The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-17
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S<The Lior.
o the Senate and House of " ~.
atives: .
It gives me pleasure to ext the Water
lg to the Fifty-fifth congrel- N.Y.
led in regular session at tn
overnment, with many of VIII Color
ors and representatives have 'S""
ociated in the legislative servi
aeeting occurs under feliciti9 On n
nd calling for our era !zenJ
dgment to a benefice' x "um, 50 char
yhich has so signally bleS ,red bv DR.
'ered US as a nation. Pes, -.
will with all the nations &4'e II Ao''co'
ontinue unbroken. twoeonilh NELL
A matter of genuine nlar ted al
he growing feeling of fratvp$ed land the
md unihcation of all secnot 20,
country, the completenessthiEs s ,,
90 long DELAYED realizatic eutl "s .c az.
st blessings of the UnS- m ne
If patriotism is unive(ssti.ely tht'@ps III
Increasing in fervor. 1an FULL in II ier no
tons which now mo Writer end Peueu
fitted far above cit n, '"eve.u .he
or former atcheu
They affect every par: In'e ,bo vi 1,'a az
20 a3a @tlk In and useful effect. Yet
ooi.--- msLst he had. While SIM
.a.ce to many Is unheeded. how
ever, there are others who 20 to the
other extreme, and depend upon the
doctor for rules for eating, drinking,
and other details of existence. This is
less sensible than may be thought. In
youth one should be able to eat about
anything within reason, and as he gets
older he should become familiar enough
with the working of his bodily ma
chinery to know what it requires bet
ter than auy physician not acquainted
with his constitutional peculiarities.
Even if the doctor well knows his pa
tent. he can only help him to help
himself The average patient, unfor-
tunately, will be satisfied with moth
ing but full regulation of his life, and
goes to the specialist, or fashionable
physician, whose prescription, if the
new doctor be a man of common sense,
may do no harm, but in too many cases
leads to silly following of the latest
fad-like drinking hot water, or avoid
ing all water at meals.
An asbestos found only in Cape Col
ony, where il exists in large quantities,
is of blue color, and is only two
thirds as heavy as white asbestos. A
new application is its use for the loxes
of secondary batteries, for which it has
the advantage over glass of being I'M
breakable, while it is cheaper than
ebonite. The material is also used for
tubes for electric cables, and for insu-
lating sheets, as we'll as for non-electri-
cal purposes.
The ordinary photograph is not
powerful-voiced instrument, but the
improved apparatus of NJ. Lioret re-
produces speech and music with such
loudness and distinctuess that they
can be heard in the largest hall, or to
long distance in parks out of doors
With the source of sound hidden from
view, the illusion of an orator speaking
or of a musical concert is said to be
-rfect and inspiring. The important |
II rial features of this French phono-
graph are "A cylinder of celluloid.
style of sapphire, very wide vibrating !
Disc set III flat box forming a reson-
ator. The special trumpet has near the |
center of its length small strip of
metal held in an aperture by screw,
the extraordinary result beiug doub- |
lirg of the sound and a great increase
VI CiSdluCS IHt GNGll ulblt
0Ole trebling Of this effect is produced
by second tAmpet, which is of thin
metal in the form of truncated cone,
and is placed in front of the first trum-
pet. The record cylinders are prepared
only in SPECIAL registering phono-
graph, the celluluid being softenvd for
the purpose 10y secret process.
1t appears that the carbOnic acid of
the breath plays "a considerable part in
the familiar operation of blowing out
light. This was lately shown to the
London Phy,ical Society by Mr.. Ack-
erman, who blew bubbles at the
mouth of an inverted beaker through
a hole cut near the top, and allowed
the debating bubbles to force the air
out again through this hole. If the
bubble had been blown by the breath,
a candle flame held to the hole was
promptly extinguished; while if the
Initiation bad been by bellows with or
binary air the flame was simply de-
hected. Another striking experiment
was the propelling of a miniature boat
by filling hole in the stern, closed by
linen diaphragm, with ether or other
liquid mixing readily with water. The
lSSullo tlOul It,
lease of surface tension behind the boat
II \
A bulkhead door that connot be left
open has been successfully tried on
new steamer by Mr.. William Kirkaldy,
of Glasgow. 1t is in the form of re-
volving hollow cylinder, which has
single doorway and fits tightly into
casing having a doorway on each side.
To pass from one compartment To the
other, one enters the cylinder and
turns it half around, one of the casing
doorways being always closed.
An artificial stone now being made
at Working, England, by the process
of Mr.. William Owen, consists of S74
per cent. of quartoze sand and liz Of
lime, which first being sifted and
mixed, are subjected for 30 hours 10 a
hydraulic pressure of 80 pounds to the
square inch. A distinctive feature of
the process is the boiling of the water
used before ii is pumped into the pres
sure chamber, the driving out of all air
in this way being claimed to obviate
blow-holes and similar defects in the
stone. The product improves with eX-
posure to the atmosphere, being capable
In month of standing pressure of
1900 pounds to the square inch. 1t is
cast to any desired form in steel
moulds Pieces of the material have