Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-27
SCIEN TIFIC GLEANINGS.

A piece of tallow wrapped in tissue
paper and laid among furs or wooden will
prevent the ravages of moths.
By new process of steaming white
wood and submitting IT to pressure it can
be made so tough as TO require cold
chissl to split it.
The eyes of poisonous snakes have been
found by DR.. Benjamin Sharp to have
eliptical pupils, while in the harmless
species they are circular.
An observer must stand 6,667 feet
above the leVel Of the sea TO discern q
vessel lOC miles distant, and 26,666 feat
whec it Is distant 200 miles.
German astronomer has found reas-
ops fer believing that the zodiac light aud
the aurora borealis result from the refiec-
ton of Sunlight by water and ice.
To remove kerosene from carpets lay
blotte-s of soft brown paper over the
spot and press with warm iron. Repeat
with fresh papers and the spot will be re-
moved.
Whales are not fishes. They have no
scales; they have warm blood; they give
milk to their young, and finally, they
would be drowned if they were 10 remain
longer than half an horr under water.
1t has been predicted that the amazing
popularity Ia which celluloid is held will
one day get set back by serious explo-
siOn IN some store or private dwelling in
which there Is quantity of the stuff.
Cut an earth worm in two aud place the
two halves in flower pot with earth kept
C instantly moist, and in less than year
you will find two whole worms. A head
will have grown on The half that had bat a
tail, while a tall will have grown to the
half that had Hone.
lux stains on mahogany furniture will
disappear if treated as follows: Put six
drops of spirits of nitre into teaspoon
fnl of water, and touch the stained part
Sith feather dipped in the mixture
Immediately after this rub with q soft
cloth and cold water to prevent q white
mark.
Professor Baird says that as a fish has
no maturity there is rothing to prevent
it from living indefinitely and growing
continually. He cites in proof pike liv-
ing in Russia whose age dated back to the
fifteenth century. In the royal aquarium
at st. Petersburg there are fish that have
been there 14G gears.
Oswaldus Nothingers is said to have
made 1000 dishes of turned ivory, all
perfect and complete in every part, yet
SO thin aud slender that all of them were
included at once in cap turned out of
pepper corn of common size. They were
so small as to be almost invisible to
the eve. They were presented to Pope
Paul V.
1t is said that for years there has been
held before the eyes of ambitious inves-
tors an offer of a prize of $4,000 Cor the
first ten bales of iute grown and prepared
for market in the United States at cost
which will admit of successful competi-
ton with the Indian article, but the prize
is still unearned.
A company has been formed to dredge
the Carson river in Nevada for quicksil
yer and amalgam. Eighteen miles of
river bed have been located. 1t is est
mated that 10 per cent. of the bullion
product of the Comstock mines has flow
ed as tailiags into the Carson river, and
that at least S+0,0OO,OOO will be recov-
cred.
Singulgrly favorable reports continue
to be mase concerning DR.. Domingos
Frlere's system of preventive incubation
in yellow fever. 1t is stated that during
the three hot months in Brazil, ending
with February last 3,051 subjects were
in Rio de Janeiro, and not one
had the fever, whereas in the same dis
tricts and houses 27S non vaccinated sue
cumbed to the disease.
curious speculation has been made
concerning what would happen should
the esrth's rotation cease. The equator
ial diameter being twenty six miles more
than the polar diameter, the earth would
present an equatorial zone of solid ground
miles high above sea level, the water all
being drawn TO the poles. This lard zone
would then be like Arctic regions, and be
banded b ring of permanent ice and
snow.
When Tuscan flask has been filed
with wine 8 large thimbleful of olive oil,
the genuine olive oil, is poured into the
nsck and occupies it to the depth of
about en- inch. Then little wad of straw
is usually loosely inserted on the top of
the oil, but this is merely to keep the rats
from getting at the Oil and the dust from
falling IN. The oil floats on the wine,
closes the bottle and preserves the con
tents more effectuany than could any
cork.