Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-07-06
ssCr-yrIvIc MIjcC1LANY.

sacC ftttI as u 70 II ~ ''''-'' 49,
sthree and three iourths yer ce t. NOR"
.surac. ard more than one per cent.
less acid than those which have re-
smained in darkness.
The gathering # eloth-e'rotched IN
large bleach fields, is a new European
.a,.lication Of tn electric railway.
The railway coastruc ed h IS twenty
.one branches, each ala Ut ii TIN OF d
nile ia l~ullh. The pieces Of c'o lis
are connected at the ends, so as TO
form long lenths, and the railway
trucks roll an A. much 1T halt an hour
as could De done by the entire me hod
in all en.iie day.
TIE. present increase ot the popu
lati of Eng aud FROM excess OF births
over deaths is about one and half
per cont. a year; and Pr ctor com
sputes that If the VIOLA had started
with one million inhabitants $3.50
years 40, (,n estimate probably far
too ioRl ANA had mad made a uniform
increas. 1T ,hnt rae, the elrth' : p es
-ent p'pala'ion " Md be 2,3,S0o, COO,
900, 1000. $50, 900, 0o1 zoe, 900, p0O, 000,-
900. EVEN if til "or!d's popu al o
had only been ten 1900 years ago. and
the same Increase had cen kept up
that is no in prog ess III England,
the number wonld now hc 80 sr. at
that $1,000, 100000 such globes as
this earth wou ouIy give standing
room for the vast POT ulati II supp sing
the entire surface Of each COLE to be oc.
cupied.
French government commission RS
seem to favor att"mp empting The r
nation Of an Algerian sea by flooding
the Sahar,, notwithstanding objections
made.
The fly second annual meeting Of
the British Association for the ad
vancement Of science will commence
at southampton. August %; the
French Ass cations eleventh meet
ing, at Rochelle August u; and IA"
American Asociation's, lhirt. first
meetin8, ut Montreal, August %.
Some OF the most remarkable dscov-
cries of the year arr usually annourcd
at these great gathering of sayants.
Tha failure o. seeds 10 or W during
the cold season proves hat II higher
temperature ia necessity for their gcr
mination, and it is a very ia ural up
position that the hes suits are to b.
-ottlinen when the heat is raised to &
high degree as pos Idle without de-.
stroying the seeds Prof, IT, ia l'on
shows that this is far from bpin: tie
case with ali seeds In an experiment
repeated several times, h. has obtained
much more rapid growth from al
mond aud walnut seeds, in house
kept temperature varying duri"g ht
tweenty-four hours from 40 to 81 de
grees. Furthermore, the plants start
ed in the warm house were earlier ar
rested in their deve,npement thar
those from the cool house A further
studp Of this subject nigh, lead t.
valuable results IN show,n, .the most
favorable temperature for hot h use,
for the various kinds Of seeds, and il
pointing ont the plants which canno
be probably forced IN hot houses.
Plateau, the eminent Ffench natur
'a.is', find- that June tug can cxer
as grea, a force in prop rtion to 1t
size os locomotive.
NJ. Eenan has expressed the belle
thlt century hence, mankind vii
study little else than physic,l science
The curious ideas concerning natur
al phenomena entertained by the ia
panese few decades ago are il rstra
ted by a work teao',iny of "Heaver
and earth" written in 1921, and JUS
translated int En.slsh. According t,
this work, the ear'h anl the heaven,
are eoverneraed by male ami iemal,
principle. Rain is ii changed Form o
the male principle, and he vapor IN
der the earth of the female. Whet
the rain sinks irfe he earth, it pur
sues the fe,aale principal The earl
is the mother OF all things, and tn
heaven is the wind or air ia which III,
shining sun, mo L and stars are hung
The heavens move from east to west
contrary 10 the motion of runnin. wa
tr, which flows from west TO east
Some o. the water in the earth & W,
10 the north, where it is turned int
v.por by the earth air, and forms
clouds which are in turn CHI ngel t,
rain by the wind Ia he male season
GA Summer, the quantity water in,
creases; while 1T d minishes in Winte,
the female season. Thurder is pro
duced by the min Cling Of the nal
and fem lie p-iuei pie. A kind o
beast is said to move in the air will
the thunder, which is not considered
strange because at cerfain i,lanC
about ten Thousand miles from Japar
there is bird which is covered will
fur, instead of feathers, and e,ts fire
Earthquakes ara suhterrrne n thun
der, also this vapor; h 70 is the ,apo,
mixed with volcano smoke. Tn, vat