The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

Ten thousand gross Of steel pens may
be made from ton Of the metal
An electric light socket that locks with
a key has been devised 10 prevent theft
Of bulbs.
A long series Of experiments has demon
strated that hollow copper rods make
the best lightning rods.
The second white ra-aoseros ever cap
tured alive IN Africa has been brought
10 a museum near Brussels.
The chief ingredient in a new secret
preparation for fIling life preservers Is
said 10 be common SCOT.
A new musical instrument, known as
the dolcette. IS harp played BY key
board similar 10 that Of a piano
Although much gold. copper. and lead
is produced in the Philippines. there IS
but one notable deposit OF silver.
Santos DumOnt's newest flying machine
is so light and compact that he carrie.
II about with him in his automobile.
An experiment station 10 investigate
the resources Of Guam VIII be established
there BY the Department OF Agriculture
The latest Partisan novelty in watches
Is one set in a ring TO be worn on tht
ring finger Of the left hand over tht
glove.
Figures gathered by the government
show that the average American con
sumes half his weight. or S75 pounds O.
sugar a year.
An electric attachment for rural fre'
delivery boxes rings a bell in the owner
house when mai is deposited in the box
Experts in the Federal Bureau of En-
tomology have stated that more than 9
per cent OF the flies os q city are bred II
stables
The Dutch VIII celebrate the centen
nary Of the establishment Of natiOna
Independence by a worlds fair at The
Hague in 1873
4 savings bank with g clock attached
which cannot be wound unless q coin b
dropped in the slot In the bank. has ap
peared IN the stores.
Detroit's medicine factories last yea,
produced enough pills 20 girdle tht
earth three times. II placed together Il
a single line.
over 10000 pounds of peppermint oi
are prepared annually from the produc
Of the peppermint farms in the vicinlt,
OF Kalamazoo. Mich.
A German gunsmith has patented az
expanding bullet, adapted 20 the destruc
.
| fred from an ordinary rife.
Though apples in storage remain SCUM,
and firm. they lose more than three pc
/ cent OF weight each six months by respi
ration OF carbon diOxide
a gold mine has been discovered Il
( the old Chilean gold field rrOm which hal
been taken ore containing more thar
90 ounces OF pure gold 10 the ton.
nearing completion near Newport, r. L
az cost of $4,000, viii have a radius o
action OF 1,250 miles.
/ A knife. the blade OF which curves q
( one side at the end and Is cut into pron
TO form fork, has been invented for tn
I use Of One-armed persons
The Navy Department maintains tx,
/ schools for instruction Of its enliste,
electricians at the navy yards at Mar,
Z Island. Cal. and Brooklyn, y. Y.
AS squeaky floors are due to the end
OF sides Of boards rubbing together the
can be cured by separating the board
I by driving screws between them
i A Partisan physician successfully pro
duces artificial sleep by an intermitten
/ electric current Of low voltage, the cir
cult being interrupted 100 times each sec
/ ond-
Japan exported iSinglass worth Sl52. 06
/ 70 the United States the first eigh
months in 1908. nearly seven times a!
much as in the corresponding period Il
/ 1907
A patent has been granted on a poo
table in which all the balls roll into a re
ceptacle at one end, frUrn which they ar,
released only when coin is dropped Il
a slot
A solution OF four ounces each OF hypo
\ sulphite OF soda and sugar OF lead to
( gallon OF water, used boiling hot. vii
I impart a blue color. similar TO that o
i blued steel. 10 most metals
I More than one-third OF the persons ad
mitted 10 the Pennsylvania Institute 70