Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — Asbestos. [ARTICLE]

Asbestos.

The placing of a bit of asbestos into the tip of a lamp Wic)c is said to have increased the brilliancy qf the light 30 per cent. ~ ■i, V A pair of English sparrows are believed to have been the cause of a small fire which originated in the cornice of the girls’ high school, at Louisville, Ky., one day lately. One of the professors thinks that the conflagration was caused by a match in the birds’ nest that became dry and ignited in some mysterious wav. The Supreme Court in session at Boston has ruled that if sheep arc attacked by a number of dogs, the owner of any of the canines Is liable for the whole amount of the damage.