Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-04-26
SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGS.

vegetarian hotel is an innovation in
London. There are already thirty vege-
ta~ian restaurants in that city.
According TO insurance statistics more
fires are extinguished by the use of pals
of water than by any other means.
Cavendish in 1866 discovered hydrogen,
and between 1774 and 1879 Priestly dis
covered oxygen, azote aud nitrous gas.
Asbestos clothing has been used by the
Paris fire brigade with success, and is
soon to be adopted by the London fire
men.
The Russian petroleum is said to be
vastly infevior 10 the American, emitting
an unpleasant odor and black smoke
even wheu used in the best of lamps.
DR.. Guppy concludes that the average
rainfall on the higher slopes of Guadal
can8r, on the Solomon islands, Is be
tween 400 and 800 inches. That of Eug-
land is thirty two inches.
The Electrical Review says that the
lightning cd il a relic of superstition,
aud that the day will come when a light
Mug rod On house will be regarded in
the same light As a horseshoe over
door.
The United States fish commission car
reached Atlanta, Ga, Oh Monday, when
a singular incident occurred. Change OF
water IVES found necessary, and artesian
water was supplied. Inside of an hour
So 900 young fish were dead, and nearly
5000 900 eggs are supposed to be killed.
Il has becn calculated by Prof. Rogers
of Washington, the dynamic power of
single pound Of good steam coal is equiv
alent to q mau's work for one day, three
ton, for twenty years, and one square mile
OF sseam of coal only four feet thick Will
represent the labor of a million men for
twenty years.
Scarlet fever is a specific poison which
emanates from the person of the patient,
and can be caused by no other means.
DIphtheria is contagious, but may arise
from fermenting filth, etc. Typhoid
levers and A5iatic cholera are not di-
rectly communicable from person to per
son, but spread by the dejecta of their
victims, which contaminate the water sup
ply.
A remedy for tender feet is cold wafer,
about two quarts, two tables pOOufus of
ammonia, one tables po"nfuI of bay rum.
Sit with the feet immersed for &c min
utes, gently throwing the water over the
limbs upward 10 the knee. Then rub dry
with a crash towel, and all the tired feel
ing is gone. This recipe is good for
sponge bath also.
The very best nourishment for invalid8
and children, Is the juice PRESSED from a
steak or mutton chop, thoroughly
trimmed and boiled about five minutes.
The meat for this purpose shou d be cut
at least three quarters Of an inch thick.
The juice may be extracted from the
meat by a lemon squeez4r or meat
press, which CONT for this purpose.
ships log has been patented by Mr..
Eugene E. Haskell of Forestvllle, n. Y.
1t is an instrument to be sUs pended by
cable and carrying a propetiee wheel,
whose revolutions, according TO the rate
of prog ress through the water, will make
anu break electric contact, which wuI be
recorded on a register to indicate the
number of revolutions per minute, where
by the speed of vessel may be deter
mined.
FireprOCf stables are not uncommon il
Germany and are very simply built.
Timbers like railroad ties are placed
from three and one half to four feet
apart, arched corrugated iron put be-
tween them and filled with a mixture of
cinders ana lime, making it deep enough
to protect the timbe:s. The trap door to
reach the loft Is made of sheet iron, Sled
in With the same compound. TGis kind
of freproufug is very cheap and very
Elective.