The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-09-11
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Scientific n Misceua

"A rose tree Of Hanover is said 10 be-
moro than q thousand years old
-Sixty per cent. Of tho cases Of insani
ty occurring in France, arc, according tc
. physician of that country, caused by
the use of absinthe.
Although the theory Of the contagi-
BUSINESS Of consumption has not been
widely accepted, experiments have shown
that the disease may be produced ID tb
lower animals by incubation with tutfks
culous matter. sssss ss
The transformation Of alcoholic If
quors into vinegar has long l,een matter
of dissent. Pasteur holds that the form
alton Of a vinegar is 9 physiological phe-
nomeron caused By tho vegetation Of q
particular bacteriuln, the Mycoderuaa
acct, while Liebig saw in it merely
chemical action of oxygen upon alcohol.
Recent observations arc regarded as con-
elusive proof Of the correctness Of Pas
teur's view.
Most Young people-and perhaps
many children Of q larger growth -
have often wondered what it is that en-
Eables fly to walk on the ceiling. An
examination of the insects mechanism
quickly reveals the secret. Each Of the
ay's six legs terminates IN two or three
heshy pads, which act as !" suckers. z The
sustaining effect Of these suckers is in
creased by sticky fluid exuded by the
minute hairs covering them.
Many of the sleepers used on German
railways are impregnated with certain
preservatiye substances, chloride Of zinc
having proved the most suitable. Ex-
perience with sleepers of various kinds
Of wood has shown that the durability of
oak is increased, BY impregnation, from
1876. years to 1876; pine, from 7.2 to Is;
fir, from 81 to 9; beech, from to 1865.
Il will be noticed that the preservative
effect upon sleepers Of beech is remark
able, the prepared wood lasting five and
ons-half times ~ long az the untreated.
lin Europe and Hindostan, according
to DR.. James Law, variola is SO common
in pigeons and poultry as 10 constitute d
veritable plague. Thus, Guersent re-
cords that ont Of q floyeeote Of one tha,.s-
and scarce one hundred could be found
that did not bear marks Of the disease.
while Tvtler saws tl,a no,,ltry wards II
India we're habitnallv deuo,,lataf9 by the
n,aone Reclste;n and 1tl,era e,s,i,,, Il, at
tl,e Inina', bs.na mi
man That th;s "a, : Sc.
raenonize1 amonu s. ,,,a,, ,,..,, a.saalssssgl
due to the fact that nf1n and 1T
not live so much III CO = 5fsss
Italy and Inilla
-The ir1lnal
exercises Is w.IIS Iust1 4 ls
seryatious by ararep
strument called I'll. III
Obtained d record
certain Young soldis ,.s.s
school of yincennes. IS
that, after some four 81
gymnastic training, the jI,
Of respriations il reduced
twelve . minute. and their
more than auadrupled. It All &
ferred. therefore, that the youx
breathe twice as much air as b9 Nd
course Of exercise. Beginners
course show q considerable qnicI
of respiration bysa run Of a third
mile: but such q run produces no chd
IL the breathing of the men who ha
been in training for Q few months. ss
"A late writer has furnished this sim
nle and lncid definition Of space Space
ia q real. objective. immaterial, extended,
continuous, infinite, immutable, eternal,
and absolute whole Of capacity to receive
extended substance. existing in trine ex-
extension Of infinite length, infinite
breadth, and infinite depth, which is
ideally divisible in each dimension into
finite wholes Of locality, all of possible
forms and sizes. possessing the relations
of similarity. difference, ratio, direction.
distance, contignity, and copjnnctibility;
and comprising units Of trine extension,
surfaces. lines and noinfs. encfl Of which