Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-09
Points Of science.

sA1f Points OF science. ~ h9Di
, SciEKrIFIc education DhasF found b ID
) | way even to ConstantinopIe, and lee
} | lures on natural philosophy are nov
: being delivered IN the 9 Turkish Ian
guage. erow YsdT ,lnf11nU et
, PRoF FISHER has been removed from
! the chair of chemistry in the California
:, State University becaIse he declined Il
} assay some ores gratuittOrply yfpr for one p
"A The Longitude ofsMoFo Lights Hav.
ana, Cuba, as given in the latest edition
of the British Admirety. list of lights
in the West Idies, is nearly a mile in err
: ror. So Professor Harkness, Of Che
United States Navy, has ascertained..
i WHEN the leaden rife bullets are fred
? against iron targets, the lead As melted
I and spsttered upon the target in the
form of star. This fact Is stated a. the
: result of careful experiments recently
) made at Basle, in cSwitzerland- . 1soaib
de A AREAGTfFgL spider from GFeece, Hliioh
i feeds on grasshopper, was exhibited at a
= meeting Of the London Archaeological
4 Society son the 5ths of Decemberol He
was alive and well, although he remained
without food since last Jtlly. % DSaasi'
T. THE French iAeAdeny of sefences kSs
held its 'sittines regularly since he com
mencement of the siege of Paris, and
? its journal has been regtlafly pnbIished.
iIt has been largely rdeyoteaH To- discus
soGs OF miltsy military Si sfienes end nlsI9 balloon
sl1 Books which have been handled dur
ing recovery from=SeaHlet-feEer- should
be burned afterstheyoh have HssTEedD DtheiIi
purpose fsr the eetieSpt a EriteE eps
recovery such b6ol8 frequently become
charged with the germs Of the disease
a. The strongest vegetable fiber, known
is said to be that OF the New Zealand
haxn 1t has long sword like leaves, 1ten
d to twelve feet in length It is used, by
the settlers for binding their sheaves,
fastening their ogates,I tying ap itheir
horsfso and apaddf in Al almost eyerys P9sfiPle
fs9 eREh4 eREh4 niIhhibefs of Rcatefpffla&rse, seGo5f u a
4 species 1hithelto) unknownf there have
made their. appearance in the country
7 about Halifax, Nova Scotia, and their
! presence and ltheimlnenss injury which
: they did hast summer tolthe, .caglidoFer
crops have recently formed topics Of
discussion at the Institute of n atufal
science, 5lIat s4snflsbni donN IL
:, ;eIs:I z - Iii I'll
ubaEs .~;stJ tIa4 'r.;1,s e,f t,sI;a
j known, as the N Madras Presidency, once
remarked that he would eat all the coal
, ever found there, The 15Vi6s lof India
{ states that excellent and abundant de
: posits have been discovered, and that
great anxiety 9is aconsequentlys felt for
DIR. Oldham, as he is, man Of strict
, tveracity and honor AZ
t4s Inicroscope reVeais tne IacS efas ~.
9PecH9 ~ ny ~ ~ .1ol spl,'
heaa S:t1I 4onIsiils ls ao9uf sMo 19lI 81 ast
M tIu ..oI, s On. Sa@,,;.e
o Sd - I - ,a,E sl,e,s
nhu IN evSiy VI Ir ,9l7s
f aoous @ = snouss D;~1;' ai.'t "a L~~. ~.
"rSecnSS Nlieetpe "ttst tiott,s
, ana daggers Sy reaoy 70 POKE mem enI1u l,S ~
our was a. any mo.nen anS ~ mi'HO. .Len
sn1 y f~so >tsS
i"'iioi l-ilA' iliNo A. ,acf-f,h ho4udfrtstb
f THE most curious ant in the world il
the parasol of the est Indies If the
accounts which, we receive of its, habit
II are correct. These ants walk IN long
procession, eachione cerTyInga cut'lea1
{ over its head as Parasol IN the sun, and
they deposit these IN holes ten or twelve
feet under grpundj apparently with no
, other object than, to form q scomtQrtable
nest for a species of white snake, which
Iisl inyariably found ooiled Iup among
them on digging out the deposit a ~
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RG1ERoADs M AfEx1co- Herapath q
Z \ Ra ailwayo Journal Of rDecefuberi 81 st. 1870
-cti0ites q repdrt of meeting of the stock.
; 4 4RoIderslof altlie MexicathhD Railway Com
: | pauv.- From the repOrtread al the niset
tttne It appears that there are lI6 miles oi
I railroad in running order from ON the efty
/ Eof MexioO,to Pnebia. which, during stlif
| 4 first ten months of 1870, earned $545,
220: tIe s,tof Irffi4 exxpefi ses for til q same
: perfodf amounted cto 4a0S ,625s Ieavin,
4 \ $246. .705 as profit. The section of thS
I road from Vera Cruz to Paso del AfachC
/ ia AZ miles, LONG and, dtfrine the frs
nine months of 1870 earned Sl43.2O5
the working EXPENSES ariosinted tc
Y 1873 80. leaving only e4.835 profit Par
,,dIof the sum charged to working expen
s. ses, However, was used in construction
dhe Lpa5msnts mae y r. Inc 80 Meznis, n;a,
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q Co. Eli co,t;r,,s n baraTried ON. alon,
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