, half-civilized or
savage, on the question. "What is
the most terrible death q human be-