SCIENTIFIC,
A Curious Case,.—At a recent meel-
ing of the Paris Surgical Society, Dr.
Terrier presented a communication from
Dr. Defoutaine, chief physician at the
Creusot Steel Works, on electric
stroke. or, rather, electric light stroke,
At present the electric light is usad at
we works for producing the high |
perature required in casting and |
ding metals, metals placed in
electric are melting as if by magic,
evi becoming as oll butter.
At Creusot an electric furnace has al
ready been in use for:ome time, T
are in which the m
placed of enormous intensi
light, concentrated on soe few square
centimetres, being equal to 10,000 Car- |
cel lamps, or wore than 100,000 |
candles. {
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the
n steel us
ietais
electric i
$
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is Y,
he dazzling light 18 wonderful to
look at. but great care has to be taken
in doing so, as unprotected persons ten
metres distant, although feeling no Leat, |
experience an acute pain in every re-
spect resembling that of sunstroke.
Ever if the h:ht be often discontinued |
for awhile those engaged in ex- |
periments experience after one or two |
hours a painful sensation inthe throat,
face and tempels, while the skin |
w a copper red-hue. Generally |
eyes are protected by means of |
darkened glasses, like those used when |
looking at the sun; but, in spite 0
precaution, the retina
affected that for minutes
those engaged 1n the work are
any obj at all in dayl
more than an
objects assume a yell
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DSLances were
we lids, Tl
Yery
Ocean Ste amers,
ids made them
’
unpi
two years of
gate in small streams,
merly despised, and
could not go. This
auires shallow keels and light
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swift vessels are now
Small,
where
Sia
the competiti
the era of the "(US
existence.
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to believe that the
wr for tide waves and wind
that
he walters,
ave all
OCean,
Ocenn's Surface
n taught 1
allow
thers
Yigriryd t
Gispuied
shaped tube
equal tempera-
mn both two
ill be perfectly level; but if one
contains a liquid that is
hat on the other, more of the lighter
liquid is required to balance the heavier,
idl therefore the lighter will stand at a
higher level, If fresh water js
side and salt water on the other,
ibrinm can only be established by the
fresh water standing a little higher than
the salt. The like must happen if we
have a uniform liquid, as regards com-
position, but of unequaled temper-
ature,
Such varietous occur in the ocean.
Where rivers are pouring large quanti-
ties of fresh water into the sea, and
surfaces
» side
denser than
on one
equil-
salinity is proportionately lower than in
other parts, The temperature also
varies, and therefore, an equilibrium
the lighter water rust stand higher
than the denser, whether the difference
be due to temperature or salinity,
Thus, iu crossing the warm gulf
i
middle and then descends, In this
respect it resembles a flowing river,
w ich is similarly crested towards the
middle of the stream; it is a'so like a
river in being higher at its source than
at its embovchure, as its temperature
gradually declines in the course of its
northward progress,
ii, ——— A
A Liberal Patron of the Cables. —
most liberal patron of the cdble com-
panies in Washington and spends even
government of the United
Almost every act of his is governed by
instructions asked and received from
his government, and although he uses
a cipher by which he can put the mean-
ing of ten words into two, his tele
graphic bills average $1,000 a week,
and often excesd that sum daily for a
week at a time, He sent $2,000 worth
of dispatches to China concerning the
riots at Milwaukee and received replies
that must have cost at least as much
more, In fact enough money was
spent in communicating the informa-
tion regarding the Milwaukee troubles
to tudemnify the Chinamen of that city
for all the damages suffered by them,
Cable messages to China are sent first
to Havre, thence tp Abden, thence
across the Arabian sei throngh ' indoo-
stad an Sun to Pelive, and they cost
aby 84 Howe
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M NOTES,
FAR
PROFIT FARTILIZERS, — Some
farmers have been discussing the ques-
tion, *‘Does it pay to fertilizers?”
They might as well usk if it pays to bu}
beef for themselves and their children,
OF
se
nure as he could find good
ever il. Is he then to stop there and
be with hid crops? No; he
the fertilizers he can; but
judiciously,
plaster (gypsum,
lime, potash salt
only where the
deficient in these, yet
rest
wi
content
uy Lil
sho id Engh
wh
of
visciif 11
US
$ y 1
£ die id
ippens to be
ail Lie
But
hundred times, and
that farme.s are misled to believe that
fertilizer cannot be used profitably, A
80 11
is a compound of all the elements that
are contained in plants, 1f one of these
is wanting the food is useles, and the
spent is lost until the want is
supplied.
only Kind that deserves the name, and
that will be found always profitable to
use. Any
found
Hat
be useful, but it may not
t may. Thisis a funda-
use of artificial fer-
ORCHARDS,
to wake up
portance ol establish
il evergreen
On
winning
cidu HE
wel
buds from the
wards, to pre-
wy on the
duee bloom
Ome
CELERY.
blanching cele
any
. but this i=;
HING
te Plume
ulf-dwarf,
is A Sport {
and Ii
sracters 1 appeared
Re Tal
he same season
ng a sport {
han, and appeared in
the
bh
=
same season, The
«1 the two 18 as marl
he parents, The Sand-
the richest in flavor, has
hat quality to the “‘sport,”
i makes the Golden Self-Blanching
th tter of the two, While both are
rood and very beautiful, neither is as
without earthing up as with it,
2 wit
For tenderness and flavor earthing is a
ty.
ed
the be
=
ood
necessit
MosT of us make a mistake by feed-
ing at the wrong end of the hog’s exist
ence,
two before we sell him for pork. The
three months of his existence,
the first week of a pig's life it is quite
start too great a flow of milk, a handful
of shorts twice a day in less than half a
pailful of warm water being the best
feed aut the time.
GREENHOUSE AND Wixpow
PLANTS. —Plants that are kept in the
ete. Those placed
should be in partial shade and set upon
a laver of coal ashes,
them to suffer for
overrun by insects, If any are turned
being too large to be
Keep young
supply their places,
potted
Ix breeding and feeding cattle the
first legitimate purpose is t0 make the
animal do the very best that it will
The saving of food-—in the direction of
eat—has no place in the calculation at
It is true that in some cases the
animal will eat its head off, though
that will occur only with serub stock.
But in such cases the animal should be
got rid of, It does not destroy the rule
that profitable dairying demands abund-
ant food and good food,
SUNFLOWERS need rich ground and
are gross feeders, They should have no
place in a garden, as they simply de-
rive more valuable crops of plant food,
for a field crop they may be made
valuable, as the seeds are largely in de
mand as food for poultry, They are
pin ted nt the same thie as corn.
HOUSEHOL!
Apour DBomning.—In boiling
great thing is not to let the meat boil,
jon. but nevertheless, it is right,
top and steams it is boiling, Simmering |
is keeping the water neaily boiling, aud |
little tiny bubbles every now and then
¢ome up at the edges, and it must nevel
pe allowed to go beyond thir stale,
In boiling a Jeg of mutton it should
pu. into fast boiling water and il-
the outside hard and prevent the juices |
Just sufficient cold water
should be added to reduce the tempera-
ture. and then bring it gently to the
boil, and when on the point of boiling |
and let it simmer slowly,
it should be remembered that a
very large quantity of water takes the
goodness out of the meat. A saucepan
only sufliciently large to hold the joint
and
meat with water. The time for boiling
should be from a quarter of an hour to
twenty minutes to each pound of meat,
counting from the time the water boils,
Puddings should be plunged into
plenty of boiling water, and Kept boil-
Salt meat must
old water, whieh should
brought up to the sim-
In boiling fish all large,
white fish mld be placed in cold
and then
oiling point, and
be put into
then be slowl
mering point,
o
y
}
shi
4
gradually to
4 allowed to
water,
ne i
silpmer oe should be
very carefully
sitil Should i into every gi
Ler
tablespoot-
water, put
water, and salmon ul trout
and
y hints
hen, amd soe
When vou
set hen y fos
the thre
ill be or
That
on and prevents
worn or ironed away and
Process,
Then, 1 begin sewing, lay
a large pin across lhe bt
all your threads will go over
After you have fini
with thread draw out
your thread around and around beneath
the button. That makes a compact
stem to sustain the possible pulling and
wear of the button hole.
“It is no exaggeration to say that my
Eves
rom being
¥
id
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wari Tit
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Iu fore yo
s0 that
the pin.
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ALMOND Spoxee CARrE.—Take a
oughly crush it all
separate the whites from the yolks, and
beat the latter for some minutes; shake
beat the whites of the eggs to a froth,
and add them, half fil a well-oiled pan,
This cake is not very sweet, for
it is to eat with some of the ‘‘creams’’
that makes such delicious light des
Arnicor Cream. Take a can of
tents into a saucepan, add three ounces
of sugar, let them boil for a quarter of
an hour, and pass them through a sieve.
Dissolve one ounce of the best gelatine
in a little milk, whip to a froth a pint
Mix the gelatine with the
the cream, pour the mixture into a
mold. and put it on ice to set. When
wanted, dip the mold in hot water and
turn out the cream,
tisa—
POTATOES SLICED AND BAKED,
Pare them and slice quite thin and let
stand for half an bour in cold water]
then put them into a pudding dish, sea-
son with salt and pepper, pour on a cup
of milk and bake an hour. On taking
them out add buster the size of an egg.
A Goon Has, A fine, crusty bash
is made with one eupful chopped beef
mutton or veal, 8 half cup of bread
sonked in milk or cream enough to
cover, one well beaten egg, enough
gravy or stock to moisten, and the
whole baked half an hour 1 a buttered
———“-——"
dish from which it may be turned upon
a platter, retaining its forns,
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TAPIOCA OnEaM.~For tapioca]
cream wish two tablespoonfuls of tapi- |
’ {
oc and two hours, Then put it |
into a quart of boiling milk and cook
one-half hour, Heal ¢ volks of four |
eggs with a little eur. add them to |
three minules,
tapioca and
Beat the whites to a stiff froth, take the |
pre and stir in flavors |
Serve cold, |
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ti
Wh
COOK
AkEp Eace AND Onepse.—Lay |
some thin slices of cheese on a buttered |
flat baking dish, break as many eggs on i
the cheese us the dish wi'l hold in a sin- i
gle layer, dust them with salt and pep- |
per, put a small bit of Buller on eat i
one, and bake them to the required de- |
gree in a hot oven, Serve them hot.
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WASHING FINE EMBROIDERY .~TO |
wash fine embroidery or lace with the
least wear, make water very soapy with
are covered and set in the sun all day;
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HAannowinG shou'd be repeated, if |
the Jumps are not reduc el. after each |
rain (but when the ground is too |
wet), in order to get the s il fine. Har- |
rowing is work that pays in the end,
The finer the soil, and the better its co
dition for receiving the mont
t of growth are secured,
ot
I~
sede] ad-
vilaiage
y lk y y
orly-seven agricuitural
THERE are |
{ with
experim nts stat
a working force of
revenue of $720,400
$£600.000 of this am
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officials
ually.
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by the government
these men
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totareh Cured,
A clergyman, after years of suffering from
Lat Jeathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly |
tying every known remedy, at last found a |
prescription which completely cured and saved |
nim from death. Any sufferer from thisdread. |
ful disease sending a eeif.a 3 stamped
envelope to Prof, J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warren
£5, N.Y. will receive the recipe free of charge.
———————
Dr. John Erikson is to make a report
to the Swedish Government on the dis
tes that in-
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24 years, Each years sales have ir creased, |
fn 1887 sales were 2,047 620 Loses Superior |
quality, ani absolute uniformity and purity,
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filed with it and sealed burst in two,
eight, and ten days respectively.
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