Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-10-27

y ne" adultrranV nf ground pepper
mas been exposed by Il German chem
list, the material consisting of ground
kernels of olive berries. Auuiteration
by this substance is readily detected
by scattering the suspected mixture
upon mixture Of equal v0lums IF
glycerine and water, when the pepper
floats upon the surface and the olive
kernels sink.
The Observatory of Paris i, about
to publish catalogue Of the stars OBJ
served in Paris during the fOrtyfive
year from 1887 to 1881 inclusive. This
catalogue records abOdt 800, 600 Obsci-
yations, of which 10000 were made
during the last five years of the period
covered, and gives the places Of 40, 900
stars.
Ina paper Oh niyopia, or short
sishtnedness, DR.. Henry Power, +. II.
| G. s., states that the defect is one OF
civilization and culture, and that it
| does not appear among the untutoreu
savages. 1t is prevalent in civilized
countries, but especially SO i'll Ger
many, where the subject of lettering
! the eyesight of the ration l. receiving
a great amount CT attention. Among
the causes 0! nll upia have been found
the overtaXing OF the strength of
| children as well as their eyes, the use
of books poorly printed III small type
on rough paper, reading ana Writing
| by a dim light, the u%e in school
rooms Of desks not inclined nor of
the proper height I" enable each
pupil to sit upright when writing, TO-
| ~ I.S, Iln
close application Off eyes for con-
siderable time. It has also been
shown by some authorities that the
| German type is much more liable to
cause injury to the eyes Of young
A moast remarkable t,!>c1v ry is
that announced hy Dr.. Brown-Se-
guard to the Paris biological Society
some months ago. This widely
known Psychologist has found very
simple means by which he can pro
duce insensibility to pain for Il long
time without affecting :he conscious
ness, the voluntary movements, or
even the sense Of touch in any part of
the skin. Wounds made on mckeys
or other animals while in this .tatv
of analgesia may heal without caus-
ing pain, The method has not yet
been applied tn man, however. 1t con-
sists in irritating the mucous mem
branc in the upper part Ct the larynx
by carbonic acid or ..h!0ruform vapor.
According to the transaction of the
London Northumberland Society
the proportion of color-b!ind persons
among the Quakers is nearly six pei
. cent, while the percentage in the gen
, eral community is only three and g
half. In his essays upon human
faculty and its development Mr.
Francis Gallon expresses the opinion
that even greater difference NIGH
: have been expected, inasmuch as tine
ancestors of most Quakers of thu
) present day separated themselve
from the rest Of the world and wer,
= distinguished from others, five Or 81,
] generations ago, By their dislike TO
color in dress,
+ The preserving of fresh meat b,
means of a mixture of carbonic oXiG
and carhonic acid is the subject of
recent English patent. The forme
/ gas alone is highly infiammable an
f very explosive when mixed with air
!, while the carbonic acid by itself dis
colors fresh meat and gives it an aci'
taste. When used together, in pro
+ portions of not less than % per cent q
e carbonic oxide, the mixture preserve
- meat unchanged, and cannot be sc
on fire.
From communications to the Frencl
O | Academy of Sciences it appears tina
thermometers and other instrument
1 may undergo considerable change
9 during long heating. In manufac
e tories of printers ink, where oils ar
heated to a temperature of 53S degree
Fahrenheit for many days, the mos
3 accurate thermometers often becOm
e so modified as to indicate errors of te
degrees or more; while in sugar re
finers the thermometers are similarl
changed by long immersion in liquod
having the much lower temperatur
4 of 205 degrees.
Sheriff Mcguire presented us thi
. week with some specimens of ore from
the Granite Falls gold mine. Messr
Smith and Shepherd, old miners from
California, who are now at Grant
Falls with view to developing tn
; mine, says the specimens are very ricl
in auriferous metal. We anXiousl.
await further Developments.
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