The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-14

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| SCIENTIFIC.
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xrBE rossrnmsnt Of Brazil has offered I
premiuin Of 81 900 h gold, for some practi
oal msthod q preserving bel for szpmta'
ton.
Il may not be generally known that d,
bodies % trees grow Only in the fala Of TIL
years Ibssaps cpE1moAoes TO run doNn In
= tie trsnk from the upper basnchss whef
its 6rst frostss aoms up0n us, thns giving I
flesh impetus 10 The body Of sAe Urea.
6sNuprnAnlR excitemsnt hss been creates
/ lately In Enxlnna and Franoe BY shs frequen
inssnnces 10 which eruptions have broker
oet upon he skins Of persons wearing rel
/ And yglloR Worstsd socks and under gar
ments, suppossd 70 be cansed by the dye
stnlfs used In giving these goods their gay
coiors. chemical ansiYsis shows that TIL
dye Do which this effect 10 attributed Ia
iofm pf he nsv substance aniline, extracte
ffon petroleum, which In cert.in cases u
docowposed bY the perspiFation, aud Ihsr
ndisvns We ta51ues Of the akin. Il u MOI
exsTy one, however, to whom this happens
becsnse Is requires m unususllY alkaline
qusIity of the persDiratioa. Still, there h
und0nhfsaav esrssin amount Of risk, which
might - vel. bs avoided.
TIE Arctic exploring ship Germania, sent
OUT by The Prassian government. has return.
cd 70 Bremen, without having penetrated "a
her destiaation, which was she North Pole,
TIE explorers made supdry attempts TO land
on different parts Of the coast Of Greenland,
bps we're always pFyvsated BY ice and 10
<heif sndesyors 70 sail westward they were
stopped BY ice forty feet thick. Thus baf-
fed, they made for Spitzbsrgen, whence,
sailing nOrthward, they reached their high
est latitnde, 81 degrees = minutes, in 1e de-
grees east longitude, where ice again turned
them back. 10 iss main object, the expedi-
tisr has therefore Jailed but something has
been done in the rectihcation OF charts and
n collecting ohjecta Of natural history.
A oGAsrLx scientific discovery 10 reported
from Turin, where Professor Oasturani, the
celebrated ocuiist, has, IL would sppesr,
found awxY Of killing animals, by forcing
air into thsir syss, mithin tho space Of few
seconds and, Il u thought almost without
causing Thorn any pain. Within the space
81 > few minutes four rabbits, three dogs,
and goat were killed In this manner. The
moes remarkable thing about this .killiug
made sasy,y b the faos that Il leaves absoA
iDtsly no outward trace; and % can bs ~
eHSiI5 spilled 70 men as to animals. II 90,
it1e % be hnPea thar the method ID not easy
Is spplicstion.
Tx qusatiea s.Shall We sssr iearn to nysP
xecoFding % thu Abatement 81 q Russian jour.
nsiist, In about 70 be soivsd. IN . letter ad.
dressed 70 the Lsmberg 8iac0, be mentions
the lnventiou &C mschins for navigating
the air The mokiEs poNeris steam, AID the
invcntDF estimktes the attdinAble speed &c
eighty miles per howr.s Rsasnts have besn
tied him ~ several European govern
Cuzrous osszcA1 ErYncz.--Tws s.ssight
lines, pfacea IN relAsion % each. Is icdiestsd
---i the diaRra9, Seen greatly
dispropcrti9Rats In length, a.
"A a. xtheuEh lhey ere sxastlP squnl.
We have sxlsd Shs illnsory e.
pertinent q .hundrsd 6nea %
Is mahy di1srsns persons, and
they hare inysriabiy prouounc-
"a he pop eelsr hns nedh A. lsngspt
Rk1zra nioubs. DIR. Lisinesson, rslssinr
NJ adventurss o. lake Nykssa, thus tsIls one
curiosity ,mhitk n fellsin Minh Dnfinr &
pcvton q tke year, The noffhStn d8elIsS3 ofI
10 laks haxe = havxsns which fnrnishea :
Iinxular kind Of food. A Ne spproach orr
limit u fhe& dirpcaso8 cAD0d& = ufssulu1ra
nriuink ff0m milss 0f burning erass. were a. |
nrvsd bsnaink ~ . Seufhs1Stsrly direction