Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-04-23
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

BY long continued observation sup
plemented by experiment upon rabbits, q
German investigator has convinced him
self that premature badness may be com
municated from one person to another
At least in the form associated with
dandruff. He believes that the disease
is spread by hair dressers, who employ
combs and brushes on their customers 10
succession without any regular cleaning
of the article after each using.
In the last ten years relics Of the in
dustry Of the early inhabitants Of Swift
serland known rs the lake dwellcrs have
been accumulated in great quantities.
Dr.. Victor Gross states in recent work
that the articles Of bronze alone which
have been found in the lakes Of Bienne
and Neufchatel numbering 1900, Of
which more than 5000 are in his own
collection. Many articles Of stone, pot
terry and iron have been brought to light
in addition. In these archaeological dis.
covcries, DR.. Gross finds evidence that
che period in which the prehistoric Swiss
inhabited the dwellings, built on the lake
was ono Of long duration, covering the
successive aagcs Of civilization from the
primitive age in which metals were un-
known and mans implements were rude
y formed in coarsc pottery and rough
stones, through the sgc Of dDcly worked
stones, followed BY the age in which
Atones were still used and metals were
introduced, then BY the age Of fine bronze
and highly developed state Of the arts,
to the ayc in which iron appeared.
The fog and smoke Of London in win
ter ase largely duo to. tho unconsumed
constituents Of coal which escape into
the Dir, and chemical experts have esti-
mated tie cost Of the fuel which thus
goss 10 waste to be ~, 0OO, 900 yearly.
The problem With the I.ondoners is, how
70 prevent this loss and purify the at
mosphere.
Miss r. a.. Ormcrod, consulting en-
tcmOlogist to the Royal Agricultural So.
cietysof England. rcfera particularly to
TIE daddy -lopg lev il her report on tho
insects whiuh cauaed injury 10 last sea-
sons farm crops Many farms were at
tackled BY this creature, but its ravsges
were etectually checked when The plants
wefe given dressing Of guano and salt.
Tho kola nut, the stimulant 90 highly
pIixcd among African tribes that in times
ofscarclsy, 1 slave has been given for !
single kernel. Is q product q the treo Of
the family Sterculiacea. Four Or Eve Of
me secdsor nuts, grow together in q
rough brown pod. Each seed has q
white Or red color, Or both, aud contains
kernal somewhat like that Of peanut
and about Two inches long. The taste
oftho nut y swees, astsins snt and bitter
IN succession. Tho kola crop is gathered
twice ) year. When fresh the nut is
chewod - if il wero tsbAcco; when dry,
u y powdered and eaten, IL effect is
remarkable. y i sustains the system for
! long time under sho greatest fatigues.
evcn without food, while i is considered
I certain preventive Of dyssnteries. and
i said 70 make foul water drinkablc and
harmless With tho African tribes the
kola nut i IN order on Ill occasions, and
y almost indispensable IN important bust
ness tzansactious, i treasies, il deelara-
tion1 IF VAT, = present At weddings,
in religious observations and in judicial
pFoceedingA
For severala year. srecord has been
kept Of tho health Of the 672 persons
employed II Tho analiae color words Il
Hochst-on-thc- Main, in order to ascertain
the extent 70 which anains colors arc
Liable y injarc people handling them.