The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-07-18
ry dry snow that falls on cold day weighs
about nine and half pounds.

about nine ana hall pounds.
Professor Artus recommends the adj
dition of little glycerine TO the fat en-
ployed I'm greasing leather. The expo
sure OF harness or other articles of leather
to ammonia causes them rapidly to be-
come rotten; such articles should there
fore be protected from the ammoniacal
fumes Of stables.
| A writer In the Rural World says that
any fruit-grOwer can convince himself
that stocks influence the character of the
fruit If he will put gratis from one tree
into twenty different young trees In his
orchard when they come into bearing,
he will find that the fruit will be different
I'm all.
1t has been demonstrated by recent
experiment that the injection Of carbonate
of ammonia into the blood produces an
epileptiform condition of the nervous sys-
TEN; whence an eminent medical man
draws the conclusion that epilepsy is Of
ten produced by the action Of this carbon
ate upon the nerve centers.
Several new methods for concentrat-
ing sulphuric acid have been proposed.
earlier recommends passing steam of
three atmospheres' pressure through lead
EN- worms lying at the bottom of wooden
tubes lined with lead inside, and filed
with acid of sp. or. Is which, as soon as
its gravity has risen TO IL, is transferred
into another wooden tank Of the same
Kind.
A new and valuable discovery bearing
upon the science of comparative philology
Is described by DIR. Bastian, Of Berlin, in
his recent paper on the physiological for
nation of language. He finds as broad
distinction that among the older races Of
America and Africa consonants greatly
predominant, while in the Malay-Polyne-
sian dialects vocal sounds are strongly in
the asoendancy, and that the phonetic pc
culiarities of language are the determin-
ing forces in its grammatical structure.
A writer in the Prairie Farmer makes
a sensible suggestion as to the use that
might be made Of the thermometer In the
kitchen. People talk about ovens as be-
ing hot, quick, or slow; but these terms
have different meaning for each individ-
ual. The writer proposes to have a Their
mometer in the oven, which will register
exactly the heat. With an Oven so fur
nished, something like rational directions
may be given as TO the heat and length of
time required for the proper cooking of
articles Of food. The writer also speaks
approvingly Of an oven with door of
glass. which allows the cook to see at a
glance how the process goes on.
In long dissertation read before the
French Scientific Congress, DR.. Papilland
recommends smallpox incubation, after
vaccination, as a preventive of epidemic
smallpox. He maintains that vaccination
alone affords sufficient immunity against
infection from sporadic smallpox; but
when the disease has become epidemic
vaccination Is not enough, indeed is Of lit
tie value. Nor will revaccination avail,
for even after second introduction of the
vaccine virus into the system, the subject
is liable to be attacked. The author,
therefore, recommends as safe and sure
preventive, the employment first of vac
cine, and afterward incubation, the pur-
pose of the vaccination being TO remove
the danger that might otherwise attend
the introduction of the smallpox virus.
School and Church.
Rev. Joseph Mason has been appoint
ed missionary at Tiblow, Kan.
Rev. K. Douglass, of Woonsocket, II.
L., has been appointed Indian Agent at
White Earth Reservation, MINI.
"A Welsh Congregational church of
twenty-five members has been organized
at West AustintOwn, Ohio.
Rev. DIR. Robins, of Rochester, has
Colby University, Maine.
Bishop Glossbrenner, of the United
Brethren in Christ, has been made ID. ID.
by the Lebanon Valley College, Annville,
Pa.
last year raised for the support of mis-
sions 81 800, and expended within its own
bounds So, S3s for mission purposes.
The Da,,o hoe cant N x;oh and hoo,,ts
fully chased episcopal ring rs a token OF
his admiration to the firm and courageous
Bishop Of Ermeland.
Rev. N. M. Wood, ID. d.. of Lewis
ton, Me-, has been appointed Professor of
Theology and History in Shurtleff Col
lege, Upper Alton, Ill.
Rev. Mr.. Murray is again preparing
for a sojourn in the Adirondack region
which has become so famous through his
books and lectures.
Rev. :. b. Morse, of First Baptist
church, Stockton. has been elected Pro-
fessor of Ancient Languages and Litera-
ture in California College.
Rev. A. j. Van Wagner, of Chicago
Theological Seminary, has accepted call
TO the passionate of the Congregational
church at Elmwood, Ill.
The three Scotch churches--the Free,
the Established, and the United Presby-
terian-raised over five million dollars
last year for all church objects.
Bishop Persico, of Savannah, has,
with the consent of the Pope, gone TO
Canada to become Vicar General of the
many orders ard congregations of reiig-
lenses in the archdiocese of Quebec.
Hanover College has conferred the
degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Rev.
Francis ID. Patton, Professor of Sympa-
thetic Theology in the Theological Semi