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^54 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [Octobeb,
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HARTFORD, OCTOBER 15, 1893.
J. M. Ali.en, Editor. A. D. Risteen, Associate Edit^,
The Locomotive can le obtained, free by calling at any of the company^s agencies.
Subscription price 50 cents per year ichen rnailed from this office.
Bound volumes one dollar each. {Any volume can be supplied.)
Papers thai borrow cuts from us will do us a favor if they will mark them plainly in returning,
so that we may give proper credit on our books.
WouD was recently received at Vancouver, B. C, tliat the boiler of a steamer plying
on the Japanese coast exploded on Aug. 24th, and that over 30 people were killed.
The newspaper correspondent is at it again. "The engineer," he says, "lost
the upper half of his head by the explosion. The severed portion was afterwards founds
still in his hat."
The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Conn., has issued an interesting book,,
o-ivino- views of a large number of bridges and roofs constructed by them. Each en-
graving is accompanied by descriptive matter, and as about 150 roofs and bridges areshown,
the book promises to be very useful for reference. It reflects credit on the company
that issues it, and we shall be glad to give it a place on our shelves.
We desire to acknowledge a copy of The Heating and Ventilation of Residences, by-
James R. Willett. This is a reprint of an address delivered by Mr. Willett to the Engineering
Societies of the University of Illinois, on March 23, 1893. It discusses hot
water heating, steam heating, and hot air heating, and contains numerous useful sug-
gestions. It is illustrated with 18 plates, showing the disposition of boilers, pipes, and.
furnaces, in cases taken from ]Mr. Willetts own practice.
The New York Sun says that " a warning against the dangers of the barber's chair-
has been raised by Dr. Blaschko of Berlin in a discourse from which quotations aremade
by the British Medical Journal. The warning is given on account of the existence-
in Berlin of a malady known as dermatomycosis tonsurans, the infection of which may-
be communicated by the barber's shaving brush, by the lather, the razor, the sponge,
the to'vel. the powder puflf, the comb, or the brush. After making a special study of
this Berlin epidemic, Dr. Blaschko takes up some of the other maladies that may be
contracted in barbers' shops there, among which are herpes tonsurans, impatigo conta-
o-iosa, trichorrhexis nodosa, acme varioliformis, impetiginous eczema, alopecia areata,
tuberculosis, and cholera." And all for ten cents. Ho, barbers all, shut up your-
shops !
"We'll never go there any more."