Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-02
SCIENTIFIC RECORD.

D1StliIed wafer is gaming III favor Tor Ia .
bic use as well as in the treatment Of
diseases of the digestive organs.
In Paris it has been determined that the
cost Of gas lighting, as compared with
electric lighting, is as 43l to 344.
Mons. E. Duclaux finds that the light of
the sun in its action on disease germs is
fifty times as destructive as its heat.
The Italian Government is encouraging
the growth of American vines in that
country, as being proof against phylloxera.
A strange fish has been discovered off the
Morocco coast. 1t is foot and q half long
and OF deep black color, and has an
enormous mouth with elastic membranes,
resembling pelican's.
An English writer points out the proba-
bility that a smoky atmosphere is not
wholly unmitigated evil, since its carbon
and sulphur must absorb many germs of
disease and tend to prevent the spread of
epidemics.
! A large amount of oil exists in the
stormy petrol, and when fat, according TO
Brunnich, the inhabitants of the Farce
Islands use it as a lamp, obtaining their
light from 4 wick drawn through the
birds body.
! An opportunity of studying a case Of
leprosy has been afforded Dr. Guttman,
who assures the Berlin Medical Society
that there can be no doubt that the living
bacili found in the system of leprous pa
tients are really the cause of the disease
1t is stated that vaccination is carried out
so strictly in the Prussian army that not
a soldier has died of smallpox since 1875.
If the same system could be applied to the
whole population Of Europe it is believed
that the disease would disappear in five
years.
That the Canadian salmon can live in
sea water has been attested by several ich-
thyologists. Some specimens of this spe-
cieS put into one of the saltwater tanks at
the South hensington Aquarium, however,
lived only eight days, when they all died
III rapid succession.
A collection of skulls from the Southern
Hemisphere has been studied in England,
the most notable conclusion reached being
that some of the races of South Africa
Australia and the southernmost part of
South America are remarkable for the
smallness of their heads.
An ounce of nitrate of soda dissolved in
four gallons of water is said to be good
stimulant for bulbs. 1t should be applied
twice q week after the flower spikes show
themselves. a pint of SCOT, tied up in
cloth, and immersed in the same quantity
of water, is also an excellent and safe slim
ulant
Potable water, DR.. Percy FARMLAND as
serts, is all the better if it contains a little
mineral matter, as that is only objection
able when present in excessive quantity
but organic matter Of whatever origin, or
any trace of sewage contamination ought
TO be sufficient to exclude a water from
domestic use.
Regarding the properties of genuine
vinegar b. f. Davenport says, in the Caemi-
col Nc'rS In Boston vinegar is consid-
cred spurious if it contains less acid than
corresponds 10 per cent. acetic anhydride
Cider vinegar, when dried at 1902, must
not leave less than Is per cent. of normal
dry residue
The best treatment for ink and rust stains
consists in the application of two parts OF
powdered cream of tartar and one part of
finely powdered oxalic acid Shake up the
ingredients well together and apply the
powder with a dry rag to the dampened
stain. When the spot has disappeared the
part should be very well washed.
To make watch hands red this recipe has
been recommended: Mix to paste over
lamp one ounce of Carmine, one ounce of
chloride of silver, and Il half ounce of tin
ner's japan put some of the paste on the
hands and lay them face upward ON sheet
of copper, which must be held over lamp
until the desired color is produced.