Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 6, 1897, Page 7

ee es THE ADVANCE | ACENT OF HEALTH WARNER'S RECAMOLVE | ty? Harry—I don’t know whether they tre cowlets or bullets—Up to Data Was Tired of It. He found his hair was leaving him at the top of his head, and took his bar- ber to task about it. ! “You sold me two bottles of stuff to make my hair grow—” “It is strange it won’t grow again,” id the barber; “IJ can’t understand it “Look here,” said the man, “I don’t mind drinking another bottle, but this must be the 1 ”—Boston Traveler. { THAT SPLENDID COFFEE. | Mr. Goodman, Williams County, IIL, writes us: “From one package Salzer’s German Coffee Berry I grew 300 pounds of better coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a pound.” A package of this and big seed cata- logue is sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. w.n. . A Close Race. Ethel stands at the head of in French? Yes. She and another girl ctly even in the written ex- amination, and it was decided that Ethel shrugged her shoulders more cor- rectly.—Puck. Just try a 10e box of Cascarets, candy cathartic, the finest liver and bowel regulator made. Parables. Georgie—I heard mother tell father the other day she’a found out where the shoe pinched. I wonder what she meant? Dick—I dunno; but if she’d said she’d found out where the slipper stung 1’d have believed her.—London Figaro. { flegeman’s Camphor Ice with Glycerine. Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Tender or Sore Feet, Chilblains, Piles, &. C. G. Clark Co.. Now Haven, Ct. Gun of the Evening. “I suppose there were some bright id at Mrs. Lionhunter’s liter. Bg e & a B & 4 be 4 “Who got off the most interesting?” “The butler—when he remarked that dinner was ready.’’—Illustrated sits. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup For children teething,softens the gums, reduces inflam- mation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 centsa bottle. Solemn ‘Truth. | “Perhaps,” said the elderly gentle- man with the shiny coat, “perhaps if I | had not had such a circus in my youth I would have more of a show now.”— Indianapolis Journal. Piso’s Cure for Consuinption has saved me large doctor bills.—C. L. Baker, 4228 Regent Sq., Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, 1893. The money deposited in the corner-stone of a new church at London, Ontario, excited the cupidity of some mean thieves, and they stole it. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All, Druggists refund the money if i: fails tocure. 250, The English language is annually- in- creased by the addition of about one hun- dred new words. Awarded i “ighest Honors—World’s Fair,’ Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. yHlces BAKING POWDER A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD, SCIENTIFIC CORNER. CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV- ERY AND INVENTION. Photographing a Flying Bullet—A Bot- tle That May Not Be Refilled and Sold as Original—A Queer Siphon — A Musically Inclined Spider. T IS surprising * enough to hear of making a _ photo- graph of a rifle-bul- let in motion, but who would ever dream that a pic- ture of the hum that it makes could also be taken? Yet such photographs are actually being In the cut you will see a pic- made. ture of a bullet in flight with the hum stretched out behind like a comet's tail. Of course a man’s eye could not see a moving bullet, much less the noise that it makes, but the camera’s 2ye is sharper by a hundred times. Knowledge says that the photograph taken was of a Martini bullet, which traveled 1,100 feet, or more than a fifth of a mile, a second. The hum is made by the bullet breaking through the air like a rail through a board, and start- ing little waves of sound, which travel rapidly in ail directions. Perhaps some of you have heard the hum of a bullet and “ducked” sudden- ly as if to dodge it. Of course you are , hot to be blamed for dodging—even brave soldiers sometimes do that—but if you heard the hum you might have -omforted yourself that the bullet had already passed. A Windy Well. Arizona possesses some of the great- est natural wonders in the world, not the least of which is this phenomenon of a current of air issuing from or going into the bowels of the earth through | sundry natural and artificial openings made in the arth’s crust. Something over a year ago a Mr. Coufman under- took the drilling of a well at his place. Everything went well to a depth of some twenty-five feet, when the drill suddenly dropped some six feet and a | strong current of air issued from the bole.. The escaping air current was so strong that it blew off the men’s hats who were recovering the lost drill. The well was of course abandoned and left to blow but there are some peculiarities about it that are worthy of observation. The air will escape from the well for | days at a time with such force that pebbles the size of peas are thrown out and piled up about its mouth until it looks very much like the expanded portion of a funnel, At the same time it is accompanied by a sound much like | the distant bellowing of a foghorn. This noise is not always present, because the air does not at all times escape with the same force. Again, there will be for days a suction current, unaccompanied | by sound, in which the current of air passes into the earth, with some less force than it escapes, and any light ob- ‘ject, as a feather, piece of paper or cloth, will, if held in close proximity, be immediately sucked into the sub- terranean labyrinth of Aeolus. Just the cause of this phenomenon no one has yet been able to determine, but it is supposed that there is an under- ground opening between the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, which cleaves the earth for more than a mile in depth, and the Sycamore Canyon, some eighty miles to the south of it, of the same proportions, but much shorter. This would seem possible from the fact that the current of air is always passing | fromnorthto south or vice versa, carry- ing, of course, a few points of the com- pass from the true meridian, but al- ways in these general directions, as de- termined by experiment, and then the stratum underlying the quaternary is of volcanic cinder. This is very por- ous, and in maay places so-called bot- tomless holes exist. A Queer Siphon. Bore two holes at right angles in a peach pit, and into each of them fit a straw (one of the straws being longer than the other), and make the joints tight with wax. It will suffice to suck through the longer straw in order to prime the siphon thus formed and cause the liquid to flow. The same re- sult may be obtained by bevelling one of the extremities of each of the straws and then uniting the latter with a little modelling wax. A Spider Keeps Time to Music. At a recent rehearsal of the Apollo male quartet of Coldwater, Mich., a large spider came slowly down his silk- en thread to about the height of the singers’ shoulders, where he hung sus- pended for a few minutes, then began to move up and down in front of the music rack. The second tenor, who was leading the air, soon noticed that the movements of the spider corre- spamded with the variations of his vuice, up and down the scale, and in perfect time, They then began a series of experiments and found that the spid- er would ascend or descend about a foot for every octave, and though the melody was carried ever so lightly, and the bassos thundered in their heaviest tones, the insect could not be deceived, but always followed the leading part accurately and with the precision of a director’s baton. All kinds of songs, from “Down in the Cornfield” to “The Bridge,” were sung to test the ability of this wonderful little being, and each time he came out of the conflict not a beat behind. At last the four voices struck an awful discord, and instantly the spider scurried up his improvised metronome and disappeared in the chimney. Non-Refillable. A cap designed to be readily placed upon a filled bottle, retaining the cork in such manner that the latter cannot be removed without breaking the cap, is shown in the accompanying illustra- tion, the improvement enabling the manufacturer of a liquor or beverage to protect his bottle from being refifled by others and sold again in the original form. A patent has been granted for this invention to a physician of Rod- ney, Miss. Fig. 1 is a view in section and Fig. 3 is a side view of the cap ap- plied to a bottle head, Fig. 2 showing the two parts cf the cap before it is applied. The cap is made in two sim- ilar parts, each having a flat circular top plate, a pendant semicircular body portion, and jaws or clasps formed on a narrow downward extension of the body. The cap is made of some easily breakable but not readily melted ma- terial, and when applied to a bottle head the flat circular top plates over- lap each other and lie above the cork, the jaws or clasps embracing the bottle neck just below the head. In order to secure the parts together upon a bottle, one of the parts is made with a down- wardly extending thin spring plate, or catch, on the under side of the top plate, adapted to engage a cut out por- tion of a bar on the under side of the other top plate, by which the parts are locked together automatically on a bottle. This lock is wholly inaccessible from the outside, making it impossible to remove the cork without breaking the cap, and rendering it unfit for further use. Trolley Roads in Europe. When the delegates appointed by the Glasgow town council to proceed to the continent to investigate the preva- lent system of electrical traction re- turned they issued a very expensively got-up and lavishly illustrated report, which was evidently intended to be conclusive. We commented’ at the time on the singular circumstance, that while much money and time had been expended on minutely examining a number of continental systems of electrical traction, some of them old, the tramways committee had not thought it worth their while to give the least attention to elec- trical practice as it exists in the United States, admittedly ahead of the rest of the world in this particular. Subsequently it appears to have oc- curred to the committee that a research which was inteaded to embrace the ex- amination of every successful system of electrical proputsion could hardly be considered complete without some ref- erence to America, and they according- ly dispatched their general manager and engineer on a tour through the chief centers. These gentlemen have, in their turn, just issued their report, not a document so pretentious by any means as its predecessor, but not less valuable, perhaps, in the clearness and lucidity with which the conclusions to which the authors have arrived are expressed. These conclusions are prac- tically identical with those of the pre- ceding report, and there is now conse- quently practically no doubt that the trolley principle will be adopted for the whole of Glasgow. It is true that pro- vision is first being made only for a first experimental line, that from Mitchell street to Springburn, but the trolley once installed is sure to spread, and despite the claims being made for conduit and electro-magnetic tramway systems, it will be generally conceded, we think, that the Glasgow authorities have arrived at a just and sound con- clusion. We notice that a special com- missioner, which “The Glasgow Her- ald” has had the enterprise to dispatch on the same errand, is of an opinion that is mainly identical with that ex- pressed in the two reports. We trust that once Glasgow makes a definite start with the equipment of a power station it will not be found necessary to send to America for the steam en- gines. Mexico's National Drink. Pulque is the national drink of Mex- ico, as beer is of Germany. It is made from the fermented juice of the agave, or century plant. These plants are cul- tivated, and the juice is extracted by a laborer, who cuts off the flowering stem and sucks the juice up into a tube, one end of which he then puts into a vessel, and the liquid flows through this crude sijgon until the plant is exhausted or its store. a eeeeeen { | Adulterated Aoney. Mrs. L, Harrison of Peoria Ill., writ- ing in American Bee Journal, says: In the early part of November I saw @ man carrying a large tin pail, going in the direction of the front gate. It was raining, and I went out on the porch. He said: “I’ve honey to sell; but I see you have bees, and will not want any.” I requested him to let me see his honey. He came to the side of the porch, and I looked down into his pail. It was light colored, and had finely-mashed honey-comb floating in| it. When I inquired about his apiary, he gave an evasive answer, and hur- riedly departed. One of the neighbors purchased some. He carried it in a large tin pail, with a long-handled dip- ; | per to dip it out, selling two pounds for a quarter. I think from the appear- ‘ance and taste that it is a syrup of white sugar, with a small quantity of white comb honey mixed with it. Tm | not familiar with glucose—it may be} glucose, white sugar syrup, and mashed honey. A lady told me that white sugar settled in the bottom. This man has been doing a good business, sell- ing continually, canvassing the city | thoroughly. We have lately been re- ; ceiving postal cards, inquiring about ! white comb honey, wanting to have it cut out of the sections, and shipped*in a covered tin pail holding three or four | gallons. “Send by express,” and he | “will remit.” We have not sent any.) Persons who buy this mixture will not | be likely to buy again, but he will sell ; a large amount in a city of 60,000 in- habitants. I hear that he has been lowering his price lately, and offering it for 10 cents per pound. Glucose put! up in an attractive package, with a/ small piece of comb honcy floating in it, had a big sale one season; but died so dead that it never resurrected. The adulteration of extracted honey has | grown to such large proportions that buyers are suspicious of the pure arti- cle. And many believe that comb honey is manufactured by feeding bees glu- cose. A buyer once came to our apiary, saying: “I want to buy come honey; there is plenty of that ‘dcrned’ white | stuff in the stores, but I want bees’ | honey.” He was furnished it, pure and unadulterated. A woman called to get honey for a sick baby. I show- jed her extracted honey. She shook | her head, saying: “The doctor said I |must get comb honey and render it | out, for loose honey is no good.” The adulteration of honey benefits small bee-keepers, for those who desire pure honey will go where they know bees ; are kept, to purchase it, and are will- | ing to pay a big price for it. Sheep in Illinois. John G. Springer, secretary of the Mllinois Sheep Breeders’ Association, writes: The number of persons en- gaged in sheep breeding and feeding has, in the past few years, been great- ly decimated, and the number of sheep in the state has decreased from 919,685, valued at $3,816,468, in 1893, to 403,869, valued at $1,642,124, in 1896, or a loss of over 63 per cent in sheep and in value. Whatever has been the cause or causes for these great losses those | Who have been engaged in this industry must feel themselves somewhat to blame, because they have in a measure at least failed to properly look after their own interests. These interests ‘are of such importance that too much | attention cannot be given them. In no | better way can the proper attention be | given than by an organization through | which thoughts and systems may be ' presented and discussed, and a united | effort be made to restrict causes for | loss and improve advantages for gain. By organization only, can these things !be accomplished. You are, therefore, asked to give this association your | mame and your earnest efforts in mak- ‘ing it the means of a “betterment for the sheep industry” of our state. Another common method of fraud | consists in mixing old or “dead” seeds with fresh material. In some cases seeds of an entirely different variety or species are thus mixed with good seed. Care is generally taken, of course, to employ seeds that are so similar in shape ahd appearance as to make de- tection difficult to the ordinary ob- server. To prevent the fraudulent seed from growing, and thus’ disclosing the fraud, it is first killed by heating or chemicals, In this way the seeds of black medic are mixed with those of red clover. “Killed” seeds of charlock are frequently mixed with those of rutabaga and turnip, which it re- sembies very closely. A certain fam- ily in London made a business. of sup- plying seedsmen with “killed” seeds of charlock for twenty years. Similar practices are known to exist in America at the present time. Weeds and Frost.—It is a common mistake to suppose that all weeds are killed by frost, and when a good freeze has come they give the weeds in gar- dens and among hoed crops no further attention, The truth is that some of the worst weeds are not injured by light frosts, but are thereby incited to produce a few seeds to perpetuate their species the following season. Very small weeds, only two or three inches high, will do this. The safest way is to plow or cultivate them under the soil. The seed in connection with the plant being then green will often rot, while if the seed drops to the ground from the frosted plant it will not easi- ly rot, but is sure to give trouble in future years.—Ex. Salt on Manure.—There is no better way to make manure soluble and quickly fitted to give its fertility to crops than to throw salt on it. Salt hastens decomposition when used in small quantities, and its attraction for moisture helps to keep the manure from firefanging. Applying salt and | Jand plaster in equal proportions to manure heaps is an excellent plan. | The ammonia liberated by fermenta- tion will be absorbed by the plaster, making a sulphate of ammonia, which ) fs a very powerful and quick-acting | fertilizer.—Ex. “ The editor of this paper advises his read ers that a package Peruvians, the best kidney cure on earth, will be delivered free — to any sufferer, if written for promptly. Peruviana Herbal Remedy Company, 236 East Fifth street, Cincinnati, Ohio. (This offer appears but once.) Unpleasant Reminder. Sir Charles Gavan Luffy, a former premier of the Australian colony of Victoria, was once made the object of a peculiar embarrassment. A man on a public occasion presented himself to Sir Charles who had been appointed to some petty government office after a campaign in which there had been, un- questionably, electoral practices. “I suppose,” said Sir Charles, “that you are one of my supporters?” “Three of them,” answered the man, with a wink that it was impossible to misunderstand.—Pearson’s Weekly. Tourist—How long will it take me to reach the ferry, me good man? Policeman—I ain’t no mind reader, I’m a policeman. Patents Issued. List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors: Oliver Burns, Minneapolis, Minn., holder for jars, cans, etc.; Edwin Carl- son, Minneapolis, Minn., gate control- ler for elevators; Matthew F. Connett, Jr., St. Paul, Minn., hand fence ma- chine; Edwin De Hass, St. Paul, Minn., automatic car signal; James Fleming, Shakopee, Minn., double-drum section- al heating stove; Edwin A. Garvey, Credit River, Minn., furniture attach. ment; Oliver P. M. Huffman, Portland, N. D., bottle; Benjamin Porter, Bllen- dale, N. D., hanging lamp; Sidney L. There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable: For a great years doctors pronounced it a local disease and preseribed local remedies, and by censtantly failing to cure with local treatment,pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitu- tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To- ledo, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur- ; Sly, Jordan, Minn., lantern bracket; faces of the system. They offer One Hun- y Vel e enia, N. D., @red Dollars for any case it fails to cure. Oharlen i, Websters yamine, Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad. | mp attachment. dress, ae T. D. 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