Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-28
Scientific N0,aa

plant, at the end of four wears. Droilnco
in that period 10, 600, GOO, 600, OOO, 900
seeds, enough to seed the globe, allow
ing it's surface to contain, 1.40O. $50
590, 0l4, 400 square feet, giving seven
plants to the foot.
HE water supplied TO the city of !
Munich contains nitric acid and salt
petre. Professor A. Wngnor states that
the amount of water used by the city
III one year, by the ordinary water
pipes, contains saltpetre sufficient to
make IL, l06 cwt. of gunpowder.
The carpet worm is new pest Just
discovered. II is Of dark color, less
th"n half m inch in length, and GOV.
cred with fine hair, It makes havoc
with carpets ina short time. It is said
that line salt or 6ne cedar chips sprin-
Killed. on the edge of the carpets will
protect them from it's ravages.
NJ. MEYER has reported to the Acad-
envy OF Sciences. France, discovery
OF great value IN factories where
mercury is used. 1t appears from
his experiments that ammonia gas
modlties the unpleasant and suifocat.
ing air OF silvering factories to such
IN extent to result favorably on the
health of the workmrn. He recon-
mends sprinkling the floor of silvering
shops with solution of ammonia.
LIE following coating has proved
very effective in preventing the pene-
tration of moisture on the weather side
OF walls: Pitch, sc pounds, resin, 80
pounds, red ochre, 6. pounds, fine
Drlck .dust, IL pounds, all boiled
together, with constant stirring, and
then sufficient oil or turpentine-
one quarter the volume of the above
added to cause it to spread readily. 1t
is to be laid on as thin as possible with
a bristle brush.
1T is well known that leather articles
kept in stables soon become brittle IN
consequence of ammoniacal exhala-
tions, which afford both harness hang
ing up in such localities and the shoes
of those who frequent them. The
usual applications of grease is not
always sufficient to meet this difficulty:
hut it is said that by adding to them q
small quantity of glycerine the leather
will be kept continually in soft aud
pliable condition.
SALT is a simple remedy for many
| things. It will cure sick headache.
make cream freeze. make the butter
come, take ink stains out of cloth of
any kind, kill wens, kill worms make
the ground cool, so that it is more con-
genial to celery, cabbage, etc., ease
the pain caused by irritable skin dis
eases, like hives, itch, &c. produce
vomiting or stop it, as you like; and
many other things too numerous to
mention.
Iris reported that the expedition at
present engaged in exploring the west
coast of Patagonia has captured Z
specimen of the hucmul, an animal
almost lost sight of by naturalists.
Molina, in his " Natural History of the
Andes" 1882, describes it as species
of horse, or rather an ass, with it's hoofs
divided like ruminants. He says it
inhabits the most inaccessible parts of
the Andes, and is difficult to be taken.
Mr.. E. G. Reed, on the other hand
pronounces it to be stag.
ALMOST the last scientific work done
by the late DIR. Gustav Rose, of the
University of Berlin, consisted of Sc
ries of experiments relating to the
action of diamonds and graphites un-
der heat. His paper on this subject
appears in the last number of Peggen-
dorff7s Annulen, and is illustrated with
a plate showing the appearances exhib-
tied by several diamonds after exposure
to heat, giving especial prominence to
the curious triangular impressions de.
veloped on the faces OF the diamond by
the action of high temperature.
RECENT experiments have confirmed
the superstition that the inferior quality
of certain kinds of wheat and rye -four
is frequently due to the action of sun.
light, by which, even when in bags OF
barrels, the gluten suffers metamor
phosls similar to that Occasioned b1
heating in the mill. The tendency thus
impaired to it to become lunpy, and
to form dough without toughness, is
similar to that of flour from moist
grain, or of -four when it is too fresh
or made from grain ground too early
or when adulterated with barley meal
Such Hour can be improved by keeping
for some weeks. ...
GALL BORDEN, of White Plains, N
T., the preparer of condensed milk
has made some experiments for til.
purpose of determining the correc
weight of crude milk. He took tn,
milk OF several COWS, and mingling i
together and thoroughly cooling it, h,
carried it to the United States Scale
of Weights and Measures, who mea
sured and weighed the milk by accu
rate government measures and weights
The result was that quart of milk 8,
measured and weighed and weighed
ON delicate scales was equal to 3 lbs
p OF. The tests were made at differ
ent times, but without materially vary
ing the weight.
i. HERR HE1sCH, German scientist, il
a recent paper on the pollution of waite,
by sewage, furnishes very simple tes
to SHOW whether water is fit for genera
use. "Good water, he says, sshoult
be free from color, unpleasant olo
, and taste, and should quickly afford
lather with q small portion of SOAP
Ii half a pint of water be placed in
perfectly clean, colorless glass .stop
pied bottle, few grains of the hes
white lump sugar added, and the bottl
freely exposed to tho daylight in tn
, window of a warm room, the iqui,
should not become turbid, even afte
, exposure for week or ten days. i
the water becomes turbid, it is open tx
the grave suspicion Of sewage contain
, ination, but if it remain clear, it i
almost certainly safe"
Ann ~ I n,.rl lyn~I.-S.