The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
CURIOUS. USEFUL AMI SCIENTIFIC.

CURIOUS. USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.
A woman In Mstoon, H., who stood for
come time looking ont II window whs,.
the sun shone brightly on the SHOW has en-
tirly lost her sight Chicago News
A genuine case OF snow blindness" oc.
CURED at Lafayette, this State, bn wednes-
day. Edward B1rkhalten, while drivln,
team aad delivering goods, was attacked with
the n'alsdy and the les OF nght'i. total. The
PHI physicians have no ho pes ~ h,sl ever being
allie 10 see again. -S)uth Il snd tind Tnb-
une.
Some men engaged in getting but W lod nj
Incline, Lake Tahoe, report has ring had q
glimpse of the famous trout that has been
reported as having been seen from time 10
time in Lake rahos They lay It was about
forty feet long and was moyinghhrough the
water, with It's dorsal fin expanded at the
rate OF about mile = minuse Virginia
New Enterprise.
Mr.. Johns'oR reached a heieht of 10 3l5
feet on Kilimanisro. the great mountain of
Eastern equatorial africa and A. that eleys.
ton found stones ard snow, and expert
enced a cold driving mist II appears that
the cultivated zone extends a. ID altitude of
8 900 feet, AMI the gore Of vegetation TO a
height OF 10 0o0 The account az his visit TO
this remarkable mountain as tiven in de-
C. ii before the Royal 6sossphlcsl Society,
London, lie most interesting.
From accidental circumstances Prescott
the historian, bad always entertained a ne
culiar dread OF being buried alive, and he
bad, therefore, often required that measures
so ould be taken 10 prevent all poss bility Of
h. m .fot. f.lI A.
renee. His iniunctinns were obeyed. A
principal vein wss seve ed 20 THAT. II life
sheuld sgsiu be awakened. it "a ignt ebb 81
lently away without any 20 sihe return OF
ousciousness.-Boston Saturday Evening
Gazette.
COX bricks. which have been found 10 be
very durable, and capable OF res s. ing moist
ure, OF acting as excellent nor. DO 1ductors Of
heat of serving to deajen sound, are made
after his manner: The cork 10 freed ffom
woody particles and other impurities by a
winnowing process. and the wihd from the
ventilator throws the cork into 4 second ms
chine, where 10 rs cut into pieces The pieces
of cork are then drawn 40 Ia. buckeis and
ejeced into mil where tbeyl are ground
10 an imra 'psble 20 Eder, which is knsaied
up with a Suitable &c nent and b-ess "a into
brick form. Alter having been; dried 10 the
air the cork bricks are then Subjected 10 ar
tificial heat.
At the late annual meeting 81 the Royal
Society, Edinburgh, some remarkable fos-
sils" collected in the neighborhood of Phil
adelphis. in Asia Minor, were exhibited
al d explained by The Rev. J. NJ. Macdo nad.
There IVES an old myth that the walls OF
philadelphia were built with the bones of
Christian martss and Mr.. Macd SDald AZ o we'd
ortiz nj ho .afa al nh 10. Il.
thority OF the experts of the British Muselm,
had been pronounced TO be the fossi re mains
of cd rushes of gigantic size In the con-
versation which followed Professor Duns
snd Mr.. Murray, of the Challenger Commits
sion, said the specm exhibited were not
bones, or fossils or large reeds, but were sim-
ply accretions which he'd beed thrown up by
I he sea and had gathered around reeds
Every one is familiar with the value ofthe
yelk of an egg = hair wash, but perhaps
may not be aware OF IFS virtue i'm clothing
cleaning. Beaten no with alcohol. eau de
cologne, or either. like OK gall, tt keeps bet
Ter and is more powerful; or in simple cases.
1t may be used alone or merely mixed with
water to be rubbed on with flannel, for re.
moving from coiorei materials the stains OF
mud, or Of coffee and choco'atei when ore
pared with milk 1t IS frequently applied %
velvet collars aod cQffs, etc and proves
cleaner as vel IS spot extractor. When
It has done its work il is washed off with
soap. and the material thoroughly rinsed in
pure water. Egg has a specially god effect
on,those annoy Og pa'clss OF wheel grease
longing 70 the compound clsts of sasins, as
they represent mix urs Of stale grease iron
aud DINER sub tances
The results of certain inquir es which have
been made concerning the sta istics of ear
diseases have been made known by Dr. Buck
ner, a German hysician, and Inay be stated
briefly az follows: Every third pc s)n in
middle life does not hear we'll with one
ear as With the ether In an examination
OF S, 9O5 school children it was found that %
per cent. presented symptoms Of actual dis
ease of the ears while 81 per cent sho Eed a
dimDu ion of hearing power. The liability
Of disease OF the ear increases from birth 10
the fortieth year aud then decreases - old
age. Men are more subject % ear affections
than women. in the proportion OF three 10
two. The external ear Is affected in 25 per
cent. o. the total Gases, the middle ear Is 81
per cent and the inner ear j. GER cent The
left ear is more frequently affected than the
right. in the proportion OF I've TO four.
Acute affections OF the middle ear occur less
freq 1ently in suGrner and autumn than in
spring aud winter sud little more than
half OF the cases .reated are cured.