The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-09-30


Remember, loye-wards should be said
Unto the LYING, not the dead!
-Warerly MogGzine.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
A queen bee lays, in the height of the
season, from 2OG0to 5000 eggs in twenty
fonr hours.
The most northern place in tile world
where rye and oats mature is found in
the Swedish province of Norbottcn, at
Kcngis, 40 miles north Of the Arctic
Circle, while the northernmost limit Of
,-cnltivation is ut Muoniovara, 90
miles, north Of the Circle.
III Il paper on the longevity Of Romans
in North Africa, read ut u recent meet
ing of the London Antropological So
ciety by Lord Talbot de Malahide, sew
eral instances were given of inscriptions
on tombs of persons whose age had eS-
cee.led LOO yearsin some cases an age
Of 120, 100 and even lao years having
been reached.
Herr Gruber has been studying the
sense of hearing in insects. He finds
cockroaches, beetles and certain aquatic
insects to DO very sensitive to sounds,
while grubs, ants and various water
larvm appear to be unaffected. The re-
Spouse made by the insects affected by
sound Herr Gruber considers an indica-
ton of true hearing.
Prof. Tlomholt, IL Norwegian invcs-
tigator, has been studying the aurora
borealis. and has obtained records from
fifty telegrapliic stations of Norway and
Sweden which show that scarcely IL day
passes without some disturbance on the
lines due 10 tho terrestrial magnetism
He is urging the establishing of an
institution in Norway specially fitted mp
for observing auroral and other pl,enom-
ana of the earth currents
Mr.. J. G. Jackson of Hockessin, Del,
has observed what he believes TO have
l,ecn IL mist or cloud OH the moon. He
has been able to see the appearance
only on~one particular evening Of each
1nm,ion, when the moon was about
sixty hours old. lie thinks this mist is
formed at a particular point tlnring
avery lunar night, and is ,lispellcd soon
after the sun rises on that part of the
moons SUFFICE.
When physicians have made use of Il pro;crin-
lion tor years u, their private practice with
certain success, It is duty they to mankind
70 put such remedies within reach of all, and
With Dr. shefsnp Preky Ash Bte ee e and
they have proved to be a blessing to mankind.
Il is generally supposed that flies adj
here to ceilings and perpendicular walls
by virtue "f some sucking property of
the feet. In Il communication To the
Berlin Society of Natural History, Herr
Derwtz presents some facts which seem
4" disprove tho theory and make it an
pear probable that this power is due
rather to a sticky matter which may he
seen under the microscope 10 cxud,
from fiys feet when walking with its
body downward
BAILEs's SALINE ArERIrST.-Wiat is it: 1t
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cooling and refreshing. For tyspeDsin h is
superior, and for sick headache. acid stomach.
anilseStloii. etc., ii not he excelied 1t is
delicious fever drink, and acts finely upon the
skin. >>'~-1 >-'e
The heaviest rainfall is stated by Prof.
l."on;is +" be fonnd in the rainbelt which
surrounds nearly the whole globe living
between the northeast and southeast
trade winds. From records collected Of
rainfall at sea, Mr.. w. J. Black has
estimated the rates per annum for this
belt. Tke fall for the Atlantic Ocean is
calculated at 1887 inches year, and
for the Anstral-Cninese seas, 1926
inches year No calculation has been
made for the Pacific, on account of lack
of records from that ocean.
Good health is maintained and nourishet! by
proper attention to the requirements of the
body, and the avoidances Of excuses. 1t is
wasted or destroyed Ey everlasting the mind
with study, anxiety. evil habits, intelnperance.
or vicious indulgences. Keep the body and
Dram we'll balanced by freely using that friend
vi Temperance and good health, Browns Irpn
Bitters; thus will you live to Il good old age.
free from all disease and suffering.
The famous American opticians. Alvan
Clarke 4 Sons of Cambridge, Mass,
have nenrly completed the lens for The
great telescope ordered by the Russian
Governments for the observatory at Pull
k"va. the grinding of the glass having
NOW been in progress f,r Il year. The
telescope will he furty-five feet long. and
the object glass is thirty inches il, diam
+ter. Equipped with this Instrument,
the eminent astronomer at Pulkova can
view the heavens through the greatest
rrtracting telescope in eSistence. This
glory will probably lac short-lived
however. as the trustees of James Lick's
rsta-e in California will doubtless suc
seed in carrying out the great philan-
thropist's Instructions To build ;,
selrsrure Surprising all others in ,nwer
--lkat IS, they will succeed so far. Mt
feast, as pow inay de.r;ud a,,osi sik..