The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1886-07-01

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working from b til erds.
Thus at the Museeus,eong tu.nel, on
the Lekigh vallev railrnad, the alisn-
ment tested to 04 Of foot, or less
than half an inch. In this case levels
were run 5000 feet long. III
Many fruits. it appears, acquire
most Of thor growth hy night. The
fruit If the cherry laurel, for Instance.
b . been found BY DR. Krauss # Halle
to increase at the rate of 90 per cent
at night and only 10 per cent by day,
while apples increase 80 per cer, at
night aud ~ per cent in The d@y im..
A London physician who for six
months has tested pr. Jagsr's plan If
wearing nothing hut wool, day or
nigh. says the result has been com.
plete immunity fir m colds and marked
increase in capacity fer work. Instead
of alternating feelings Of heat and cold
there has been a uniform aud most
agreeable glow of warmth. Nth mp
bat pure wool should enter into ei her
dress or bedding.
Photography. it 10 claimed, 10 to be
st,ll further advanced by the nse #
shs air brush. In this device little
holder is charged with Ind a ink, and,
by a bellows operated With a fs I l,eial
after III. manner { a sewi g machine,
the fluid is blown upen faintly-nut.
lined portrait, the result giving PIC
turs superi r n many respects to he
best or yen drawing-'he whole cper.
a'i"n involving also only few hours
time.
Astronomical text books place the
sun's density at q little more han that
If water hut, in recent lecture, J.
Nerman Lockyer, the English asfrano-
mer. expressed the "piainn ,ha. tie
sun really has not m"re than one
eighth the density If water Ii this
view he carrect, the .un is simply an
enormous glohe Of glowing gas. pe.si
bly, liquid at he csn,er, in crnse-
quenee of the enormous pressure ex-
isting At that part.
A simp's test Of thu quality Of ,sath
er belts Is thus given ~ the L nisn
Mechan.e-l w rid: A small pie-e III
the belt Is cut nut # the strap and i'ut
into vinegar. If tho leather ia thor.
ougbly AIMED and Of good qusk.y 1t
will rem,in unaltered, aud even sh-w
after me monih-, only somewhat
darker color, while il it has been in.
utiisien ly prcp,red with tanhin the
fbrrs swell and are converted iuto a
gelst.nous n,asa IN short tins.
Bain-clouds have heen m .de III ~ =
jet Of study aud experiment b. Ar
thur ". Clayton, aud aun,ng the ,e.
III ts set firth IN . Communication IT,
he Royal meteorological S cv'y
(&itsh) ar tha, oely = ht raj ,,
composed os minute drops. fl ON
clouds thai ae over w huusan feet
IA thickness the quantity AIT, CO. :
ness f the rain. 'hs aid II he drops
Ia, rease prosoriinnately vith lie
grea er h ckae>s oi he clouds, those
shch dre.' hi lstone- being some iinea
over 5000 feel IN thickness.
A discovery as been made by which
the faded INKS ON ,srchnen;s may ho
so Restored as 10 re,,der the prifing
perfectly lcgible. The pree "a con-
3 sts IN mpistenlng the paper with
water and then rassi,g over he il es
il writing hrasl wh eh ha- been wtt
in solution Of ANN ni. The writ
ing will immediately app-ar qui r dark
in coler, and ,hi. co, r. in the case #
p p,rchment, il will prrservs On pa.
per, however. the colorgr dua'ly fades
agsin, hui 1t may be restored at pleas
ure by the apphcatl n of the sulrhlde.
The Mclical Record gives \ paper
read by DR. A. L L"'mis # New
York ci y before the American China
tological Association, in which he tells
of heart disease being induced by y
change fr m low to high altitude.
Twa of The persons hs referred t. went
To ST. Regi, Lakes in the Adirondscks,
an elevation # 600 feet ono went
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