Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-01-25
POPULAR SCIENCE.

examination on 10 preserve as Specl-
mems.
The site of milestone manufactOry
of the bronze age is thought to have
been discovered ut Auyenir, near
Neaufchatel, Switzerland. Millstones
i'm all stages of manufacture have re
Gently been brought to light there.
The boring of the Arlberg tunnel is
in active progress on the AUSTRIAN side
of the mountain, and ground will short
! lv be broken on the Swiss side. The
st. Gothard line in its entire length is
expected to be in running order in
April next.
1t is claimed by M. Pasteur that
earth-wOrmS carry about the bacter-
idium germs of the disease, called an
thrax, in their alimentary canal; that
| the dust of the earth mixed with the
infected blood gets blown about the
herbage with the worms eXcrement,
and the cattle devouring the grass be
come infected.
The great and often extraordinary
| length of time during which diving
bird can remain under water is due to
the large quantity Of blood contained
in its bloodVessels. which supplies an
ample reserve of oxygen. If duck is
bled its diving powers are thereby re-
duced to those of an ordinary fowl.
A French chemist is said to have
made an important discovery in regard
to albumen. This substance, which
is the most considerable constit-
uent of the white portion of
eggs, is largely used in calico
printing. 1t occurs in the blood of an
imals, but the red cOloring matter has
hitherto prevented the calico-printers
from resOrting to that source for it. \
writer in Les Mondes now states that a
process has been discovered by which
it may be obtained from the blood of
butchered animals in Il completely col
orless state.
The London Lancet says: THE man
who eats a regulated number of meals
daily, with duly stimulated and organ
lied habit, probably eats much more
than his system requires, or the organ
ism, as whole, is constituted to deal
with. The organs of digestion and
assimilation are overworked, and hence
doubtless, many of the most trouble
some diseases. A glance at any time
showing the length of time which the
commonest articles of food take to
digest, will show that the fashionable
stomach can scarcely ever be empty"
Among the many important facts
brought out 10y the United States Sur
vey of the great lakes and the Missis-
sippi river, is the action of sand
waves in the Mississippi at Helena,
which in water from Is to 30 feet
deep are moving down the river at an
average rate Of Is feet a day. These
sand Naves have an average length,
counting from crest to crest, Of about
$50 feet, an extreme length OF about
800 feet, and an average height of about
) feet and an extreme height Of s feet
from valley to crest. The existence of
sand waves of such large dimensions,
and moving with such velocity, does
not seem to have been observed before
on the Lower Mississippi
In the Gazette dies IIopitauX, of a re-
cent date, some cases are described of
the use Of petroleum capsules in sim
pie and chronic bronchitis. 1t is sta
ted Il curious fact, that this balsamic was
brought before the Therapeutic Society
by M. Blanche Il year ago, at the sug-
gestion of Paris chemist, who named
it "Gaban oil, in order to prevent pu0-
lie prejudice. Each of these capsules
contains twenty-five centigrams of pure
petroleum. the ordinary oil which has
to be distilled in contact with sulphur