Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-08

Reported for the Grant County HsRALD
Popular Science Notes.

Prof. Newton, of Yale college, as.
serts that fully 400, 100000 of mete.
ors of all orders, down to those WIS.,
IDLE only in a telescope, fall each
year.
Sand paper is made by coating q
good quality of MANILA paper with
thin glue and then busting over it a
quantity of finely pulverizsd glass
or sand.
From the size Of the jaws and a
portion of the vertebr@ of fossil
sea serpent, recently found in B
mari pit at Marlborough, New Jer.
sey, Prof. Lockwood estimated the
length of the living serpent to have
been from so to 60 feet.
One hundred and thirty miles Of
railroad was constructed 10 one
hundred days, under Sir r. Temple
in the late Afghan campaign, and i.
pronounced to be one Of the great
est feats in the way of rapid railway
making on record.
A steam velocipede was reoently
successfully exhibited by it's inven
tor, at the Industrial Exhibition, al
the Champs EIyses, Paris. The nov.
ell vehicle was driven around the
track with its rider at the speed o.
eighteen miles per hour.
A debate recently took place or
the origin of the blonde race Of
mankind, at session of the Anth
ropological Society of Paris. The
original seat was placed in the re.
gion of Turkestan by some of the
speakers, while others maintained
that they originated in Europe.
The Jealousy existing in the
hearts of Europeans towards Amer,
lean inventors is plainly manifest il
this little sarcasm recently perpe.
trated by the London Punch: ia
Yankee baby will crawl out of his
cradle, take survey of it, invent
an improvement and apply for a
patent before he is six months old. ,
1t IS estimated that not one on,
OF every ten ofuneducated men ever
achieve success, and that the eduoat
ed man will. on an average, be far
Their advanced in his career q. thir.
ty-fve years of age than the nned
ucated at forty-five or even fifty
thus all should receive a sound anG
liberal education, if they would sue.
coed.
"Beware of Them" says scien.
fist, "for salves make and keep the
skin sore, plasters prevent wounds
from healing, eye-waters do often
more injury than good, most hair.
dyes produce sore eyes, besutify ing
washes are often poisonous, ditto
toilet powders, while scented soaps
are usually too sharp by the free al.
kali they contain"
Type-setting aud distributing BY
machinery, the result OF an investi.
cation and series of experimenting
running over many years, has been
successfully accomplished by Henry
A. Burr, of New York City. The
matter for the "Tractical American
OF that city,was recently set by one
of these machines, and in about one
fourth the time it would have taken
the same number of persons to sci
the type by hand.
As an inseoticide, the juice of the
tomato plant is said to be of great
value. The leaves and stems are
well boiled in water. aud when the
liquid is cold it is sprinkled over
plants attacked by insects, when it
at once destroys caterpillars, black
and green fly, guats, and other ene-
mics to vegetables, and in no way
impairs the growth of the plants. A
peculiar odor remains and prevents
insects from coming again for a
long time.
The substitution of Dynamo MAJ
chimes in place of galvanic cells for
generating the electric current. is a
new departure in telegraphy. These
machines were invented by Stephen
ID. Field, of San Francisco, Califor.
nia, and so complete revolution in
the economies of telegraphy is being
made by them wherever adopted.
that IL is thought but few months
will elapss ere they will be in gen.
erai use throughout the world.
The King of Belgium has offered
q reward of S., 900 for the best treat.
Use on means of improving harbors
on low and sandy coasts. Essays
for competition, which is open TO
the world, mast be submitted to the
Ministry Of the Interior at Brussels,
before January l, 1881.
The "Dsntaphone," called by
some the "Aadiphone, Fan invention
of recent origin. by means of which
deaf mutes are enabled to hear
through the teeth, is being greatly
improved upon OF late, and there is
no doubt but hat the instrument
will work revolation in the WAYS
OF educating the deaf and dumb.
Tho mouth piece OF the instrument
Is held between the teeth, and in
this way human speech can be con-
veyed TO any deaf person whose au.
ditory nerve hiss not been literally
destroyed.
Az hnglishman has invented
what be calls luminous paint"
which be claims will throw off q
bright light in dark places aud at
night, thus rendering houses and
other objects self-luminous. A pio-
neer company has been formed in
London for its manufacture, and it
is said thst there is now an eager
demand for the mysterious illumi-
nsnt. We shall await its introiqc.
ton in this country with considera-
bic anxiety.
The bill recently introduced be.
fore congress by Senator Hill, of
California, providing for sn sppro.
priation of $4,000 to be used in
sinking artesiau wells in the srid