The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-11-21
Scientific Intelligence.

Underground Telegraph caDieS dTc uoW
in successful operation between number
of European cities, such as Cologne and
Berlin, Cologne and Elberfield, Frankfort
and StrasbuTg. and Hamburg and Cuxba-
ven. Their fatal length equals about
1,500 miles.
Peterman's Mittheilnngen estimates the
population of the world for 1877 at ,429.-
145, 600 souls, distributed among the con-
tinents as follows, viz: Europe, 312.49S,-
480; Asia, S13 100000; Africa, 205, ,219,5 800;
Australia and adjacent Islands, All 300;
America, S6,1l6,O00.
A Prussian inventor has patented, as
new article of manufacture, material for
clothing, consisting for the greater part
of sponge. This material, it is claimed,
rapidly absorbs tie perspiration, is
poor conductor of heat, can be readily
cleansed, and is very flexible, and so pre-
vents chafing.
DIR. Anderson gives iodine instead of
quinine in cases of intermittent fevers,
with, he claims; highly satisfactory re-
suits. The iodine is administered in the
form of the tincture, with some potassium
of iodide added to prevent the precipita-
ton of the iodine. If the facts are as
claimed, the discovery is a valuable one,
! owing to the cheapness and inexhausti-
BILE supply of the substitute,
Our readers who are subjectto to the disa-
greeable and painful effects of poison ivy
and other vegetable poisons, will be glad
to learn that DIR. Ward finds valuable
antidote in Labarraque's solution ofchlo-
ride of soda. The solution is applied three
or fonr times daily, to the skin. When
the latter is broken, the solution should
be diluted with from three to six parts
of water.
| D.of Do-po1Jo of D,hl;, hoe Iiccnv-
cred new explosive compound which, it
is claimed, is safe to transport, since it is
composed of two separate substances,
which are mixed only when desired for
use. These substances are potassium
chlorate seventy-five parts, and sulphurea,
the new explosive compound, twenty-five
parts. Sulphurea is obtained chiefly
from one of the waste products in the
manufacture of Illuminating gas.
The depth of the Niagara River below
the falls has at last been satisfactorily
} measured by corps of government sur
veyors. Approaching the American
near the foot of the falls that great jets OF
water were occasionally darted over them
The lead ran down to S3 feet. This was
quite near the shore, where an eddy en-
, aoled them to make their first measure
ment. Passing out from this spot they
were carried rapidly down stream, and
their next two measurements were 10C
and 1872 feet. Had it been possible tc
. safely approach the middle of the river
near the foot of the falls, the depth
would most probably have been greater.
A NoToRIoUs DUELIsT. most coun
tries where the practice of the datello still
prevails, there are few persons who in
dividually illustrate the absurdity Of this
, mode of settling disputes. They pass
, their leisure time in shooting galleries
and fencing saloons, and when any one
calls them out they pink him or shoo
him for certainty, thus proving, ac
j cording to the test of the trial by battle
that they must be always right, though
as it happens, they are generally not
France abounds in such individuals, and
! Spain possesses at least one in the person
! of the Marquis de Gil d Olivares. Thi'
. hidalgo is master of all possible weapons
and has the mania of fighting for hi
, | friends. It is no doubt an amiabl,
: feature in a mans character to defend tn,
absent; but when he carries the principa
: to the length of staying the backbiter
; one is compelled to admit that virtue il
the superlative degree has a strong sem
J, blance to the opposite. The Marquis ha
just fought duel at Ostend with
French gentleman who ventured to stea
the good name of Marshal Martinez Cam
pos. AS always happens when th'
. Marquis d'Olivares is com Blatant, hi
, adversary got the worst of it, receiving
, fearful saber-cut, which renders his re
! covery extremely doubtful. If M. d,
: Bowie dies, he will be the third victim
. offered up by the Marquis on the shrine
not of friendship merely, but of hi
J friendship for Spanish Marshals. Il
Z 1858 he killed his man for backbitinl
. MarshaeI Narvaez ,and in 1862 he avenged
! an insult to Marshal ODonnel in simila
q deadly fashion.
t ANNE BoLEYN AND HENRY VIII
9 wrote lately to your Majesty that if tn
lady (Anne) could only be kept ava,
from Court for little while the Queer
= might still regain her influence over tn,
!. King, for she does not seem to bear an,
!, ill-will toward her. Quite lately he sen
: her some cloth, begging her to have i