Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-09

DR.. Hartg states that strong man
working II hand fire engine with his W.
most strength for two minutes can ~
work amounting to o,403 in the highest
and OPT of one-horSe power in the low
est maximum obtainabe.
1t is generally supposed that thick
covering OF snow affords the best pro-
lection from the severe troSts of Winter
to the soil beneath. Experiments by
Deheraim and kaySer prove that grass
turf is much more eitectual
When liquid manureS are too much dilut
cd fruit trees are injured by being COM
PEELED in seeking nourishment TO take
more water than they need. On the
other hand too concentrated soiu-
tons occasion decay of the roots.
Whether an animal win suffer or not
from eating mold vegetation depends
very much on the constitution of the
animal. One animal viii suffer no bad
effects from the same fungus which will
destroy the organs of another animal as
a malignant parasite
Large iron ore deposits of good quail
ty have been discovered in Westphalia
at no great depth beneath the surface,
engaged IN removing the ore. But what
is of equal importance is the discovery
also of extensive coal veins of from
eight TO fourteen feet in thickness.
Again il has been proved by NJ. l..
Baele that low temperature has very
little to do with the fracture of railroad
tires Other things being equal the tires
are as strong in severe frost As when the
temperature Is normal. Bat low tenn
peraturc increases the rigidity of the
road and its inequalities and SO renders
the shocks received by the tires very
violent.
The proportion of matter assimilated
from different kinds of food varies great
". according So the Investigations Of
Mr.. Mas Ruhner. OF the heterogeneous
matter IN lyosh meat and eggs only %
to 2. per cent. is rejected; in milk, TO
l. per cent. In pens, beans. etc, 1913
per cent Ii is inferred that 4 healthy
body cannu, De- sustained on an eNclu-
sNely vegetable diet
II is said that hollow steel shaftng is
made in France IL way which most
people would like to see actually done
hcfur, they own eyes. 'l'hc metal Is
first east around a core of lime, the IN
got being finally rolled into shaftin%,
the lime core going with it, and dimin-
! i>hing in diameter in the same proper
! ton Is the metal even when the total
diameter Is reduced rs low rs one-fourth
/ of an inch.
| DIR. f. Ncrlson describes the turning
! blue" of milk rs morbid change which
/ takes under action of specific contagitnn
which is capable Of producing a like APP
prarancr in The milk of other animals
and such substances rs boiled potatoes,
lice and Nerct sole caseine when they
are subjected 10 its influence Albumcn
and vegetable ca>enc resists it, inil,l-
encc. Fortunately. no poisonous results
follow the use Of blue milk
10 determine ihc proportion Of fat in
milk. Professor SoXhlet shakes up the
milk with ethcrtr potaSsa I've. 80 that
the fat contained ia the sample is com
rlctcly dissolved when the mixture is
allowed to stand - lapcr is formed ON the
surface OF the liquid, and from q com
parisun of the >upcrnatant dissolved fat
! with the other portion of the contents OF
the vessel the problem may he solved.
he SPECIFIC gravity oi the ETHEREAL liq-
uid i increased ia proportion to the FIT
dissolved.
one of the most abhurrent ways of
leaving this world. whether one CON
sidrr~ life worth living or not, is by
hydrophobia, 70 die OF dog-bite implies
Il sense OF humiliation to the victim and
his friends Most of the alleged rene
dicS are either dangerous a, the best. or
are pure devices to play upon the imagi-
nation. The Satliration of the system
with alcohol may be instaGted as belong
ing 10 the iirot-elass, and the applca-
tiou to thc.Wound Of nad-stones and the
like to the second. In the HclWc Wcdi-
rH N. Dartigue- proposes that the pa
tcnt be incloscd in sort of "A sweat-box.
while from time Ia time pilocarpine sub
Innate is administered through tho skin.
/ This method evidently requires caution
and experience. but the treatment is a
rational one.