Volume 24 (1872) (424 pages)

10 SCIENTIFIC PRESS: [January 6, 1872. Som ESTIC Economy. Hard Beds. The preference for hard beds as being more healthy than soft ones, is worthy only of those who have settled down into a Diogenes-in-the-tub life. It is true a tired person will sleep soundly on a hard bed, and hahit may make such a hed acceptahle; but whoever has felt the almost human kindliness and warmth of a soft hair mattress, cannot go back to husks and straw without a pang. ‘Let us look at the matter physiologically. The spinal column is composed of 24 pieces of hone fastened together hy cartilage, with a little cushion of highly elastic cartilage nicely fitted in hetween each to prevent friction and permit perfect freedom of movement, The gpine is not straight hut curves in, as every hody knows, at the small of the hack and curves out again. In a perfect -bed every part of this vertehral column will be supported, but in a hard, unyielding surface this is not possihle. One portion of the hody rests firmly on the bed heneath it, while another in a line with it receives no support. Sleep on such a hed will not restore the wearied frame nearly so well as repose on an elastic couch where every part of the body is equally supported. We do not recommend softness but elasticity. Feathers, except in very cold weather, are unwholesome, because they retain an excess of warmth ahout the hody, and also because they ahsorb the insensible perspiration thrown off hy the pores, aud permit the body to re-ahsorb the excrementitious matter. A hed of soft, freshstraw, evenly distributed and covered with a thin cotton or woolen mattress, may he a good resting place, and furnish sweet sleep. But how can man or womanrise refreshed from a couch of straw or a shuck mattress which has heen in nightly use without renewal for a series of years? Yet there are portions of this very land of plenty where travelers are put to sleep upon just such beds as this. Every man in grazing districts may own a dozen or two coarse woolen sheep. These and their increase will in a short time give him wool mattresses than which none are more pleasant, more wholesome, or durahle. The tag-locks washed and earded should he hoarded by every farmer’s wife for this purpose. Iu cities and villages, and in the more populous parts of our country, those who can afford good sleeping places generally have them. The degree of refinement and cultivatiou, as well as wealth one has attained, may he easily read by one glance at their sleeping apartment. How To Cook 4 BEEFstEaAK.—A beefsteak is always best hroiled; but the following method is recommended hy a lady writer, when hroiling is not convenient: The frying pan being wiped dry, place it npon the stove and let it become hot. In the meantime the steak—if it chance to be asirloin so much the better—pepper and salt it, then lay it on the hot, dry pau, which instantly cover as tight as possible, When the raw fiesh touches the heated pan, of course it seethes and adheres to it, but in few seconds it be comesloosened and juicy. Every half minute turn the steak; but he careful to keep it as much as possible under cover, When nearly done lay a small piece of butter upon it, andif you want much gravy add a tahlespoonful of strong coffee. This makes the most delicious, delicately broiled steak, full of juice, yet retaining the healthy, heef flavor that any John Bull could require. The same method may be applied to mutton chops, or ham, only they require more cooking to prevent them from heing rare. An excellent gravy may be made by adding a little cream, thickened by a pinch of flour, into which, when off the fire and partially cool, stir the yolk of an egg well beaten, Tnortance or Cooxrry.—The preparation and cooking of food should receive its proper share of attention, if the greatest amount of henefit is to he derived from its introduction in the system. Blot, the professor of this art, says that green vegetables, such as cahhage, spinach, ete., should be put in boiling water, but dry vegetahles, as beans and peas should be put in cold water to cook, after having been previously soaked in lukewarm water. Tn the case of potatoes, the eyes or germs are to he cut out, and the skin ruhhed or scraped off, then steamed or roasted. He thinks that fish, although containing tweuty per cent. of nutritious matter, . drawing the skin tightly together. ought to be partaken ofat least twice a week, as it contains more phosphorus than any other food, and serves to supply the waste of that substance in the system, and particularly of the hraiu. Prevention of Dampness. Dampness in walls is often a great annoyance to housekeepers, and in moist climates good precautions should be taken to keep it ont of the walls and huildings. It may be prevented from rising in brick or stone walls hy a thorough application of asphaltum to the upper portion of the foundation, or to several of the lower tiers of hricks. Asphaltum thoroughly applied to the outside of hrick work will also prevent the ingress of dampness. The walls may he painted over the asphaltum, if desired. Another method is also recommended by hy a leading scientific paper as follows:— Three-quarters of a pound of mottled soap are to he dissolved with one gallou of hoiling water, and the hot solution spread steadily with a flat brush over the outer surface of the brickwork, taking care that it does not lather; this is to he allowed to dry for twenty-four hours, when a solution formed of a quarter of a pound of alum dissolved in two gallons of water is to be applied in a similar manner over the coating of soap. The operation should he performed in dry, settled weather, The soap and alum mutually decompose each other, and form an insoluble varnish which the rain is uuable to penetrate, aud this cause of dampness is thus effectually removed. Alum is also a valuahle prevention of mildew. Cloths or other fahrics dipped into strong alum water, are proof against mildew,no matter how much they may afterwards be exposed to damps or other causes favoring the growth of this disagreeahle fungus. Ahout a year ago, says a correspondent of the Journal of Chemistry, I was filling up a large scrap-hook, and in the course of my work used, in connectiou with a goodly amount of paste, a small quantity that had alum in it. <A spell of wet weather coming on hefore my book was dry, caused it to mildew badly throughout, except where the alum paste had heen used; there, no trace of mildew was to be seen. Upon ohserving this, I hegan trying various experiments with alum as a mildew preventive, all of which suceceded, though put to the most severe tests. I therefore feel that I have, by the merest accident, made a valuahle discovery, and as such I take pleasure in offering it to the puhlic, Tue Roast Turkey.—Here is the New England method: Select a fine, plump, yellow-skinned.turkey, weighing from ten to twelve pounds, Examine it thoroughly to see that all the pin feathers are takeu out; hold it over a hlaze to singe any fine hairs that may remain; wash it thoroughly inside and out, and rubit over with salt. Take the gizzard, heart and liver, putthem into cold water, aud let them boil until tender. When done, chop them very fine. Take stale bread, or the large Boston crackers, and grate or chop them. Add salt, pepper, and some sweet herh, if liked, to the bread crumbs; after which beat, up two eggs with which to moisten the erumbs; add and mix thoroughly with this the chopped ‘‘inwards,” not forgetting to put in salt and butter. Fill the inside of the turkey with the dressing, taking care that the neck and crop is made to look plump, and sew the openings, Theu rub a little butter over your turkey, and lay it upon the grate of your meat pan. Cover the bottom of the pan well with hoiling water. After a half hour baste the turkey by pouring over it the gravy that has hegun to form in the pan. Repeat the basting ouce in about fifteen minutes. In au oven of average temperature a 12-pound turkey will reqnire at least three hours; but every oven has its own way of baking, and the cook must be goyerned by it.—Hearth and Home. Tue Roast Goose is to be prepared in the same manner asthe turkey. The dressing should be made of mashed potatoes, seasoned with salt, pepper and sage, or onions, if according to the taste of the family. Make giblet sauce by hoiling the “inwards” uutil very tender, chopping them fine, and adding them to a gravy made by using the liquor in which they were boiled, thickened with flour, and to which has been added one ounce of butter, and pepper and salt to suit the taste, Hearth and Home. Mechanical Hints. Tue Usr or Screws.—Mechanics generally drive screws into wood without any precaution. But in cahinet and all other fine work, especially, it would he well to use certain precautions which are given as follows in the Manufacturer and Builder :— When the wood is very hard, it may ease the lahor of getting the screw home when you grease it; and when you expect that the screw will some time have to be taken out, it is well to grease or oil it, to preveut it rusting. Also when the object is exposed to dampness, screws should he protected in this way. When the wood is very soft, or when some strain may cause the serews to work loose, warm them, dip them in melted glue, and also put a few drops of glue in the hole. The latter is useful when in repairing an article it is fouud that the holes are rather large. If you cannot get other screws large enough to fill the hole, use a wooden plug iuserted with glue, and make a new hole in the plug or uext to it. Ifthe objects are exposed to dampness, apply powdered resin, the only precaution heing to heat the screw sufficiently to melt the resin. If you want the screws to stick so fast that they can not be got out without breaking, put some vinegar or other suitable acid in the hole, which will rust them in. CovoRED Cements.—A writer in Compies Rendus states that colored cements which harden rapidly may be made as follows: He takes a solution of silicate of soda (sp. gr., 1,298) aud adds to it, while stirring, first pulverized and previously washed, lixiviated chalk, so as toform a thick mass like butter, to which are added, for coloring purposes, the following suhstances: Finely pulverized sulphuret of antimony for hlack, iron filings for gray, zine dust for whitish gray, carbonate of copper for bright green, oxide of chrominm for deep green, cohalt hlue for blue, red lead for orange, vermillion for bright red, and carmine for a violet hlue. This cement hardens within from six to eight hours, and may afterward he polished, hecoming like marhle. ALLoy oF Copper anD Cast Iron.— The alloy of equal parts of copper and east iron, introduced hy Soret, is not as well known as it deserves to ho. It has the appearance of zinc, is much harder than copper, and tougher than cast iron. Tn casting it does not adhere to the forms; it does not rust in the air; and it may he used suecessfully for many parts of machinery, statues, etc. After casting, it may be easily electroplated, or the copper may be exposed by dissolving the iron from the surface with a suitable acid. The Way to Succeed. Fortune, success, position are never gained hut by piously, determinedly, bravely striking, growing, living to a thing till it is fairly accomplished. Iu short, you must carry a thing through if you want to he anyhody or anything, no matter if it does cost you the pleasure, the society and the thousand pearly gratifications of life. No matter for these, Stick to the thing and carry it through. Believe you were made for the matter, and that no oue else can do it. Put forth your whole energies. Be awake, electrify yourself, and go forth to the task. Only once learn to earry through a thing in all its completeness and proportion, and you will become ahero, You will thiuk better of yourself, others will think better of you. The world in its very heart admires the stern and determined doer. It sees in him its hest sight, its brightest object, its richest treasure, Drive right along, then, in whatever yon undertake, and consider yourself amply sufficient for the deed. You will be successful. Buiwpine Caaracten.—There is a structure which everybody is building, young and old, each one for himself. It is called character, and in every act of life isa stone. If day hy day we be careful to build our lives with pure, nohle, upright deeds, at the end will stand a fair temple, honored hy God and man, But, as one leak will sink a ship, and one flaw break a chain, so one mean, dishonorahle, untruthful act or word will forever leave its impress and work its influence on onr character. Then let the several deeds unite to form a day and one by one the days grow into noble years, and the years, as they slowly pass will raise at last a beautiful edifice, enduring forever to our praise. We should never throw outagainst a man broken hints and dark inuendoes, which would leave the hearers to suspect anything aad everythiug that ill-nature can suggest. The California Powder Works No, 314 CALIFOENYA STEEET, SAN FRANCISOO. Manufacturers aoa rere constantly on hand SPORTING, MINING, And BLASTING -POWDER, Of SUPERIOR QUALITY, FRESH FROM THE MILLS, It heing constantly received and transported into the interior, is delivered to the consumer within a few days of the time ofits manufacture, and is inevery way Superior to any other Powder in Market. We have been awarded successively Three Gold Medals By the MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE and the STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY for the superiority of our products over ali others. We also call attention to our HERCULES POWDER, Which comhines all the force of other strong explosive now in use, and the lifting force of the nesr BLASTIN PowneEs, thus making it vastly superior to any other pompcound now in use. A circular containing a full description of this Powoer can be ohtained on application to our Office. 16¥20-3m JOHN F. LOHSE, Secretary, ma ‘There is the hiss of ridicule, A Delightful Hiss. the hiss of scorn, the hiss of snakes in the grass; hut the most delightful hiss is that of Tarrant’s Effervescont Seltzer Aperient In the sparkling goblet, giving aksurance to the invalid that his thirst will be deliciously assauged; that his stomach willhe refreshed and purified; that if he is feverish, his body wiil he cooled by healthful eyaporation; that if he is constipated, the ditticu!ty will pass away without a pang, and thatif the condition of his general health is impaired, it will be speedily restored. Of course, he will take care to procure none but the genuine. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. . a aa AMBLER’S BLOWPIPE FURNACE, For Roasting Rebellious Oves. This new roasting furnace is the CHEAPEST AND BEST yet offered to the public. By furnishing an tinple supply of oxygen to the ore while roasting, thorongh oxydization of the sulphurets is secured at a small cost. It is Adapted to All Kinds of Ores. A description and illustration of this Furnace was given in the Sorenr1r10 Press of Novemher 25th. For terms, circular, and further information, address the agent of the inventor, MONROE THOMSON, At 444 California street, San Francisco, until further notice. 26v23-3m. Longshore’s Combination Tool. This device is just what its name indicates. As & Kircwen Toor it is indispensable. It will fit and lift with perfect safety, uny Stove Lid, Frying Pan, Pie Pan, Pot, Kettle, or any other vessel or dish used about a stove. lt is a complete tool for stretching carpets, driving tacks, pulling tacks, &c., &c. It answers the duuble purpose ot hammer and pincers, andis also a good Nut Cracker. It is made of the hest malleahle iron, and the Hammer, Pincers and tack puller, are all hardened so as to stand the roughest ugage. An Agent is wanted in every town on the Pacific Coast to sell this valuable iittle implement. Retail price fifty cents. WIESTER & CO., 17 New Montgomery street (Grand Hotel), San Francisco. FRED. KRAJEWSKI, MANUFACTURER OF TOOLS —FOR— Molding, Turning, Carving, Etc. Mortise Chisels, Blind Chisels, Crotchet Chisels, and also al] kinds of Screws for Stair Work and Sash Joints on hand and made : to order. Berry street, bet. Fourth and Fifth, SAN FRANCISCO. 25v23-tf A. J. SMITH, PLUMBER, —aND— Manufacturer of Pumps and Water Closets, No. 220 Fremont street, opposite Fulton and tna I~on Works, San Francisco, Cal, 18y23-3m

10 SCIENTIFIC PRESS: [January 6, 1872. Som ESTIC Economy. Hard Beds. The preference for hard beds as being more healthy than soft ones, is worthy only of those who have settled down into a Diogenes-in-the-tub life. It is true a tired person will sleep soundly on a hard bed, and hahit may make such a hed acceptahle; but whoever has felt the almost human kindliness and warmth of a soft hair mattress, cannot go back to husks and straw without a pang. ‘Let us look at the matter physiologically. The spinal column is composed of 24 pieces of hone fastened together hy cartilage, with a little cushion of highly elastic cartilage nicely fitted in hetween each to prevent friction and permit perfect freedom of movement, The gpine is not straight hut curves in, as every hody knows, at the small of the hack and curves out again. In a perfect -bed every part of this vertehral column will be supported, but in a hard, unyielding surface this is not possihle. One portion of the hody rests firmly on the bed heneath it, while another in a line with it receives no support. Sleep on such a hed will not restore the wearied frame nearly so well as repose on an elastic couch where every part of the body is equally supported. We do not recommend softness but elasticity. Feathers, except in very cold weather, are unwholesome, because they retain an excess of warmth ahout the hody, and also because they ahsorb the insensible perspiration thrown off hy the pores, aud permit the body to re-ahsorb the excrementitious matter. A hed of soft, freshstraw, evenly distributed and covered with a thin cotton or woolen mattress, may he a good resting place, and furnish sweet sleep. But how can man or womanrise refreshed from a couch of straw or a shuck mattress which has heen in nightly use without renewal for a series of years? Yet there are portions of this very land of plenty where travelers are put to sleep upon just such beds as this. Every man in grazing districts may own a dozen or two coarse woolen sheep. These and their increase will in a short time give him wool mattresses than which none are more pleasant, more wholesome, or durahle. The tag-locks washed and earded should he hoarded by every farmer’s wife for this purpose. Iu cities and villages, and in the more populous parts of our country, those who can afford good sleeping places generally have them. The degree of refinement and cultivatiou, as well as wealth one has attained, may he easily read by one glance at their sleeping apartment. How To Cook 4 BEEFstEaAK.—A beefsteak is always best hroiled; but the following method is recommended hy a lady writer, when hroiling is not convenient: The frying pan being wiped dry, place it npon the stove and let it become hot. In the meantime the steak—if it chance to be asirloin so much the better—pepper and salt it, then lay it on the hot, dry pau, which instantly cover as tight as possible, When the raw fiesh touches the heated pan, of course it seethes and adheres to it, but in few seconds it be comesloosened and juicy. Every half minute turn the steak; but he careful to keep it as much as possible under cover, When nearly done lay a small piece of butter upon it, andif you want much gravy add a tahlespoonful of strong coffee. This makes the most delicious, delicately broiled steak, full of juice, yet retaining the healthy, heef flavor that any John Bull could require. The same method may be applied to mutton chops, or ham, only they require more cooking to prevent them from heing rare. An excellent gravy may be made by adding a little cream, thickened by a pinch of flour, into which, when off the fire and partially cool, stir the yolk of an egg well beaten, Tnortance or Cooxrry.—The preparation and cooking of food should receive its proper share of attention, if the greatest amount of henefit is to he derived from its introduction in the system. Blot, the professor of this art, says that green vegetables, such as cahhage, spinach, ete., should be put in boiling water, but dry vegetahles, as beans and peas should be put in cold water to cook, after having been previously soaked in lukewarm water. Tn the case of potatoes, the eyes or germs are to he cut out, and the skin ruhhed or scraped off, then steamed or roasted. He thinks that fish, although containing tweuty per cent. of nutritious matter, . drawing the skin tightly together. ought to be partaken ofat least twice a week, as it contains more phosphorus than any other food, and serves to supply the waste of that substance in the system, and particularly of the hraiu. Prevention of Dampness. Dampness in walls is often a great annoyance to housekeepers, and in moist climates good precautions should be taken to keep it ont of the walls and huildings. It may be prevented from rising in brick or stone walls hy a thorough application of asphaltum to the upper portion of the foundation, or to several of the lower tiers of hricks. Asphaltum thoroughly applied to the outside of hrick work will also prevent the ingress of dampness. The walls may he painted over the asphaltum, if desired. Another method is also recommended by hy a leading scientific paper as follows:— Three-quarters of a pound of mottled soap are to he dissolved with one gallou of hoiling water, and the hot solution spread steadily with a flat brush over the outer surface of the brickwork, taking care that it does not lather; this is to he allowed to dry for twenty-four hours, when a solution formed of a quarter of a pound of alum dissolved in two gallons of water is to be applied in a similar manner over the coating of soap. The operation should he performed in dry, settled weather, The soap and alum mutually decompose each other, and form an insoluble varnish which the rain is uuable to penetrate, aud this cause of dampness is thus effectually removed. Alum is also a valuahle prevention of mildew. Cloths or other fahrics dipped into strong alum water, are proof against mildew,no matter how much they may afterwards be exposed to damps or other causes favoring the growth of this disagreeahle fungus. Ahout a year ago, says a correspondent of the Journal of Chemistry, I was filling up a large scrap-hook, and in the course of my work used, in connectiou with a goodly amount of paste, a small quantity that had alum in it. <A spell of wet weather coming on hefore my book was dry, caused it to mildew badly throughout, except where the alum paste had heen used; there, no trace of mildew was to be seen. Upon ohserving this, I hegan trying various experiments with alum as a mildew preventive, all of which suceceded, though put to the most severe tests. I therefore feel that I have, by the merest accident, made a valuahle discovery, and as such I take pleasure in offering it to the puhlic, Tue Roast Turkey.—Here is the New England method: Select a fine, plump, yellow-skinned.turkey, weighing from ten to twelve pounds, Examine it thoroughly to see that all the pin feathers are takeu out; hold it over a hlaze to singe any fine hairs that may remain; wash it thoroughly inside and out, and rubit over with salt. Take the gizzard, heart and liver, putthem into cold water, aud let them boil until tender. When done, chop them very fine. Take stale bread, or the large Boston crackers, and grate or chop them. Add salt, pepper, and some sweet herh, if liked, to the bread crumbs; after which beat, up two eggs with which to moisten the erumbs; add and mix thoroughly with this the chopped ‘‘inwards,” not forgetting to put in salt and butter. Fill the inside of the turkey with the dressing, taking care that the neck and crop is made to look plump, and sew the openings, Theu rub a little butter over your turkey, and lay it upon the grate of your meat pan. Cover the bottom of the pan well with hoiling water. After a half hour baste the turkey by pouring over it the gravy that has hegun to form in the pan. Repeat the basting ouce in about fifteen minutes. In au oven of average temperature a 12-pound turkey will reqnire at least three hours; but every oven has its own way of baking, and the cook must be goyerned by it.—Hearth and Home. Tue Roast Goose is to be prepared in the same manner asthe turkey. The dressing should be made of mashed potatoes, seasoned with salt, pepper and sage, or onions, if according to the taste of the family. Make giblet sauce by hoiling the “inwards” uutil very tender, chopping them fine, and adding them to a gravy made by using the liquor in which they were boiled, thickened with flour, and to

which has been added one ounce of butter, and pepper and salt to suit the taste, Hearth and Home. Mechanical Hints. Tue Usr or Screws.—Mechanics generally drive screws into wood without any precaution. But in cahinet and all other fine work, especially, it would he well to use certain precautions which are given as follows in the Manufacturer and Builder :— When the wood is very hard, it may ease the lahor of getting the screw home when you grease it; and when you expect that the screw will some time have to be taken out, it is well to grease or oil it, to preveut it rusting. Also when the object is exposed to dampness, screws should he protected in this way. When the wood is very soft, or when some strain may cause the serews to work loose, warm them, dip them in melted glue, and also put a few drops of glue in the hole. The latter is useful when in repairing an article it is fouud that the holes are rather large. If you cannot get other screws large enough to fill the hole, use a wooden plug iuserted with glue, and make a new hole in the plug or uext to it. Ifthe objects are exposed to dampness, apply powdered resin, the only precaution heing to heat the screw sufficiently to melt the resin. If you want the screws to stick so fast that they can not be got out without breaking, put some vinegar or other suitable acid in the hole, which will rust them in. CovoRED Cements.—A writer in Compies Rendus states that colored cements which harden rapidly may be made as follows: He takes a solution of silicate of soda (sp. gr., 1,298) aud adds to it, while stirring, first pulverized and previously washed, lixiviated chalk, so as toform a thick mass like butter, to which are added, for coloring purposes, the following suhstances: Finely pulverized sulphuret of antimony for hlack, iron filings for gray, zine dust for whitish gray, carbonate of copper for bright green, oxide of chrominm for deep green, cohalt hlue for blue, red lead for orange, vermillion for bright red, and carmine for a violet hlue. This cement hardens within from six to eight hours, and may afterward he polished, hecoming like marhle. ALLoy oF Copper anD Cast Iron.— The alloy of equal parts of copper and east iron, introduced hy Soret, is not as well known as it deserves to ho. It has the appearance of zinc, is much harder than copper, and tougher than cast iron. Tn casting it does not adhere to the forms; it does not rust in the air; and it may he used suecessfully for many parts of machinery, statues, etc. After casting, it may be easily electroplated, or the copper may be exposed by dissolving the iron from the surface with a suitable acid. The Way to Succeed. Fortune, success, position are never gained hut by piously, determinedly, bravely striking, growing, living to a thing till it is fairly accomplished. Iu short, you must carry a thing through if you want to he anyhody or anything, no matter if it does cost you the pleasure, the society and the thousand pearly gratifications of life. No matter for these, Stick to the thing and carry it through. Believe you were made for the matter, and that no oue else can do it. Put forth your whole energies. Be awake, electrify yourself, and go forth to the task. Only once learn to earry through a thing in all its completeness and proportion, and you will become ahero, You will thiuk better of yourself, others will think better of you. The world in its very heart admires the stern and determined doer. It sees in him its hest sight, its brightest object, its richest treasure, Drive right along, then, in whatever yon undertake, and consider yourself amply sufficient for the deed. You will be successful. Buiwpine Caaracten.—There is a structure which everybody is building, young and old, each one for himself. It is called character, and in every act of life isa stone. If day hy day we be careful to build our lives with pure, nohle, upright deeds, at the end will stand a fair temple, honored hy God and man, But, as one leak will sink a ship, and one flaw break a chain, so one mean, dishonorahle, untruthful act or word will forever leave its impress and work its influence on onr character. Then let the several deeds unite to form a day and one by one the days grow into noble years, and the years, as they slowly pass will raise at last a beautiful edifice, enduring forever to our praise. We should never throw outagainst a man broken hints and dark inuendoes, which would leave the hearers to suspect anything aad everythiug that ill-nature can suggest. The California Powder Works No, 314 CALIFOENYA STEEET, SAN FRANCISOO. Manufacturers aoa rere constantly on hand SPORTING, MINING, And BLASTING -POWDER, Of SUPERIOR QUALITY, FRESH FROM THE MILLS, It heing constantly received and transported into the interior, is delivered to the consumer within a few days of the time ofits manufacture, and is inevery way Superior to any other Powder in Market. We have been awarded successively Three Gold Medals By the MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE and the STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY for the superiority of our products over ali others. We also call attention to our HERCULES POWDER, Which comhines all the force of other strong explosive now in use, and the lifting force of the nesr BLASTIN PowneEs, thus making it vastly superior to any other pompcound now in use. A circular containing a full description of this Powoer can be ohtained on application to our Office. 16¥20-3m JOHN F. LOHSE, Secretary, ma ‘There is the hiss of ridicule, A Delightful Hiss. the hiss of scorn, the hiss of snakes in the grass; hut the most delightful hiss is that of Tarrant’s Effervescont Seltzer Aperient In the sparkling goblet, giving aksurance to the invalid that his thirst will be deliciously assauged; that his stomach willhe refreshed and purified; that if he is feverish, his body wiil he cooled by healthful eyaporation; that if he is constipated, the ditticu!ty will pass away without a pang, and thatif the condition of his general health is impaired, it will be speedily restored. Of course, he will take care to procure none but the genuine. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. . a aa AMBLER’S BLOWPIPE FURNACE, For Roasting Rebellious Oves. This new roasting furnace is the CHEAPEST AND BEST yet offered to the public. By furnishing an tinple supply of oxygen to the ore while roasting, thorongh oxydization of the sulphurets is secured at a small cost. It is Adapted to All Kinds of Ores. A description and illustration of this Furnace was given in the Sorenr1r10 Press of Novemher 25th. For terms, circular, and further information, address the agent of the inventor, MONROE THOMSON, At 444 California street, San Francisco, until further notice. 26v23-3m. Longshore’s Combination Tool. This device is just what its name indicates. As & Kircwen Toor it is indispensable. It will fit and lift with perfect safety, uny Stove Lid, Frying Pan, Pie Pan, Pot, Kettle, or any other vessel or dish used about a stove. lt is a complete tool for stretching carpets, driving tacks, pulling tacks, &c., &c. It answers the duuble purpose ot hammer and pincers, andis also a good Nut Cracker. It is made of the hest malleahle iron, and the Hammer, Pincers and tack puller, are all hardened so as to stand the roughest ugage. An Agent is wanted in every town on the Pacific Coast to sell this valuable iittle implement. Retail price fifty cents. WIESTER & CO., 17 New Montgomery street (Grand Hotel), San Francisco. FRED. KRAJEWSKI, MANUFACTURER OF TOOLS —FOR— Molding, Turning, Carving, Etc. Mortise Chisels, Blind Chisels, Crotchet Chisels, and also al] kinds of Screws for Stair Work and Sash Joints on hand and made : to order. Berry street, bet. Fourth and Fifth, SAN FRANCISCO. 25v23-tf A. J. SMITH, PLUMBER, —aND— Manufacturer of Pumps and Water Closets, No. 220 Fremont street, opposite Fulton and tna I~on Works, San Francisco, Cal, 18y23-3m