472 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



THE LABORATORY THAT JACK BUILT, 



OR THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ON CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES. 



A little nonsense now and then 

 Is relished by the wisest men. 



This is the laboratory that Jack built. 



This is the window in the laboratory that Jack built. 



This the glass that lighted the window in the laboratory that Jack built. 



This is the sand used in making the glass that lighted the window in the lab- 

 oratory that Jack built. 



This is the soda that melted with sand compounded the glass that lighted 

 the window in the laboratory that Jack built. 



This is the salt, a molecule new, that furnished the soda that melted with 

 with sand compounded the glass that Ughted the window in the laboratory that 

 Jack built. 



This is the chlorine of yellowish hue, contained in the salt, a molecule new, 

 that furnished the soda that melted with sand compounded the glass that lighted 

 the window in the laboratory that Jack built. 



This is the sodium, light and free, that united with chlorine of yellowish hue, 

 to form common salt, a molecule new, that furnished the soda that melted with 

 sand compounded the glass that lighted the window in the laboratory that Jack 

 built. 



This is the atom that weighs twenty-three, consisting of sodium so light and 

 free, that united with chlorine of yellowish hue to form common salt, a molecule 

 new, that furnished the soda that melted with sand compounded the glass that 

 lighted the window in the laboratory that Jack built. 



This is the science of chemistry that teaches of atoms weighing twenty-three, 

 and of sodium metal so light and free, that united with chlorine of yellowish hue 

 to form common salt, a molecule new, that furnished the soda that melted with 

 sand compounded the glass that lighted the window in the laboratory that Jack 

 h\\\\x.. — The Age of Steel. 



SPOUTING OIL-WELLS IN RUSSIA. 



The principal oil-wells of the Baku district lie at Balaxame or Balakhami, 

 about six miles to the northeast of the town : this is an oil-field about three and 

 a half miles in length by one and a half in breadth. To the south lies a smaller 

 field called Bebeabat. One fountain at Balakhani, ninety eight feet in depth, is 

 noted as having been flowing steadily for upward of two years, and still continu- 

 ing to yield 800 barrels a day. Another well not far off, 490 feet deep, com- 

 menced its career by throwing up a jet thirty feet in the air, and then flooding 



