The daily gazette., 1879-06-21
FIRST EDITION.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The Discovery Of PhosphOrOus two
uunttred Years agO---Wa Wa1king ~
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The Discovery Of PhosphOrOus two
tnnure0 Years aSO-.-Wa1king rs
u Science
A writer in the London Times says -
"When my pony's shoes were worn out
had them removed and gave hma months
rest at grass, with an occasional drive of
a mile or two on the highroad, while his
hoofs were hardening. The result at
first seemed doubtful. The hoof was a
thin shell, and kept chipping away until
it had worked down beyond the holes of
the nails by which the shoe had been
fastened. Aiterthis the hoof grew thick
and hard, unlike what il had been before.
| now put the pony to full work, and he
stands ii well. He is more sure-footed,
his frcad is almost noiseless his hoofs
are in no danger from the rough hand of
the farrier, and the change altogether has
been clear gain without anything to set
OIL against it. My pony, may add, was
between four and five years old-rising
four, fancy, is the correct phrase. He
has been regularly shod up TO the present
year"
FACTS OF PTTOsPHOROUS.
II is now about two hundred Yeas
since PHOSPHORUS was first obtained by
Brand, of Hamburg. So wonderful was
the discovery then considered that Kraft,
an eminent philosopher Of the day, gave
Brand three hundred dollars for the Sc
CT t of It's preparation. Kraft then trav-
eled, and visited nearly all the courts of
Europe, exhibiting. Phosphorus re-
5 mbles beeswax, but is more transparent
approaching the color of amber. Its
name, which II derived from the Greek
signifies slight bearer,' and is indicative
of its most distinguishing quality, being
self-uminous. Phosphorus, when ex-
posed to the air, shines like star, giving
out beautiful, lambent greenish light.
| lhosphorous dissOlves In warm, sweet
ii. If thi, phosphorzed oil be rubbed
over the face in dark, the features assume
a shasily app arance, and the experimen-
taist looks Ike avertable living wil.-o'-
the-wso. The origin ofphosphoro isthe
most singu ar fact concerning it. Every
other substance with which we are ac.
quamted can be traced to either earth ol
air, but PHOSPHORUS seems to be Of ami
NAL origin. Or of all animals man yield.
the most and of the various parts of the
boly the brain yields, by analysis, NOR,
| phosphorons than any other. The fact
is t no little moment. Every thought
has, perhaps, phosphoric source. 1t i.
certain that the most intellectual being
contain the most phosphorus. 1t gen
eraIly hap ems that when singular dis
covery madi many years elapse before
any application OF it is made to the wei
fare and happiness of man. This re
mark apples to phosphorous.-Port Jer
Wis Union.
| WALKING AS A SCIENCE.
The following are few valuable hints
which have been taught by those witt
have walked as a profession: "Diet .u
diciously, but by no means scantily; re
member the bath tub, but never abus
is, remembering that daily, agreeable
| baths are by far more beneficial than les
frequent frigid shocks. Bear in min,
that frequent changes of underciothin!
are of vital importance, and then do no
forget that all classes of muscle mus
have some action to insure harmoniou
vitality, without which no great physica
effort can be made. So when one start
for long walk he must not let his arm
hang idly by his side, but must bring thu
| W bHc lcNCl VI tllc WdlSb anu tllti
SWING them easily and in cadence witt
the feet. This serves to keep the ch IS
we'll expanded, to promote uniform
circulation and prevent a stagnation o
the blood in the upper eXtremeties. Ii
the meantime the chest should be carrie,
squarely to the font, devoid, as nearl
as can be, of motion, allowing the legs tt
swing as from couple of nearly station
ary pivots. Then the knees should b
bent only so much as is absolutely neces
sary. BY these means the feet are KEEP
close to the ground and are allowed t.
swing only from an initial impulse, ra
ther than a continued effort, SO that an
undue (and very common) exertion i
avoided. An excessive long gait is to b
severely deprecated, as is also a yer
short one. 10 sum up the science G
walking it only remains to be said, kee
as many sets of muscles in play as ma
he without sapping the vital energies, bu
use none excessively, See that the Gil
culation is unimpeded and that the stou
ach is not overloaded nor by any NEAR
empty. Frequent lunches arr more dc
sirable than weighty meals, and persons
cleanliness is of first Importance. .-Bo'
ton Herald.