Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-10-11
POPULAR SCIENCE

An electric motor has been applied in
Chicago for running brushes used in
grooming horses.
The assertion is made that the Ameri-
cans-a pre-eminently mixed race--arc
fast becoming dark haired and blue
eyed nation.
a Russian mincralogist. X. d. Chrust-
schoif, claims to have discovered new
metal, which lie proposes to name illus
sum-" 1t resembles thoriun.
A paper on the sartine read by NJ.
Boucher before the Paris Academy of
Science expresses the opinion that it is Il
young fish which has not attained its full
development.
a citizen OF Winnemucca, Col, while
making some changes in his well, discov-
cred that trees 100 feet away had sent
roots to and down into the well How
did tile trees discover the wclll
DIR. Foster, director of the University
Ophthalmic Cliniquc nj Brcslau, believes
that Il common cause of short siuhte,lncss
in the young is restriction of the circula
ton produced by the wearing of tight 1T
Ting collars.
The population OF Norway exhibits u
higher percentage (97.25) of light eyes
than any other country in Europe. FlaNcu
hair occurs i'll SO per cent, while abSo.
lutely black hair is only found in the ratio
CT two per cent.
The danger to life and property from
sparks emitted from electric liuhi wires
has been so well recognized in London
that it is recommended that The city au.
thorities take the matter i'll hand and see
that the wires are properly insulated.
From recent study of the bones oi
anthropoid apes il appears that the go.
rilla and chimpanzec approach nearest &c
man, but i'll different degrees, orn,s.
outang holding the third place. Iiut
great differences exist between the pro.
portions of the human frame and those
Of all the apes.
Probably the most important invcn-
ton shown ut the Paris Exposition is Il
new railway, TO be run 10y water power
at speed from cighty-sevcn TO 12I
miles an hour with absolute safety. II
promises to rcvoluionxc the railway
system, doing away with the locomotive
engine and dispensing with coal
The floods of the summer have shown
how great II protection against the in
roads OF water II row OF willow trees may
he. The engineer in charge of he Poto.
mac River improvements says that where
willcws were planted The land was pro.
tccicd from washing, and practically nu
damage WAS done, while in The improved
land not so protected there was grca;
loss.
The haitian Planters arctic SAYS that
cdr. Lazarus, the wcll-known occulist,
has invented shooting spectacle made
with adjustable shutters for use us ord.
binary distant spectacle for target shoot.
ing, and which modified will be found
most useful 10 target shooters This
useful invention will he found God.
send 10 ncar-sightcd soldiers and sports.
men"
II is stated that about five hundred
veterinary surgeons in Great Britain have
signed paper c0ndcmning overhead
check rcins as painful 10 horses and pro.
ductivc OF disease. II distorts the wind
pipe, and is liable To cause paralysis OF
the muscles of the face, apoplcXy, conn
and inflammation of the brain, all these
resulting i'll shortins the life OF the
horse.
President Diaz, during The four years
of his administration in Mexico, has rem
dcred substantial services To science by
encouraging archaeological investigation
and taking measures for the preservation
oil ancient monuments and historical re-.
mains. The ruins of Nochicalco and the
pyramids of Tcotihuaca have been cx
plorcd, and thc scarchors rewarded by
many interesting discoveries. An arcru0.
logical map of The republic has been
made, and the palaces Of Militia incloscd,
Tor their preservation by great wall.