The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-26
POPULAR SCIENCE

The lamp is said to be the most dan
gerous part of the electric light circuit
The new name, telephrase, is suggested
as being suitable for a telepnonic mes
sage.
The pleasures of modern railroad travel
are promised an accession in the electric
light.
The contract to run an ele trio road
up ookout Mountain, Tenn, has been
agreed upon.
A monster blast was recently made in
Scotland in which 70, 900 tons of granite
were displaced.
The body of 10y drowned in a POND
was found by suhmerging an incandes-
cent light secured TO the end of a pole.
Recent experiments demonstrate that
sea water ice floats with one part above
water and fourteen and eigh.-tenths be-
low
At some places the force of the sea
dashing upon the rocks on the shore is
said to be seventeen tons to the square
yard
Spontaneous combustion in cotton
soaked with oil is said to take place
most quickly when there is equal weight
Of each.
Fortunately in New Zealand some of
the birds are protected by governmental
laws, but already many Of the species
have died out.
At Harvard College photographs have
been obtained OF the outer satellite of
Mars and Of all the satellites of Saturn
and Uranus except Mimas.
One of the most striking conceptions
of modern physics is that matter is eter-
nally trembling with vibrations, to the
variations of which are due our sensa-
tons.
The Victorian age, according to Pro-
lessor Ayrton, will be remembered rather
for the economical transmission of power
by electricity than for the invention Of
the electric telegraph
Various unsuccessful attempts have
been made TO introduce rapid-fire Arm
strong guns into the navy The weight |
OF opinion of naval experts has been in
favor OF the Hotchkiss weapon.
The White system of elevated electric
railroad provides for cars having but two
wheels, one at either end, the car beng
steadied horizontally by four guide
wheels at each end, having a bearing
against side rails considerably above the
level Of the main rail.
The Congress of Americanists, COM
posed Of some of the most distinguished
scientists of Europe engaged in the study
OF the prehistoric nations of America,
which recently completed very import
ant and successful session in Berlin,
voted to meet in Washington in 1890.
A simple and effective remedy for sty
has been found to be solution of fifteen
grains OF boric acid to an ounce of water
By applying this solution three times a
day to the infamed part OF the eyelids,
by means Of a camel's-hair brush, this
painful and annoying affection will be
conquered very rapidly.
Experiments made for the French
Minister of Agriculture indicate that
sugar is a better preservative of meat
han salt. 1t is more expensive, but the
powdered sugar forms coating retaining
he Juices of the meat without loss, while
he nutritive qualities of the meat are
lessened by the salt.
The skin and digestion of miners are
made delicate by lack of sunlight, but
J. g. Nasmyth finds that the air of coal
mines compares favorably in chemical
imposition with that of schools and
Temperature is much bet
er-even luxurious the highest in an
,nglish mine during three months being
fty-fve degrees Fahrenheit, and the
owest ffty-three.