The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-03

/ Africa. The new celestial visitor is az
preaching the sun but will not probable b
visible in this country, without the aid Of
telescope.
The reasons generally given by scen
fists for the phenomenon of hearing SCUM,
/ lartherest just before a storm is that the ali
being moist, has more than its normal con
ducting power, and that the low lying STRAIT
of clouds conIine the sounds to the earth.
DIR. Gould, of the Cordova University
South America, reports the discovery of
new and great comet in the neighborhoo,
Of the sun, passing uorthward-one whicl
! IL is stated that nations north of the cquato
I may be treated TO a sight of, at an early
day.
1t is estimated that about 1900 miles 0
new road are now under contract, and il i
thought by men in position to know tha
moro miles of railroad will be built durul
1850 in the United States than during any
year before.
PROF, M. Gamard, of France, it is stated
has completely modified the form Of tn,
American phonograph, and claims to hav,
an instrument far superior to Mr.. Edson'
patent, and one that will become of pract
cal utility, and come into general use.
An artesian well was completed a
Davenport, Iowa, last week, at depth o
900 feet The pressure it is said carries the
water twenty-five feet above the surface o
the earth. The stream is six inches in dia.
meter and flows at the rate of 400 gallon:
of water per minute.
The preliminary steps have already
been taken for the holding of worlds fair
in New York city, in 1883. At recep
meeting of prominent citizens and capihl
lists in that great metropolis, a resolntio,
was adopted asking Congress 10 take meas
ures to give the proposed fair "oflical sane
tIon ana aid commensurate to its import
ancc."
The manufacture of Glucose is becom
ing one Of the most extensive industries il
this country. Corn sugar is now used 70
all the various purposes for which any sura
is used, except for iirst-class confectionery
and Is not only used largely in this country
but great shipments are constantly beini
made to Europe, where it is in great de
mand.
In the five cent nickel we haye the en-
tire metric system of weights and measures
The diameter is two centimete,S, ard it
weight is five QraMmes. Two Of these coin!
will weigh a decdgrammG, and fiyo of then
placed in a row will give the length of tn,
dectmctcr. The key to the measure of lengtl
I IS also the key to measures of capacity, o.
the kdoiter is a cubic meter.
Scientists have adopted the theory tina
the duration of animal life should Le five
times the growth of the animal or being
Thus, man gets his growth in twenty year.
and should live to be one hundred years old
The camel is eight years in growing anC
lives forty years. The horse reaches ma.
tunty IN five years, and seldom lives be-
yond twenty-five; and so with other ami.
mails.
The physical consequences of death con.
tinuc to battle scientists, and instead Of the
progress of science adding anything of i'm.
portance to what has always been known
it has rather tended to deepen the dstinc-
ton between the visible part, which perishes
before our eyes, and that which we are our
selves, and to show that this personality
with respect to its nature as well as to It's
destiny, lies quite beyond the range of sci
ence.
The best copying pads now in use fol
copying letters, etc, quickly, is made as fol.
lows: Take gelatine, l ounce and glycer-
inc, 64 fluid ounces; soak the geatine over
night. In the morning pour Off all the
water and melt both ingredients to a boiling
heat, after the manner of melting glue. Pour
oil in shallow pan and allow TO stand ten
hours more, protected from dust, when it is
ready for use. Over one hundred impres.
slons may be taken from pad made IN this
manner. To change the form, sponge of
the face of the pad with sponge and a lit
water.
More wonderful than the Telephone in
its magic workings,is that of the "Diaphote,'
newly invented instrument by which per-
sons are enabled to see by electricity. Its
inventor, DR.. II. Il. Licks, of Bethlehem,
Pa, calls it by thi: name, from two Greek
words, dia through, and piias, light. DR.
Lcks exhibited his instruments to a num-
Der of scientific men at his home recently, to
the utter astonishmeut Of all. The two in
struments used, one being in the second
story of the building, the other in the parlor
below, were connected by means of an or.
dinary telegraph wire, and charged with
electricity. A newspaper being placed be-
fore one Of them was easily read by the
audience at the other end OF the line. Its
inventor claims that ordinary print may be
read hundreds Of miles away as easily as
at the distance used upon this occasion. We
shall give description of the "Diaphote"
in future issue of this paper.
Speaking upon the subject of "insani-
ty," at recent meeting of the Medico- Legal
Society, in New York, DR.. Geo. NJ. Beard re-
marked "lnsanity is barometer of civil
ization, and as we advance higher in arts
and sciences. so will insanity become mole
prevalent among us. Intense application,
brain work and indoor life are the agencies
which most frequently bring 1t about.
Among savages or barbarians there is little
or none OF 1t. The intellectual ACTIVITY of
the women Of to day is another great cause
OF insanity. What the mother is, 20 will the
child be in an intenser degree. 50 An
improved system Of education, with less
'cramming,' would tend to reduce the in
c'ease C of insanity" While the DR.. NAV be
smewhat troai in his assertion, theie is
much in his remarks that should at least in
tArest teachers aud parents Of the present day
in the bringing up of the "rising generation