The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-04-25
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE. \

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THE Mormor,s raise carrots in order 70
draw the superpabblpnddaan4fSSS0f alFan OUT o.
the ground. -, .,Ii r,.i-b /.
SCIENTISTS have caught the skeleton oil
a mammoth reptile in the Rocky Noun
| aiiis, ,ana theyaiow CAR hma SVeyosau-
rus. .Horuho 40
ABOUT 50, 900 different speciesof plants
have been distinguished by scientific
men, and 3, s0oof this number hire diff
ferent fQlms Of grasssidj vi do'shJ .
A NEW process for,using oldsteel has
lately been patented in England. BY it
nav metalt OF extraordinarily strength
and dIictility isalleged to be introduced,
which is expected to prove Of great
valnd. steel remade on this plan has
sold readily at 1925 per ton. '- -'''
The pachYmeter, lately patented In
Vienna, which measures the thickness Of
paptr to the 1060th part of IN inch, Is
outdone by the microIbeter caliper, now
coming into use i'll this country, which
determines the thickness Of paper, or
anything else, to the lO,OOOth part Of an
inch. @ M % ..t,,.u
The genealogical tables Of the reigning
and other pIihccly families OF Europe
have of late been examined to determine
the mean duration Of the life OF q gen.
Grafton Of tho human race. The life Of
princes does not appear 70 be anything,
il ut all, longer than that of the majority
Of other people, for the data which the
tables presented gave period Of thirty
years as the mean limit Of o genera
ton, ''la.i .nAh it.Eh Il -
SEVERAL changes in the summit Of
Mount Altna have been observedby Prof
Silvestri since the last display Of volcanic
activity. The summit is now $500
metres above tho level OF tho seq, tho
height having decreased twelve metres;
the interior edge of the crater has in
creased from 1900 metres to 1900
metres, and the eruptiyeaxis, which was
before the eruption OF 1879, on, the west
side Of tho crater, il now right in the
center. .ua5 .Tf al..} hHiTsi"
AREaiARK ABLE instance Of preservation
Of The mental and bodily faculties to a
very advanced age is presented by the
case OF NJ. Cheyreul, professor Of chem.
lstrg aud natural science, who is now in
his ninety-fifth year. This more than
nolagenarian savdnt has just finished,
for the fftieth time in his lengthened ex-
istcnce, his annual course of lectures on
"Chemistry Applied to the Study Of Or
ganized Beings, "lat the Museum of Nat.
ural History, in Paris. .-....
A COMPARATIVE analysis of the stats
ties presentcdin the suicide records Of
France and Sweden has been nfade by
NJ. Bertillon, of the Anthropological
Society, Paris, with the result of estab.
lishing on what he thinks quite salts.
factory evidence, the two following laws:
!. Widowers commit suicide more fire.
qucntly than married men. 2. Tile
presence and influence of childrenin the
house diminish the inclination to suicide
IN men and woman.
A RESIDENT of Germantown has in his
Possession an interesting relic of n pub
lie benefactor. This is silver tar sard
weighing 20 ounces, which was the prop.
eriy of Gabriel Wilkinson, the first mar.
BE mason Of Philadelphia, who died lis
years nSo. He hing the tankard FROM
the pump in front Of his marble yard TO-
the benefit Of thirsty passers by. Il
would not be safe for the present owno
TO hang that silver tankard in such
conspicuous placer eyen in Pllilallel.
phia.