Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-01-29
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and scltncc has bestowed upon the lulo-
rior creation a blessing which she dare
not give 70 man h.Ingelr-vainsss death
Tho apparatus used is simply chamber
int which it forced soothing, but dead
ly at!nospher, Of carhoaic oxide which
has been passed. at Skinner heat over a
mixture e chl.To'orm and iisulphida OF
carbon. Such lctha elambcr-capa-
bic Of containing 100 victims at time
has been fitted up at tie Home for Lost
Dogs in London, and in it, during pc
rio1 Of seven months more than COCO
dces have gently sunk into their eternal
sleep. The process is not expensive, and
Dr. Richardson Intends to apply it to tho
killing Of sheep and other animals that
are used fer hnnar food.
\ new ceramic product, according to
Mons iiiancltc, is now made from the
abundant ~ote slnd9 Of French e'as,
factories. The sand is nodded into
blocks NY immense hydraulic pressure,
and Is then baked in furnaces at hish
trmperatur,. The proluc; has rcmarSa-
bic soid.y and tenaoity, i. is not affected
by frost, rain or sun; it resist. very high
temperatures, it il VERY light and it has
G fne Whit color 1t is predicted that
the Iuateri4l viii be used for many archi.
toeturhl Effects in combination with brick
orstonas Of other color.
4 fr nch investigator has found that
ohloroforn il dccomposod in from two to
five days BY the combined action of sun.
Ugh. aud the air. IN the dark the air
does not affect il, and light produces no
alteration when N oxygen is excluded
The operation Of removing a tu,nor
from the brain, which was few days ago
performed at london hospital for the
first time In The history OF medicine, ha.
been followed by the PATIENTS GONZALES
ec9co.
One 81 the recent electric batteries acts
only when exposed to light. The latest
form Of ba,tcry-dcsiscd by Mons. Jab-
iochkod, the eminent French electrician,
y perhaps quite as noye as ingenious, it
being kept in constant operation by the
effect Of the atmospheros moisture upon
themetai sodium, Each element com.
prises small plate Of sodium separated
b. wooden pegs from a plate Of carbon Of
aoinewhat hehter texture than that used
for ordinary batteries. The carbon and
s'nall copper wire attached to the scdi-
um plate form the electrodes. Exposure
Of thc sodium to the air, causes it to OK
idise and tcgIa caus,io soda, which is dis
solved ~ the moisture Of the air and
gradually drains away as Il concentrated
solution, thus constantly leaving a fresh
surface Of metal to be acted upon. The
elements are grouped in sets of ten. The
battery action continues so long az the
sodium lasts aid the air contains mos
surc, aud the only means of stopping it
is to shat it in an ar-tight case. The de-
gree Of the airs humidity and the TEN
perature determine the electro-,notive
force.
While our country is supposed to be
nearly tree from carthquak es no less than
36i shocks were recorded in the United
States and Canada not including Alaska
during the twelve years ending with
1883. This is an average of about one
in every twelve days for some part of the
territory. Many small tremors must
have escaped notice, and it is probably
that il observations had been made in
various localities with suitable instru-
ments, the reported shocks wonld have
several times as grea, in number.
Before the Linncan Society Of London,
Dir. A. Taylor has sought TO prove that
plants have dim sort of intelligence,
sadare able, st least, to exert as much
voluntary power as certain lowly-organ
lied animals. One proof of this is the
plan;s' avoidance Of obstacles placed ar.
.iiieialy in their way--by bending aside
befure touching.
Observations concerning the effects
Proaueed upon our phaot by the periodi-
eahy appearing spots on the sun have
given very contradictory results, and have
established tiu- Ear the very single fact
thai solar disturbances strongly effect the
earth magnetism. It is very probably |
that Saia spct Influences may have b GER
tain roai eject upon terrestrial climates,
bnt much farther research will be neces-
sary to prove beyond doubt that they
dc. proi. c. \. Young aiIirms however
that It ms already been shown that such
niiaeaeey j it exists at all, is very slight,