Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-01-09
6CIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The Webster process for the treatment
of sewage by electricity is about being
experimental with in the Midway River,
England
Cardite is new powder which damp
ness ooes not affect. which causes no
smoke and which greatly increases the
explosive power.
Tho Danish Government is taking the
lead in matters relating to establishing an
electrical connection with lightshipa and
isolated lighthouses.
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, or of number of sections
placed side by side, and the tapered.
holes may either be circular, square, or
of any other convenient form.
The slow tapping of butterfy's wing
produces no sound, but when the move
ments are rapid noise is produced,
which increases in shrillness with the
number of vibrations. Thus the housefy.
which produces the sound F, vibrates its
wings 20,100 times minute, or 1856
times 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 E, and
therefore, according to theory, vibrates
its wings only $50 times in second.
A writer in Buenos Ayres journal re-
ports. having examined the fibre made
from the reeds and rushes of the lowlands
of the Parana, and finds the textiles
manufactured therefrom to be undistin-
guishable from those made of wool or
silk. Blankets, heavy goods for mems
wear, lettings and 'black silk" dress
goods are among the articles produced
from the fibre, and are pronounced I'M
rivaled for texture, finish, color and dura-
bility. Paper pulp is also made by means
OF a newly invented process from these
reeds and rushes.
During the Stone age bodies were al
ways buried unburned, in recumbent or
sitting position. By. the side of the dead
body was usually laid weapon, tool or
some ornaments. We often find In graves
of this period sarthenware vessels, now
filled only with earth. The care be-
slowed upon the last resting place of the
departed certainly betokens belief in
the future life; but the things placed bv
the side of the dead seem to show that
that life was believed to be merely con-
tinuation of the life on earth, with the
same needs and the same pleasures.
What we call observation-disclosures is
temporary suspension of tho faculty of
memery. The mind, intent upon some
present thought, obliterates or obscures
the record of the past. We may even
regard it as a temporary and partial form
OF insanity, and if we find absent-mind-
edness most common with persons of
great mental powers we may accept the
fact as another illustration of the near
alliance between great aenius and mad
ness.s
The Russians have recently improved
on the sleeping coaches of the railway
and the perambulating schoolmaster of
the rural regions. They have provided
school wagon, which is furnished with
room for the teacher, a classroom or
study, and library, all suitably supplied
with the necessary material. This wa.
gon will be on the line of the Transcas-
plan Railway all the year round, remain
ing as long as may be deemed necessary
at districts which are not provided with
q school.