Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-06

pod sOarlouS and AlCleNllaO. T.
. 'bn oAHNg IA, lhe, nua,berqt Interesting
slSsHlls on the PRnlpas, or yhet plalha ot
the SpuUl American contlnent, that
Darwin has expressed the opinion that
mty tlhe1 NherevuF drawn across those
TtrsutaAsould prohnllly aross the skeleton
lgef Aems extLnct animal - -
IgtTnAp, lha pup "a 40, hnmense bubble OF
hydrpgon gus slirrouildpd 10y n liquid
giowtne enveiope, ~ the latest scientific
suppoeitloh 0in lrrOuapaI tOlptho ePaat
lumihEuyl Of edrJ aystan,sI II, was ssugs
vpniedh uhN fyF - Zellner,, IN q fepprt te,
SsSf besags Che Royal y s&scn m, A.,
y PpoF,0 3, P,tASSLl4, oF,hd AnesAany
Observatory, hns computed tlfo urea Of
ofe ofrtho'SpotAl lRtely visible. near, the
centor nj the ,Hunls, disk, lom, careful
~ taaAesnrements,r and found TO eN.
oeed 1000, 600 sduare niles, Witch Is
rhore' Than ten timesath6 entire Gtaa Of
She e0rehlfIU iHfi Iqhnn Ol1ogg l..
HbFhEr rNaffoais IsolorSSl rlvoodu, used in
making the celebrated GobelinI tapes
tries ore arranged At the manufactory.
according to their shades These shades
are. twenty gl1t thousand in, humber |;
and hs1 an example, 0f the power and
delfuanv of mIman- eyesight1 IL is said
that sswhsn, two of the yapproximate
shades are. compared, the eye dis
tinguishes them Wifi 1 facflftyg and
pereeives theaihtefvalb which sepArates
'thern9 HbH GEa doidw 1sGoa9i SEy
of TIN SsieARks n Gassiea,S ir1nauswer to, a
eorespOndent, gives the q, allowing, sim
pie, but useful rule for scomputina tha
lrelatiYe, power Of howin9 streams:
tf The fnotiVe powet IF lstfeamsI Ilfldwine
equal Solanies Of water5wiIb be directly
sat their fJliAsls Hda stream, through
which given yOlume ct, ,argiyen. point,
Hows ten feet produce at that pointome
hundred horse power, tthe saf6e Nolume
Ealing at lahotkeR Ipointl twenty feet
sNOuld VislS Sstwa hu4dred. horse power.
The heTse Power Of any body Of fall;
ing water is the Weight IN pounds
Which falls per minute multi pliei
iRto the distance in feet through which
pity falis, and bthe gpFodaeti divided by
sTshUy1svs oifo EnA
81 FTIYsICIAE in Australia according
to -gthe, BritiSh Medical Gazeke,, has dis
covered way Of disting giishinE human
blood FROM thep bleed Of otheFG animals.
1t is wonderfhAHssimple andSs thus de.
seribed-s e A. small drop, not a mere
spagss sp6 TIE bloDd ista be placed on a
microscopic slide, and carefully watch
Fed, ,1ataabemPenatl of b4sdegrees TO IS
hldsgrssSs Fahrenheit, until the picture 81
network FORMED by Its coagulation is
depelopeshI dHnmRItS blood n speedily
breaks up int, smsll pattern network
7Iohger tirn&g ian Hnakessa . larger pat
term butt the blood of every Ahima.
| seems to- form Z! chafaetefistie pfc
ftlreA7sW W nToTttnos sqoe7l Ga '
P"'"ohiiT F0%Rgn GOsSiH ssIs 1oi 3
I rHtjlatenMEfBrazseyJ the sgreat hing
lish railway contractor, left behind hin
a fortune Of E7, 100000, Or l$35, ,000, 900
Y Ma CHARLES F R0bsHAM, thea avofidif9
newned ohronometer maker,, died lately
in London. His viii disposed Of prop
erty 70 the amount Or e700OO5 he 9;
/ RoBEkF BRoBiISo haa sold IA pOem fol
flQQ and presented the money to the
| London fund for the relief lok tha IdiB
teesa1 in Paris sTheg titles ef ne poem
2, Mz1DaAaaSS M1a u TasszRia WIS, hg 9ABshSsr ho
SighorS tBIit6x iiss coming ntoRtllis scoun
lltryrip the, spring, to, fulfil an. operate
engagement IN Madame DParepa, ,Rosat
new OfganiEation.o Tho entire troups
will be composed qfsreY ,srtistssA -.
IT is, estimated by. o German writer
that the French 4osses in othe war have
reached five hundred thousand, men, one
hundred and fifty thousand Hors df cont
Dat BY death or Iwo6nds Z TIie Same al-
thority estihlatesi the, German loss al
200, 600 man Tha- Germans occupy 1900
Iasrmam sqpsge 8lilauy Qfl RPNS Shotsrri
tory, contRining about 6,0O0,O00 Of in,
hahitantsA This is a sixth rof the fahd
and Or the people md Ptirh is excluded
II. TRE new GeFnnaiif Esnpffe to have "a
population of Sc, sos, 6S,Iexelusive d
Alsaeeand LorraiIie, which viii IgiVeo Il
l ,639, $40 more, or a total of 40, las, 400
fhisi is the largest population of any
State OF aEuropes except Russias lTha
SgHres for Yarions Sateso are las fq1loYs
ffsSss fffs$sS ssiPRdsi sRE5ss A: az sPd q
SSsS sad - ~
sos s oF Hon No-ss -
been exploring the cAtaracts of, tho
rlGiiesin an iron boat fone hundred and
fifty. tons, q and, drawing three. feot of
water, He made the ascent of one rcata-
ract BY two hupdred men hauling upon
four ropesp Seven letters written hy Mr..
Grinnen aud ppstsrt tonthe bsnksof the
Nile, have preached, their, ,des tinatiohl.
! They are carried a distance OF four hun.
'dred' miles BY relays of Boys, each of
awhomagoes ten miles, with ithe letters
!stfapPed about hiH waist,in belts.
Wanted, Inventions. o. ,Huii
df'The Iscio.ti6cl A5nsriena calls for the
following :oi. .bSnIlssh Al Ls1 .,t,,,.-
a. a true Velocipede, consisting of one
or more wheels, Of suitable diameters,,
with viileaniEedh rubber tires, attached
by h frame work toleach foot, the whole
being q modifcAton and Improvement
of. the parlor skate, the rubber tires
adapting it to the Inequalities Of the
ground. a If a Hloeoimotive cane by this
be made TO drag a load up hin,
as an Scotland, why may not a man with
wheels of similar construction placed
under his feet propeI himself along the
streets at a rapid rate of speed ? Dsso5
"a substitute for Gas, in the illumina1
ton of cities l. electric lights, with YER
teal refectors, placed at such elevations
above buildings, and at such distances
lapart as will illuminatei the different
areas of q city. "A few strong electric
or calcium lights, with good reflectOrs,
suspended, say 100 feet from the ground,
would, like SO many miniature suns and
moons. shed a steady. uniform and saf-