The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-07-07
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the apple serve to eliminate from the body
noxious matters, which, if retained, would
make the brain heavy and dull or bring
about jaundice, skin eruptions and kindred
evils The malic acid of ripe apples, raw
or cooked, will neutralize any excess of
chalky matter engendered by eating too
much meat. 1t is also true that such ripe
fruit as the apple pear, and plum, taken
without sugar, diminish acidity of the
stomach rather than provoke it, as is pop
ularly but enormously supposed. Their
Juices are converted into alkaline carbonate,
which tends to counteract acidity.
The eggs of insects have greater vitality
than any other life germs now known, says
the st. Louis Republic. After exposing
silkWOrm eggs to temperature of 38 de-
grees below the zero of Fahrenheit ther-
mometer for FIVE hours. Spollanzi, the
great entomolOgist, was surprised to find
that they had not been frozen in the least
and that their Vitality was not in the least
impaired. On another occasion he treated
dozen grasshopper eggs to temperature
of sc degrees below zero without injuring
the life germ in the slightest degree.
1t is estimated that Mount Etna has
thrown out nine times its own bulk of cin-
ders and lava, and that all the houses in
London and New York could be built of
the lava thrown out by Vesuvius since the
first recorded eruption, in A. D. 79.
The wettest place in the country is
Neah Bay, in Washington; over 1913 inches
Of rain fall there every year. The dryest
place in the United States at any point
where regular observations are taken is
Fort Garland, Col. Less than six inches
of rain fall there during the year. There
are, however, localities in Arizona, Nevada
and Utah where rain has never been known
to fall.
The cost of firing one of Krupp's 130-
ton steel guns is 1850, or, adding the cost
of the projectiIe, 93OO, about 1850 for
each shot fred. The gun cost 100000,
and it can only be fired, at the most, 60
times. Two shots a minute can be dis
charged, so that if it were fired continuous
ly it would become valueless in about half
an hour. The gun has range of 10 miles,
and the projectiles weigh 26OO pounds.
During the Chicago Fair the Ferris
wheel went around 10000 times, and car
ried 100000 passengers. The largest
single load was carried Oct. 10Th, when, at
1870 o'clock, 1853 people were in the cars.
The largest days business was Oct. 10th,
when $4,000 people were carried. Octo-
Der 9th, 10th and 11th there were ia, 900
passengers-the largest average for any
three days,
The Navajo Indians produce the bril-
liant red of their blankets from bayette,
bright scarlet cloth made in Eastern cities
and raveled by the Indians for the yarn.
Their gray is the natural color of some of
their sheep; so are their white and their
black. They produce deep yellow from
the alder boiled in water, and afterward
mixed with impure native alum. A dull
red is produced from alder bark. Black is
also obtained from the aromatic sumac,
yellow ochre, and the gum of species of
pine. The last dye is essentially an ink.
Most of these dyes are produced by elabor
ate and labOrious processes, but the Nava-
joes also use dyed wool made in Eastern
mills.
The ice water drinker is just as much of
"6end" as the morphine eater To many
cases the habit of the former is Just as
strong as that of the latter, and just as hard
to break. 1t has been frequently demon
strated that the drinking of ice water is an
acquired habit, and not one that comes
naturally. Give an infant ice water, and
you will notice by its action that the drink
is very distasteful, It usually has the
same effect apoA an Indian or upon any
person not accustomed to it. Besides, it
is very unhealthy, and any person who can
avoid drinking ice water should do SO.
Hot milk is aregularly recognized drink
in some of the German cafes, 1t is served
in cup with a saucer, and two lurps Of
sugar always accompany it. The drink
has several things to commend it, since it
has none of the dangerous qualities of tea,
coffee or alcoholic drinks, and it is actually
an excellent remedy for disorders Of the
stomach arising from certain forms of in
digestion.
Here is another cure for dyspepsia-it is
sawdust. But every man must make his
own and with an old fashioned hucksaw.
1t is said that tho progeny of pair of
rabbits in ten years will number seventy
mihop,
A mill was built in Germany for the
manufacture of paper from linen in 1890
| Cotton cloth was commonly worn in
ARABIA in the time of Mohammed, A. d.
627.
Fruit grown near the ground may con-
tain the bacteria of typhoid fever, diphthe-
ria, or cholera, which may have found
their way into the material used for fertiliz-
ing, or may have become Incorporated with
the dried dust.
One of the most remarkable timber belts
in the world stands in Humboldt and Men.
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