| Show fire me proof wood some experiments of in an interesting nature were made madg on saturday at godstone glodstone God stone atone with the pr processo ocessa of rendering wood uninflammable i and ind also aiso impervious to dry rot and decay by subjecting g it to fl arich pich ling process in absolution of lung tateos tate of soda and water or of thin tho ape cinc cine gravity of 12 12 it should be stated suited that tung stafe is made midtby by the addition of of lime to hydrochloric acid and salt and it produces intha in the process as as much chloride of lime as will p ip ply ly all working expenses the invention clai cial claims me to be superior to all other in methods ot of preserving wood as they the they y only render it ft more moro eabie fable titi tito fire As ih stances of bf the inflammable naubie nature of preserved wood ml may ty be mentioned the landing stage at liverpool reet reer recently burnt down and sir joseph gabriels preserved wood warehouse which was destroyed by tire fire the turig state of soda from experiments that have hare been made publicly baiely and privately during the fast last three years is proved to tb render soft such as white and ye yellow ilow pin pine as ward hard I 1 as oak or teak and it will also aiso restore wood to ital its original condition of durability that has been affected by dry ory rot the visitors on saturday were wee shown a piece of restored oak taken from the lord clyde an ironclad that was built some years ag ngo ago 0 of unseasoned seasoned Uil ull timber and which had become soft and useless having been treated it Is ia jowas now as hard and durable as ever tile the experiments peri ments made were three jn in lumber number and the tests were undoubtedly very severe two small pyramids of sticks wele were made one of prepared and the other of unprepared wood these were then well saturated with para a nd ignited in the case of the prepared wood the soon rodn burnt itself out without without communicating tile flames to td the wood which was nas only slightly ohn vba charred the other burnt and in half an ati hour was reduced to ashes the next experiment was made with two wooden huts one of which had bad been prepared while the other built of f ordinary scotch fir had tuot lidl A strong fire sufficient to ig nito nite the houses was burned in each and the effect was about the same as in the preceding experiment A chest containing a parchment document had beten treated by the process and bind was taken take out won wom edimo ob charred barrod indeed 0 outside but practice tic til ally aily uninjured d ingy othar J respect ve the tho inside was quite cool and the va iba ifa tact perhaps A government gun powder keg which had bad been beell rende mender led wed nire nned p used d fora this thib air espe ri ment meni A paper packet W ta ining nih nth about two dunces of bf gun powder was but in the tinb bottom of the ibe keg and a sheet of biown pl pan par per with the tung staw ataw aver tha 1 keg whdeh aas was apet at the zhe top li as was turned b tarsida fowhand adia adda surrounded by which opeti lighted ligh teh tev A fird of petroleum petr olbra dim dia nuu anu gs was L hept kept burn lurn lugn the he top without the on the keg k eg mak mal makepe ma kehe trial still stil 1 thore laore fai nil ore ote comi complete ote the kag was reversed rey rev erseil ersell agian und and s were vae thrown in the gunpowder er 4 protected only oil i by a cheet I 1 vet iet of brown paper the paper stood the admirably and the solution rejected the ore drw t to KO o thoroughly that the did not even ahoi align of chaning tile the was then taken out aud and ani ludw dail daily cwg aws hu BUSINESS huskiness siNEss REVIVING we have bave already remarked the indications of a renewal of business throughout the ille country as shown in the commencement men cement of an active fall trade in new hew york and boston markets and in the reopening or of several important iron works that had been for dome somo time closed similar cheering reports arp are i brought by loy the last mails malls from en england gla gia nd where a stagnation of trado trade similar in most respects to that on this side the atlantic has existed for about the same bame same i time the wheat crop promises mis es to be of sur Bur parsing abundance trade is recovering in all its branches coal t ta no tendency to rise nise in price as it generally does after midsummer the iron and steel industries begin to exhibit increasing liveliness cotton manufactures are shaking off the lethargy that has so olig long iong rested tested anthem on them A careful of the board of trade returns ald aid arid nid of the traffic statements of the railway companies of Ell eil england kland sl bows that chat hat a steady augmentation of bu ners ness has taken piam pla pia e even over oven the tile great augmentation which occurred at tile the corresponding date last yar pauperism is showing ng a steady decrease and there is good pros prospect C t 1 or of an early rise in wages ante and increase of employment better times limes in the old yo adwill will reduce deduc e the influx of needy piling r 1 as 1 here h P re and ind to po reduce duce re excessive competition of labor whit bp prove provement pro 1 men t of business here wilt will increase the things are mending tid yta re irald erald how xo TO cure cune A BAD bab COUGH captain hinton you must know is IA regarded as the best bif man diab physically cally caily on the lakes the thid officers were met by three roughs boughs who pretending to be sumer suter suffering in g from extremely bad coughs ho bowed wed their heads during a convulsive cough and suddenly bu butted eted between the omm off icem officers frocking kroc king them idely widely apart captain hinton took in the situation and prepared for another anath pr cough he was correct in his calculation cu lation twe the boughs roughs were we re seized with another fil nbc nub of of coughing just as they met the pilot and as they bowed their thein heads for the butting operation captain H coolly remarked you seem to have a pret ty bad cough and at t the same time struck out right and left As the roughs boughs slowly recovered til ill themselves em from a recumbent position in the street gutter a hackman on his box near bytho lad iad witnessed the whole proceeding proceed ing said sald to them you were cured of your coughs d 1 4 1 soon cor washington star far lar ax AN IMPORTANT lav LAWSUIT LAW SUIT sult DECIDED A suit was decided in ro portland artland I 1 maine about the of august by judge Clif clifford nord rord of the united states circuit court which had connection with the liquor question anoa anda and a very close one toot tool too and liay may therefore be inter interesting eiting to persons who are in the habit or of discussing the local option lawla law in this state the tile case passed upon by justice clifford was ras briefly this one wells of portsmouth new hamp ramp shire sued the maine draine steamship company for the value of liquore liquor brought by them from new york 7 to besent be sent to him in portsmouth which were seized by the she ahe sheriff rift under the chemaine Maine titine or prohibitory law and amt destroyed sed led A decision was rae rie rendered ta io afia ali ull gase case by judge hox of tha states district court la company this was affirmed by justice odthe united states circuit burti and add the result is declared to ue e that the owner ownen of the liquors has sig sis n no ore sacramento un h V A BREAKFAST the Bh ninel thus describes a arh krast on od board the french fri OT 0 bran brar awas was of course in alie as unlike one of aa inay b be the cookery was perfect and if ia tw sampie sample of the art with them I 1 would like to live in ifraci nt at least lena at breakfast time There therewa wW nothing ostentatious or tuf tut b W shout t the table the pre i exquisite neatness of K e everything ve a an i lidan d an air of hospitality anil and wel wei welt ohie ohle it was wius served in lii numerous courses and changes chang es likes like ilke a with aerl kinda of lighter winet colp coif e and UR rame camp aft t r all and the latter in lit very small minal I 1 quit qunti rit lit ty Atthe at the table here we wt sitt long iong enough the mn eon was free and easy eaby astae as the french say sans souci the stories were in french the iho chat in english and french of the dish dishes es you took your choice and were pressed with nothing all was so nico nice that you eat without appetite A nice IN tim FAMILY certain tewksbury mass people are inclined to grumble about the fat living the mansh marsh family are get ting out of the state almshouse alms house in that town thomas thoma 13 J marsh receives a salary of 1800 a year as superintendent and six members of his hie family get from lodo 1000 1000 down to matrons matrona mat moa rons nonn clerks etc making a total of that goes into the family in addition it is said the alms aims nome hoube is a favorite resort cf the uncles aunts cousins etc of the family who all visit at the public expense |
