Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-05-22
Science Notes.
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Fourteen new eases We e brought to
Liverpool on Thursday by the Kansas,
a Warren Line steamer. bringing
cargo of cattle from Boston. The
outbreak, it is said, started among the
cattlemen
Eidn't Fear His Dead Patients.
There is a doctor OF the old school
in one of the New England villages
near Randolph, Mass, the former
home of Mary f. wilkins. whose
house is surrounded by a cemetery.
The cemetery is behind the house. and
comes up flush with the road on
either side, running off to east ana
west for an eighth of mile. Some
people might find such house lot
doleful, and surely the neighbors are
not lively. But that thought never
troubled the villagers so much as the
prospect of going home at night In
the country towns of New England the
graveyard at night is still thing o.
terror. There are still towns where
all the graves are dug on line run
ring due east and west, with the foot
stones toward the east. so the dead
may rise face to face with the Judge
on the last day. So the doctor Is
often asked the question: Are yos
not afraid to go home sometimes at
night?'
And his answer is always the same:
No; my neighbors will never trouble
me; they all owe me money"
Goldschmidt Welding Process.
The Goldschmidt welding process for
welding rails has lately undergone a
simplification. The crucible in which
the required quantity of thermite is to
be melted is made in the form of fun
mel, about 16 inches in height and Il
inches in diameter at the top. The
bottom end is provided with an opcn-
ing about three-quarters to one inch
In diameter, which serves as pouring
hole. An iron plug is used to close the
hole during the reaction, and the hole
is freed preferably by knocking this up
into the liquid mass when it Is at once
fused. In this way the precise mo-
ment for discharging the contents is
easier to regulate than by allowing the
plug to remain in position until melted
out. The top of the plug should be
covered with a little fine, dry sand 70
prevent it burning out too soon. After
filling the crucible the open upper end
is covered with a metal hood, provided
with a hole, through which the con-
tents are ignited. This arrangement
has the advantage that the metal flows
into the mold before the Stag, whereas
in the ordinary crucible the Stag al
ways runs off first. The loss of heat
by radiation Is much reduced and the
lining is not exposed for so long to the
heat of the thermite, since the time it
remains in the cTucible is no more
than what is just required for the reac-
tion-that is, few seconds only. In
welding objects the surface on which
the thermite is poured is first cleaned
with file, but the abutting ends of the
rails or bars need not be touched at
all.
Food Adulteration.
The Connecticut State Experiment
Station in its last report shows exten.
slye adulteration OF foods sold in the
markets. Out of 375 samples of milk
obtained in 20 towns of the state s per
cent. were adulterated. Out of 1856
samples of food products analysed, AL
were found adulterated, 30 of them
with personalities only. Eighteen on,
or 30 samples of suspected butter CON
tanned oleomargarine and % out of 231
samples of molasses contained glucose
syrup. One-tenth of the samples of
coffee were found adulterated; Is out
OF 80 samples Of Jelly; 10 out of 20