Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27

=, ., 4, D or are extremely wet; those
ending in or 8 are ordinarily well bal
anced; those ending in have extremely
cold winters; those ending IN 2 have an
early spring; those ending in l have a
late spring; those ending in 3 or are
subject to great floods.
w1NDOWLEss.
According to NJ. Nadaud there are
219, 270 houses in France without any
window whatever, and to which light
and air are admitted, when admitted at
all, only through the door or hole III
the door, which has to be stopped in wet
or cold weather. Allowing five people
to a family, more than |, 900, 600 persons
altogether must be housed in this exc
cradle fashion. In Paris, although CO.,
900 tenants have been dealt with in the
last thirty years under the act of 1850,
there are still between 5000 and 1000
families living III single rooms without
means of warming, and between 1000
and 5000 III single rooms with no aper-
ture for light and air, cupbOards in fact.
Between rs, 900 and 10000 habitations
consist of single room.
AN INDIAN RELIC.
B. Wilson Lord, of Agawam, brought
a great curiosity to Springfield, Mass.
in the shape of an Indian pot, the pieces
of which he found last month on the
Longmeadow side of the river after the
water had fallen below the height at
which it stoou during spring freshets.
Having made a study of such things he
has cemented these pieces together by
patient toll so accurately that the origi-
nal shape of the vessel is not only re-
stored but the external lines of orna-
mentation are preserved intact. The
diameter of the pot at the top Is Is
inches, the height being Is and the larg-
est circumference 40. The number of
pieces is $50 and only one of them was
supplied outside of the original lot in
the process of putting the pot together.
Mr.. Lord hopes to sell his relic to Prof.
| Putnam, of the Peabody Museum, which
is connected with Harvard University.
AN EASY TEST FOR ADULTERATED SUGAR.
A few years ago P. Cassamaior pro.
| posed the use of methyl alcohol for the
| detection OF glucose when mixed with
| cane sugar. At recent meeting of the
American Chemical Society he announc-
| ed the fact that his test would not work
when anhydrous grape sugar (amylose)
instead of ordinary hydrated glucose is
used In place of that test be now sug-
gests that sample of suspected sugar
be placed in beaBer- glass or teacup,
and an equal quantity of sugar known to
| be pure III a similar vessel. On adding
a little water to each and placing the
vessels III hot water. the Gdulterated
sugar will melt much sooner than the
other and appear more like mOlasses.
| On allowing the two solutions to cool,
the pure cane sugar viii become solid
again, while the adulterated article will
remain 9 syrup. In a sample sent to
| him to test he found that about 20 pei
cent. of crystalline glucose had been
| added. The form of the crystals in the
| anhydrous glucose were, he said, easily
| distinguished from either cane sugar on
ordinary hydrated glucose by means OF
the microscope. The quantity can only
be determined by optical means.
THE EUCALYPTUS.
The Sanitary Engineer says that dur.
ing the last few years On interesting ex
pertinent has been In progress in the
vicinity of a Trappist convent on the
Campagna, near Rome, at station
known as the Three Fountains, which
for number of years has been pre- emf
nently unhealthy. So much so, IN
deed, that it was practically impossible
for any one to live there during the
summer and autumn, and a visit to it
except III midwinter, ranked as a dan
gerous expedition. The monks under.
took to drive away the malaria by means
of drainage, the culture of the vine, anC
especially by extensive planting of the
eucalyptus. All went well in 1881, but
IN 1882, while the malarial fevers were
much less prevalent and less severe
throughout the Campagna, which di
minutlOn was supposed to be due to ar
unusually dry summer and cool autumn
there was one exception to this, and that
was, most unfortunately, the Three
Fountains station. Every person who
remained at this place during the sum
mer and autumn of 1882 suffered from
mal0rial fever. Prot. Tommasi Crudel
remarks that, unfortunately, malaria
| may be produced in the most diverse
soils. We need careful study of the
natural history of malaria, of the effects
upon 1t Of change of character or condi
| ton OF soils. etc"
THE EYE WITH AGE.
The sight of near object involves in
the case Of normal eye an actual mus
cular effort. A near object is seen by
rays that are more or less divergent,
and which require to be more powerful
ly refracted than the parallel rays in or.
der to bring them to a focus within the
same space. We have seen how this re.
fraction is brought about-by an altera-
ton IN the shape of the lens. In youth
this alteration is easy enough. Elastic
membranes yield readily, muscles are
vigorous, and, above ali, the lens itself
is soft and highly elastic. But, as years
go on, gradual hardening process takes
place IN this crystalline body. 1t grad
ually loses It's elasticity and becomes
mole and more rigid, and the power OF
accommodation constantly diminishes.
1t is found on an average of observations
that at 10 years of age the crystalline
lens may be rendered SO convex
as to give clear image OF
an object three inches from the eye. At