The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-21
soIEsT1rIo AND USEFUL.

A curious fact has been noted By
Professor Won Tieghem. The cells IN
the roots Of an apple tree underwent al
coholic fermentation when the soil wa
very damp. The tree then presented Q
very sickly appearance. :
Mr.. G. Phillips Bevan estimates fht
grand total of gold produced during
the historic ages to be Is. ST.. 093, 500
and that of silver, e., 826. 25O, 900, max
ing the produce Of both the precioui
metals TO be worth &c. SIS. 343. 500. /
According To MI. A Renyuard, thu
water in which hemp has been STEPPED
produces no evil effects on the health Of
a district when such water is allowed 10
flow into running water. but always de.
sfroys the fish and some varieties o.
vegetable growth =
Soma far-reaching data are lookei
for regarding ceep-sea fisheries when
tho steamship for which Si03. 900 hal
lately been appropriated by Congress-
completes the work for which sho is Il
10 specially constructed under the su.
prrv.sion Of Prof. Baird
Taere 10 In Edinburgh. Scotland. 4
Sunday Science School. attended, froLi
November TO July Of last year, by an
average of sixty pupils out of an en-
.rnlied number Of ninety-two artisan
aud otLer youths who could not. owing
h prolonged business hours. attend
evening classes on week days.
4 Young German who was Witness
ing the shooting of a horse was struck
by a SMALL particle of iron, which PEN
oiratsd the pupil Of his eye and buried
s-lf deep In the body of the organ.
. IN eye hospital at Weisbaden the
Extraordinary operation Of withdraw
sng the iron by means Of q magnet was
recently performed with entire success.
In . recent letter ON Goal Gas" Pro-
lessor Renzen cited . curious instance
Of the deodorizing Of illuminating gas.
In Dresden . quantity Of gas escaped
from o pipe outside Of. . dwelling and
passed through the earth into the house
with it, odor entirely gone. 1t was
brsathed unconsciously. and several
deaths occurred in consequence.
A. the result Of his personal OBSERVE
tionA n. Carlet states that the walking
Of insects may be represented by that
OF three men In Indian file, the fore.
most and hindmost Of whom keep step
with each other, while the middle one
walks In the alternate step. The walk
ing q arachnids q be represented By
four mon in file. the eyen numbered
ones walking in one step. whils the odd
numbered ones walk IN the altemats
stops. .
A writer in the Jepish World points
out that, contrary to the rsuetxsk idsa,!
thessldar rabbfnS OF thAsralmd tEpEfti
that Rho world WINS round. IhI ID
shown by n passage in which. in dir
cussiug idolatry. the figures holding in
tho baud q baton. q bird. or aEbbsl
were prohibited. because the baton
tho dominion of the world.
the bird that the world lies benpath
1t, and the globe is forbidden because
1t resembles the form Of the world ITSELF
Mr.. Plimsoll suggests thai. frs-damp
should BE Withdrawn from mines by
pipes. Just n the water is pumped up
from the stump. He would make q
',sump" for gas In the highest part Of
the roof, and then allow the gas to es-,
cape from the workings up . vertical
tube TO the stump. whence 1t would be,
pumped 10 the surface, and employed
for lighting the village. Mr.. Plimso1l
thinks that such. q plan would give abb,
solute and immediate control to the
Of q pit over any gases which
might be lurking in the recesses of the
mine; and he suggests that IL his REM.
edy 10 found useless some scientific or
philanthropic body should offer a pre-.
MUM Of EGO, 900 for the discovery Of O
means Of entirely preventing coal-mine
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