TO TEST HARD WATER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9122, 1 July 1891, Page 4

TO TEST HARD WATER.

Put a few drops of soap dissolved in alcohol into a glass of the water to be tested ; if it is hard it will become milky

A patent has been taken out by a Wakefield foundry man, it is said, for a method of casting pipes without sand moulds* "In superheated steam or gasjacketed metal moulds" pipes are cast which are uniform, sound, and true, as if turned or bored by a lathe. It is stated that the pipes so cast are not spongy or chilled, and they have excellent ,finish. : It is said that some conductors are now being laid underground insulated in the following manner : The bare wires are placed in glass tubes, which are protected by' a layer of cement, outside whi^h again is an iron pipe. The method is said to be very cheap, to give a higher degree of insulation, and to be impervious to water. Things ought never to look blaok in the lale of Wight (white). When Artemus Ward was exhibiting his show in Salt Lake City, his complimentary tickets to the city officials read aa follows : " Admit boarer and one wife." To Overcome Weakness. — Pepper's Quinine and Tron Tonic gives New Life, Appetite, Health, Strength, Energy Cures Neuralgia, Indigestion, Nerve Debility. Specially useful in hot, depress ing climates or malarious districts. Every one should keep up strength by taking Pepper's Quinine, the world-known English Tonic. Bottles everywhere-.— Advt WolfVi SohnaP pi is Imitated, ok for the Bami 4