The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-10-30
Compiled for THE CARBON ADVOCATE.
POPUHAR SCIENCE NOTES.


Eleven carrier pigeons belonging to
john C. Haiuer, Of Toms River, n. j., was
recently taken SO miles from home aud re-
leased. The leader flew the distance and
returned in twenty four minutes, the remain
ing ten reaching home one minute later.
In January, 1881, an International Sani-
tary Congress will be held at Washington
under the authority of the U. S. Govern
ment.
Having been engaged for some time in
making experiments and taking observa-
tions, German physicians have come to the
conclusion that railway employees are much
more liable to affections of the spinal cord
than men engaged in other employments.
The Bologna Geological Congress which
meets in September, ssl has offered prize
OF 5000 francs for the best international
scale Of colors, and conventional signs for
the representation of maps and sections.
There are said to be two russet apple
trees, at Skowhegan, Me-, that were planted
out in 1862, Both are good bearers, one of
them yielding from twenty five to thirty
five bushels each year
Mount Everest, which has heretofore
ranked the highest mountain in the world
has had to step aside for Mount Hercules in
New Guinia, a recent survey making the
total height Of the latter, 80, ,Is6 feet, while
the former has a height of only $4,000 feet.
The Society Of Public Analysts,in Eng.
land claim to have in their possession, "a her
metically sealed jar of butter, believed to be
two thousand years old, which had been
found in an Egyptian tomb, the quality o.
which is said TO be quite unimpaired, with
the exception of faint rancid smell.
"A scientific society in Paris has con
demned Olemargarine as a substitute fol
butter. It is claimed that the fatty particles
are absorbed in the organism in state o
emulsion, and that the absorption of tn,
margarine will not be so favorably effected
as that Of butter. Another ground for con
demnation is that the substitute in the hand
of some manufacturers is liable to be adul
terated and made unwholesome by the US,
of impure fats and vegetable oils that ar,
difficult to digest.
1t is authoritatively stated that DR.
Golding Bird, was the first to find out th
advantages of gas carbon in producing elec
tric light.
"A movement is on foot to transfer tn,
meteorological department of the Sigma
Service of the United States to Seientifi
Control; While the ineumbents, under it
present arrangement are bitterly opposed Il
the transfer, it is safe to say that the genera
public would heartily approve the chang
and hail the transfer with great satisfaC
ton.
The problem how to destroy smoke
said TO have been successfully solved by
gentleman of Cincinnati, who has apple
for patent on an invention for that pun
pose. BY means Of hisnpparatus the smok
is entirely consumed and made to contr
, butte to the heating power of the fuel, and
: is said that a saving Of - per cent in fuel
[ thus effected.
/ A considerable number Of very aneiel
tombs and objects Of antique art, have bee
revealed by a recent land slide on the rigl
bank of the river Simct, in Sicily, near Il
! town OF Cateria. Investigations having bee
I, made, il il generally believed that the
, tombs belonged TO the ancient town Of Sim
stus, indicated by Pling aud Ptolemy, Il
r situation of which historians have new
4 been able to agree upon, The discovery
i, Of great archaeological Importance aud W
: no doubt prove of value in thmwing mo
u light on the geological history Of the wi,
valley Of the river simet.