The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-08-12
For the Cannon ADvocArE.1
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
--l1ouse-Aies are found 10 he very FREE
1renily infested by parasitic worms,
which suggests the possibility thet they
may also carry about the Rera.s OF infect
ions diseases
d Nrics believes that tho true firc-
ton Of the re~uors iuic of rlnnis is to
| serve ns balm for wounds, and that the
resins nro not excremeutiiious matter as
some have thought.
-Besides the transit Of Venus obser-
va'jons in December eff r,s will be made
TO deterpliue the suns pnr,llax by other
ntthods. Arrang menls have already
been nada flr observations Of the n iuor
1lurets V,ctorit and Sappho when at OPP
nosi,ion on August oath and September
2llh respectively.
The microscope shows Tint CRYSTALS
If mineral, frequently contain air or Ii
lrid bubbles. Qulr'z crystals have been
found 81 completely full Of minnie cavi-
ties, partly filed with liquid, that the as
founding number Of GOO eco has been
estimated to exist in a cube one twenty
titth Of an inch square.
The celebrated rosehnsh at Hides
helm, in Hanover. teputed to have been
planted by Charlem,gne and therefore TO
e-more ;han II thousand years oil. has
borne more blossoms this season than
ever before, and is an object of much
curiosity. The branches Of the bush ex-
tend to about three feet and eight inches
in height aud three feet aud four inches
in width.
-Ftom observations with the spectre.
scope and polariscope since 1858, NJ.
Prazmowski concludes that comets are
formed of condensed portion, which
constitutes the nucleus, surrounded by
IN incandescent gaseous atmosphere,
which contains carbon and rehects the
light of the sun, and of swarm of loose
material which is not controlled by the
bVhitt bNA liONGb III ODtultuCt lO uUlNtT-
sal attraction.
DIR. Wood of Bishops College, M5n.
treal, has reported numerous cases in
which rheumatism has been cured by
fasting from four to ten days. The pa
ii ents wire allowed to drink freely of
water and lemonade, but no medicines
were given Dr. Wood is inclined to be-
lieve that rheumatism is simply phase
of indigestion, to be cured by giving rest
to all the viscera.
1t is quite commonly believed that
in running a man descends at each stride
npon the ball of the foot,s so that the arch
of the foot may serve as a spring to break
the shock, Iu his instantaneous photoA
graphs, however, Mr.. Muy bridge shows
that either in walking, running or jump
ing, mau-like all other animals 80 far
observed-alights upon the heel.
1t is reported that in graphing for
cable in the Pacific off the Central Amer
lean coast great masses of trunks, roots
and branches Of trees we're drawn up
from depth of 800 fathotn5. II the re-
port proves true the discovery is an in
teresting ore. Neither history nor Ia
dian tradition refers to any great convul-
sion or submergonce of land which could
account for the presence of the trees at.
the place where they were found.
Prof Z. l.. Larkin has demonstrated
mathe matically that the fall OF the larg.
est comet to the sun coull only be OBJ
served by the most powerful telescopes
and spectroscopes, while only the most
delicate heat-measnring app ,rttus could
detect any increase of temperature urcn
the aiHh as an ell ct of the collision. Tar
from lNstrl ing our hes ruction whatever
heat may be added to the sun by the COM
tinued fall Of cometsry matter from space
must tend to rr'lons mans existence
upon an expiring planet whose poles IRE
already frozen in death.
A paper in the London Medical
Record on the poisonous properties of
qniniue mentions case in which COM
plete temporary blindness and rerma-
nent itjury OF the eyesight We're caused
by taking six'y-eiglt grains Of Quinine
in about twenty.oRe hours to relieve an
attack Of pneumonia. Ia another case
the death Of the patient is attributed to
the action of Only twenty-eight grains
of quinine taken in two days, hut in this
instance it seems to be quite probable
that the fatal result may have been caus-
ed by the Intermittent fever with which
the patient was suffering rather than 10y
the drug
M Toussaint has shown experiments
ally the dangers OF eating msat nearly
raw as ia now so generally dore. II the
meat is Ensound, tho germs of disease
must pass iu'o the system. The most
frequent and dangerous malady with
which animals slaughtered for food are
affected is lnsnmpticn. aud even if the
animal is ouly slightly M cled persons
-a'ing TIE uneooLrd meat are liable TO
i isctlou The law juice iressed from a
slig lightly Feet d COWS larg was used to
inoculate rabbits aud young pigs, and all
the subjects died il short time from the
disease. The experiment was repeated
with IL portion Of the juice which had
been partially oked, and iha rtsalt was
the sHnle. Thorough cooking of the meat
at n t,mperaiure of l5J or 100 degrees is
recommended as precauliun unsafe to
neglect.
Strive 10 impress GA your children
thai tie only disgrace attaching 10 honest
work is tbs disgrace of doing ii badly.