St. Landry democrat., 1882-04-08
A very general idea is that a tenden-

A very general idea is that tenden-
cy to certain diseases is indicated by
certain types of faces, as is shown by
the frequent use Of such phrases as
consumptive-looking." The subject
has been investigated by Drs. Cation
and Mahomed, whose conclusions thus
far fail to support the belief that GER
tain physical characteristics prove a
special liability to consumption OF
be shown that the effects of the dis
ease when commenced may be in
fuenced by such.
Prof. Boyd Dawkins, in depicting
the appearance of the world before
man, recently described America in the
eocene and miocene periods as being
connected with Europe by u heavily
wooded barrier Of land stretching past
the Fare Islands; while the alligators
and fishes of Europe were indistin-
gulshable from those Of this continent.
A Spanish physician, DR.. Olive,
makes use of powdered cobwebs as a
remedy for fevers.
Seasons of low water in the lakes of
Switzerland offer favorable opportuni
ties for adding to our knowledge of the
ancient lake-dwellers. The water of
Lake Constance has lately been lower
than at any other time since 1905, and
advantage has been taken of it to ex-
anime Il number of lacustrine dwellings,,
with the result of numerous discoveries
OF Implements.
An interesting experiment is said to
have been made with a alternating
hedgehog, in which the brain of the
sleeping animal was removed, then the
entire spinal cord, but for two hours
hardly any change was noticeable in
the action OF the heart; and a day af-
terWard that organ contracted when
touched by the operator.
During an address by Prof. w. E.
Ayrton on the " storage of power,r
the lecture theatre was lighted, a circu-
lar saw driven and an ELEVATOR operated
by means of electric energy which had
been stored the previous day in Faure
accommodating batteries. The total
quantity of energy was 100000 foot
pounds-a little more than twenty-five
horsepower exerted for one hour. A
single cell, containing 81 pounds of
lead and red-lead, is found to store
], 40, 600 foot-pounds of energy.
Paper made from strong flores can
now be compressed into substance so
hard that nothing but the diamond can
scratch it.
It has been proven by direct COM
parison that objects which are white by
sunlight appear yellowish under the
electric light, and red when seen by
Werner Siemens, "arises from our
being accustomed to see the earth redly
Illuminated after sunset, and on this
basis forming different scale of colors
for ourselves. Daylight would accord
lngly by night appear still bluer than
the electric light. This false idea
would disappear if electric illumina-
ton became general"
It has been affirmed that it is possible
70 transmit electric energy for working
motors to short distance only. NJ.
Deprez now shows, however that con-
percentage of the original
bower maybe made available at dis
lance as great as fifty miles.
The largest trees known are probab-
y a Eucalyptus amygddlina, or "pepper-
mint tree" growing in the Dandenong
district OF Victoria, Australia, which is
aid to measure $40 feet to the starting
Joint OF the crown, and At feet to the
op, and another specimen Of the same
pecies, mentioned by Baron Ferdinand ,
on Muller as having attained the
eight of 48O feet.
A new method of illumination, adop-
ed in a lighthouse OF New South
Wales, consists Of an arrangement for
he use Of gas in clear weather and
he electric light when cloudy.
Explorations by Russian party show
hat the eastern shore of the Gulf of .
'bi, in northern Siberia, is nearly four :
cen miles west of the place asst gned to
; by existing maps.