The independent., 1907-02-07
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Al NEW phase Of the art of modelling
Nv is practiced by Mile. Susan Meyer
In Paris. The material employed by
her is crumbs of bread colored with
various liquids She has discovered
process of making the mass elastic
and almost unbreakable. A proof OF
her success is the purchase by the
state of one of her works. representing
an apple tree in full bloom. 1t is on
exhibition at the Luxembourg gallery.
A Bangor man, says "The Kennebec
Journal" in his effort to describe the
coolest place in the world, spoke of
a shed that was "too cold to keep
wood in," and this was the limit until
this correspondence came in from
Mount Desert concerning the weather
down there last week: A fisherman
of Otter Creek says a big Goldfish was
So attracted by the warmth Of a gas
oline heater in his dory that it jumped
into the boat and tried to wrap itself
around the heater 1t froZe in a half
circle. Jed Jenkins, of Trenton, went
to the barn to water his stock. He
fell and upset the pail Before he
could step out Of the water his boots
froze to the floor. He had to take his
boots off to get away.
In the roof of Durham castle, Eng
land, there has been discovered
bucket containing bullets and gunpoW-
der. 1t is believed to have been walled
up about the year 1641, when the
castle was being prepared to with
stand a Scottish raid. The bullets are
moulded spheres of two sizes and con-
sist of little over SO per cent of lead,
with iron and silver and traces of bis
muth, arsenic and antimony The gum
powder is not granulated like that of
the present day, and was evidently
prepared by simply mixing the ingred-
tents. 1t contains about ] per cent of
moisture. and the proportion of the
constituents calculated on the dry
powder is practically identical with
that Of the black gunpowder Of today
that Is, nitre, rs per cent; carbon,
Is per cent, and sulphur, 10 per cent.
Dr. George w. Fritz, in a letter to
"The Boston Transcript" on the venti
latiOn of cars, says: "The essential
condition is that the heaters should
be placed in the roof of the car, and
the fresh air introduced through them
sufficiently warmed not to be felt as a
draft. To determine the air movement
and to insure its proper distribution
throughout the top of the car the
fresh air from without should be
forced by means of fan through
heating coils into a cavity between
the roof of the car and a false ceiling,
SO constructed as to permit the air to
freely pass through it. This ceiling
will permit the warm air to flow
easily downward upon the covered
heads of the occupants, thus prevent
ing all noticeable drafts. The passen-
gers in this way will be supplied with
fresh air of agreeable temperature, un-
mixed with the breath which has been
projected downward from their most
rils. To facilitate the removal Of the
air at the floor level and also to aid
the movement of the pure air, there
should be false floor formed of a
removable grating, that it may be
readily cleaned This should cover an
air space through which the vitiated
air can be withdrawn by another fan"
The London correspondent of Gel
Porvenir" of Cartagena. Colombia,
writes to that paper: "The Japanese
our population Of Boyaca and Cudina
marca, the aborigines of which, be-
sides having the same features and
statures, also follow the same habits.
The Japanese are sober, and so are
our Indians; they are wideawake. dis
Greet, law abiding, like our Indians,
and of the same adaptability. Their
small stature, like that of the Indians
and Vascos imparts to them the swift
footedness of the goat, so necessary for
life in uneven lands, and their individ-
ual knowledge of hygiene would give
them immunity from the regional
diseases. and at the same time set
good example to the unfortunates still
ignorant of its blessings. The
Jap will come to Columbia by himself.
and spread his tentacles over the
whole of South America. He will
soon be followed by the Chinese. and
the world will see with wonder the
resurrenction OF tho yellow races that
had haan oslgen for SO many wears