Orange County observer., 1889-11-16

A French manufacturing firm has
brought out new fabric made of the
fibre Of ramie, and called ramie linen.
that is said 10 combine the qualities of
linen and silk. with double the strength
o linen
Hvnnotism seems likely TO be the com
inc fad in London. though certainly il
viii he one Of a more scientific and
Justly interesting character than most Of
the subjects OF recent popular interest.
4 congress Of European hypnotists was
recently held in Paris, and was eminent
IL successful
Dr, Edison sums up the etiologv of ty
rhold fever in the following words
First. typhoid fever never infects the at
mosphere, second. it never arises de noro,
and third. the causes Of the disease, IN
order ot their frequency. are as follows
First, infected wa.ef second, infected
milk, third. infected ice; fourth, digital
Infections fifth. infected meat
TIE Babylonian expedition sent out
ast wear hv -he University Of Pennsvlva-
Ma N charge Of Dr. John P Peters dis
covered the only authentic document
known of Naram Sin. a King of Niffer,
who reigned $3.50 B. c. II is a stamp
m3de Of burned clay. which was used 10
stamp on the bricks for his buildings the
name and titles of this ancient monarch
An antiseptic whiting has been recent
Is introduced and is recommended by the
loaler~ for hospitals, ships, stables, ken
- T. &C. in order II keep them free
from Insects The compound, which ap-
pears % contain some camphor, is also
usciul for cleaning silver plate and arti-
dies of domestic use The aroma is said
Il no not unpleasant. while the com
.3!ne i non poisonous and will not in
li.ro c"lors
The lghtness Of snowhakes is the re-
-. Of their surface beng so great when
compared with their volume, and is ac.
counted for IN some degree by the large
quantity Of air amid their frozen parti-
cie> Snowt1akes contain about nine
times as many volumes Of air, entangled,
50 10 speak, among their crystals, as they
contain water Very fine and lightly
deposited snow occupies about twenty
-four times as much space as water, and is
/ from ten to twelve times lighter than an
equal bulk of that fluid
1t is now claimed that in the construc-
/ ton of boiler furnaces an advantage is
gained by forming the CRATE out of a
| perforated plate. instead of the series of
bars. The perforations are placed in
, lines. and IN vertical section are broader
at Their lower end than at the upper sur
! face Of the plate, the latter may be made
Of cast or wrought iron, steel etc, all
| IN one piece. o, of a number of sections
| placed side by side, and the tapered
holes NAV either be circular, square, or
| OF anv other convenient form.
The slow tapping Of butterfys wing
! produces no sound but when the move
mentS are rapid noise is produced
which increases in shrllness with the
| number of vibrations Thus the houset1y
which produces the sound +, vibrates its
wings 20, 100 times a minute, or 3S5
times a second and the bees, which
makes sound Of A, as many as 26, 400
times, or 400 times in second. On the
contrary tired bee huns on +. ano
therefore. according to theory, vibrates
its wings only $50 times in a second.
writer in Buenos Ayres journal re-
ports having examined the fibre made
from the reeds nd,rushes Of the lowland
Of the Parana, and finds the textile
manufactured therefrom to be undistin
yuishable from those made of wool O
silk. Blankets, heavy goods for men
wear, lettings and ''black silk dres
goods are among the articles produced
from the fibre, and arc pronounced un
rivaled for texture, finish, color and dura
hihty, Paper pulp is also made by mean
Of a newly invented process from thcs
reeds and rushes.
During the Stone age bodies were al
ways buried unbnned. in recumtent o
sitting position. By the side of the deat
body was usually laid weapon, tool o
some ornaments. We often find III grave
Of this period earthenware vessels, nov
filed only with earth. The care be
slowed upon the last resting place of th
departed certainly betokens belief il
the future life; but the things placed b
the side Of the dead seem to show tha
that life was believed to be merely a con
t}nuation Of the life on earth, with tn
same needs and the same pleasures