The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-09-18
Sir Henry Thompson, an eminent

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English physician, thinks that more
than half the diseases which embit-
ter life are due TO errors in diet,
and that the mischief done in the
form of shortened life is greater
from indiscriminate eating than
from the use of alcoholic drink.
An over-supply of nutrition, which
must go somewhere, produces liver
diseases, govt, rheumatism and
various other disorders. To eat too
much is blunder, and to wash
down nutritious food with nutritious
drink is one of the greatest dietary
indiscretions that can he INDUCED,
especially for persons of sedentary
habits.
Among the hard-worked pupils of
the Paris public schools the teeth
become deteriorated in few weeks
after entry. The second dentition
is often premature. These ohserva-
tons confirm the statements of DIR.
j. l.. Williams. who has given great
attention to this subject. He has
shown that any mental strain shows
itself upon the teeth in a short time,
both increased decay as well as in
creased sensibility of the dentine.
DR.. ID. M. Parker has reported that
these same changes are always
apparent in men who are training for
athletic trials.
An interesting experiment, show
ing the influence of electricity on
the growth of roots, has been made
in Germany by Prof. Hodefeiss.
Plates of copper were thrust upright
into the earth and connected by
wire with similarly placed zinc
/ plates, about one hundred feet dis
tant, an electric battery being thus
formed with the earth between such
copper and zinc in the circuit. Both
potatoes and beets, planted between
such plates, gave an increased yield
-beets 10 per cent, potatoes 25
per cent-as compared with other
parts of the same field.
Further experiments have been
made by M. M. Fol and Sarasin to
determine the depth to which light
penetrates the water of lakes and
seas. Their method of observing
consisted in placing gelatino-b bromide
Photographic plates at different
depths under the water, the plates
being lowered by sounding lead,
and protected from the action of
the sea water by n varnish. Expert
ments were made about 1900 to
400 meters off the Cape of Mount
Boron, at Villefranche, in the Gulf
of Nice, and in the water about $50
meters deep. During April the
limit of penetration of the daylight
about midday during fine weather
was found to be about 400 meters,
an observation which confirms the
previous conclusions of the authors
as given in our columns. Other
observations showed that there is a
penetration of 800 meters all the
time the sun is above the horizon,
and of $50 meters during eight
hours of the day. According to
experiments of Bunsen and Rosco
the active intensity of blue sky on
April 21st, at Vienna was 33 at 8 &c
A. NJ, SO at noon and IA at p.
NJ, while that of the sky and sur
together was Is at $3.50 A. NJ, 13G
at noon and Is at 6, p. M.-En
gineering.
Diphtheria has appeared among
the Indian children around Tuscan
ora, New.
The educational institutions il
California are better attended thi
year than last.
The cheese factory of John Payn
at Cove, Union county, Or, wa
destroyed by fire August oath.
Riverside's raising crop will
reach 100000 boxes.
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