The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-12

II has been reosntly proven that earth
worms are capable OF TeRenerating tissue,
large y eoes cut from their bodies being TO
plaet ID by new eroHihs
Lead We ms ara thickeat In limestone, thin.
ntr in fandnone aud thinnNsl In alate. The
lettef, however, contains the greatest per.
oeniage OF silver.
Black walr nj tawduht 10 now mixed with
linsesd gum aud nodded into ornamental.
ton for furnitura. When vanished 10 IL
andsGme and more durable than carved
wood.
II ehoKen bono be left In dilute murlklic
acid several days. 10 may be tied into "A knot,
sinoe the acid has dissolved the lime, lesv'
Ing othlng but oaflilags aud connecting
tishue.
furpentine In small quantities may be
used with adj antage In the laundry, but
rotin, which Ia usually found Ia aoap. 10 in-
furious, dIiooloring some goods aud shrink
ing woolens
There has recently been discovered In the
Yellowstone Park the mineral known aa
'cryt lite," which 10 OF great value la the
potash manufacture. Ithad previously betn
found In Greenland,
DE- oando' 10, the French bo,anIsl, supports
that agrou ture had ita origin In three
widely separated regions, namely, Chlna,
southwestern Asia aud Egypt, aud the high
lauds OF Mexico and Peru.
The juice OF the curious ink plant OF New
Granada requires no preparation before be-
Ing Used for writing. The color Is redd sh
when frat applied TO paper, but soon be-
comes deep black, which IL very durable.
The number of fossil plant species now
known l. Estimated 10 be not less than o. 600,
and may be considerably greater. A cata
logne OF ell which have bean dasor bed down
TO the present year IL boing prepared Mt the
National museum.
The discovery vas recently announced OF
n ioteil air breathing animal OF an earlier age
than any eiore known-a scorpion from the
upper slluTisn depoaitsAof 8 weden. A cock
roaoh's wing dating from still more remote
period-the n iddle Silurian-has since been
found IN France.
After several trials the French Minister OF
Agriculture believes he has found means
TO destroy the white eggs OF the phyl oxtra
without injury 10 tne grape vines He rec
ommends The use OF mixture OF oil n,ph.
tha, quickli me and water. The enedy Ger.
tainly has one merritt Is cheap.
The Medical World reports a case, now
under observation, In which the patients
hsir, which had become prematurely gray,
o slowly returning 10 It's original color un Ter
the internal COMMUNICATION OF phosporlzsd
cod liver oil The World had previously
Loied similar ftstorations under the same
tIeain eDt.
By new French process imitation m ser
schaum pipes, billiard balls. etc, are manu-
featured from potatoes. In the process the
potatoes are nrSt peeled, then boiled In d.
luted sulphuric acid for thIrty-six hours. aud
then presstd and dried between sheets OF
blottiug paper. The product resembles eel.
| luloid IN apps arance,
Wood WOO as q cheao aud useful dressing
for wouu DIS Is oeing prepared extensively a. q
| commercial staple for surgical dressing. IL
ie finely ground wood, extensively used In
| tie man ufacture of paper. IL is clean
looking, del cate fbreS, soft, yellowish white
substance having an 0uor OF fresh wool and
absorbs an immense quantity of liquid.
Herr ]. BIautiecht has been experimenting
on the transfer OF bacteria from the soil to
| the atmosphere. SaEd. gravelly soil and a
moderately clayey garden soil were moist
ened with liquid containing bsctsris aud
covered with LIQUID containing bacteria and
/ covered With glass bells. In few hours
microbia OF the same kind as those contained
in the LIQUID were found In great numbers
in the moisture condensed on the sides OF
the bell Angus Saith Was one OF the first
/ to point ont that aqueous vapor condensed
on the walls OF rooms contains micro organ
isms.
The IN furious effect produced by lllumin-
ating gas is due, according TO 6ru5s's re-
searches not 20 the continuance of its &C.
ton. but TO ITS c0ncen tTstion, Or the percent
sae OF IL IN the air. II is asserted that air
! containing I've parts In ten thousand can
+ be hreathed by men 81 ID animals for hours,
ard even days, without any injury to iha
heslth; from seven TO eight parts Ia ten
thousand cause indispasition; twenty parts
produce difficult breathing loss OF power
and uncertainty OF motion; with twenty 10
/ forty arts GrowsinesS begins aud. when
I there Is still more caTbnnic oxide ia the -ir,
the poisoning is attended with violent symr
tor4s, BRAIN and spinal column are especially
effected, cramps teza the victim: yet he mag
recover u h-onght quickly into fresh ali.
death.