'HICKORY it Kris: FEBRUARY 14, 1895'
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
i
Th Daily Activity of Afiinjals The Air as a
Rock-Carrier Shall the Cooking School Be
A'joli-hed? Another Low-Temperature
Anomaly .".eat-So renlnjr Effect of Atmos
pheric Dt Structure of' the Arc Light A
Nen Fibr Process A man Dissolved In
Acid.
' A-inctbo'.l. of recording the daily ac
tivitv of HriinialH was, described" at the
late iixetin of the American Physiol--oirical
Society. A circular cage, rota
ted hy the hlisjhtet movement of the
animal. i used and the motion is au
tomatically recorded on a moving
strip' of paprr. Rats, 'mice and squir
rel? have been made to report their
periods of Activity and rest by this
means.' Rata ami mice divide 5 their
time into about 12 hours of rest during
the day and 13 hours of intermittent
work at night, short intervals of work
in the hitter period being interrupted
by nearly equal rests. The squirrel,
in winter, works steadily for 20 min
utes to 2 -hours! early in the morning,
and-is hornet inies active for a few min
utes late in the evening, resting nearly
22 hours a. day. Food has a decided in
flueneo. Diet rich in proteid induces
jjreat activity, fat having the opposite
effect, and reducing the actual work
of ratn and mico from 6 or 8 hours to a
few niinutOH. No uniform effect of
alcohol. could bo' demonstrated. The
activity of animals is increased by
hitfh. barometric pressure.
The air has received too little credit
as a geological agent, in the belief of
Prof. A. Udd'en, of Augustana Col
let It is bi'-i times lighter than wa
ter, and exerts no wave motion on the
earth's hurf;ice, the erosive effect of
wind therefore being important only j
in rvviotis of abrupt and broken reliefs
under a dry. climate. Rock materia!
can be transported by the atmosphere
only a t tine dust, the largest quartz
particles an ordinary strong wind can
sustain being about 1259 of an inch j
iu .diameter.. The- carrying capacity;
of air for smaller particles is great, be- '
ing estimated to be, at a velocity of j
five miles an hour, about 1 1000 of
that of ;an equal volume of water.
The whole atmosphere over the Miss
issippi valley, if the wind blows ten
times j.s fast as the water runs, may
transport 1000 times as much dust as
the river. -
About 120 elephants are now living
in Europe, according to Mr. C. J. Cor
nish. Nearly all belong to the Indian
species, 'the leas docile African ele
phants numbering about a half-dozen.
The refinements and changed con
ditions of modern civilization are
transforming man into quite a differ
ent ereaU: re from that of a few gener
ations ago. The latest suggestion is
that v. a are bringing upon ourselves
a degeuerat ion of the intestinal tract.
An. eminent French surgeon declares
that a certain American instrument
for intestinal use is too large, leading
the London Lancet to as.k whether the
intestine among the French is really
smaller- than among Americans and if so
how fur French cooking notoriously
the bet in the world is responsible
for th: 'difference.- Digestion being
made easy, so to spoak, is it the case
that a partial arrest of development
has been the consequence? The mag
ninVem teeth of savages have caused
dental decay to be sometimes looked
upon as-a product of civilization de
pendent to a groat extent upon knives
and 'fork;; and it may be worth while
to inquire whether the human race
bus any reason to dread analogous
deterioration as a result of elaborate
cookery, at id whether dainty dishes
are a phvsiological mistake.
Cotton and other substances regard-'
ed a bad conductors of heat have
breuie-tvd under great cold at ..M."
Kaon! Pietefs laboratory. At tem
peratures lower than about b'O' degrees
Im-Iow . ('., the substances behaved
like perfect conductors of heat radia-
' taut: i:i:a copper' cylinders cooled to
I e' d-.-ieos below zero (274 degrees .be--low
aroF.) roje in temperature quite
an nip:,:y v. lien encased with a layer
of cotton wool 20 inches thick as when
naked. At temperatures higher th'Ui
V de.,: , below zero, the inlSueiue of
tju packing became perceptible, antL
the rate of winning varied with the
tiu -liinMs oi the layer.
-tnvestigatKtns by Prof. A. IJurtoH
itave proven that atmospheric dnst
iert .-a very considerable . iniluence
the I. .tensity of the sun's rays pass-thn-euh
it. In July, lbue, the
frt'ut 1 rilption of Etna filled the air in
' v;.. : i . t - it U an inpalpable ihist,
wh'.ch. fell gently, and gave the
.Mlu a -sh'ght reddish tinge. On a calm
udUs day it was found that
lH5r cent of the heat, .transmitted
ly pure air was intercepted br this
dut. ;'
..Artificial whalebone is made from
father by a German inventor. The
material i soaked for three days in
sulphate of iitaium. then, stretched
on a frame, lowl dried, exposed to n
high temperature, and afterward put
under heavy preswre. Genuine
whalebon, is scarce, and gord iudta
tions will Und abi tula fit use-.
The formation of the electric .ire be
tween carbon rod has ln?en exhibited
by Prof. J. A. Fleming in a Royal
Institution lecture. Experiment has
pron that the arc cannot be starfetl
unless either tlv rod are first brought
into contact or the in.-ulating power
of t he intervening air is broken down
by an electric spark. In a magnified
image of the arc it i Keen that the
positive earbon is most intensely hot
at th extremity, and is hollowed out
into a crater, from which about 80 per
cent of the light is emitted. The neg
ative carbon is less hot The space,
between the two. the true arc. is lilled
with carbon vapor, which ha the
violet color of incandescent carlon,
while outride this is an aureole of car
bon vapor of a golden color. The
light being 'due chiefly, to the incan
descence of the carbon in ths crater, is
most intense in the direction from
which the largest tirea of the crater
can 1m teen.
A new process for manufacturing
paving blocks, building materials and
other objects from wood fiber is re
ported to have been patented in Swit
zerland ami other countries. The fiber,
is lirst rendered antiseptic by treat
ment with vitriol, corrosive sublimate,
etc... and is then mixed with a suitable
aggkeaierant having mortar as a base.
The plastic material so obtained is
pressed into moulds. The objects
made are light, porous and tough, bad
conductors of -sound and heat, and
can le sawed, nailed, drilled, and oth
erwise treated like wood."
In a itc.ent terrible accident in a
ehemienl factory at Mulhouse, Alsace,
a man ws literally and completely
distolvvd in sniphuricacid. -An explo
sion of nitrobenzol seems to havo
blown, him into .a large tiough con
taii. ing sulphuric acid to a depth of
about lii tee fret", and the-discovery in
thi t rough of his rubber respirator,
with some porcelain button and oth
er more or Je insoluble articles, was
the only evidence of his fate.
In (ieruian experiments, copper has
been found to prolong the existence of
leaves on potato vines, and increaso
the number and size of. the tubers. ' A
two per cen evolution of sulphate of
copper -in lime water was sprinkled
on the plants.
A r.evv f pecies of giraffe of a bright
chestnut color, with almost invisible
white stripes has been discovered in
Somaiiland by Major Wood, of the
British army.
The first "Homo saloon" was
opened ih Chicago Tuesday Feb
ruary 5th. It was organized by
the temperance women of that
city, ami its ambition is to 'furnish,
all of the attractions of the Saloon
without its demoralizing iniiutn
ees. Handsome women serve the
refreshments, which are of a non
intoxicating' variety, and free
hmcliJs constantly on the counter.
Tho plan would never be a success
in any other place except Chicago.
Thougdi we art in favor of trying
it in Hickory:
Dr. Johnson tiiank immoderate
quantities of tea and kept a pet cat.
Aristotle found amusement in walk
iug on the seashore and collecting
specimens of what?
lie; ond Comp erison
Are t he good qualities possessed b
lio .",tV: . SarsaparSl i:v. Above all it
pal ifu-s tin btoful, .! 'all's st ! e'gthesiir.
t :e i.-.-vts; ir itguiates ?i.e uiget
ori;a.is. in vi -r;ii s the kidneys a:d
b it. . loiu '-s aiul I ui !.-. u;i ent r-
svstem. cures
er Is:ep'-i
Catvrrh and Rheni;
at .-lii. M-t : s
ami only Ho ;:".
Hoodj Fills cur;
ioi:st:e.' jauudue,
herd ' :e.
all
liver ills, bd-
ital'gesUOil. sick
7-4 c.
s, h : t tabled his
F.N Sc-Ti t;
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him a i r.iti ! r-?iatesSe ;ir.
Islurn . '.i.-riis. sf Tenia tsee. )sa-
been e:ee;.-d. fo foitrtli term in the
U. S. St n.iie.
tifSC SAVSO
MY WaP Z. m
Tlic cid-fashioncd and al
ways rciiablc remedy for
sto:r.ach disorders. One
bottle has killed 614 worms.
Thousands of people living to-day
owe their life to this medicine.
The same good medicine
FOR CHILDREN
that it was fifiv years ego. .
I f your tlruKist or r torekt-nr does net
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The i obacco Croo
requires a Urc amount cf fuVIi. -
thai the . largest yields r.r.d the
fertilizers containin
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pleasetl to learn that there is at least
one dieaded disease that science has
been abh to cure in all its htages. and
that ns Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical lraternity. Catarrh being a
con-f it utional dis ase. requires a cin
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Cure is taken internally, acting di
reeth on the blood ami' mucous sur
faces of the svstem, thereby ' destroy
ing tot? bMitiiiatioii of theo!isease, .and
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nature in doing its .work. The pro
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George III. was passionately fond
of music and during his madness could
always be chimed by the sound of an
organ.
Rheumatism is primarily caused by
acidity of the blood. Hood's HarsapA
rilla' purifies the blood, and thus cures
the disease.
Voltaire was afraid to'sleep in the
dark and invariably awoke if his can
dle went out.
Queen Elizabeth was very profane !
and when angry would kick and cuff
her maids.
oor
ealth
means so much more than
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comes from the
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tvon i statu your
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It Cures
Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver
Neuralgia, Troubles,
Constipation, Bad Blood
Malaria, Nervous ailments
Women's complaints.
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