The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-02
Curious, Useful and Scientific.

DELAWARE has more consumptives
than any other State in proportion to
population.
The British Society for the Advance.
ment of Art offers $1,000 reward for a
pigment or covering that will perfectly
protect iron from rust and fouling.
The preserving of fruits 10y the pro-
cess known as canning" has grown to
such an extent that the manufacturers
of cans are unable to fill their orders.
A Scorer diver at work on a sunken
ship was recently compelled to suspend
operations on account of the fierce at
tacks of the Holsters and crabs that had
taken possession of the vessel.
A NEW style of barometer, composed
of two slender strips of cedar and white
wood glued together, and attached by
pivot to a cross.bow shaped frame, is in
use on lake vessels. Atmospheric vari-
atoms cause the whitewood TO expand
or contract, thereby moving an indica-
tor in directions corresponding.
IN the Prussia cavalry stables the
| soldiers are not permitted to destroy
spiders cobwebs. BY catching flies
they prevent them from teasing the
horses.
| EXCELLENT bricks are now made of
the refuse of the English coal mines,
which, for ordinary building uses, are
said to answer every purpose, being
fully as hard and durable as the COM
mon clay brick.
IT is said that when Audubon, the
distinguished naturalist, was resident
of Henderson, KY, his inseparable
companion was a petted wild turkey,
that would follow the great naturalist in
all his walks, and remain in his study
as would dog.
The progress Of scientific education in
Turkey is worthy of note We learn
from the Saturday Review that the hall
OF the recently opened university al
Constantinople twas filled every even
ing with an attentive audience eager to
hear from Mohammedan teachers the
results Of the last advances of European
thought"
A DANGEROUS species of venomous fish
has been discovered at the Island o.
Nautilus, in the Indian ocean. 1t il
known as the Latte, and is abundant
throughout the adjacent seas. The
poison is contained in little bags stu
ated at the base of the spines of the
dorsal or back fin.
THE discovery of the remains of ar
extinct gigantic bird of prey in New
Zealand is announced by Prof. Owen
the distinguished paleontologist. This
creature is supposed TO have been about
twice as large as the great wedge.tailec
eagle of Australia.
DONATE, the astronomer, has written
letter on auroras, in which he maintains
that these phenomena depend on al
exchange of electricity between the sur
and the planets.
Nor long ago the whole stock of par
affine wax in the whole world did no
exceed four ounces, and it was CAREFUL,
preserved in the laboratory of Prot
Liebig as a chemical curiosity. The
quantity has waxed since, and there il
now produced in Scotland alone not les
than 5000 tons annually.
The researches at Jupille, Belgium
continue to afford interesting results
Recently Roman eagle, jeweled, was
taken up, anu Ten pllIdTs, erecteu on
granite pavement, each being seventy
five ceptimetres, or about thirty
inches in height, the whole ranged
round space of about yard square
have also been unearthed. These pillar,
are of red clay and are cylindrical.
THE magneto.electric exploder of Bre
guet, from the simplicity of its construc
ton and avoidance of the use of vol
taic battery, will probably soon displac'
all other methods now employed fo
discharging explosives in blasting anC
mining operations. The electric cur
rent is obtained by the sudden remova
of the keeper of a permanent magnet
and i, OF sufficient power to nave pro
duced an explosion at Bordeaux from
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