The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1890-03-08
POPULAR SCIENCE. :

Many of the laundries of Paris are
said to use boiled potatoes in preference
to soap for cleaning soiled linen.
An incandescent lamp at Taunton:
England, was used 10, 600 hours before
! the slender carfon tilamcnt failed
The French factory of Mantois is the
only one in the world where large glass
discs sufficiently perfect for telescope
lenses can be successfully
The extension ladder fire escape has
been adapted by the German army as
more satisfactory apparatus than the bal
loon from which to watch an enemy.
Examining physicians SLY that alcohol
and tobacco are largely responsible for
the color blindness with which large
numbers of applicants for positions on
railways are affected,
Semmola declares that the administra-
ton of antipyreties III continued fevers
produces } poisonous rather than a benc-
fetal effect, the repose secured being at
the expense Of vital force.
Russia is considering plan for bridg-
ing the Il hrirg Straits. The length of
the bridge from shore to shore will be
more than sixty miles. Intervening
islands break tins distance into bridge
able lengths.
Hot-air inhalation for consumption
has been tested at st. Petersburg with
nootayorabe II suits. Air cooled to the
temperature of ice has been successfully
used III three cases, at Naples, for stop
ping bleeding from the lungs
Professor L. Frederick Wright, the
learned archrologist, has explored the
Trenton q. j. gravel, aad has deter
mined the presence Of man on this CONT
nent at the time When the glaciers were
creeping down across its surface.
The safeguards with which Hebrews
surround tie selection and slaughter of
cattle to be used fol food might be prof
itaby initiated by people not of their
faith. There is little danger OF diseased
or tainted meat tiniipg It's way into m
orthodox Hebrew fal3;ly.
The green color of ocean water de
ponds upon the number of Incdus;p and
other minute animal forms which inhabit
it. The deep green northern seas literally
swarm with til Sc miniature creatures, i'll
some places as many as l2S Of them have
been found III single cubic inch of
water.
Though eluttony and incompetence
arc bestial sins, and cannot escape thei,
punishment, me lcratc overindulgcncc
in eating is apparent a venial otfcnse
against the laws of health; but let us be-
ware of presuming too much upon the
: Im,erey with which nature tempers justice
There grows lii Ceylon a nut called
kola. 1t has been used for many years
as a drug. 1t is now proposed to make
it substitute for coffee. 1t possesses as
stimulant and article OF food the essen
tial qualities of coffee; it possesses, fur
thermore, the valuable attribute of en-
abling those eating it TO endure long
fasts without suffering or danger. The
kola nut came originally from Western
Africa.
Every one knows that daltonism con-
sists in color blindness in regard TO GER
tain hues. According to the researches
of DR.. Albertini, this daltonism is &C
companied by a corresponding deafness
toward certain musical notes. Those
persons who have not the sensation of
red cannot distinguish the note sol;
those blind to green cannot recognize re;
and to this lack of perception is added
The iucapacity to produce the notes men,
Toned by means of the vocal apparatus.