Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-30

'I,ro' on the Common thoTm1ncteE, like
the fanciful names Of the coose!ls;iorS, l' d
| curious instarce of the way wise mcn's criofs
| sra made immortal bS bs,omicg popular. 1:
may be worth while to say that tho w1!d ltsalt
(zsro) clmes to Us through thu SpaoI'h rom
the ARABIC. and means empty, henc9, nothing.
Ii expressions like 30 degrees tahr.." the
abbrsyiation, Fshr., sands fo1 Fshrenhoit, q
Prussiau merclaut Of Danz.o. on tho Baltic
sea. HIS full pamo was Gabriel DiaItl Fshc-
enhet.
From bog ho Vas close obs,IVer OF ni!utt.
and when only niuotoen years 0'd, IL tic ",
msrkabIy cold win!er of l1C9, he expoIlm9ntad
by putting snow aud salt together, ana notioea
that it produced degree OF cold equal 70 tho
coldess day of the year. Aud tha. d2y Tis ,ho
coldest dsy that the odes: iDhab:tnnt coaiI re-
member. Gabriel was the moro a..u-k Wta
the coincidence Of bis l:tIo scientific discovery.
and hastily concluded that he hsd found tho
lowest degree Of Temperature kGown IN the
world either natural or artificial. lie called
tho degree FARO, and constructed thcImome-
ter, or rude weather glass, with scale gra1u-
ating I'D from zsro to boiling point, which be
numbered 2l2. and tho fret zlog polnt thirty
two-beoause, as he thought, mercury con-
tracted the thirty second of its volume on beioe
cooled down from the temperature OF tfnt2 ng
water to Zsro; and expanded lS0sh on being
heated from the freezing to the boiling po!rt.
Time showed that this arrangement instead
of being truly scientific, was as arbitrary as the
division of the Bible into verses aud chapters and
that these two points 40 more represented too
real extremes Of temperature than from Dan
to Beersheba" expressed tho exact extromrs OF
Palestine.
But Fahreuheil's thermometer had been
widely adopted With its irconvenient scale:
and none thought of any, batter until his namo
bec,me ao authority, for Fahrenheit fualiy
abandoned trade and gave himself up to scenoe.
The tbrse countries which use Eahrenhei.
ore Eugland, Holland and America. Rus:l, and
Germany rss Raumer's thermomatcr 10 which
tho boiling poiut is c,unied eighty degrees
above tho frctslog point. Ftarc, uses the
c,ntierade thermometer, 50 called because II
| marks che boiling point ocs hundred degrees
from freezing point. O1 macy ACCOUNTS 'h'
ceniigrade system is the bss, aud the triumph
of convenience will bo attained when zeo Is
made tho freeziog pcint, aud WheO tao bo'ln!
point is put 100 or 1000 degrees from ii, and
| all tho sub divisions are fixed dcclmalIy.
IfFabrauhcit had done this at first. or even
| if be bad made it one of bis many improve
| ments. after tho public adopted his error, inc
luck of opportunity, which WAS really bis, Wou'd
have secured to his invocation tho patronage OF
| tbs world.
DOES THE World Miss ANYoNE?-Not
long. The best and most useful Of US Will eoon DO
forgotten, Thoso who to day are Fl llog large
| place 10 the world regard will pass away from
tho remembrance OF men 10 few moaihs, CT
OF tho fsrtbest, ia few years after tho g'aVc
has closed upon the remains. We ara shedding
tears over new made grave and wildly crying
out in our gref that our loss is irreDarabe,. yc:
| 10 short time the tendrils OF love have tTiued
around other supports, aod We 90 logger misS
the one who is gone. SO pa5sos the "orlu;
Bus there ore those to wnom ios' Is ooyono
reps;r There arc meo from whose memories
no Woman's smile can chase reco!lecnons OF the
sweet face that has givoa up oil lts beauty az
DEATHS icy touch. There ars wonen whose
nlirhted faith extends beyond the grave aod
dives away ss preface those 9ho would cntice
Ittom from a worship OF theic hurled loves.
tSuoh loyalty, however, is hidden away from sdH
nubI,a gsz,. The world s9aeps oa beside and
.rourG them and clre5 90 cot look ID upon tnls
lunobtrrding grief. II catv.s a line aad rears
n.one ors. the de,d ead hssteus away to 1tter
homage ts ths living. -Proof Sheet
| HINTS T, raE CoSsUMprIyE.-1hs Diet Of
the consumptive, says writer ic sa hnSIlil
modcl paper, ekou!d be simple and rulfitious'
ysry strict rules az to special articles are uncalt
! ed for, y less the stomach should hs7e exhibited
|a;ga, Of imperfec: power. Moas shou!dbe taken
once or twice day, With good allowance OF
e.. Fish is nutritious. especially oysters. AliS
,;,ve,y nou,isling, and no or thrae p.ns may
hs tab CD in tho course OF the day. At the nos
nitsi To- consumption 0. Bronptou ms:y ol INC
ppstients have glass of rum and milk the trs!
thin1 in the morning before breaktast 10 help
than 70 d, oss, spd undoubtedly II often does
aood kss.s milk may be taken when otclnary
ssn;IE di;srr.es. Another faVorita pres1tlption
!. W Tat b.cos TO. breakfast. Sugar IS very lat'
tsnino, and .h.re is 10 objection TO taElng
svsn IN conside, able qaaaties. moderate a.
iovsnce of wine .,r spirits is advisable hus ]
shoid be- .aken witi> caution when i hussss ta'
face or quickens TIA pulse proof Sheet
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