Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-12
POPULAR SCIENCE.
ohloroform does not act on the heard


Chloroform does not act on the heart.
The Union Pacific has an engine
weighing los tons.
Slaughter houses ir Scotland are fur
nished with apparatus for stunning
cattle by electricity.
Sweet potato flour, warranted to keep
In any climate, is now promised. 1t is
70 be made from the kiln.dried chips by
a patented process.
The discovery Of an immense deposit
of nickel rear Duluth, Wis, is
announced. 1t is said to be twelve
miles long, ten feet wide and of an
unknown depth.
Chrome yellow, very dangerous
article, is very generally used by bakers
and confectiouers to add beauty of color
to their goods and to give the appear
ance OF a generous use of eggs.
A dispatch from Hyderabad, Indie,
says; Surgeon Major Lawrie has proved
positively by cross circulation expert
ments on an animal that chloroform has
no direct action upon the heart.
A man of Sydney, New South Wales,
lost both feet some years ago, but is now
enabled to 90 about his business, with.
out even a cane as support, by the use of
wooden feet to which roller skates are
firmly screwed.
A new aluminium alloy with titanium,
is made in Pittsburg. 1t sells at from
twenty-five cents to dollar pound
more than pure aluminium. It is an ex-
ceilent material for making tools.
About ten per cent. of titanium is used.
One of the greatest novelties in weav-
ing machinery recently invented is that
designed by an Englshman, in which
the pile in plush fabrics is gained in au
expeditions manner during weaving.
The picks or wefts are actually cut be.
fore being driven in.
A compound locomotive, built for the
Pennsylvania at the locomotive works at
Schenectady, n. Y, has commenced
doing duty on the Pittsburg division.
1t weighs 1S6, 900 pounds, has ten
wheels on each side, and the drivers are
six feet two inches in diameter.
A new life-savi1g apparatus is being
constructed at Toulon, France. 1t con-
sists Of a small vessel fitted with rud-
der AID clockworil movement, and is
intended to carry from the shore to a
ship in distress line By which may be
drawn on board cable or other instru-
ment for saving life.
European foxes, introduced by some
mishap into Australia, aro now spread
ing and are destructive to lambs and
poultry. 1t is to be noted that they are
said to attain greater size and strength
in Australia than in England, and the
mild climate is highly favorable to their
increase in nun 5ers.
In Austria an application has been
made for preserving trees and plants
from the ravages of insects. The pro.
cess is very simple, consisting only in
placing two rings-one of copper, thu
other Of zinc-attached together around
the tree or plant Any insect touching
it receives an electric shock that causes
1t to be either killed outright or fall tc
the ground to die IN short time
A cause OF delay in submarine tele
gra9hy is the necessity for retransmIt-
ing land messages, which require strons
currents instead of the very weak ones
that work cable recorders. NJ. Willot
has overcome the difficulty By new
relay, automatically weakening and
siren 5htening the current. Messages
may be sent from Paris TO Algiers III half
mn hour instead of two and halt hours
hitherto.