| Show C1ENTIFIO TOPICS UnitENT NOTES OP DISCOV CaY AND INVENTION A itatlenhnle alo Ilne nf the laleal e0000 cares for 11 tooeIuubkt nelllltul tlnwer Stall Ueug apldera for Iakl teanna aptdsr far Markel TI IINT1N1 thin aoa girla or nalllro KIII j I la I hll lelnl IhlnR when Irolrr lA Iy eonIudr but very few peoPlo t fy + D l will r appreciate hunt s form of IItllnllon tfll o bleb I dHrrllor 1 In a bulletin of 1k the Division of In lomulony According Ac-cording to llua account titers Is I cared car-ed on In n small village In France and also In n small plies near IhllivldiihU ho tinlqun Industry of urowInK spiders ror market These creature are raised l with a flew to slockliiR tho cellars of wille merchants In ardor that they nay weave cobweb over lh wine hOI > bin Thnra sphler are sold nt the rate nr ten dollsrs per hundred and Ibo people encsRed lu this Industry nro dang da-ng 1 flourishing Inulnww Tho value or a rohweti covered liottle he I likely to bo Milly diminished I soon as too facts nbnut this new branch of trails lecomo known enulrot nulnnlI lal Women who horn linen fastenlnx heir clothe with pin because they could not cut buttonhole have no anger an excuse for their Imhll which nvors of untl llnrss beside being ilc Ideilly Inconvenient There have been hown on the counter of some of tho department stole this week sampler of a llttln eontrlvsnre which ohvUlei alt dlfllcilltles and most of the labor of the buttonhole cutting I has been railed an Ideal buttonhole cuter cut-er and judging by the ale with which work Is performed with this wonderful little Intrnment It Is I not n misnomer This womnn whoso ilu Ics neeessllnto the making of button hate In all kinds of garments from he sheer dlmltr robe of the baby to Ihll heat lest dollies worn by I the manor man-or the house can Imto nl her disposal an article that will cut quickly 1 and al curalely And she doe not have lo lift haul turn measure or fold as she used lo when scissors acme the only means Ifnor For generations past thus average woman has been ruining buttonholes b ly Jabbing the point ot tho scissors Into the cloth after which she trimmed off the raveling and bound limo net Ion of various shape and site Then buttonhole scissors were adopted but even they are primitive In comparison with the latest Invention In that line The new cutter Is I simple and easily understood I consists of a circle ol steel from 1111 of rrm whtcjiprojcct tops Idailcs well tempered and around razer = heel These blades are of different sites and with them can b 0 made holes to fit any idled buttons Tho circle of blades 1a I regulated by means of a spring which when pulled outwards alias ha wheel to revolve until the deslrei size Is I nt Iho end of the cutter where I Is I held firmly In place by dropping the spring Anybody who ran draw n Ino and plea down with ordinary force ran usn It There can bo no bungling All that Is I necessary Is to sprctd mho cloth or garment smoothly over a board or table mark where the liuttonholc aro to be bear down whit the edge of the blada anl cut then In perfect lino and ot exactly the same aim Absolute uniformity I Is secured I lorother with freedom from raveling and the tearing of the cloth at the end of the hole The new cutter alms to save time and secure neatness and will i I I probably CIO popular with Ibo many women who have occasion 10 use such an instrument tapsrae Auaya Tho Japanae are noted for their me lush work and efforts have been made 10 lUseover the secret of too alloys of rl which I much of their finest work fa I made The fallowing Is I therefore tn trrenlltiK the secret havlnx been I dl ulgeil by workmen who Pro famllla whit anal alloys Die shakkoUn I alloy nt eopir and from 1 to 10 percent per-cent of gold Ibo object being placed III I i n mordant of sulphur of topper plum and verdigris until they lusts assume the ropiwre1 or blue black hue Dr sword sheaths ROil decorative articles Another ot these Is mil shl biilehl n copper alloy with 3 or i vr cent or silver of the well known gray color What Is I railed rookiini Is a compound com-pound of several alloys About thirty plates of foils of bold I shadko copper silver and lh Inc 1 ntlonrl alloy nro soldered t < Minor ho m nio male tho phttut ban rurmrl tm I 11 i I liiti i In slur mordant 1 In nro t J t hens lmOdnJ I Mrtslsts nt an 1 1 r rOJpr i and five of tine and nt ben metals the arakano 1e mad of ten parts of copper per four ot tin one half Iron ono and nehalf zinc the roppr being melted Drat nail the other metal added In the above order New York ledger Tli ItAnilllnc nf R WBti Ixindon is i mmi admirably equipped with machinery and a plant for taking Ill of the sewage from the largest cli ty area In the land On either slJo I of the Thames there are pumping eta lone which are constantly at work ro evlng the sewer of their content The stntlon cnn pump too 000000 gal Ion In a day There are settling tank and all necessary appliances for purl tying this sewerage which amount In dry rather In about 200 000 000 gallon ally The hIRe 11 I loaded upon steamers and thrown Into the open eeu at n distance of about fifty miles In addition to the from the works 11 llon regular pumping apparatus there are storm station with n rapacity ot 150 000 000 gallons per day Theme are used In rain storms the object of them being lo prevent flooding In thus lower quarters quar-ters of the city A Dfllllilful Intention Adolph Ilrlnkmeyer a native of northern Minnesota went to live In Kt Ixiul When the Missouri climate legan la gel In Its deadly work on Mr llrlnkmryer he was driven to Inventing In-venting and the result Is I a shower Kith bicycle I consists of an ordinary l ordi-nary bicycle with tits wheel removed Mtarhed lo the rear sprocket I a llttlo pump which connects with nn up run ning pipe terminating In I spray arrangement ar-rangement like thai on I sprinkling Inn liy placing Iho machine In a bathtub ub partially filled with water all i lednllng a la I wheelman all the delight of n cool spin In thus Iark ran bo combine com-bine with the exhilarating joys of a shower bath Only n small amount ot water Is I needed none being wasted Mr Ilrlnkmeyer enprcta that hi Invention In-vention will prove 1 boon to the sub t li f f t v t et I 7ufIL urbsnlte above all others I will bo say do away with the surreptitious and Iruublesomo dip In Ibo washtub In < he moor liy vulUnc tJaniucau nectlon to the machine and setting It out In tbo garden I can h converted Into a sprinkling pump As 1 corollary corol-lary to Luis bicycle showerbath ho has also Invented a rocklngchalr l rent as ho call It Thl I nothing moro than an easy rocklngchalr wit a bellows under the scat and a pipe and spray similar lo that In the bathing bath-ing machine running up the back of thn chair and pendant above tho users bend Whrn the chair Is gently rocked 1 spray of cool air Is I blown down on Ibo litter a head and Ibo effort necessary neces-sary to produce 1 regular freshet ot wind Is not moro than that usually ox rtted by I mal who situ rocking on a shady veranda In 1 vain endeavor to keep cool XounlUium bl Fibrin The recent disaster at 1arls has called the attention of the public to thus Imporlancn of making articles ot decoration or ot wearing apparel noninflammable non-inflammable and experiments havo proven that even wood may bo made capable of misting an ordinary lame Textiles nro very easily made Oro proof Ono of Ibo dangers ot exhibitions Is I Ibo presence ot celluloid and tho attention of scientists Is being turned toward soma treatment of celluloid which wilt decrease Its dangerous qualities Celluloid Cel-luloid Is being used In A thousand way for every day purposes and mho fierceness fierce-ness of the flame when It takes Ore makes It an oxreedlngly dangerous thing In carrier hands I therefore ought flammable to bo made In Uomu way less I In hook Tlrlurr Thero are upon mho face ot the bat saltlo rock In labs county Ore 1 largo number of picture of Indians animal bird and reptile of various torts They have ell rIUy been cut with some sharp instrument and thin work In I very creditable some of thin drawing being excellent rue flguron and picture are arranged In rows and IroUp It Is thought that Ibo picture pic-ture resemble those found In Central America and Mexico Students of archaeology ar-chaeology are of Hie opinion that they may Indlratn the existence of n civilization civil-ization which long ago Kissed from the memory and knowladgo of man lrillnc 1lollrr wllli tIt tyler I bna been I generally accvpled Idea that sail war rould not In successfully success-fully used In liolltrs The ret that It ran be so used has recently ban dent oustrated and will prove a mel talu nt lo discovery The Harrow boiler In ICngland which are mado with tubes Itt Inches In diameter linn bon fated with salt water anal I fixruhl rusiilta nre vepnrtel II arm ma hit there II no InrriHi ItlB I an4 I u rnuode about the prtniluR iH I II i r imrt In hue way 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