Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-20
%SClENTlflN FACTS.
What the Scarchcr. Into Science Find
For tho People.

retention Of the natural heat Of the
body in such a way that low tempera-
lures and sudden changes will not
affect the surface.
\ clock is on exhibition in New
York Of which the wonderful mechan-
ism is arranged for II record OF 1900
years. x Is the work OK Christian
Martin. a Bavarian. who has been EN-
gagged twenty years i'm its construction.
1t has been estimated that an iron
car wheel viii travel some 5000 miles.
while a steel tire will run the enormous
distance OF 2O0.Wn miles. before wearing
out; thus, though costing 50 much
more, steel has greatly the advantage.
A new method Of dressing wounds.
hv which their healing is said to be
FASTENED and the pain made to disap-
pear ut once. has been brought into
notice by a French surgeon. 1t consists
in the application of congresses wet
with n detection OF thirty parts Of
valerian root in 100 parts of water.
The London Lanrpt says. that chill
dren who are allowed n 90 barcfootpd
enjoy almost perfect immunity from
the danger of cold by accidental
chilling of the feet, and they are alto
yether healthier and happier than
those who. in obedience TO the usages
of social life, wear shoes and stock
ings.
From recent experiments by DR..
Parsons or the disinfectiOn Of clothes
and bedding by heat. the conclusion is
reached that the germs Of the ordinary
infectious diseases cannot withstand
an exposure of IN hour to dry heat OF
900 degrees Fahrenheit, or an exposure
Of five minutes to boiling water or
steam Of PIP degrees.
a curious phenomenon has just been
brought to light 10y the removal Of a
lightning-rod. 70 the end of the rod.
which has been imleddcd in f%errucin-
Gus earth for about fifteen years, was
found attached a lump Of iron ore.
weighing nincty-six pounds, supposed
to have been aggregated by the action
of electricity from the surrounding
earth
!. device has been invented by which
electricity is made to record the weights
indicated upon scales or steelylrls. the
application being specially designed
for the weighing Of freight cars while
in motion. 1t is said that with tht.
'levice properly applied to the scales.
IN accurate account can be kept Of the
weight Of every car passing over them,
even at full speed.
Froback has announced the discov-
cry OF a method Of making sugar with
out crushing in pressing. According
~ this method the cane is cut into
sirius and the water EXTRACTED by alec
holic yaror. which leaves the masl, To
he dissolved into liquid. The alcohol
and sugar are filtered ont by means of
lin" and chalk. 1t is claimed that this
nroccsS of manufacturing will add one
third to the production over and above
any process 10Y in use
Tie torch of the statue of Liberty
will contain five electric lamps of 90
600 candle power. the light Of which
will be thrown ~heavenward. 1t is he
lieved that the light will so illuminate
passing cloud That they will he visible
at n distanc" of lN miles. Fonr electric
lights Of 500 candlr-power each vii
he placed ut the foot of the statue. So
rs TO illuminate it. The diadem on the
head Of the figure Will contain mean
descent lamps to give the effect of
jewels.
Further experiments in the direction
Of lighting trains hy electricity are re-
pOrted from Glasgow. where an exper-
mental train fitted with electric light
has been run on the underground rail
way. The cost is about One-third as
compared with gas. Each cOmpart
ment of a carriage is provided with
two incandcscent lamps. each Of sixteen
candlc-p"wer. The contact is so ar
ranged that only II lamp is lighted
at a time. md. in the event Of a break
age Of the lamp in use, the other one is
immediately lit M
1t was NJ. PaStcur who some years
ago saved the silk-wOrms of his native
country from n disease that was fast
destroying them. The late President
Theirs said that P~asteur's services in
this matter saved to France more than
the immense sum which that country
had to pay to Germany rs indemnity
after the war. NJ. Pasteur has also been
warmly thanked 10y the sheep-breeders
of France for his successful efforts
some years ago in staying IN epidemic
which was rapidly destroying their
flOcks.
Mr.. Grant Allen saws it is the brain
rs n whole that thinks. and feels. and
desires, and imagineS. just rs it is the
body us q whole that walks. and digs.
and dances. TO 10 ate, say. the faculty
of language in "A particular c%onvolution
Of n particular hemisphere is almost as
absurd, it seems to me, rs to locate. say.
the faculty of writing in the last joint