The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1888-12-14
snlENrIrIn MIsOELLANEY

A Ner Fi0rd.-1he luXurianl
vegetation of KrakalOa was totally
/ destroyed by HE eruption in 1888,
not a living germ being left. Three
years later the island was visited
| by Or NJ. Treub, who now reports
having found six species Of micro
scopic algae, which coated the
rock and seemed TO have formed
the soil on which eleven species OF
ferns had taken root. a common
grass Of Java was growing, and
there were quite a number OF such
species of towering plants as first
appear on coral islands. Seeds or
fuit Of several coral island trees
were found on the shore. Kraka-
loa is ten miles from the, Island OF
S.be>ie, containing The nearest ter
resIual vegetation, twenty miles
from Sumatra, and twenly-one
from Java.
Intellectual Influence fthe Nose
AproseXie is the name DR.. Guye,
of Amsterdam, chooses for mat
tenliveness, and he quite singular
ly finds hat The nose is one cause
of il. \ duh boy became quick
to learn after certain lumors had
been taken from the nose; and a
man who had been troubled with
vertigo and buzzlng in the ears
Tor twelve years found mental
labor easy after a like operation.
In a third case, medical student
was similarly relieved. DR.. Guye
that these nasal troubles
affect the BRAN by preventing the
cerebral lymph from circulating
reely.
Boilers Erp10ded by GdS.-AIter
oiliciaiinveSligation, the
most extensive and complete de-
;lTucllou of steam boilers on re-
,Ord has been attributed to the |
sudden ignition Of coal gas, mixed |
With air, that had accumulated in |
he flueS. The explosion occurred |
July 25, 1887, in Upper SlIesia,
iermany. twenty-five boilers,
zach with more than 1000 square |
Get of heating surface, were in
tanlly blown to pieces, buildings |
covering half an acre were de-
lroyed, and three men were
killed.
Waste of Eaergy,-In The ordI-
lary siXteen-candle power mean
lescent lamp, according TO Prof. |
:. Merritt, only from lour to six
)er cent OF the energy actually !
expended is available as light, the |
being wasted as heat.
70 lessen this loss is one of the |
greatest electrical problems now
lwating solution.
Future Science. -" What would |
,ne not give" asks Lubbock, " for
| science primer of the next CEN
uary? Tor, to paraphrase a we'll
known saying, even the boy at the |
Jluw will then know more of |
science than the wisest Of philoso-
)hers do now.o
Delicate MedSurement.-The new /.
'adio-micrometer OF Mr.. O. Y. |
3oys-a lhermo electric circuit |
suspended by a torsiOn fibre in /
field-shows a temper |
llure change Of one ten-milliOnth |
If a Centigrade degree.
A Mechanical NOuelty.-The re. /
Mannesmann process Of |
seamless tubes is descnb- |
&C by Mr. F. Siemens as consisting |
n passing The red-hot bar Of solid /
metal or glass between revolving |
rolls. These rolls are so |
arranged that the varying veloci- |
les of revolution with which the |
different parts Of The bar are |
brought into contact cause the |
ormation Of hollow through The |
)ar's centre. Tubes a foot in di- |
,meler, with a shell only a quar-
er of an inch thick, may be pro-
luced in this way, and great |
strength is claimed for them. |
Tubes with sealed ends may be |
made, the hollow centre being a
vacuum.
MOSS POINT CHAUTACQUA.
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