Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-22
Reported for the Grant County HERALp.
Popular Schemes Notes.
Rev Inventions, Discoveries and InvessIga.
tons.

ElOA tcGSut 4ulpOItaNL discoveries
made in the exploration of mounds
aud ruins along the western shore of
the lower Eaphrates, scientists and
explorers are of the belief that they
have found in that region, the long
lost seat of empire OF the ancient
Hittites, so frequently mentioned in
the Bible as a people occupying
Canaan. Thus has been opened up
to us in these discoveries, an extinct
civilization that existed before Rome
or Athens was founded, of which
searly every trace and memorial had
been lost until now. Stones with
quaint inscriptions upon them which
are neither in the Assyrian nor Egyp
tian language have been found aud
forwarded to the British museum,
which it is thought when properly
translated, will open new and ear.
lier page in the history of mankind,
in that of religion, science, aud of
the arts,as practiced and observed in
the days OF Abraham aud in the land
of his nativity.
Miniature railways, on which di.
minutive locomotives circulate. cleo
tricity being used as the motive pow
er, are being introduced in Paris as
a substitute for the pneumatic tubes
and for the bodily transmission of
kilograms and small packages, over
short distances. The engines now
in use ia this way, it is said have run
at the rate of fifteen miles an hour.
with load of from fifteen to
twenty pounds of messages and
packages.
A large Finback whale was cap
tured last month, two miles off Prince
town Harbor, Cape Cod, by FIVE fish
ermen armed with bomb lance and
gun. The monster fish was sixty
FIVE feet in length, Is feet in diane.
ter, and weighed 70 tons. 1t was
purchased by Swift d Co, of Prince
town, for 5000 and lowed to New
York City where it attracted great
interest
The village of Willard de- Arena.
in the department of the Hautes Al
pes, in southern France, il said to be
slipping down hill. causing great
alarm to the inhabitants. The en-.
tire side of the mountain seams to be
giving away and gu immense land
slide is expected any time.
A new factory is being set up at
Chicago, Illinois, for the manufact.
ure of glucose from corn, with ca {.
pacity foc working 10000 bushels a
day. A bushel of corn will make
80 pounds OF glucose or three gallons
of syrup. Thus when corn Is sellip~
at 40 cents bushel, sugar can be
made at 2 cents pound and leave
a respectable profit to the manufact-
urer.
The eminent English scientist. DR..
Richardson, says OF coffee drinking !:
"Coffee can not be in excess without
producing dyspepsia and irritation,
but moderately used it is an invfgor-
ating, healthtnl, and wholesome
drink, bringing a mans best eper
gies into play. The quantity taken,
however, should not be large, and
should be good
Over 100000 feet of the flooring
timber of the East River brid pc. New
York, viii be saturated with creosote
as preserVative of the wood. The
contract for the creosoting has been
awarded SIR. @. r. Andrews. Of
New York City.
Prof. A. Schacchi of the Academy
of Sciences,at Naples. has discovered
a new metal in some Vesuvian layas
which he gives the name''Vesbium. !"
the ancient name of Vesuvius.
Through the efforts of his Excel.
lency, Lii Hung Chang, the Chinese
Government has decided to estab.
lish complete system Of telephones
throughout that part of China north
of Yaag Use Kiang.
THE DIAPHoTE.
In fulhllmant Of a promise recently
made orr readers, to give them 4
more detailed description of thar
wonderful instrument by which you
can see by telegraph. re proceed as
follows: The Instrument consists
Of receiving mirror, the wires, a
battery, aud a reprcdt ing snecu
Inn. The receiving mirror Is an
amalgam of selenium aud ioaide Of
of silver the reproducing spectrum
is a compound of selenium and
The wirea are nur, erous
as 1t is necessary to distinctness that
a wire should not be required to at
feet but very small space. The in
strument also has q mirror 6x4, com
posed OF seventy two small atas. "a
each of which wire was attached.
the whole being wrapped By 8 hne
insulated covering. These wires
run to common galgaaics battery
and thus eoEnect with the reproduD.
ing plate. When tie circuit i closed.
the rays Of the light are conducted
an ordinary camera. and