Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-07-04

way toward its destination Il
will probably be absent for two
years.
1t should always be carefully
borne in mind that in bare wires,
out Of doors, erected for the pur-
pose of conveying electricity
there is always more or less danger
to persons or property.
There can be little or no doubt
that the eggs Of hens while under
the process of incubation are
liable to be affected by the chol-
err Of fowls. Bartholemy has
shown that eggs contain germs OF
microbes.
In Japan patent law is waut-
ed, not to protect the inventor,
but the pockets of the Japanese
themselves They believe that
the expression patented" is o
token Of good faith Of the yender
and Of the authenticity Of the
article.
When timed iron. says P.
Carries, serves for containing ali
mentry matters, it is essential it
should have no lead in the tin
The lead is rapidly oxidized on
the surface, and is dsolved in
this manner in the neutral acid
of the contents of the vessel
Connecticut srapidly advancing
in the cultivation Of the oyster.
Not less That $4,000 acres are
said to be devoted to the cultiva-
ton Of that delicious lustacean.
The business is also large Thirty
stsamers and many sailing vessels
are engaged in. the traffic.
At late meeting Of the Ply
steal Society, Mr.. H r Troop
showed that more than three
color sensations were consistent
with the theories Of Maxwell and
Helmholtz, and explained that
four primary, separate color
sensations. in couples served the
theory as well as three.
A contemporary says that two
OF the pupils Of Siinte
Barbe left Paris on May 4th, one
for London and the other for
Germany, where they will stay
for three months under the care
of their professors. The object
Of the journey is to obtain a prac
tical knowledge OF the English
and German languages.
A paper has been read before
Academy Of Sciences, Paris. by
M. Neyreneuf, on the transmission
of sound by vari Jus gases. Using
a sensitive fame arrangement, he
proved that carbonic oxide has
about the same transmitting
power rs our ordinary atmosphere,
but that carbolic acid gas has
much greater power.
At the Physiological Society,
Berlin. it was lately stated that
instead OF the condensed milk,
which. owing to its large percent
age Of sugar, has not kept its
place as food for children, a pre-
paration Of milk has been i'm
ported and introduced into the
market from Switzerland. This
milk is protected against fermen-
tation and decomposition by pre-
vions cooking,
What one single industry is
capable of doing by way of con-
suming what may be called raw
may be learned from the
following: 1t is only. compare
lively 81 eaking, q few years ago
that photographers began to use
albumen paper Now, in the
United States alone, three fac-
tories consume 1900, 900 eggs a
year making that kind Of paper.
Panax yictorim, says the Gard.
liners Chronicle. is a compact and
charming plant, which sends up
numbers OF stems from the bottom,
in plice of continually growing
upward. and thus becoming un,
calmly 1t bears profusion of
elegantly curlei. tasseled. and
varega.ed foliage. very cltching
to the eye and very unlike any Of
its predecessors. The other
Panax (dumdosum) is OF familiar
habit. the foliage being crested
and fringed, after the manner of
orr rare crested ferns