Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-01

Ter IL yiSiuh ~ neaIly iOO nabEs
The electric light Is coming into
general use on board of steamships.
aud passengers aad seamep alike
express themselves as highly de-
lighted with the nsw mothod OF illu-
mination.
seen near the horizon, about due
south, is 'Sirius, the dog etar, and
it is estimated by astronomers that
it gives Us four times as much light
as any other star visible IN our lati.
tade.
A new Genet was disc vercd last
month by Astronomer Gil, at Cape
Town, South Africa. The new celas-
tial visitor is approaching the sun
but will not probably be visible in
this country, without thu aid of
telescope.
Fhe reason generally given by
scientists for the phenomenon of
hearing sound tarthest Just before,
the storm is that the air, being very
moist, has more than it's normal
conducting power, and that the low
lying strata of clouds confine the
sounds to the earth.
DIR. Gould, of the Cordova Uni.
versity, South America, reports the
discovery of new and great comet
10 the neighborh pod OF the sun,
passing nosthward --ono which it is
stated that nations north of the
equator may be treated 10 sight
of at an early day.
It's ESTIMATED that about 5000
miles of new road are now under
contract. and 1t is thonght by men
10 position to know that more
miles of railroad will be built during
1880 in the Unised States than Dur
ing aoy year before.
Prof. NJ. Gsmard, of France, it is
stated, hsa completely modified the
form of the American phonogfaph,
and claims TO have an Instrument
far superior to Mr.. Edson's patent.
and one that will become of practi-
cal utility,a and come into general use.
An artesian vol was completed
at Davenport, Iowa, last week, at q
depth Of 900 feet. The pressure, it
IS said, carries the water twenty
five feet above the surface of the
earth The stream is six inches in
diameter aud flows at the rate of
400 gallons Of water per minute.
.~ariutnaTy stops uavo al
ready been taken for The holding OF
q worlds fair, 10 New York city, ia
1888. At recent meeting Of prom.
inent citizens and capitalists in tnat
great metropolis, a resolution was
adopted asking congress to take
measures to give the proposed fair
"otlicial sanction aud aid commensu.
rate to It's importance"
The manufacture Of Glucose is
becoming enc of the most extensive
Industries IN the country. Corn
sugar is now used for ell the various
purposes for which any sugar is
used, except for FIRST class confec.
tionery, and ia not only used largely
10 THIS country, but great shipments
are constantly being made to Eur
ope, where it is in great demand.
10 the five cent nickel we have
the entire metric system of weights
and measures The,diame:er is two
centimeters, and lis weight is FIVE
grammes. Two of these coins will
weigh 3 decagramme, and five of
them placed in row will give the
length OF the decimeter The key
to the measure OF length is also the
kew to measures of capacity, as the
kiloliter is cubic meter
Scientists have adopted the tbeo.
ry that the duration of animal life
should DO five times tho growth of
the animal or being. Thus, man
gets bis growth in twenty years aud
should live to be one hur 'red years
old. The camel is eigas years 10
growing and lives forty years. The
horse reaches maturity in five years
and seldom lives beyond twenty
five; and so with other animals.
More wonderful than the Tele
phone in it's magic workings. is that
of the "Diaphote," newly invented
instrument by which persons are
enabled to see by electricity. Its
inventor. DR.. III. e. Licks, OF Beth
lehem, Pennsylvania, calls it by this
name, from two Greek words, sdia'
through, and 'phos,' light. DR..
Licks exhibited his instruments to
number of scientific men at bis
lone recently, to the utter aston,
isbment of all. The two instruments
used, one being in the second story
OF the building, the other in the par
Tor below, were connected by means
CT an ordinary telegraph wire, and |
charged with electricity. A news
paper beng placed before one of |
them Was eaeily read by the audi
ence at the other end Of the line. It's
inventor claims that ordinary print /
may beread hundreds OF miles away /
as easily as at the distance used on
this occasion. We shall give de-
tailed description OF the ''Diaphote"
10 future issue Of this paper
Speaking upon the SUI jeet Of H.
sanity at recent meeting of the /
Medico Legal Society, in Now York
DR.. Geo. NJ. Beard remarked: In,
sanity is barometer of civilization,
and IS we advance higher In the arts
and sciences,so will insanity become
more prevalent among Us. Tntolsa
application, br 10 work and indoor
life are the agencies which most IRE.
quently hriag il about. Among saw
ages or barbarians there is little or
none of it. The intellectual activity
OF the women Of to-day is another
great canse of insanity. What the
mother il, so will the child be. in an
intcnser degree An inn
proved system OF education, with
less 'crsmming.' would tend 10 re-
dree the inureaaa of insanity"
Will, the Dr.. may be somewhat
broad 10 his assertions, there is
much 10 bis remarks that should at
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