The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-01

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J. ARGEsHEIhEk,
Chief Musician.
scIExTIFIC MIsCELLAxY.
Compiled for The Leader
Two a~ligatou, the first specimens
over found in the Old World, were
lately captured IN the Yang-tss-K iAng.
The British museum contains q wig
which was found IN q good state Of pre-
s~eryation at Thebes. and 10 probably
5000 years old.
Gelose Is the most valuable constitu-
ent Of the substance known an CON-
merce as China moss. II has the pro-
perry and absorbing and solidifying In
to a coloriess and Transparent jelly Eve
hundred times its weight Of water.
In selecting q location for a house,
advises . prominent physIeian, make a
note OF the prevalent winds, that they
be from the house towards all swampy
and miasmatie localities and not from
miasmatie localities towards the house.
Probobly few persons while watching
the light Of the glow worn or the ire
hy have failed 10 wonder and speculate
a TO its canss. A French naturalist,
after q serious OF observation, believes
the glow-worm's phosphorescence TO be
due to an emission Of phosphoreted
hydrogen gas.
With few exceptions. Australian trees
are found TO flourish rs well In Cali
fornia rs In their native country. Con-
versely, IL is expected that the native
vegetation Of California can be success-
fully grown In Australia, and that the
crops which succeed In the one country
are likely TO do 50 In the other.
A very simple model enables us TO
realize In some degree the vast size OF
the sun n compared with the earth.
When the sun Is represented by a ball
Of three inches In diameter. n minute
ball OF 500 OF an inch In diameter
must be placed ut q distance Of 80 feet
from 1t 10 represent the earth and its
distance from the sun.
The public health department Of Ger
many has officially sanctioned the use
Of the following coloring matters In
confectionery, etc.: For white-iour
and starch; for red-cochineai, car.
mine. madder-red, and the Juice OF car.
rots and cherries; for yellow-saffron,
safiower, and turmeric; for blue-indi-
60 and litmus; for green-juice OF spin
ach and mixtures Of the above blues
and yellows; for brown-burnt sugar
and Spanish juice; and for black-In.
dian ink.
Prof. Marks recently stated that he
had made some calculations as to the
maximum speed at which Locomotive
engines could be driven before the cen
trifugal force on the tires Of the driy-
ing wheels would become so great as to
cause them TO burst. These ~calcula-
tions, which were only approximate.
gave q limit Of speed In the neighbor-
hood Of $50 miles per hour. OF this,
speed, 7s miles an hour, or more than
half, has already been attained.
It Is n popular sanitary error to think
that the NOR a man eats the fatter
and stronger he will become; 10 believe
that the more hours children study the
faster they learn; TO conclude that II
exercise Is good the more violent 1t Is
the greater is the benefit; TO imagine
that whatever remedy causes one to
feel Immediately better is good for the
system, regardless ofthe Interior effects.
Despite the advance OF hygienic science
these mistaken ideas remain-a monu-
ment to the public apathy concerning
health matters.
1t was recently remarked by Prof.
Maudsley that one striking feature OBJ
served by medical men In cases OF hal
Inclination is that the patients cannot
be convinced that the objects they see,
the sounds they hear and the smells
they preceive have no real existence,
and that the sensations received are
the results Of an excited state o: their
nerves. Hallucination often extends
to hut one sense, the person affected
being otherwise In n perfectly normal
condition. II may arise either from an