Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-07-21
SCIENTIFIC soules

Wet rope Is only one third a. tensile -
when dry. and greased rope Is even weaker.
Astronomical photography has succeeded
in reproducing star. down TO the thirteenth
magnitude,
It is predicted that the borings through
the Straits of Dover will reveal the existence
Of extensive coal beds
Basic Stag the refuse OF steel works, when
freed from iron and reduced to powder,
proves to be a valuable fertilizer.
Medical authority can be found for the
theory that it is the early riser who catches
miasma If there be any in the air.
Florida promises to become a large pro
ducer Of opium Sixteen plants will produce |
an ounce, and an acre Of poppies will yield
$1,000 worth OF opium.
II has been ascertained by careful ex peri
ments conducted by NJ Roger that poisons
lose one-tifth of their toxic power when taken
into the system by fasting.
An instrument called The a,ltographometer
has lately been devised, which, when in use,
indicates the topography and differences Of
level Of all places over which it passes
Japanese engineers propose to adopt a sys-
TEN Of earthwork detenses protected by an
[ llOu oue lSpt III tHlCkIlt,Ss anu cXUenu-
ing twenty five feet each side Of the gun.
In China there are over 400 species OF
plants used for food, and in the world probA-
bly, ten times that number. Sawdust in Swe-
den is used in bread and found digestible.
! A light, silicious earth Is found in France
and Germany from which are made bricks
that will fost in water Such bricks are
mentioned by Pliny; they were also made in
Tuscany in the Eighteenth century.
A Nuremburg inventor has produced a
shoe sole composed Of wire net o,erlaid with
a substance resembling India rubber. These
soles, which cost but half the price Of leather.
have been tested in the German army, and
found to be twice as durable.
now double pointed nail is the invention
of an ingenious woman. The points turn in
opposite directions They are especially use
full for invisible mailing in wood word. 1t is
simply two nails joined firmly, the sides OF
the heads being placed together.
Professor Schmidt, Of Gatz university, ha.
hit upon the plan of cutting of pieces Of liv
ing sponge and planting them in a suitable
place in the sea, as il they were willow twigs
In this way he has succeeded, at the end o
three years. in producing 1900 sponges at I
cost of $45.
DR. Worms, of the Paris Academy Of Medi
, cine, has ascertained that bees, ants an,
, wasps show marked dislike to the new sac
charine To the human palate there is n
! difference in the taste between it and sugar
, 1t has been shown, however, that its use dis
r turbs digestion.
} physician of Philadelphia analysed
black japanned hat band worn by patien
/ baad n nd
5 tanned three grains of one of the lead salt.
From this case he concludes that many head
aches are often due to the absorption Of tn
lead in the hat band.
Supervising Inspector Lubbock, Of Sa
\ Francisco, having reported to the treasur
department that petroleum is not safe fu
u for large boilers has been instructed by SEE
d retary Fairchild to withdraw all permi
t heretofore given for its use except in Il
d case OF small steam launches.
u In drilling glass, stick piece of stiff ella
II or putty on the part where you wish to NAL
Z the hole Make hole in the putty the s
- YOU want the hole reaching to tho glass,
- course Into this hole pour little moltt
lead, when, unless it is very thick glass; Il
Is piece will Immediately drop out.-Trade
;" man.
, Both In China and Japan soapstone b
: : long been largely used for protecting stru
lures built of soft stone and other materia
specially liable to atmospheric influences.
has been found that powdered soapstone
n the form of paint has preserved obelis
=, formed of stone for hundreds OF years whi
n would, unprotected, have long ago crumbl
~ away For the inside painting OF steel al
/. iron ships it is found to be excellent 1t b
10 no anti-fouling quality, but is anti-corrosi'
in A writer III The Economiste Francois es
I'd mates the total loss to France from the ra
er ages of the phylloxera since 1875, when Il
as scourge of the French vineyards first ma
n its appearance, at the enormous sum OF |
es 900, 600, 900 of francs, or about f4oO, "
is This estimate is based upon French offic
n statistics giving the aggregate area of vii
w yards destroyed in the country at about 2. SO
600 acres; and on the assumption that, in t
dition to the acreage Of vines thus utterly
stroyed, the extent Of vineyards more or
is infected with the phylloxera amounts
a about 10000 acres; making thus togeti
ng 5000, 600 acres