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"Off, " T.J. - . '"if. -J. 1 ) ROSEBURG REVIEW FRIDAY, AUGTJST 19, 1887. IRON CRYSTALLIZATION. " How it Produces Changes in the Fiber ol the Metals and Weakens it. Since a passenger train on the North British railway plunged from the great bridge over the Firth of Tay into the dark waters below, one stormy Decem ber night seven years ago, carrying ev ery living soul upon it, to certain death, there has been no railroad bridge dis aster that has excited so much public attention as that which occurred on the Boston & Providence railroad at the Bussey bridge near Boston. In both the cause appears to have been a structural defect This may also be said of the Ashtabula accident, whose horrors, how ever, were increased by the fierce work of flames and the inclemencies of a bit terly cold winter night Bridgo accidents are considered by all railroad men as incomparably the worst to which travel by rail is exposed, and as among the most difficult" to guard against absolutely. One source of danger was shown when the peculiar effects of a locomotive's hammer blows upon a track were explained. The theory was advanced that a girder of the bridge had broken beneath the en gine's drivers, whose pounding upon the defectively constructed bridge was thus primarily the cause of the acci dent. This brings up a phase of rail road and bridge accidents which is at present receiving a great deal of atten tion. Crystallization in the material of iron bridges is an element of danger now so well recognized that the Penn sylvania Railroad Company has adopted the definite policy of substituting stone for iron bridges, and the same plan is being followed by tther railroad com panies. The lifetime of an iron bridge is from twenty to twenty-five years, and con stant care is necessary to insure its safety. The Ashtabula bridge was thirteen years old, and at the time it fell beneath the weight of two engines and a heavy express train the theory was commonly advanced that crystal ization had impaired its original , strength. The two great moving causes of crystallization are vibration and the hammer blows of the locomotive, which gradually, by repeated impact turn the liber of iron or steel into a mass of crystals, needing only some unusual pressure or blow to cause them to break apart. Add to this the oscillation caused by the passage of trains at a high rate of speed, and it will be seen that an iron bridge is exposed to pecu liar perils, which can only be guarded against by rigid inspection and con stant renewals. - Crystallization was one of several theories advanced by Park Benjamin, a New York engineer, to account for the Tay bridge accident He said: "General indications go to show that the cause must be sought in an abnormal condition of the structure, or rather one which did not enter into the calculations of the builders. Such a condition would be the deterioration of the metal by its change from a fibrous to a crystaline state, under repeated vibration. That this occurs in railway bridges has been 'vigorously disputed' by many well known engineers.. On the other hand, many examples are quoted by different authorities to support the theory. Ap propos to this particular accident, a distinguished French engineer and iron founder now in this country informs us that he has known bars of iron made by himself from Scotch pig to change from a tough fibrous to a brittle crystalline structure in traveling by rail only from the north of France to Paris. This i3, of course, an extreme instance. "Again, recent research has dem onstrated that because a 'structure . withstands a large quiescent load that fact is little proof of stability under re peated shocks and vibrations. Metals are believed to have a 'life.' A bar, for example, may stand a million vibra tions and break down at the million and first, and yet the last shock may be lighter than preceding ones. Attempts, however, to reduce this law to practical application have elicited an abundance of conflicting evidence; but, nevertheless, it is well settled that , in no department of mechanics is an extended course of actual experiment ing more urgently needed or of graver public importance. The strength of the Tay bridge at the time of its building was such that it was pronounced "perhans the most remarkable structure in the world." Engineering, a British magazine, speak ing of its test, when five engines, weighing 360 tons, were placed on a single span, said: "The result is the complete establishment of this fact (so important to the public), that the bridge is strong out of all proportion to its possible necessities. The load which me structure is calculated. 10 carry is six times greater than that to which it was subjected. . And yet this great bridge, which cost $i,ou,wv, conapsea witmn a tew months after it was fiuished, the acci dent being the only one in all railroad history in which no survivor lived to tell the tale. The theory of crystallisation put for ward at the time of the Ashtabtda bridge disaster is now accepted as ac counting for many railroad accidents, and seems peculiarly applicable to the fall of the Bussey bridge. Vibrations and hammer blows would seem to have crystallized some portion of the struc ture and prepared it for a fall when at last the "life"' of a girder had been ex hausted, and it broke beneath the en gine's thumping driving wheels. Phil adelphia Record. m ' Hostess (a Boston lady) "Can I send you some of the soup, Mr. Breezy?" Mr. Breezy (from Omaha) "A very little, ma'am; not over half a dipper fuL" & Y. Sun. We take pleasure in calling attention to the new advertisement of the Beethoyen Piano Organ Company, of Washington, Warren Co., N. J. appearing elsewhere in our columns. This concern, the largest in the world, has the very best of endorsements at home and abroad as to the quality of their musical instruments and has recently published a little book con taining one thousand testimonials from actual purchasers of their superb Fianos and Organs. Their abundant means enable them "to buy all their material for cash and to command the most skilled workmen . The result is almost startling. One cannot appreciate the bargains they offer, without the ocular demonstration which has been given us. No one should buy a piano or an organ without writing them for a catalogue and prices. err;' MISCELLANEOUS. Licorice culture is quite an indus try at Florin, Sacramento County, Cal., and is proving profitable business. Snails, shut in a box with air, close themselves in their shells, and live in a dormant state for months, or years, and revive in water at 72 3 . A Piute Indian was offered a pound of powder if he could cat five pounds of boiled leef at one sitting, and he smiled and wagged his jaws and devoured eight pounds. He wanted more, but it was a poor day for beef. An -old skinflint was looking for a furnished room "What will you charge me for this one for a week?" he asked. "Thirty francs." "I'll give you twenty-five." "No, sir." "Come, let me have it for that; the days arc so short now." French Exchange. Mrs. Ruth Smith, of Bridgeport. Conn., dresses in blue silk, wears blue spectacles, has her meals served on blue glass dishes, and lives ia a blue glass room, which she has not left for more than ten minutes at a time for eight years. Chicago Herald. "That's might- fine frescoing," re marked a traveling man who with a companion was visiting the Capitol in Washington. "Yes. I wonder how they got it up there." "O, it's prob ably put on with ceiling wax," was the reply, which severed a lifelong friend ship. Merchant Traveler. The progress in electric lighting has been remarkable. In 1880 the cen sus man did not consider the invest ment in this business of sufficient im portance to warrant him in collecting the data. In the six years that have since intervened the progress has been so rapid that the investment in its vari ous branches is rising $100,000,000. A Canadian farmer near Luther was awakened by persons prowling around his house. Ho and his son arose and fired shotguns at a man they saw. He ran and was joined by two men in a sleigh. One of the horses hitched to the sleigh cast a shoe. The farmer picked it up, and by the aid of the black smith who made it identified the prowl ers, who proved to bo neighbors, and who paid a good sum to keep the thing quiet It is claimed that by a new process whitewooil can be made so tough as to require a cold chisel to split it. The result is obtained by steaming the tim ber and submitting it to end pressure, technically "upsetting" it, thus com pressing the cells and fibers into one compact mass. It is the opinion of those who have experimented with the process that the wood can be compressed seventy-five per cent., and that some timber which is now considered unfit for use in such work as carriage building could be made valuable by this means. Boston Budget. THE SALMI ROCK. A I'hico in Ceylon Whrre an Evil Heathen Deity Is Tropitiated. Landing one afternoon for a visit to the Salmi Rock, we came to the remain ing fort of the place Fort Frederick a massive structure built by the Dutch in 1675 to resist land attacks from the interior, but now occupied by an armed garrison of English heavy artillery, writes a correspondent from Ceylon. Passing through the fort and out to the extreme point, we came to a large, rugged rock rising precipitously out of the sea to a height of nearly two hun dred feet- It is known as Salmi Rock, and the natives have a tradition that it is occupied by one of their evil deities, to propitiate whom their Hindoo priest holds a sacred service on the rock twice a week. The Europeans here know of only one event that has oc curred to niajsc the rock memorable since the first Dutch settlers arrived here.; The daughter of one of the old Dutch Governors fell in love with a a young Lieutenant stationed on a Dutch man-of-war in the harbor. Her irascible old father opposed their union because the young Lieutenant had nothing but his pay, and, in order to separate them, ordered the man-of-war to sea on a long cruise. As the ship sailed out of the harbor the young girl went out to tne rock, waved a last fare well to her lover, and then threw her self off into the sea and was drowned. Fortunately, we got to the rock just as the service was about to begin. On a narrow ledge right over the sea stood the priest, a fine-looking gray-headed old fellow, who was attired in the narrowest loin cloth I have yet seen. Near to him, but clear of the rock, were about fifty or sixty natives the men at tired very much like the priest, but the women resplendent in skirts of many colors and fairly loaded down with gold and silver ornaments iu nose and ears and on arms, ankles and toes. The priest was fairly surrounded with a load of fruits, flowers, rice and cocoa nute the offerings of his congregation. He commenced the service by ringing a bell. Then, holding a brass vessel, "in which was a blazing fire, in his hand before him, aud apparently invoking some spirit in it, he first threw some Blips of paper over the face of the rock, his congregation facing the sea, clasp ing the hands in front of the body and engaging in prayer. After this was over the priest opened all of the cocoa nuts, emptying the milk into a brass vessel. Afterward he made a final prayer in regard to keeping the sea quiet 60 that vessels could swim on it, and then com menced to throw a part of the offerings into the sea; first some flowers, then some rice and liually some cocoanuts. How they could reach the evil deity I could not learn. During the praying of the priest these poor 'natives looked every bit as earnest and devout as any of our congregations at home M'ould look during Divine service. Baltimore Sun. Bucklens Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or meney refunded Price 25 cts "fttbox. Fur salcby Marsters & Co Science to the general public is every thing you can't comprehend. 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