Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-12-18
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W hch c'1 .as escapes 1T IN lifcs IN
/hcuss Id presence in tho air is eui1kl
,,e.eetea $ Is peculiar o3or, ha, Hha
tho leak Is uaaaIgfJani ana IA q filter
into base'aatt4 ana c4iiars th:op-h II
soil all od9r nay ba l1-t, lhe aii Of els
houses inay taas hseo'ae d3n.srau.i
charged wiz thi. ;r9aac, willie tia &,
remains unsusrtctad Is yhc inmates q
the dwelling. Bach ca5as have oceure
end Prof ipettenkoior, in roeoft popu
lar lecture at Berlin, expressed tbs be
lief tha they may be much move frequsn
thsa is graerai.y srrpoeal Coal-ca
o~es lie Poisonous properly 70 ealboni
oxide. which forms tn per cant Of it
composition. Grgbe has shown that ali
containing ffe parts o. carbonic oxide il
10000 may be hreathol sor Days wishou
injury to hcal,h, wtile a proportion o
ssven Or Sigh, paris in 1000 cause, az
preoia5le discomfort; proportion Of
twenty panH ia u, 900 prodaces difficulty
* breathing, weakness AMI uncertainty
Of gait; ana twice tina, proportion Leads
to ssnpefsctior, followed by extreme and
fatal eiTeote As the csfbbnio oxide increases.
On the occurrence Of symptoms Of gar
poisoning-such a. headache Prof. Pet
tenkofer recommends the opsaing Of win
dows, and If tho symptoms re-appear on
closing the windows he thinks that an
escape Of gas near the house may we'll be
suspected.
"A paper by Gorlandt states that the
exact date Of the discovery Of the air
pump cannot be given, as oil that can be
atablished with certainty in regard to the
time ia that twas prior to the middle OF
August, 1862.
Mons. LaugiAr reports favorably Of the
experiments made during the last three
years with sulrhuret Of carbon and sui.
Ihocarbonate Of potassium as destroyers
II grape phylloxera.
So great has been the demand for the
services Of De specialist exporimentally
employed by the Swedish Government
during the last few years to aid farmers
IN thu destruction Of insects, etc., injuri-
Gus to craps, that the oi6oo of government
entonoiogis. Is to DO continued penna-
nently
1t has been found by Il. Koch and ?.
Miguel that the superficial layers of the
soil are exceedingly rich in microscopic
organisms, or baoill. Miguel considers
that thcse bacilli play an important part
in the decomposition of organic matter
aud in thessforma,ion Of aseimilable plant
food.
Different woods hold different quaint
Ges Of water. According to Shoulder
and Har,ig, freshly cut hornbeam con-
tains 1876 per cent. Of water; willow, &c
per cent. ash, 2S.7 per Get; birch, 30
Per cent oak, 347 per cent pine 49,
per cont red beech, 397 per cent. i
Elm, 445 per cent. iarch, 1876 per cent;
and white poplar, 500.
Being called upon to analyze some
specimens Of wine from vineyard near
Mines, France, Mons Bar,heemy, pro |
fessor a. the Faculty Of Sciences at Tou-
louse, found them to contain rather
large proportion Of arsenic, which proved
TO have been derived from the pure sui |
phurio scid with which the wine casks
had been cleansed.
In u discussion before the London
Pathological Society, Dr. Wilkes stated
Ina; in some cases Of rupture Of the
heart by wounds life has continued for
rs hours
Two German investigators find that
The use Of suntlower seed cake as food for
vows reduces the total production Of milk.
The ruins Of an ancient Roman CITY
discovered near the Gulf OIL
Gabes in Tunis, by Lieut. Massepat.
A remarkable phenomenon was lately
observed at Harrington, Sweden. Dur
ng perfectly calm evening, violent
FhLlwind arose from the southeast. when
J brilliant meteor suddenly appeared in
he senith, travelled to the northwest
md burst near the horizon. As the me-
cor disappeared, the wind quickly ceased;
he whole phenomenon lasted about so
econds. Is
While on the ice Of Greenland last 4
hummer, Baron Nordenskjold's party
not only snow blindness.
18th which Arctic travellers are so ia
'iliar, but also a painful blistering of the
Kin of the face, produced by the sun. ;
aine in tho dry, transparent and thin J
r. The btlfters caused the skin of the J,