The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
ODDITIES or SCIENCE.

ODDITIES or SCIENCE.
A nachine has been invented tor
noppins and scrubbins noors BY siee-
trieity. Electric lighting V now nuca
used in quarry work
There are more adherents than
many suspect to the non-breakfass
theory. The two-meals-a-day folk be-
lievs that NO work being done after
the late and hearty dinner. and Httls
tissue waste occurring during sleep.
the body has sufficient energy stored
from the evening meal to enable them
to perform the mornings work.
Cheap hand grenades may be made
BY dissolving twenty pounds Of COM
mon salt and ten pounds Of sal am
moniac in seven gallons OF water. Fili
quart bottles Of thin glass with this
liquid and cork tightly. The bottle
should be thrown 80 a. to break In
or near the flame In case Of hre. The
breaking of the bottle liberates gas.
and the heat of the lire generates more.
working its own destruction.
Bromiodide. one part; bromine. ole
part; water. five parts. Thirty grains
Of this solution is said to be suf1icient
to sterilize one quart Of river water III
dve minutes. II the water is very hard
OF foul, the lime salts and ammonia
neutralize a part of the bromine. IN
this case. add bromine solution until
faint yellow color is obtained and per-
sists half minute. An equal amount
OF 9 per cent solution OF ammonia neu-
tralizes the free bromine. When TINS
IL done the water is clear.
An English journal records num-
bcr of cases of blindness from electri-
city within the last six weeks. 1t has
been predicted that If the present eiec-
trio lamps continue in use weakness
Of sight will be produced in this gep-
Grafton. partial blindness in the next.
and total loss of sight in the third or
fourth generation. 1t has been suS-
gested that luorescent tubes be adopt
ed. These would fit around room like
strip of moulding. 1t is claimed
light. which would not harm the eye
sight and would cost no more than the
present iucandescent and arc lamps.
An exceptionally healthy English
man, aged % years. had black mole
on his arm since birth. Three years
ago 1t was torn by the horn Of q sheep.
but quickly healed. He soon injured 1t
again and 1t enlarged to the size of
finger tip. Six months later he again
bruised it and healing did not take
place rapidly. few satellites ap-
peared. A physician excised the whole
affected area of skin. In five months
a lump appeared in the axilla and was
promptly excised Soon the surface of
the body was thickly sprinkled with
melanotic growths. ranging in depth.
size and color. A mole Is q potential
sarcoma and on showing the slightest
activity should be promptly and freely
excised.
u. Coventry and Birmingham. England,
are considered to have acquired all. the
artistic skill attainable in the con-
struction Of watchea- The test OF ex-
cellence in watch is that 1t obtain q
Kerr certificate. No watch has obtained
the 100 marks which signify perfec-
ton, but Coventry has come nearest
with %. The Kerr test is severe one.
The watch is tested in every position
by the day and hour. 1t In baked In
an oven and frozen in pail. 1t must
make $1,000 vibrations an hour and
not vary second per week. A quar-
ter turn Of its time screws. millionth
of an inch. will make difference OF
twenty seconds day. 1t should only
be repaired by most skillful hands.