Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-02-08

ton solution of nitrate of silver. The Two
metals are reduced and drawn out about
equally by the pressure of rolls, and long
sheets or bands Of silvered metal are thus
| obtained.
L7rge type,founderies and extensive
| job printers have declared "boy printers"
and amateurs a "nuisance." They psy no
rent, taxes nor Insurance, and obtain their
toek at little or no cost, turn out Indifferent
work, which lowers the standard OF public
taste in such matters, and which competes
in price with experienced workmen and
nigh grade printing, to the great disadVan>
tage of the latter.
Professor Wise, the veteran balloonist,
says balloons may be built of boiler iron, il
built large enough. He says it is battle Of
cubes and surfaces. When the surface is
doubled the cube is quadrupled, aud bAl-
loon four hundred feet in diameter, OF
copperpIate, would lift up q maR.ot.wsr
vessel and sail away with it. He predicts
great achievements for meteorolgy when bal.
looming reaches its fullest development.
Sleep has a most wonderful power,
often stronger than the will as in the case of
| the sleeping soldier, and more mighty thau
pain, as when sick persons and tortured
| prisoners sleep in the midst OF their suffer,
| ing, No torture, it is said, has been found
equal TO the prevention of sleep. The
rmOunt Of s'sep needed differs according to
the constitution and habits Big brains aRd
! persons who perform much brain labor need
q rye amount OF sleep Children need more
Alcep than grown people, because coustruc>
ton is more active than decay in theit
brains.
ln tie northwest has been discovered a
curious bug that lies concealed in flowers
and siezes bees aud wasps, which il holds at
arms IengDh md from which it sucks the
life. It also destroys plant lice, beetle,
butterflies, caterpllsrs, etc. This species
hiss been known TO inf ct paisful puncture
or Ting on the human hand. 1t Is generally
Of yellow color, sometimes SreeDish.
,peckled with brown, and is characterized
by Immensely swollen front thighs. and by
the last joint of the an,ennp being swollen
1t. Oer.desrOying ten Iencles are the most
alarming to naturalists.
In China large quantities of oysters
are dried instead o. being eaten in the fresh
state. For that purpose they are taken from
NV '''Niloj s'ihIlN pllusCu lulO DDlllug wafer
aud then removed AZ once, after which pros
| cess they are exposed to the rays of the sun
until every particle Of the moisture has
tyaporated In that state they will keep for
a length Of time, and are said TO preserve all
the dtlcacy of their flavor. The finest and
fottest bivalves, bred and fed on the leaves
and cuttings If the bamboo, are selected for
preparation by this method, those taken
from the natural beds being inferior in
quality and not sufficiently plump to stand
the operation,
The Italia Agricola writing on the
effect Of thunder storms on milk, states that
ii i generally accepted belief that it is the
Lightning and electrical phenomens that
accompany thunder storm which cause the
spontaneous coagu'ation of milk. DR., Nal
hoeu wished to test the idea, and for the
purpose he filled cylinder with fresh skim
med milk, introduced into the same one
hundred cubic centimetres of oxygen, and
then allowed electrical sparks to pass into
the eplarltus for the space Of ten minutes,
by means of the Ruhmkorff machine, Toe
milk quickly cOaguated, clearly proving
that an acid reaction had taken place, and
after twenty miuutesa firm cheese was pro
duCed.