The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-11


For Cleaning and Polishing Stoves
mix hnely-powdered blacklead TO
paste with water in which a small
amount Of glue has been dissolved.
The bulb OF an electric lamp should
never be inelosed in any fabric. II
wrapped in tissue paper so that no air
can pass between il and the glass. the 1
paper will soon be on fre.
Paper tiles are said to have numerous l
advantages over the ordinary ones, be- |
Ing lighter. harder and also impervious
to damp. Furthermore, they are non
Of heat and sound, and look |
better than the old kind.
Glass library shelves have recently
been introduced in France. The edges
are rounded. The glass is nearly in
flexible, which gives it great advant-
age over wood. Its strength has been
proved. 1t is more easily kept clean
than other shelving The appearance
Of the library is greatly enhanced. The
book people who have used 1t are en-
thusiastic.
Sudden and great fluctuations in the
level Of water in wells in stormy wealth
er, closely corresponding to the fuctua-
lions In wind velocity recorded by Prof.
Langley, have been observed by DIR.
Rome Martini. This explains the pop
ular tradition that bad weather may be
Toto . bn rte nd oil
of wells. Curiously, however, small
and rapid changes Of barometers are
more certain TO affect wells than large
changes.
Recent observations on the differ
ences of color In different races OF men
are described in a French journal OF
anthropO.Ogy by Monsieur Breul. Ii
appears that the color OF the skin de-
ponds upon pigment contained in the
deeper layers of the epidermis. This
pigment. in the form Of minute grains,
is distributed in the same manner In all
races, the only difference being in the
color Of the grains, which varies from
black. through many lighter shades, up
to light yellow.
In Spain. where the telephone is large
ly used in place of the telegraph says
Monsieur Picard as reported in the
Electrical World. an ingenious april
cation of the photograph to record the
| telephone messages has been made.
| The receiving operator repeats the mes
sage into Il photograph, from which II
can afterward be transcribed at leis-
ure. This saves the delay caused by
writing the message curing its recep
ton. and insures greater accuracy be
cause the repetition Of the message fol
the photograph is heard, simultaneous
", by the original sender at the othei
end Of the line.
Many Of the violent changes which
occur under the surface of the sea. a
Prof. John Milne has recently shown
produce effects that are distinctly an'
sometimes disastrousiy felt on the land
Wherever profound cavity exists il
the bed Of the ocean near TIE land. an'
wherever the border Of continen
slopes off into a deep sea, great slide
are apt to occur, and these often caus
earthquakes. In Japan, Mr. Milne says
large number Of earthquakes cam
from the deep sea off the mouth of tn
Touegawa, the largest Of the Japanes
rivers. The river brings down alluvii
detritus which is deposited on the brin
, Of a deep hollow in the ocean, and frol
time to time the accumulated depos
sides into the depths, shaking not onl
; the sea bottom but the adjacent lan'
According to Nikola Tesla, as repor
ed in Industries and Iron, "of all co
; ceivable methods of generating electl
cal energy, nothing in the present NJ
in the future is likely to compare
facility and economy with the waite
fall" OF all methods of generatil
power. the utilization Of waterfall,
:, saws. is the simplest and least vast
:, full According to him, even If 1t we
. possible, by combining carbon in bs
4 terry, to convert the work of the chez
zeal combination into electrical ener
with very high economy, such mode
obtaining power, he thinks, would
, no more than mere makesmift, bou
: to be replaced sooner or later by a me
. perfect method which requires no &C
!, sumption Of any material whatever,
). with a view to rendering his ope
l, tions really aseptic," says the Der
Is correspondent of the Lancet, Pr
n Mikullcz of Breslau has taken to o
rating in gloves, and has published
account of the favorable results obta
m ed after three months experience,
uses fine thread gloves, which are ms
n aseptic IN steam in the same way
surgical bandages. or course the hai
are washed and disinfected in the Il
= al manner before the gloves are put
The gloves have to be changed seve
times during long operations; they
worn by the assistants as we'll. p
MlkulicZ declares that none Of the m
limitations are rendered awkward
difficult by the gloves, and that, on
G contrary. Il is easier to lake and k
hold of tissues in gloves than with
bare hand. He further recomme
the use of a respirator Of sterilized n
lin. In order to avoid danger Il
mouth bacteria.