The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-11-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.
An immense deposit of mineral soap
has been found near San DIEGO. Cal.

An immense deposit OF mineral soal
has been found near San Diego, Cal.
The broad-bill and the canvas-bacl
duck can fly faster than 100 miles al
hour.
According to Curvier an elephant hai
40, 900 muscles in his trunk, while mar
has only 557 in his whole body.
Two mines of mercury, covering fiftl
acres, and one of anthony, covering 10(
acres, have been registered in Cuba.
It is officially stated that the Span
ish Government will adopt submarine
torpedo vessels for the navy, experiment,
with the system having been successful
In Denmark dairyman who keeps 25C
COWS requires the mixers TO wash then
hands after milking two COWS, and the
result is that he gets a quarter of a cent
pound more for the butter than Others
do.
Assuming the mean distance of the sur
from the earth to be 81, 430, 600 miles,
and the velocity of light to be 1S5, 200
miles a second, i takes s minutes, 10. Z
seconds for ray of sunlight to reach the
earth.
The automatic sprinkler is a great in
vention in New England mills and factor
les. A years record shows that the aver
age loss by fire when the sprinkler is not
used is $500 per fire, and when it is
used, it is only $3.50 per fire.
nphotographing clouds great difficulty
is experienced IN obtaining photographs
of CIRCUS clouds, the reason being that
the blue light of the sky acts with nearly
the same active energy as the white light
of the clouds on the sensitive silver salts
Of the plate.
A Louisiana farmer recommends tar
smoke for diphtheria cure. His treat
ment is to put few drops of tar, like
that used in shipyards, on warm stove
lid, and to require the patient to inhale
aud swallow the smoke ten times a day
for five minutes each time. He has been
invariably successful in his experiments.
The spread of cancer in small COM
mune of Normandy (St. Sylvestre de
Courcelles) attracted the attention of DR..
Arnaudet, as the disease has attained TO
fifteen per cent. of the total mortality
The cases were principally males, and as
rule the cancer was located in the stom-
ach; hence Dr. Arnaudet thinks that
cancer IS contagious, and is propagated
by water.
A floating workshop, to be known as
the steel torpedo-depot ship Vulcan, was
launched at Portsmouth, England, re-
Gently. It is intended to accompany
feet and carry large equipment of tor
pedo boats. She will be supplied with
hydraulic cranes on which torpedo boats
can be twisted in and out of tine water.
The Vulcan is of $500 tons burden and
II, 900 horse power.
DR.. Worms, of Riga, proposes for the
cure OF phthisis a remedy precisely con-
trary to that by hot air recently some
what discussed. He believes in cold air.
He holds that as the bacillus of tuber-
culosis needs at least thirty-seven degrees
for its development, any lower tempera-
ture viii be fatal to it, and he treats his
patients with low temperature. As cold,
dry climates have hitherto been found
favorable, this theory is in conformity
with well established experience.
In a lecture upon fast trains, Professor
Hadiey said: The speed of railroad
trains is restricted within three theoreti-
cal limits; First, a physical limit of
eighty miles per hour, beyond which it IS
found impossible for train to hold the
track; second, an operating limit of sixty
miles an hour, which practical experience
has found trains cannot run without dan
ger 70 life; third, a commercial limit of
# thirty sailes-ipsF- lhAess which. al
things considered, it is found most
to run train"