Show more fireproof materials another process for fireproofing combustible bus tible materials is reported from ans pia the medium being described as a paste which is feair to have been tested with most satisfactory results by the moscow imperial society A shanty was built entirely of straw and after being covered with the paste ws subjected to a hut fire the only effect beier to change the straw from a yellow to a reddish color without igniting or even cracking the society referred to has consequently made arrangements it is said to introduce the use of this new invention throughout the empire considering it from every point of view as of the highest value in villages or localities where ahe houses are as a rule thatched with straw and where fires once started frequently make a clean sweep of the place tho cost of the preparation is very small new york telegram |