One Thing and Another.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 842, 20 April 1888, Page 7

One Thing and Another.

Chloride of lime should be soattered at least once a week under sinks and in all places where sewer gas is liable to lurk. * The goloring power of gold is so great that cf gohj will give a full, rich body of color to from GOG to I.QOQ parts of glass. Martin Luther had fiecome largely distinguished at 24, and at 5b had reached the topmpst ro,ymd of his world-wide fame. Washington was a distinguished colonel in the army bt 22, .early jp public affairs, Commander of thg Forces at £3, apd President at 57, A more glorious victory cannot bs gained over another man than this, that when the injury b3gan on his part the kindness should begin on ours. By studying Nature in the spirit of meek devotion and solemn Jove, a good man may, indeed, 4 Walk up and down the world as in a garden of spices,’ and draw a divine sweetness out of every flower. A very early example of the use of the phase, ‘ln a brown study/ occurs in R. ( i3,reen’3 f Id< s W a ph on »’ 1589, p. 24 (Arben’s re-jpi-iat, jl8$0) Menayhon i n his browne studie .catling to mincle oer.taine apbopi.sms, & c - The fas£ locomotives used on fell© f pwphoar’ trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company between Sew York and Philadelphia have 6 ft. Sin. wheels, Igin, cylinders, and 24in. stroke. The engines do g piile in 50 seconds. In 1856 the heaviest round of ammunition fjised for a service gun required a charge of cmly 101 b. of gunpowder to fire it, the cost shqt and ponder being 25s 3d. To-day every" time .ope of ; quy IOD-weight armorpiercing steel proteptiles is fired off flflOlbs of gun-powder is used, and the coat pf each round is not less than £2404 i

The working capabilities of an engine are (&hat we call its horse power—that is, the amount of work done in a given time, as compprpd. with a similar amount of work done in the nagm .time by horses. The estimate is that one horse cap raise $3,000 pound through one foot of space in ?. inmate. This i 3 the standard by which the power of j a gauged.

A novel aid to instantaneous photography jaas ; been devised by two Berlin chemists. It .pansflsts .-of fin explosive powder madt of pulyeiflsed magnesium, chlorate of potash, and sulphide of -antirppuy, When it is ignited it will illuminate the darkest room with a flash lasting only one-fortieth of a .paeond, but jLq>ng enough to obtain a photograph of a (Sou or object in the apartment. j The fictional name for an Englishman was' derived from the name of Dr John Bull, a famous musical composer in the time of Queen Be&s, Travefliiag incognito in Europe he accomplished spine yqry composition, which led to the remark that the author must be either the Devil or John Bull. The yarno , was unknown previous to this event, but .has j .since become synonymous for a a Englishman. A- valuable disinfecting ' compound for' ©mflfymg the atmosphere is described in a (Berlin journal. Oils of rosemary, lavender, sad thyme, in ,th£ proportion of teD, two and one-half, and two a,ad one.half parts, respectively, are mixed with nitr ip acid in the proportion of thirty to one and one-half, Simple it is the vapor of this .compound is said to posses a extraordinary properties ,in .controlling offensive odors and effluvia.