The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-13
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.

The oyster is full grown in abou
| five years.
Quinine and cinchona have proves
fatal to rabbits, guinea pigs and dogs
when administered in certain guam
titles under the skin. A dose of tw;
grains proved enough to kill d dos
which weighed twelve kilos.
The greatest heat of the air in tn,
sun probably never exceeds 145 .
Fahr., nor the greatest cold $40 be
| low zero. About13Oo above and 40 6
| below zero are the extremes for the
| United States, and very unusual.
Most animals drink by suction, as
/ the OK; and few by tapping, as the
| dog; the elephant pumps the water
into its throat. Birds, excepting
doves, fill the beak, and then, raising
the head, allow the water to ruI
down.
In Sweden the enormous accumula
ton of bleached and blanched moses
is being utilized in making paper. A
large manufactury has been begun
and all kinds are being turned out
from tissue paper to sheets three
inches in thickness. The latter is
harder than wood.
Among Russian biologists the be-
lief appears to be settled that granite
rocks, once thought to be of igneous
and eruptive origin, are really of aque'
Gus formation. The GRANTEES of the
rapids of the Dneiper, when closely
examined, show qualification, and
under the microscope they are seen to
contain drops of brown water.
Nickel crucibles. instead Of silver
ones, are recommended by M. -Mermet
for use in chemical manipulations.
Nickel. indeed, is slightly attacked by
melted potash, but so is silver itself
Nickel crucibles cost at first much
less than those made of silver, and
moreover, they have the great advan-
tage of melting at higher tempera-
ture. 1t often happens that expert
enced chemists melt their silver cru
cibles in heating them over a gas
lamp; but such an accident is not to
be feared in working with crucbles
made of nickel.
The following is list of the di-
vorce cases on the docket to date, Sep
TENDER s, 1883, and pending trial in
the district court of Travis county:
L
Thomas VS.. Easter Thomas; Catherine
Wagner VS.. Joseph Wagner; Rich
ard J. Galway VS.. Martha NJ. Galway;
j. U. Casey VS.. Augusta Casey; Hen
rietta Brown VS.. Henry Brown; Sa-
rah E. Pittman VS.. J. r. Pittmann; L.
r. Morgan VS.. M. E. Morgan: Henry
Todd VS.. Sarah Todd; Robt. Mason VS..
Nancy Mason; VIM. Allen VS.. Aman-
da Allen; frank NJ. johnson VS.. Mary
johnson; Rosa Calhoun VS.. j. w. Cal
houn; G. p. Assman VS.. Rosa Assman;
Annie Givens VS.. Wesley Givens;
Hannah Williams VS.. Prince Will
liams; r. A. Howard VS.. Virginia
e. Howard; Tennessee Swalley VS.. F.
w. Swalley; Kate N. Sample VS.. Alex
j. Sample; Mamie H. Marsh VS..
Alonzo II. Marsh; Clarissa billiard VS..
David billiard; Sylvia Mcpherson VS..
John Mcpherson; Lydia Thompson
VS.. lobe Thompson; John A. j. Noil-
liet VS.. Francis T. Dathie Noillet;
Caroline Kemp VS.. Alfred Kemp;
Frances Miller VS.. Nick Miller alias
Jack Jones.
1t will be seen that there are TWEEN
ty-six couples, fifteen of which, it may
be further stated, are those of colored
persons who seek to loose the silken
cords of plighted love, ere the bowl be
broken at the fountain.
In Justice Won Rosenberg's court
the case of Herman Schmidt, charged
with assault with intent to murder
Gus A. Balm, was continued over on
account of the Sickness of Judge
Sheeks, one of the attorneys in the
case.