The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-03-08
Curious and Scientific.

M. Dubrunfant states that the |
most tainted fat may deprived of
its unpleasant odor by frying, and
that after being treated SO IN
proper manner it may be used for
all culinary preparations, and even
for pastry.
M. DeFonveille records an obser-
walton of 81. Jansen during a re-
cent balloon ascension, and infers
that the dizzying g5iations to which |
balloons are subject to may be stop |
ped by making the car oscillate like
a pendulum.
NJ. Hamon, a Partisan manufac-
turer, has succesGGd, by an i'm
proved process, in coating lead
pipes with covering of block-tin
less than two-hundredths of an
inch in thickness, and yet accord
ing to N. Tresca, all the advantages
of bloek-tin pipes are obtained.
Prof. Davidson, of the United
States Coast Survey, found that
sandstone cliff seventy feet high,
was so much effected by the suns
rays that he was obliged to remove
his instruments one hundred feet
from the edge, in order to find a
sufficiently steady support. a
A cement recently Invented by NJ.
Sorel, of Paris, in which the most
/ important element is oxide of mag
nessium, surpasses all other kinds
of artificial stone In strength and
hardness, and Is equaled by few, if
any, ofthe natural stones that are
employed for building.
! The fine screw points of augers
and anger bits are formed by the
sharp edge of soft steel plate run =
ming with speed of ID, 900 evolutions
per minute. Notwithstanding this
| immense velocity, q skillful operator
| performs the work without heating
the tools enough to hurt the temper.
Attempts are being made to in
| troduce into England the electric
system for preventing boiler in
crustation. The experiment has
been tried In this country and gen.
orally discarded, the best American
engineers prefelring pure water as
| the best of all representatives., and
| frequent blowing off, or thorough
washing, as the best method for re-
moving scale.
No trace of man has been found
in any deposits formed during the
glacial period in Northern Europe,
but the absence of early human re-
mains is easily accounted for by the
lease with which the bones decay.
The oldest human skulls that have
been found are the same type as
those of races now existing.
President Woolsey supposes
that the Greek boeEyli or 6oetyIiG,
sacred stones, which are reputed In
several instances to have fallen
from heaven, were ofmetoric origin.
He considers the word of Oriental
origin, probably from Bethel, "the
house of God" and that it denoted
a sacred stone of selfish! represent
ing and supposed to be inhabited
by god or demon.
The recent frequency Of mining
accidents has induced Mr.. Herm on,
M. P. for Preston, to offer a prize
of two hundred pounds to the au-
thor of the two best essays upon the
means of preventing disasters in the
mines. The miners themselves are
invited to compete for the prize,
and it is expressly stipulated that
the decision of the judges shall not
be Influenced by defect of style.
Rev. John T. Gulick, missionary in
Mongolia, maintains that although
the grammatical structure of the
Mongol is wholly different from
that of the Chinese and of the cog
nate languages Of Thibet and Siam
there are nevertheless plain evi.
dences of early connection between
the languages. The common ele,
ment is found in the fundam entaI
conceptions which control the. clas-
sifcation and nomenclature of Ger.
tain groups Of ideas.
The recent Swedish and German
expeditions to the Arctic region
and their confirmation of DIR. Kane'i
discovery of the open Polar Sea,
have inclined many British geogra-
pliers to favor a scheme Of explora-
ton by the way of Smiths Sound
and some endeavors are being
made to induce the Admiralty tt
: organize a new expedition. The ex
cellent influence of such enterprises
upon the naval service is urged as 6
|. powerful argument in their favor.
Synd Ahmed Khan has published
portions of Mohamm ed an common
, tary on the Bible. In the preface
he states that the Mohammedans al.
SO regard the genuine Christian
f Scriptures as inspired and authori-
} tive, and laments that each party
is so ill-informed as to the doctrines
/ of the other, whence arise religious
| differences and rancor, of which he
would fain remove the cause. He
gives comparative tables of MOham-
| medan and Christian years down
: to A. D. 1882, when according to
Moslem traditions, the world is to
come to an end.
Voices Of the Loved Ones.