Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-11-30
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

--of Malsyaa origin--to which the
name Dyera has been given.
A large subterranean grotto has been
discovered in the side Of mountain at
Dorgsli in the island Of Sardinia. 1t
has many beautiful stalac,ites, and
there are fifteen long lateral galleries,
the arch of one of them resting on q
range Of high pillars having . white
ness like that Of marble. A marvellous
effect in colors is produced when the
grotto is lit up with torches.
Prof. Burns, Of Tubingen, has made
some experiments on dogs which be
regards a. proving that bone marrow,
completely separated from the bone,
may be trausp;suted under the skin Of
the san,e animal at q remote part Of
The body with the result Of giving rise
70 the formation Of bone and cartilage
After considerable difficulty, the
Cavaliers d'Amico has succeeded in &C
complaining the important botanical
result Of acclimatizing a number Of for
eiga plants in Sicily. Among them is
the tea-plant. and it is hoped tina.
Sicilian tea may ere long become a not
unimportant article of commerce.
MI. vacher ha. assured the British
Medical Association that milk from
tuberculous COWS must lie regarded a.
dangerous, but the transmission Of con-
sumption BY milk is almost incapable
cf proof because so many otter possible
sources Of The disease exist in oil cases
whore persons Become affected. A
wise course is TO boil all milk to be
used - food.
It i wsll known that many fine
bronzes room turn quite black while
others equally exposed do not. The
Berlin Society Of Architects Ends thai
the blackening is probably due to The
presence Of sine in the bronzes 50 at
fscted.
Mr.. Gill, the astro omer at the Caps
Town Observatory. reports IN obssrva
ton there made which is quite without
precedsat in the history Of comets. On
September 18th the comet was followed
By two Observers with separate iustru
ments until il reached the very edg,
Of the suns disk, where it suddenl,
disappeared. This observation is ii
extraordinary illustration of the intens'
lrilliancy Of the comet at periheliou.
On TIE 10Th Of October was com
mencsd the fourth century Of the "Nev
Style" Of tiher.gisteriug. The tru
year doss not contain an exact humble
Of day., - the fractions have been ad
dsd aswhole days 1t such times a hav
bssn oonsidsrsd sufficiently accurate 70
practical purposes. Az the plan Intro
duced By Julius Caesar Of adding on
day = every fourth year was found I
make tie average civil year few mir
ntss too long. Pope Gregory XIII /
1882 ordered that the year be corres.e
By dropping ten days--giving 10 til
next day after OCT. 4sh the date Of o.
lSth--ani that The calendar b. mad
more nearly accurate ~ having tire
fewer lrs2 years in each four centuries
making every cen.urisl year not divi,
ibls by 400 year Of only se5 day,
This improved system forns the Gre,
orian calendar, which has taken tn
place Of the ''Old Style IN all cour
tries save Russia, where the latte
method b stiil retained.
Recent analyses are stated to sho,
that the water Of the 'Holy Well" 4
Msca-so eagerly drank by pilgrim
-s sewage about ten times As stron
- The average London sewage.
A very durable artificial ivory hs
rscently been prepared By dissolvin
shcllac IN ammonia, mixing the sol,
ton with oxide Of ENC, driving of th
ammonia BY heating. powdering, an
strongly COMPRISING in moulds.
II has recently been discovered ths
the faded ink on old parchments ma
Be restored BY moistenins the lines {
writing with solution of sulphide {
ammonia. Tho writing will turn qui,
dark, and il on parchment will retail
the color, records treated in this wa
in the Germauic Museum Of Nureu
burg being still in thu same couditio
. Immediately after the application
ten years ego. % paper. however, tn
restored writing gradually fades again
but may b revived at pleasure BY fresl
applications Of the sulphide.
Moesrs. Frezon, Dumont and Fran