The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30

Through errors In the triangulation
Of Hungary, the maps of Austria have
heretofore mado 1t out to be much
smaller country than II Is In reality.
Tho official maps show that 1t contains
a,247. IL square kilometers
Naval experts arc of tho opinion
that the limit OF efficiency In rapid fire
ordnance Is reached Mt 4-inch caliber, as
above that the ammunition, which must
necessarily be fixed. Is too heavy to BIO
quickly handled.
AT late meeting of the London
Geological Society, Mr.. A. ID. BARTLETT
attempted to prove that the varieties OF
the domestic dogs owe their origin to
wolves and iackals, the habit Of barking
having been acquired under the innu-
ence Of demonstration.
Tho most striking exhibit In coll
lection OF photographs before the Royal
meteorological society was large num-
Der of exceptionally fine photographs OF
clouds and atmospheric phenomena re-
producing in most faithful manner tho
/ splendid contrast of white clouds and
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feat of photography.
Tho American Neurological Society,
at recent meeting in Washington.
advocated the adoption of the metric
system by the Government for custom
house and foreign mail service. The
metric system is now used by twenty
four nations in invoicing goods for ship
ment abroad, and many of them use 1t
for all purposes.-Sc
Tho excavations being pursued at
Megalapoiis, in the Peloponnesus, under
the direction of the British School OF
Archaeology, have resulted in some in
tcresting discoveries. Besides uncover
ing the site of Greek theater, the ex-
cavators have found in a tumulus q
small cylindrical sarcophagus, contain
ing bones and two pieces of gold orna-
Inent similar to those discovered by DR..
Schliemann at Mycen@ and elsewhere.
The true scientist seeks knowledge,
and knowledge only, with the sole ex-
pectation of rising through nature up to
natures God and lifting mankind to .
state of fuller happiness and broader
enlightenment, taking no thought of
individual gain. The inventor files q
cavcat or secures patent and sits down
in the enjoyment of wealth. The sisen-
tist heralds his discovery and returns
at once to test tube and crucible, seek
ing yet other secrets which bless man
kind. News.
"A novel arrangement for securing
an abundance of soft light together with
perfect ventilation has been installed in
an opera house in Chicago. The device
is, in form, similar to large parasol,
eighteen feet in diameter, the perfora-
tions in the cover permitting the escape
of the Initiated atmosphere. The rod
and handle are formed to permit the use
of gas jets If necessary. while from the
tips of each rib incandescent bulbs hang,
giving a perfect and powerful circle Of
light Another feature is the use Of in
candcscent bulbs, arranged in wire
net, to indicate the name of the com
pany playing.
BY a new method of cementing iron
the parts cemented are SO effectually
joined as to resist the blows even of a
sledge hammer. The cement is com
posed of equal parts OF sulphur and
! white lead, with proportion of about
one-sixth of borax. When the compost.
ton is to be applied it is wet with
strong sulphuric acid, and thin layer
of it is placed between the two pieces OF
iron, which are at once pressed together.
In five days it will be perfectly dry, all
traces OF the cement having vanished
and the work having every appearance
Of welding.
Modern psychologists, says Berlin
correspondent of the London Lancet
regard the pre-fontal part of the brair
as the seat of character and intellect
After the removal of this part in dogs and
monkeys, no paralysis of any muscles OF
loss of sensibility occurs, but singular
changes in behavior, emotions and char
acter of the animals have been OBJ
served. They become livelier, restless
impatient, irritable, quarrelsome and
violent Their movements seem pur
poseless, and their attention to what il
going on around them, and their intelli
gence, are diminished. These observa
tions have been confirmed by similal
phenomena in the case of human beings
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