Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.

THE United States Signal Office has
had reports from eleven vessels which
were saved by oil in a late hurricane of
the Bahamas.
THE slightest vein of iron or steel can
readily be detected by the application
of aquafortis to the surface. On steel
it leaves a black mark; on iron the
metal remains clean.
Tx cleaning watch never use ben
zine or potash or any patent article
on the watch Benzine leaves d greasy
look, aud It is impossible to get it off.
1t viii destroy your oils, and the pot
ash makes spots on the plates if in moist
places. Pure alcohol for the bath and
the chalk compound does the best work
and gives the best results. The chalk
compound is Unequaled for cleaning the
cases. With q stiff brush it is also eX-
cellent for cleaning jewelry.
In a recent paper before the London
Society of Telegraph Engineers, Mr.
W. W. Liant Carpenter mentioned that
the temperature Of the Mediterranean
was found to be 81 degrees F. at a
depth of 1000 fathOms, while in the
Atlantic, at no great distance, 36 de
grees was met with at the same depth.
Other instances of thermal differences
between partially land-locked seas and
the ocean were given, among them the
Red Sea, In which the minimum Temper
allure is II degrees. In the Sulu Sea
the lowest temperature was found to be
30. 5 degrees at 2, $50 fathOms, while the
temperature was 80 to 80 degrees at the
same depth In the Indian Ocean.
Mr. MAXWELL HALL, in a recent
weather report for the Island of Jamaca,
sums up the history Of the more impor-
can't cyclones or hurricanes observed in
that region during the last decade. He
apparently establishes the fact that the
hurricanes arise In regions of heavy
rains, and that they move nOrthwaFd
in August, September, and October, as
the seasonal rains Of that tropical dis
trict advance toward the North Pole.
His observations rea1fiIm the theory OF
cyclones, and are to the effect that there
is an influx of wind from the periphery
Of the storm toward the center. MIR.
Hall states that he has observed an
other peculiar effect Of these tropical
cyclones, one not hitherto noted, which
is that the advancing whirl Of the storm
sucks the atmosphere behind it in the
direction Of its motion for day or two
after it has passed q given point, so that
by observing the drift of the clouds IL
the path of the storm, he may determine
in a general way the direction of the
path of the disturbance after it has
passed the point of observation.
SPEAKING Of the forestry question
E. M. PIummer, Esq, of Libson Falls
agent Of the Androscoggin Water Powe-
Company, is quoted by the Lewiston
Journal as follows: This forestry agi
tation is, for a large part, based OF
wrong premises. I believe in taking
care of the forests, but when it is sale
that the forests Of Maine are disappear
ing, such a statement is dead to tn,
wrong. Why, two cords of wood az,
growing in Maine to-day where one wa:
growing ten years ago. I never saw
sapling pine growing faster than it is
to-day. What Maine wants is not 81
much protection OF the forests, as nor,
railways to bring them to the markets
On wild land the growth Of our hare
woods is wonderful. I agree with tn
| forestry folks about fires in the woods
and I say among the biggest nuisance
are the gum pickers, who don't hesitat
to cut down a spruce that is covere
with gum, and thereby litter the gro8n
with tree that in a few years Is dea
! and furnishes the fuel for forest fire.