St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-05-05

food, and declares that a good Wedse
Of good plumpudding is not an hh-
wholesome lunch for young and grow
ing lads when out for a days hunting
or skating. Elderly people, too are OIL
ten able to partake OF this Ingredient Oh
Christmas cheer in a manner whlch
amazes their middled-aged relations.
The fact is, as has been pointed OUT
by Prof. Michael Foster, the digestive
elements are long preserved, SO tnat
man who in the prime of his manhood
was martyr to dyspepsia by reason OF
his gastric nerves, in his later years.
when his nerves are blunted, and when,
therefore, his peptic cells are able 70
pursue their chemical work undisturoeu
by nervous worries, eats and drinks
with the courage and success OF a BOY.
DR.. j. Fl. Van Hulle, of Belgium, has
made some experiments to test Oar
wins conclusion that soil acquires ad-
ditional fertility by passing through
the bodies of worms. Six kinds OF
seeds were selected, and each kind was
planted in two pots, one being filled with
worm casts and the other with exactly
the same class of soil which had not re-
Gently, if ever, passed through bodies OF
worms. No difference in the growth OF
the plants raised in the different pots
could be detected, and the experiment
er therefore concludes that the worms
do not Of themselves fertilize the soll'
although he acknowledges the value OF
their work from other considerations.
Physicists have long regarded odors
as due to small particles thrown OF Dy
1 the odoriferous substances. but the 1acu
that some substances emit powerful
odors fora great length of time with
out appreciable loss of weight makes
| this theory unsatisfactory. Light and
heat are now explained as modes or
forms of motion. This view is known
as the undulatory theory, and it has been
suggested lately that the phenomena OF
odors may be best accounted for by the
same hypothesis.
i Wasps' nests sometimes take fire, the
! ignition being caused, it is supposed, by
chemical action Of the wax upon the
, paper-like material forming the nests.
It is believed that many mysterious
fires in haystacks and farmers build
:. ings have had their origin in sponta-
neons combustion of this nature.
: Miss A. E. Ormerod, the well-known
, entomologist, says that lime applied to
land is very destructive to the eggs OF
: many insect pests.
81 In a lecture on chrysanthemums de-
t liyered before the Royal Horticultural
3 Society Of London, Rev. G.. HensloW
/ referred the plant to two species-one
Indian and the other Chinese. The In
dian species grew in England in 1864
but disappeared and was reintroduced
2 in 1876. The Chinese species was
g brought to England in 1890, although
: probably known in Holland century
before. 1t entirely disappeared from
g Europe, however, and was not again IN
It troduced until 1879. The total numbe
: Of varieties Of chrysanthemums unde
8 cultivation in 1865 was estimated a
seven hundred.
7 Tt appears that some eminent chem
u lists and psychologists are advocating
e the general use of flour made from th'
entire grain of wheat, instead OF from
g its inner part only. Mr.. Arthu
q Atkins, while admitting the nutritiv
g value Of the outer portion or germ 9
i the grain, states that -four containing j
q will not be approved for two reasons
In the first place, the albuminoid
Il which the germ contains are largel
a soluable, making it impossible to pro
Il duce good light bread from germ
: -four. The second reason is that th
oil contained in the germ not only dis
colors the flour but-what is Of create
:. importance-render it much MOI
d liable to spoil.
q The typhoon at Manila in Octobe
as carried away the anemometers of I'll
u observatory. The highest velocity {
+ the wind was therefore not recorde,
es but 144 miles an hour was registere
% before the instruments yielded to I'll
~ tremendous pressure.
~ A striking illustration of the antisel
= !. tic properties Of copper is furnishe
= = according to Mons. Margat, by c,
:. rious observation Of the eighteenth Gel
Z tury. In 1719, the body Of Mats Israe