El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-23

year apprenticeship In a recognized
shop or attended q three year course
in barber school, to do any barbering
in the District of Columbia. Other
clauses call for strict hygienic
regulation of every shop, with q
special inspector from the board
OF health to make domiciliary visits
| and enforce the law. Invent into the
atelier of leader in the movement to
see what his sign "Aseptic Bsrbering''
meant. I didn't find out clearly but it
seemed that the shaving mug was
| washed out after each patient. The
artist in attendance was of the opinion
that no special care of razor, shears or
brush was necessary. He didn't look
particularly aseptic himself, being boil
ed within and without, like Job. I
| think I'll avoid the aseptic barbering
for the present until some way ia de-
vised of boiling and deboiling the bar
ber
I have seen samples of the new
Nernst lamp, which Is claimed to be
the coming electric light. It is q
lamp something between the two COM
mon types, the arc light and the little
incandescent bulb lamp, and it lights
with match. The arc lights give too
much light and the incandescents are
seldom made to give more than 80
candles. but the Nernst can give any
thing intermediate. In appearance,
the new lamp consists of U-shaped
white thread Or rod clamped between
supports and out in free air. The rod
is not made of carbon, but is porcelain
or hardened magnesis. It will not
light up until it is heated, but once
started will burn Indefinitely. For
small lamps q match gives sufficient
heat, but for the larger little, aux
Hilary gas jet is sometimes used. It
is said the Nernst will super
sede both the old types and I am in
clined to think it stands good fight
ing show to crowd them out for many
uses. Nernst himself is q professor of
in German university and
An able man. He is not likely to Sc
cure adequate protection for his inven-
ton, unfortunately for him and FORUM
ately for the rest of US. Many years
ago. when Jablochkoff invent
ed the electric candle, he also in
vented, described aud actually made a
lamp for use at the Paris exposition,
which was pretty nearly a''ringer" for
the Nernst lamp. In spite of the fact
that this lamp never went into actual
use, was only made once and was then
forgotten, it serves as a
bar against broad patents to Nernst.
Mr.. Nitobe. Japanese Official is in
on behalf of his govern
nent. The Japs are anxious to be all
he same American man in every par
ocular, with all convenient despatch,
nd like the amateur Othello who
Hacked all over, they intend to be
borough. 1t appears that the Japs |
ave been living on fish, sorghum |
nd rice mainly for tbs last few CEN
uries, but there is now a general move
1ept towards increasing the proper
lon of meat In the national dietary.
Thich movement the govern
lent is fostering. So Mr..
nazo Nitobe, who is q
raduate of Johns Hopkins, paren-
hetically. is here to study American
lethods of raising and slaughtering
We stock. He says it is too early as
ct to expect any changes in the nat
NAL characteristics from the increas-
carnivorOusness, though he thinks it
ill increase the consumption of strong
qnors and diminish that of sake.
[aybe SO. but'my recollection of sake
that 1t is plenty itself, and hardly
link the Japs need go any further for
rong drink.