Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-06-14
SCIENTIFIC pd1scELLANY.

It has been ascertained by Mr. c. o.
BouteIle that the magnesium light, as
ssed BY the U. s. Coast Survey, is an eff
fsstive night signal for distances as great
y forty five to seventy miles. Even the
ordinary student lamp with parabolic
eslsOAos may be seen as much as forty
eiss away.
Sir Charles W. Dixie, Mr.. ". Mattien
Williams and other observers think that
= tsadssey exists among Caucasian races
70 esquire in America the red Indian
TYPE Of physiognomy. The change is
believed to b due to the dryness Of our
climate; and evidence is given to show
SAat even temporary scjourn in this
country may cause Europeans to become
Gin, lank jawed and sallow--a state
ShicA Mr.. Williams son terms "acure
Ansisaaitis," and which soon disappears
6hw sscrossing the Atlantic. A compar
isoa Of the family portraits at the house
Of The late George Combe, in Edinburgh,
proved 70 tho satisfaction Of all present
ihas he defendants of members who had
enigrassd 70 America a generation before
displayed deviation of feature from the
family type toward that Of the best ex-
amplss Of "the noble red man" Mr..
Copbe seems to have shared Mr.,
William opinion that such deviation is
general among the descendants of early
Engl.h settlers.
By experimenting upon dogs, rabbits
ind Guinea pigs, Mons. Poincarc has
sought 10 determine whether petroleum
vapor i liable to injure persons inhaling
much Of it. In an atmosphere resemb-
ling that breathed by most petroleum
Users Guinea piga lived only from one to
Two years, but the other animals appeared
unaffected. He recommends, however,
tAat the vapor be breathed as little as
possible. attention being given to venti-
lasiou, keeping stock in closed vessels,
~
ado not understand me at all, said
Prof. G. A. Young in late astronomical
lecture, "as saying that there is no mys-
very about the planets motion. There
y Just the one single Misrepresentation
--aad il 10 very profound one. How
y b that an atom of matter can attract
another atom, no matter how great the
disturbance, 10 matter what intervening
substance there may be; how it will act
upon it, or at least behave rs if it acted
upon it, I do not know, I cannot tell
Whether they are pushed together by
insans Of An intervening ether, or what is
The action, I cannot understand. 1t stands
with ne along with the fact that when
viii that my arm shall rise, it rises. 1t
b isscrutable. All the explanations that
have been given Of it seem to me merely
10 darken counsel with words and no un-
derstanding They do not remove the
It all. If I were to say what l
really believe, it would be that the mo-
kons Of the spheres Of the material uni
vcsso stand in some such relation to Him
N whom al things exist, the ever-present
md onnipotent God, as the motions of
NJ body do 70 my will do not know
Aov, and never expect to know"
Il has besn estimated that at least s. |
700 neteoric stones reach the earth an |
lualy. These stones are usually Of In
considerable sire, but As they have been
alling sincc = very remote period in geo.
ogiaA history the aggregate mass which
- thus been added to our planet must
. very great. The largest meteoric stone
va found - in the Royal Academy of
soekholn. and weighs twenty five tons.
- museum It Copenhagen contains one
/ ~ tons; TIE British Museum, one
! more than Ave tons; the museum at St.
'stssburg, one of 1850 pounds; Yale
ollege, one Of 1885 pounds; and the
mithsonian Institute, one Of 400
,unda ;
Uader date Of November z, 1918, the
asy Of Richard Cocks contains the fol-
wing entry concerning the earthquakes G
Japan more than two centuries and a
If ago: "Asd, as We returned, about :,
q clock, happened great earthquake, 9
lich caused many people to run out of I
cir houses. And about the lyke how G
the night following hapned an other, >
. cuntrey being much subject to them.
I'd that which is genuinely marked,
y allwais happen at HE water Cor full
j 70 it is thought it chanseth per reas- ;,
y much wind blowen into hollow caves .
DEF grownd at loe water, and the sea u !.