Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-01-13
Scientific Miscellany.

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fiiy peen looheu upon "' ial nIV!o
P'o'lNe Ii llah Vne olhef' "ne'' Su'jeo'''
10 any suuuen III pact
1t seems possible that an American
plant may furnish the desired antdote
to the French vine pest, which has ~
desoIated the vineyards OF the continent
of Europe, In communication to the
Paris academy NJ. Gllchcz states that he
has ifed the experiment OF sowing rcd
'H'i'o corn IN t'ie SP'''a between IHe
''Hc- PI"Hv anu ~ 'NelF oaIe VIe lneS
nearest ,y I'e maze were iu'!e ',fe f 'IT'n
'ne pm! Joker" lL'ec'' " "H'c" 'Ac "'''
ease Is que
me attempI 10 gro" lhdia-ruDoel anu
Nan'ia ID hehgaI mas mus lar Iaileu'
ana Is pfopaDlE lnlpIa'IlcHole' U,'t Illele
Is good prospect thaI ihe Cul'l'a'i0h
ol lhe lpecacuailila pant Will hooh pe
successfully esIa1II'lieu III seNeIal I'dilS
Vi luul"' me pT'' quaII'! VI iPeo"ou-
anna Is haliEe Oh hT"ziI, puI Ihe IasV re-
port oi Vl't uirettof Vi 'he to!ai pot"Ilic ~
Safdeh al 'aIcut'a states Iuai 'Lc luoIa
PrGGuct Is no" equai 70 IT, ..
Inc manner IN "hich 'he various c8fhlF-
ofou' water .. cues breathe was Ie. IT,
crhIi! eApiaiheV 10 Ilir LlIil'eail So'leVy
OF L0huoh' oy M y: I1harP' ne L'tH' E
'loheo one species WHich 'ta!S u"ue' ne
wafer 90 'iii'eS az lohg as IL stays oH Tue
surface ana ano'iler "nl2h remains uH-
"erheaIl ohly I'VE uhles aS l9RS as II
stays ABOVE ! heSe exam pies a!lo" "hat
great lDeq4a!lIy Vheft Is among wafer
pee'ies III 'heir lacullleS ior Ae'P'ns oe-
10" lhe suriace'
Few persons, says DR.. Elliott Coyes, OF
the United states army, in the Ameri-
can Naturalist, realize what an enormous
number of birds are killed in this coun-
Try by flying against the telegraph wires.
He estimates that not less than several
hundreds Of thousands Of birds are an
nually destroyed in this way In the
course of an hours riding on the road
between Denver and Cheyenne, along
which runs a telegraph line, Dr. tUyes
counted upon the ground the bodies of a
hundred birds which had thus unwll-
tingIy slain themselves, and actually
witnessed one case Of the killing, Along
some particular stretches OF wire tn"
dead birds averaged at least one to every
interval between the poles. " Given
one hundred dead birds to three miles OF
wire, all killed, perhaps within a week
or given three birds Sc N to strike and
fall in an hour how much" a,Es the
writer, "are annually killed by the tele
graph wires OF the United States +"
II isweIl known that linseed oil. boiled
until if has lost five per ceu,.ot its weight
assumes the appear'ncc or condition O
moIassps, and when the loss is twelve pe,
cent if changes into mas. strongly re
sembling caoutchouc. 10 test the dry
ing uroperties of oil, boiled for yariou
Iengths uf time NJ Saac states that h,
annli,d them to n deal board. the re
snIt was that the oil which had beer
boiled for the space Of ten minutes be
j came a fine. Transparent vanish il
twenty Eur hours. that which had tn,
consistency of mola..a, was NOT re.intiec
in fftern dovs and that Loilej to tn,
consistency Of cooutchouc remained en-
tirelv unal,pred From thi. il woul,
annror that the Ilyin, nrorp,ty !, no
inpgoyed by concentration of the oil
incnrdint, to Dr Sturras an FnUlisI
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WaEu lnlS ulStdst is ~ great VIdl llI'
child will ORIGINATE il He saw.
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