Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-11-20
SCIENTIFIC MIaCZLLEET.


of s.udyin- it. \ .in;,I III nons re "a
however, has b,cu produced in til lib r
atory, on small scale. Ii b4s h-tr
caused accidentally on various occ7.s.aa~,
and, on having lieee Of afIasa'us d F.
stroyed by one of the li@hlr-es. u rs.
Plante. the well known French electrieiaH.
has been I'D to experiments in whieisa
successful imitation Of ball lightning ha-
evidently been obtained. With pow
erful current from secondary batteries he
has produced in an air condenser. ioralel
of two moi-iencd pads of til;tr pep =
placed near together, i small inean1 eseeut
globule, lasting some minutes, and NOV
ing slowly in a most curious and Giraffe
path. When a condenser was used 10
which the insulating material was ebonlte
a sound was emitted Ike thu. Of a toothed
wheel rapidly rotated against piece Of
cardboard
Mr.. T. L. Bcddard states that earth.
worms two feet in length hayebcen found
in the British Isles, and various species
as large or larger are known to exist in
South America, Western Africa, Australia
and New Zealand. The largest species
known, however, inhabits South Africa.
Forty years ago specimen was described
which measured six feet two inches in
length, but it seems to have been nearly
forgotten until the other day when a
gigantic creature of the same species
nearly FIVE feet long and half an inch in
diameter, was sent to the London Zoolog.
ical Gardens from Cape Colony.
DR.. Klein, appointed by the Govern
ment Of India to investigate the choler;
question, has satisfied himself that th'
minute organisms, or microbes" discoy
cred by DR.. Koch are not the cause o
cholera. lie has shown the strength
of his conviction by swallowing some o
the microbes and no evil result followed
DR.. Hellriegel has found that i, is yer,
important to plant Development that tn
time Of seed-forming and the season G
greatest heat and light should be coinc
dent. He has Illustrated this by expel
ipents in which he sowed barley, undo
otherwise identical conditions, on Apr
21st, May 2Sth, June %, August
September LIST; the first crop becomir
ripe in 80 days, the second premature
ripe in 81 days (the maximum heat al
light happening too early in the plant
GROWTH the third r;pening impcrioctly
$50 days, tho fourth in 200 and the Ia
in 240 days. From this it appears tn
the productiveness of country dcpen
not SO much on its mean temperature
on the question whether its supply of he
is received at the right time, and in En-
land the wheat harvest is known to
chiefly determined by the temperate
during July and August. Under gla
plants are subject to great reduction
light, which, with other urfavorable ct
ditions of lighthouses, DIR. Helricgel
shown to diminish very seriously the fri
fitness Of plants There is little diff
ence, however, in the influence of diff
ent colors Of light.
A Frenchman has devised process
giving to felt slight coating of plum
20 or metal, by which the appearance
FURNISHED steal, copper, bronze or sill
may be initiated. The product is lik
to prove very useful when applied to sta
properties, as, being inexpensive, it d.
not materially increase the weight of al
cles treated with it.
In Switzerland, the minnow rcacl
an altitude of about 1900 feet above S
level, according to Mons. V. Fatio, q
the miller's thumb one of 1900 fl
The perch stops at $500 feet, and
others pass above 1900 feet, althou
the carp, tench, rudd and club have b,
successfully introduced at $500 to sc
feet.
The hair Of a young girl, who died
the age of fifteen in an insane asylum
Hamburg, is reported to have shown
terations Of color coinciding with peri
ieal changes in the patients mental q
physical condition. Besides epileptic {
it was noticed that she experienced, wi
in the asylum, quite regular alternate
Of excitement and calmness, each oe alb,
weeks duration; and that the color
her hair was red during each period
agitation, while it became blonde in
quiet intervals, complete change of Ii
taking place in two or three days.
Some of the dwarf race of men repo