The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, December 30, 1893, Image 4
1scirn~oFiC AND IND~USTRIYAL
Jupiter was known to the Childeans as1
& planet as early as B. C. 30Yd.
C It is said to be a geological fact that
gold strata underlie Phila'delphi%.
j The planet Neptune has the lonjeqt
year, Gonsisting of more than 9,U
our days. ~
f More than one-half of the street rail
way mileage in Massachusetts. is now 'p
erated in whole or part by electricity.
P The moon gives out heat enough to
affect the thermometer and makes a dif
ference of two degrees or three degree,.
0 The average weight of the Chinese
brains is said to be heavier than the av
erage weight of the brain in any other
race,
On the Royal Sovereign, the new Eng
lish battleship, there are 800 electric
lights, connected by thirty miles of
wire. e
, Inventors are now turning their atten
tion to devices for the utilization of
electric heating, especially for domestic
purposes.
The largest pumping plant in the
'United States was that placed in a mine
at Iron Mountain, Mich. It pumps 4,
000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours.
V Genuine volcano dust has been found
!n Kansas and the Indian Territory.
There is a deposit near Galena, in the
Territory, which is said to be many feet
in thickness.
E- To make glue water proof, dissolve of
gum sandarac and mastic each five and
one-half drachms in one-half pint of
alcohol, and , add five aad one-half
drachms of turpentine.
" Seventy.five miles an hour Is 110 feet
a'second, and the energy of 400 tons or
a train of cars, moving at that rate is
nearly twice as great as that of a 2000
Dound shot fired from a 100 ton Arm
atrong gun.
. In the manufactures of Great Britain
alone the power which steam exerts is
estimated to be equal to the manut.1
labor of 4,000,000,000 men, or more
than double the number ot males sup
posed to inhabit the globes.
From a rift in a great rock at
Santa Cruz (Cal.) water spouts to a
height of sixty feet. The waves that beat
on the shore near by have worn a tunnel
through the rock coast, beaten through
the roof of the tunnel rnd formed this
apparent geyser.
A tine specimen of the eg of Fyor.
nis, the extinct giant bird of Madagas
car, and obtained from southern Mada
gamcar, was exhibited at a recent meet
ing of the Zoological Society of LUn
don. It will be remembered that this
egg is about thirteen inches long and of
the capacity of 150 hens' eggs.
The captains of ships which rarry
bricks have to be very careful. An or
dinary brick is capable of absorbiuZ a
pinL of water. So with a cargo of brick
in the hold serious leakage iay quite
well go on undetected, for the water
that enters is sucked up as fast as it gets
in. If this should be the case, the con-.
sequences are bound to be most serious.
Exploration is improving the popular
knowledge of the Sahara. Instea'i of
being largely below the .sea, the greater
pavt of it is from tX00 to 8000) feet
above the level; instead of being railtss
showers make it bloom andecover it with
green grass for a tew weeks every year;
large flocks and herde are miaintaiued
upon its bordms; the oases are depres
sions where the water can bt. collected
andstored and are villainously unhealthy
in hot weathc: ceause of this staganat
v. ater and the habits of the it.h.1bitants.
A Potat iDuel
One wsy of combaing an evil prae
:ice is to niake it lo .k nidicuiloas. It
was by this means that dueiiu.; was
.:opped in a certain district of aeatucky
some forty years ago.
At this time a traveling preacher
namied Bowman--a strosz, muscuilar
ruan-was conductii.; soune services in
Eentuckv. .At '*e of his meetings, a
well-knowvn desperate character created
a distabance, arnd bein:> publicly re
:yuked by Bowman, sent ihiuia chalieihge
:o tight.
Bcwman, as the chalienged party, had
the choice of weapons. He selec'.el a
half bushel of Irish po'.atoes as big as
als dst for each 'man, au I stipolated that
his opponent must stanci StePr. paces
iistant, and that only cue potato at a
time should be taken from thle measure.
The desrperado was furio-is ast being
thus freshly insulted, and mvle an in
Sigan protest, but Bowansa insistedi
that he was the challenge I man, aart
had a right to choose his owna we spons,
and threatened to denounce the dlesper
tdo as a coward if he failed to :omet ..O
;ime. As there was no' way out of theC
is bit to light, the desperado con -
sented.
Almost everybody in the plsce Was
resent to see the fun. Trme seconds ar
~ained the two men iu positioO, by the
side of each being a half bushet meas~re
- ~ i.ed witu large, har.1, Irish potatoes.
Sowman threw the dirst potato. It
strudA his ~opoent in a central spot,
sadw into a 'housal pie.e. A yell
at 3elight went lp from1 th.: erost
whnich tiaiedt the dI eie.Io, and his
otato dew wide of the oark
Bowman watched his chance, an i
every time his opponent stooped Ior a
cotate another one hit him in the side,
eaving a wet spot on his clothes and
:hnscattering to the four winds of
naven. Hle hit the desperad;2 %bour five
:es, and then the sixthi potato struck
ai in the short ribs, anocking the wind
completely out of him, and doubling himr
up ou the grass.
The people were almost crazy with
lausghter, but Mr. Bowruan looked as
sober as if he had just finished a funeral
ser-non. The desperado was taken home
and put to bed, and there he staye I for
more than a week before he recovered
from the effects of the frish potato duel.
That was the end of d1uelling in that
regiosn... ankee Blade.
ment we '~&gin ~to cov et those of
another.
When a man measures nhmuelf he
aways does it with a L.ily shrunkea
prastick,
The less a manc amounts to the pr' teL
ae is that somes of his ancestors were
itcsedom that a man ever gets to t~e
COAT OF PL.(
The cot closc- :It tie frnt -with il,"
satinI I veilleux, is Vl llh cott.
running (wmi t, the low'r 'd'. 'IIr.
;ele 1.:1e Cl. S11 N i, 0 lit [ . to thll
Shell fish as Food.
Some of the different vnietie; of shel
fish are considered choice articles of
food. They have a nutritive value a lit
tic less and somewhatt similar to ish, but
are not so easily digested.
Ovsters are tUc most eail diOestedof
this class of food; uext co.uu lubatesI
and crabs, and lastly tauseels.
For iuvalids and dyspptics this class
of food should be eixleI fiwm the
diet. with the exceptiou of oyn-, anu i
those for at person of weak digestion
sa:ould be "ate% raw, or merely wiaimed
through, as coukiiui renders the oyster
toug h &aud moreh difBicult f digestion.
'The raw ovster agrees with almost
every one, a'tnough a fe w ind theruselves
obliged to discard the hard part, eating
only the soft part. The hard paIt is
muscle, which binds the two half shells
together, and the soft is the liver.
The oysters of America and Europe
differ greatly. European oysters are
smaller and have a coppery flavor. Our
Southern oysters are larger than the
Northern. TIhey arec dredged along the
coast and transferred to oyster beds in
creeks close to shore, where they fatten.
In London oyster salesmen sotnetitmes
keep oysters for a few days in water to
which oatmeal has been added, for the
purpose of rendering them more delicate
and of better flavor. When out of sea.
son, during spawning time, the oyster is
ioft and mailky an'd not dit to be eaten.
The lobster and crab are not suitable
'or an invalid or one of weak stomach.
)f the two, though, the lobster is less
ikely to hurt. The flesh in the claws is
he most digestible portion. It is more
lelicate than that in the tail, which is
irmer. The soft part in the shell, which
is the liver, is much more likely to do
harm than the claws. The gills, which
are sometimes called "dead men's fin
gers," should be avoided, but are really
not poisonous, as they are sometimes de
clared to be.
Crabs should be carefully cleaned be
fore cooking. They often unexpectedly .
disagree with a healthy stomach. Thits
is probably duo to garbage, on which
they feed. The purchaser should bed
care to see that the lobsters or crabs are
fresh, for they begin to putrefy almost s
as soon as dead.
Waeni canned lobster is -used, on ii
open iuz, the contents of the can should
be entirely removedi, for if aportion be t
left in the can it ila liable to contami1na
tion- b
In some parts of Europe much more
com'monly tban in this country mases
are u-ed as food. They have been quits
frequently noted as poisonous, and Iatal
caseiihave beca reported from usmng t'
them e'oked as well as raw..
Shell ash sometimes cause an itching a
skin eruption. Nausea, vomuitting and
gidine:, are sometimes the italieations 5
dhat they disagree with those who par
take of them.
Persons who suffer from seout or rhei- '
~astism seem -most liable to bad e etI
from eating lobsters or craus.-- en
York Mail and Exires.
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came
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forms
of th<
very
mean
saline
were
couni
water
logic
the p
acid
cande
salini
blmg
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thoug
Doc
cause
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by fa
were
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Fr
they
saain
b:l1 ei.Y h Kbeng lined with black
Ti I fut j rts hav e a bresit seam 0
- .f th I ront. Thle t:mldIi.. cIV
Isle of Wighat Saimphire.
Our sauphire gatherer in the fs'e of
Wight, after' aieending to a point at
shiea his fori was hardly discernible
amuoug the giant fragmnents of rocks,casti
i great artuful of pale green aromatie
cliI herbs into tie b.at-amphire and
sen poppy and wild Luignorette. Of
these the samuphire is the strangest, with
its thick, desny leaves like iceplaut, its I
salt and punTgent scent and taste, aud
pale, uncanuy-looking tiower.
To gather it in any quantity it would
be necessary to scale the most dangerous
parts of the cliff, and it was while seek-.
ing this and sea fowls' eggs that a crags
mar, was engaged when his death oc
curred. It was his practice to go alone
on his periious expeditions, end the ex
act manner of his death will never be
known. It is more usual for two at
threA rock climbers to work together. A
rowbar is planted in the turf above and
two ropes are used. One goes round the
body sad the other is held in the hand.
'he first is wrapped around the crow
bar, so as to be let out at pleasure; the
second is ared to it by a noose, and
hen the cragsman wishes to reascend
e shakes this second rope as a signal
nd the men ozn the top of the clitT haul
it the waist rope, while he assists by
himbing up the second hand over haund.
rhe greatest risk is run when the
ulimber throws off his waist rope and
~latbers along2 the shelving ledges of
dippery turf which seams the clifl,where
he least slip is fatal.-London Spee -
.tr.
?C. WORDS OF WISDOKL -
All lies are great trave"-ra
Wheever there is selfishness there hs
The greateat of all duties is the present.
The riches that run to us socrn ly Bt
wa ini
A bad ana hates the things that c an c p
him good,
When we try to please every body w hs
iall please nobody- if ri
No wound can hurt so badly as the one icall;
d ficted by a friend. icall;
A lie turns pale whenever it finds out bons
iat truth is on its track. tate(
Clipping a tiger's claws never makes the
r lose ile taste for blood. atmu
When you get a giant down, stick to a
im till you cut his head ol. . . ari
The real meaning of reform is trymn4 and
make a tiger behave itself' lake
Be#ere of the man whose wife is carb
Lways saying he has no faults. The
Tihere are too many peopte who are mua
>y pious when things go right, to tI
We do~ not have to travel far to. find sea
ut that all hogs do not wear bristies. th
The world is full of heroes whose La.
aes will never be known in this life. a
~.lose our own possessions the mo - of I
env
uo
lof f
- -~t~jjstrel
- isort
*' . carr
onIj
that
,ow theOi'0 MeCaeSalt
fessor Edward Hill read a paoer
the Victoria Institute last evening
low the Waters of the Ocean Be
Salt.", From an inquiry into the
ter and affinities of the oiganic
of past geological agea, the con
a was justided that the wateni
ocean must have been salt from
arly geological times, but it by no
followed that they were as fully
as those of the present day. There
two ways by which they might ac
for the salinity of the ocean
; from very early periods of geo
LI time. First, by supposing that
imeval waters were saturated with
eses which were held in suspen
a the vapor surrounding the in.
sent globe; or, secondly, that the
ty resulted from a process resem
that by which salt lakes of the
at day had been formed. He
,ht that they must concur with
r Sterry aunt that irou some
or other chlorine largely abounded
waters of the primeval ocean, as
the greater proportion of the salts
chlorides, and chlorine was but
slightly represented in river waters
present day.
m the examples of closed lakes
could determine the process of
ication with the utmost certainty.
areater or shorter periods
~~1
bl.ACL VELVET TOQL~E
e C hat has a smiall rcound Still fr:
.e Ircont ALb:,e the same there is
en the two brims is a inin I el
,ed at the back with steel piniC, set
trr't wmg's arnd l..heasant feathcrs,
ake hadI beern receiving the water3
rers bringing down btt mechan
suspended sediments and chen
dissolved salts, silicates and car
es. Tne sediments were precipi
over the bottoms of the lakes, and
water being carried off into the
shere in the torin of vapar as far
t entered, left behind the dis
d ingredients. Thtose ne::es
ltititely the waters of the
becaie saturated with saits andt
>ate, which were then deposited.
oeeaa was a closed lake of enormous
utude, and they were thus brou?ght
e conclusion that the saltoess of the
aiht have originated in very much
saue way as had that of the [had
Lake Oroomiah, or the Great Salt
f Utah, arnd many others which
essed in commo~hn the characteristic
aivig no outlet. WVheu the great
lpe of vapr which surrounded the
aescen gro!;e b~eu to condense
its oolinz surface, the resulting
is. though containing, as Dr. Sterry
supposed, aid gases, were desti
of sain ingredients. The process
alinification began with the first
ns which entered the seas from the
ein uplands. and this process
ed on throughout the long ages pre
2 the siluria n period, brought the
rss to a conditioni suited to sustaia
ief ciforms of inhabitants repre
tie of those which inhabited the
n at the present day. These long
might be supposed to include, not
the arcmin and azoic periods, but
during wuie'.1 the tirst crust was in
s of forwttion over the incan
cnt vlobe.-Lodon Standard.
Alaut t nauimou5
ji t a tt ,[t- Ti I-e ;l t
raa if h jarh tg'd >-t
rr inr--ell hiur we il pI'y l'
W I Battbig Under Wata
The greatest question in naval warra%
to-day is not about the big battle-shipi
or saucy torpedo-boats, but how to get
a boat that will safely dive below the
keel of- a hostile vessei ana blow her to
destruction with a charge of dynamiin
or guccotton. This mode of attackini
an enemy is not entirely new, for, near:]
twenty-five hundred years ago, divei
were lowered into the water ia a simpij
constructed air-box, to perforate the
wooden bottoms of an adversary's war.
g'leys, in order to siLk them and drown
or capture their rowers and fighting men.
The diving warrior and his box did
not outlast the great galleys they had
tried to sink, and the history of tuese
boats passes over two thousand years to
the American Captain Bushnell, of the
Revolutionary army, and his diving-boat.
This was a tiny, walnut-shaped vesse!,
s.culled by a single oar, and having a
crew of one man. Then boat sat low in
the water while on the surface, enabling
it at night to get near its intended vic
tim without detection. Then the hatc'
was ..alosed, shutting in air enough tc
last half an hour, and by letting in a
little water and turning an upright screw
bladed oar, the boat was sunk to nein
the keel-level of the encmy's vessel, and
sculled under the hull. A torpedo out.
side the boat carried a heavy charge of
6
el feathers. T hea if dl i Mtly rinihed
VIiTH WJNG; 011' -XEILN .
e to whl~ i: - as~tenecd a briaap
se..,d one, workIed up lik a shild
Vt. wh lich a~ drawn.Ii*j ove t irit ahi t
rs-wise In the hh rnt s an nameln~
3nu,ted thucuh a tecis
gunpowder, and was provided with
cloc:work to tire the chtarge after the
little tonedo-boat should have retreated
to a safe distance. The torpedo hada
pointed screw stemn, by which it was t
be attached to the doomed vessel, the
screw being turned from inside the tor
pedo-hoat. LEept for the breaking (0
this sc-rew, it is possible that the Britisi
adira's flaig-siiip miight have bueen
blown ump is shet lay ait auchor inl Ne
Y rk 11 arbor; butt that is mere gue.?s
wo rk, for, as General.Washiugtou said a
the buat, "too many things were neces
sr to be combined in it." Yet it w
inenious, a euedit to American skill and
darmu, and its arauneeents are stil
studied by thtose latere-ted in sub aarini
navigation.
to, who did so much for steaom naviga
tio, took the Bushnell boat for a tmod.el,
and greatly improved upon it. HIe ma~de
the hull of this copper sheets, instead ol
woo-. and chawge-d the seulliag-oar int..
a paddle wheel workel by h-ard. HeI
forced. mito a copper tank eni )u4h ahi ti
supply a crew of fourt meui while un lert
Iwater for six hoirs. For u~e while ati
the surfacc. the boat was urovide-t wit
remoable masts and sails. His ex er -
nents lasted soe twelve years. the t0w
erments of Frauce, eat Britain an
Ithe United States succeSSIVel -upid.u
the means. But Laval experts ever.
whers scouted the service timuess of t
bat, and the higher antwr'end
nouned its modeI of wat r .M -aM"
than murder or- nast1sin a Ln. T ad
vice, however, was eaploi n ita
oicil permission ann2-t -..e Aft
British vessels b).ilIai-:.: the New l-n
land coasts in the War 1f '1. ' I ii
no actual damage- wa-, JIn ' *e Ilbc
niders v cre badly inglujmi i ' t a' n
~A egar's Rin,.
ITae str-eet ber.prJ -nBa.
Spai, have entered inlto I vi I "". 0V
enat to wijthdua fuon *ri . a
cn e from th~e chi mztable p..~~--i
to conmpe! their ben ars to :
WINTER WRAP ]
Ihe wrap is not lined and consiE
nehs long and at the upper end sew,
:iIind, the lower part being of cloth,
iviuterie braids are stitched on the lai
)airts, h oging eparate, :ire trimmed
FRONTIER JUSTICE,
110W VARIOUS BAtD MEN D)IE
IN THE FAR WESA
'I.a Legal Killing of an Fightee
Year-Ol Boy-A Desperado's
quick Punishment FPor
an Awatu Crime.
HE execution, legal or othe
, wise, of any human being
certainly an interesting, i
though decidedly doloro
subect," said an ex-United Stat
Deputy Marshal from Oklahona.
Western districts. Government Marshal
men who do not value their own
otherQ lives at a fartbing when makih
4u arrest or trailing a criminal, shrii
back appalled at the bare idea of havii
to 'pl! a trap' at a legai execution. Ja
Stillwe1I, the oldest, most n5ted, ai
desperate officer on the border, witb
record of over forty deaths to hisa
count, once said to me as we stoodt
gcthser at the hanginst of two Creek I
dian mt le rers at Wichita, han.
I ' have pulled the trap at sevente
event&ious, and I have neve-r done
wihu feeling of horror and a t
-ii- to shirk my duty. I would willing
forit three months' salary raither thei
ubey the maudate of the Court in Ll
nazricular.'
"As it was with Jack at this exec
tion, so it is with a specta:or, at leaist
his tia-st haging. I remember distinct
my original experience in this line.
was also at Wichita. An eighteen-yea
cld boy, Lee Mosher, had been convi<
ed of having deliberately planned al
carried out the plan to kill a man wh
ouly seteen years of age. A lar
stockae afteen feet high had be
eacted just outside the jail, and on t
morning of the execution a curic
crowd gathered there with the morb
desire to see the condemned boy as
passed from the jail to the stockadea
neG. W~hen the hour arrived fort
execution the prisoner was taken fr<
his cell into the jail parlor, and the:
tanding ghostly white but firm a
determiued, the death warr 4 was re
to ~m. The Marshal reading the pat
broke down and sobbed like a child, t
prijsoner' lips quivered painfully for
moment, and all persons present brush
the tears from their eyes as they follow
tie oliicers and the boy from the buil
ing and through a lane of anxious sp
tutors into the door of the stockade.
"l'he rabble saw the feeling ti
animated the select few who followedt
hoy and it was communicated to thei
Perhaps there was not One ina hundr
but would have turned hiru free if th
coild have done so. Numnerous petitic
had been sent to President Clevelan
but no reply had been received.
"(Ohce inside the stockade the dc
was shut and barred. Thei condeniu
buy mounted the ad~told with a fi
ste p. The noose and black cap were
justed and the tr-q, sprung. As
body shot through the hole my kn
almost gave way under me, and I hea
a great sigh of pity go up from th<
aound. Before we could recover frc
the shock athunderous rap came up
the door and a thousand voices on
otside shouted:
" A reprieve: a reprieve ! Don't ha:
that boy on your lives I'
I"The officers turned pale, and t
spctators as they looked in fascinat
horror at the swaying, shivering body
thme end of the rope, gasped in horri
Some one opened the gate to admitt
1messenger, and the mob outside saw t
dngling body. Then ascended a cry<
t Lynch the officers. They hu
the boy after he had oeen reprieved.'
"The message, however, did r
prove tboareprieve, but was a noLi
that the Presidient refused to iunterfere
A b~order +ragedy was thus narron~
averted. 1 have never forgotten I
feeling of utter weakness and knee saan
in" as I experienced it then.
I 'The next time I saw a man hu
it we not a-legal execu~tion by a
means. I was doing newspaper work -
Eastern papers around the Oklahor
country in 1888, and while at Puircel
had an experience thlat I don't care
repeat in kind.
'The place was fi!ed up with stran
rs. The Santa Fe depot is dosvn in 1
vllev near the South Canadian Riv
and the town is perched high up or
projecting spur of the Arbuckle M.a
tains. During the mouths prnoc to t
opening of Oklahoma the river bott<
was one mass of wagons, oaeu, hors
dogs, men, wonien, children and si
*Lwi Hem -o found tha BuckE
OR YOUNG WOMEN.
t of two cloth parts, each one being 46
.d on to a passe. The double cape is cut
the upper one of black gros grain. Passe.
ter, which has pointed ends. The front
with black Thibet.
from Ohio, the noosier rrom iuuaa%
the Sucker from Illinois, and representa
tives of other Eastern and Middle States
who had been lured out to this wilder
ness by glowing newspaper reports of
the new El Dorado. Of course, gamblers
of all descriptions abounded, from three
ri- card-monte and shell-game fakirs up to
the regulation keepers of a tiger den.
*'The 'tough' citizen also abounded.
One evening as the train from the south
drew up at the depota drummer stepped
on to the -platform weaning a stovepipe
hat. He was eyed curiously by the con
glomerated mass of humanity present,
but no one offered any remark until he
es had almost reached a stage which was
[ used to convey passengers up the moun
8 tain to the Clifton House. Tnen a
? brutal-looking, swaggering 'bad man'
eg pulled a revolver, and, laughing hoarse
lv said -
Don t allow no sich hats hyar.'
.k His shot, instead of piercing the tile,
1, went through the stranger's head and
a killed him.
"'Lynch the hound !' and 'Cuss hi
Shide, string him up !' arose in fury on il
s- ides.
"As the train pulled out of the depot
ethe passengers strained their eyes out of
sthe windows to watch a frantic mob as
~it bore a struggling, swearing, praying,
ey rving, hy'sterical wretch off toward a
blone tree on the river bank. 'Texas -
LS ' 'as the rutfia'n called himself, broke
Jown completely, end his cries and
p.edins for mercy still ring in my ears.
ile wa swun. off, however, at the anQ
Aof a lariat, and his body remained swing.
in lg there as a warning to fools like him,
runtil a Marshal cut it down the next
tevening.
id Hanging" legally or even ordinary.
en lynching is a comfortable death com
:e pared to one I witnessed in No Man's _
en Land lour years ago. I was at-Beaves
he City when a desperado committe4 an
s atrocious crime. Before he could be
ld apprehended he fled. A posse was or
g'ndand a rapid horseback~ pursit
c'meced. Soon the crowd of yelling
havengers closed in on the victim, a dozen
isnake-like lasso coils went whirling and E
hissing through the air, and three reached
dthe mark. The man was torn from his -
saddle and literally dragged to death.
eIHe clutched at sage bushes and tore them -
Iout by the roots. He dug his hands and
amupto the shoulders in the desert
Saends, and he cried for mercy as long as
ed Ithere was a breath left in his miserable
'body. When at last the riders pulled in j
- their ponies and we reached the body we
found it one mass of bruises. The flesh
at of the hands, where he grasped the
ebushes, was literally torn from the
i. bones, and his death was truly an awful
cuoe. Such is punishment, legal and -
yotherwise, in the great West.-New
nYork Sun.
Au Atm sphere in Oater Space.
TraL'at extreme cold paralyzes every
eivital function is, of course, a piece o1l
Severyday knowledge. But it has bee~a
- left to Professor Pictet, who has beea
e jconducting some experiments on this sub.
s ject, to discover that at a temperature of
150 degrees below the centigrade zero
mnitric or sulphuric acid and potash, be
1 tween oxygen and potassium, thougn ua&
de' ir ordinary circumstances the atfiairy
of the latter metal for oxygen is so great
that it will burn if thrown into water,
owing to its combination with the oxy-i
Sgen in that fluid. But if the elfecti
i spark is played on bodies which 'b
t thus lost the power of chemical aff'
- some new and curious oomb~thos
e sult. The latest investigation, the e,
c lusions of which, however, have been
:theoretically presaged for some years
gpast, may require us to roconsider the
question of the temperature of outer
s pace, and the possibility of an atmos
~phere composed of gases in combintioai
existing there.-London Chronica.
nOlivine is the name of a new green
.stone, imitating an emerald and used for_
making the fanciful birds anl beasts
which are popular for scarf pins or
y rooches.
r Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of St. -
s Nicholas, suffers the usual penalty of
I being famous. She receives about eighs
o letters daily requesting aiatographs or
iketches of her life.
- Mrs. Linden Kent, of Washington,
e has given the University of. Virginia
, 60, 00 to endow a chair of English lit.
erature. Her husband was a distin
g~ uised graduate of the university.
hLuella Cool, one of the leading den
tists of San Francisco, 1;as charge of the
dentistry of Stanford Univeruity. .Of
ing to ner large practice she ea give
but oge dag in the wek tte aT