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Tauric acid, a new chemical dis­
covery,obtained from tauric moss—
a lichen or fungus, usually found
growing upon rocks and the roots
of trees throughout the country—
has been found to possess properties
which will render it invaluable as
a solveut of metals. Gold, silver,
steel, aluminium and lead, when
immersed in the acid, become pli­
able and ductile as putty. The ad­
vantages it presents for workers in
metal, more especially jewellers,
are readily apparent. Designs can
be molded by the hands alone,
without the use or assistance of
heat. Strange to say, however, the
acid has no effect upon iron.
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The experiment of making a rail­
road dust-proof and water-proof by
the use of crude oil has been tried
during the past year in the East
with success. Oil was sprinkled in
the center of the track and on the
outside of the rails for about five
feet. One application of the oil
M a in S t r e e t
S ilv e r to n , O r e ’ keeps the track free from dust for
about one year. The number of
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additional advantage found in
treating the track with oil is that
B o o k s and
moisture will not then penetrate
S ta tio n e ry .
through the oiled outer crust. In­
stead, the water runs off the track
Dealers in F ru its, Vegetables into the ditches at the sides. Vege­
and C onfectionery.
tation along the track is destroyed
by the use of oil.
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The use in Italy of firearms to
protect the vineyards from hail­
storms is described in a late num­
ber of the Literary Digest. The
firearm used is a cone-shaped mor­
tar, and when a hailstorm threat­
ens, one of these guns fired in the
neighborhood will produce a down­
pour of rain instead of hail. One
mortar, it is said, will protect a
space 1600 to 2500 feet in diameter.
“ 11 Cullivatore,” a prominent Ital­
ian agricultural journal, says that
in Styria and Carniola, where this
method of protection was first tried,
the vineyards have not been injur­
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