The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1871-11-22
AND SCIENTIFIC,

II MALT Without GERMINA11oN.-
z to the Athcndeun. DIR. Blake has
in making malt without germina-
|paklng barley in dilute nitric acid, |
ly elevated temperature
'ligists Of Vienna and other CONT
htals are using liquid calophony in
solid rosin. The mixture, applied
mel's-hair brush, is said to neither
bows nor the strings. and "a last
r playing. 1t is also stated th?S the
i've out 4 clearer tone than when
4 Is used.
tntifc american says 1t is impossi-
|tstruct a burglar-proof safe, torthe
b his cylinder OF compressed n.y.
nd oxygen, can in q few seconds
IS of any size in the hardest metal,
ill enabling him in a few minutes
ais way into the strongest safe that
constructed. To what perfection
getting.
est theory-a plausible one-ofthe
volcanoes, is thatnroposed by Prof.
"a distinguished English geologist.
utes such eruptions solely to the &C.
?am raised 10 great power proper
to the depth at which it was form
ing the assumed increase OF the
temperature with the increase of
I'm the surface. Professor Phillips |
ihe limit of twenty miles as equal
cling sufficient heat TO raise steam
rcssure Of forty thousand atDos-
)r in other words. that at thirty
pth the earth's internal tempera-
Id be equal TO raising steam offorce
to support a column of lava thir-
IS high.
Jon is called to the enormous man.
of the new sedative drug chloral.
don Lancet states that it is sold By
eek, and quotes a letter from Baron
,firming that one German chemist
ures and sells half 3 ton every
Of course, no such quantity is used
inc, and the Lancet seems half afraid
is into beer /; but. the London !Spe;-
g, there is a simpler explanation
ichloral lisa new and popular vice,
arly among women. and is doing at
much harm as alcohol. The drug
1 thousands of dressing cases, and
f'hO begin its use often grow so ad-
it that they pass their lives in a
contented stupefsctioa. CnlOral
Is will soon be an admitted variety
.|hecies.
|EIRsT Woop CUT.-The earliest
t bearing date is that belonging to
ncer, and representing ST. Christie
Drying the Savior across an arm of
1t has two lines of text beneath il
late. 1923, thus expressed; mil
cooke terclo." Much interest was
lsome few years ago by the discov-
cut in the library at Brussels ap-
bearing an earlier date; but strict
ation has since proved that n of
n tire date had been omitted this
,lst enc hundred years difference in
But the date thus altered i quite
qance with the general character
design and execution Of the cut
m the contrary, do not at all agree
earlier date originally assigned to
ST. Christopher above named was
ed in the cover Of a volume in the
ual Library at Buxheim, in Suabia.
l,ial diamonds are made of peculiar
led straSS. This glass has a prop
t~efracting light in the same way as
aond, and its manufacture has been
to such perfection that an ordinary
cannot distinguish gems made Of
real diamonds. After q few year,
!mon6s tend to crYsta ize, so that in
rs they become turbid and lose all
sire. These stones, however. can
De distinguished by a practical lapi-
various tests, such as hardness and
titles in the cutting. Diamonds are
lated by q system called ~'plockage,'
j a very thin slab of diamond is ce-
to some stone, such as quartz or
spaZ. Other real stones, such as ii
topaz, when they are colored, or
,htly colored, are passed off as dia-
1t is generally supposed that dia-
re white but they ase OF all cOlors.
almonds are made almost entirely in
Alaska and California diamonds are
i;irtz or rock quartz.
LANT.-There is a plant in New
! which, if our ink-makers could
pw 1t in sufficient quantity in this
, would be a fortune to them. The
question is commonly known as
plant, and it is simply the juice that
without any preparation. It's pro-
eem, according TO a tradition in the
to have been discovered during the
] administration. A number of writ
,uments destined for the mother
were embarked in a vessel, and
tied round the Cape; the voyage
Usually tempestuous, and the docu-
:.ot wetted with salt water. Those
with common ink became nearly il
whereas those written with chan
,ae name of the juice) remained unal-
A decree was therefore issued that
Ternment communications should
ten with the vegetable juice. The
f q reddish color when freshly writ
coming perfectly black after a few
:ud it has the recommendation of not
lg a steel pen so easily as ordinary
.IRON RAILROADS.&C. novel use for
I'm has been introduced in Scotland,
3 the adoption OF The metal for rail-
md tramways, at least thus far to a
extent. At a meeting Of the trus-
he Clyde Navigation Company, of
~, the engineer reported that a cast
,mway, which had been laid down on
18th Quay for trial, had stood in a
satisfactory manner the most severe
r more than four months. During
;iod the passing of railway and cart
'ad been almost continuous, but the
|y showed no signs, either of dis
ent In line or level, or of any wear or
repair in any way, being, to all IL
I'D purposes, as perfect as when first
En-. Under the circumstances of the
ests to which the tramway had been
ed, the results were considered high
actory, and the further use of this
|. roadway was recommended. Cast
anyways are, therefore, to be laid
l the quays and yards of the Naviga-
mpany, in Glasgow, with a prospect
results and great economy. Here
,%portunity for American inventors in
way line.-Lon Age.
HER DARwINIS~ WHATS IT."-An
| newspaper says Mr.. Hurst, a taxid-
i0ing business in Madison avenue.
nondescript mummy which was
D forwarded to him from one of the
, Islands, off the coast OF Peru, and
he has succeeded in restoring to its
I shape. Its head, chest, shoulders
ms resemble those of a human being.
rest of the body is very like a white
?ssibly very like a whale-and it has
necfnral lateral 6ns atn Thn n.oL