Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-03-01
scIENTIFIc MISCELLANY.

An enormous quantity of water pas
SEES through the roots of plants. An
English experimental has ascertainsd
that for every pound Of mineral mater
ass inflated by the plant an average 'f
2,O00 pounds If water Is absorbed Al
the French Agricultural Observatory
of Montsouris it was found that, IN
rich soil, 727 pounds If water passed
through the roots Of wheat plants for
every pound Of grain produced; while
IN q very poor soil 1898 pounds passed
through the whca. roots for each pound
Of groin.
According to DIR. Quesneville, water
has been kept in potable condition
for more than three years by adding t.
it half grain Of salicylic acid. This
treatment is especially recommended
for water carried. by expeditions to warm
climates.
Prof. Leidy has related the case OF
tho sudden death Of COW, which was
MIXED one night when it appeared
perfectly well and died the next morn
ing A number of deaths under like
circumstances having previously taken
place in the same herd, an examina-
ton Of this COW was made, when the
spleen was found to be gorged with
blood teeming with the organisms
known as Bacilli anthracis, which are
regarded as the cause Of splenic fever.
This observation has led correspond
snssr tie London Lancet to suggest
that parts Of cattle which had been
killed while suffering from this disease
may sometimes be used for oleomarga
rine, aud as sufficient heat is not em
ploycd in the manufacture Of that sub
stance TO kill the bacilli, consumers o.
oleomarsarinc must. run some risk O
contagion.
"Human languages says Mons
Julien Vinzon, appear to have grow
like trees in wood, which in the frs
stage are as numerous as possible bu
are soon reduced to few individuals
of which very small number attain
their full term of life Numerous al
were at first the local manifestations o
human beings, the primordial languages
were as innumerable.
The locality Of one original home o
the potato is settled by Mr.. John G
Lemons discovery last season of thi
plant in the mountains OF Arizona
One variety was found near the sun
NIT Of a peak 10000 feet high. Fror
the wild plants MrtLemmon obtaine
some seeds, with several quarts Of sma
tuhers, and these will be distribute
among careful experimenters for cult
walton. 1t is hoped that the resul
win be new and vigorous race Of pr
tatoes to take the place Of the degene1
ated varie les now grown.
Mr.. A. ii. Keane has described Kart
q seven year old female child now q
the London Royal Aquarium, who
sensationally claimed by her exhihi.e
to be the long sought missing link
between man and The higher ape
Krao is fairly intelligent, aud her shol
stay among civilized people has alread
caused her to dislike her old savage a
sociatcs. She has several physical p
culiarities, the chief Of which are
forehead covered with thick black ha
down to the bushy eyebrows, growt
Of hair about quarter Of an inch slon
over her body, prehensile feet and r.
markedly flexible hands. Mr.. Keau
finds, however. the point Of chief int
est to be Krao's history, which. seen
70 Indicate the existence Of hair
race Ct people in part Of India no
chiefly occupied by almost hairless MOI
goloid people. Krao and her paren
also hairy peopls--were found la
year by MIR. Carl Book, and anoth'
hairy family which came from the sau
region issaid to have been known.
Five times as many kinds Of inscc
are estimated to exist as there are So
Dies Of all other living creatures tege,
er. Four hundred and City species Al
fostered by the oak tree alone, and q
by the pine. humboldt, in 1919, G
timated that between $50, 900 and l7(
600 species were preserved in collie
lions, and it is now supposed that Il
number may be Something like 75(
ooe. With how large part of N
lures production in this one field CT
any single individual hope to becou