The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-10-27
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

n Dri'ish seieu'inS eAPeullon Is CON.
ing to America.
KrupPs German works have BEN,
the production of aluminium accord;,-
to the Netto system.
A German physician has discovc,s
that excessive indulgence in telenbo,,.
communication causes peculiar di,e,,.
of the ear.
Oxalate of cerium, recognized NJ,
liative for nausea, is said to be helns,,
in cases of seasickness, when taken !,
doses of ten to twenty grains every tr.
or three hours.
The Mexican governmen: is mski,.
large experiments with hcnnequiu, tn.
valuable new fibre, in the state of Gu.,.
mas, in the hope of introducing a new
and profitable industry.
The singular 'canals" seen on Man
ar.explained by NJ. Fizeau on the sun.
position that the planet has glacisu
much larger THAI those of the earth
and with greater crevasses and move.
ments.
The French massage process is neither
difficult nor tedious, being simply reru.
lar movements of tn, flgers or other
parts, with rubbing or gentlc striking
Of the muscles, continued not mora
than an hour day for several weeks
A curious phen omenon has just bean
reported from the fishing village Of
Kerschkaranza, on the White sea TIL.
shore ice, piled to height of several
hundred feet, suddenly commenced
moving from tn, northwest. and in
four hours extended q mile Inland.
burying the village.
DR.. Maitz Alsberg Hum bolit), re.
fcrring to a he goat now living at
Wenigensom nern, near Er'urt, which
yields milk very similar to ordinary
goats milk, but rather richer, remarks
that both in man and in all mammaliaa
time must have existed when both sexes
were capable of yielding milk.
A new glass recently invented in
Sweden is said to be capable, when
made into lens for a microscope. OF
enabling US to distinguish the 2O4. 200.
O00:h part OF an inch" 1t is also said
that there ia great promise of this
glass producing wonderfully powerful
telescope lenses and new departure il
astronomy.
A new method of preserving the col
oFs OF pressed flowers comes from Ger
many. In consists in busting saicylic
acii upon the fresh petals, or pressing
the flowers between sheets Of blotfine
paper imp regnated with solution of
the acii in fourteen times lis volume Of
alcohol. Red colo;s are particularly
well preserved.
To provide means o! heating passen.
ger cars by steam when the locomotive
is detached q "b.izzari heater" so
called, has been devised, CO. sisting OF
fire-brick pot and telescope Chin
ney. on the pria ciple of the travellers
pocket drinking cup. When rot in use
the whole thing occupies olIy ten and
one-half inches o! space, and may bs
showed under a SCAT and out Of the way.
1t is hung by chains from the car ioof
and floor.
Dr.. j. A. Liutncr. the well-known
entomoloGist of New York, says there
arc in the world $50. 900 specie, of in
sects; %, 600 of these lc:onr to the
Unitcl States, and abou. 81, 900 nrey
upon the production OF man; 1000 or
5000 OF these could be considered as
being fruit pests. Ga the apple a,oae
slo species are known, and probably
more extended Investigation will in
crease the number to 300. Tn, future
successful fruit grower should study
entomology, and be acquainted with ia-
sects and their habits, so as to DO ablo
to tell friends from foes.