Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-21
SCIENTIFIC :GLEANINGS.

The rapid decrease in the number of
kangaroOS in Australia is beginning to at
tract the attention of scientific societies
there
The electric lights have reduced the
average time of vessels passing through
the Suez Canal from thirty-seyen hours
tfty-seven minutes to twenty-five hours
thirty-twO minutes.
In the Cascade mountains about seventy
five miles from Jacksonville, Ore. is to be
found the Great Sunken Lake. the deepest
in the world. 1t is said to average 1900
feet down to the water on all sides. The
depth of the water is unknown. 1t is
about fifteen miles long and four and one
half wide.
At Harrisburg, Penn, a large type
foundry recently installed six 20 h. p.
motors and number Of smaller ones. with
total capacity of 200 h. p. for running
the machinery of the entire establishment.
thereby doing away with all the shafting
IN the building.
The largest motor plant in the world is
located at Valparaiso, Chill. The plant
will be centrally located to supply the
manufacturers of the city. The plant
cost 1926, 900 and has total capacity OF
500 horse power. Huyler, the famous
cOnfectioner of New York. has installed
a 60 horse power electric motor for run
ming the machinery throughout the fac
tory.
The new steel cruiser Baltimore of the
United States Navy has been equipped
with novel apparatus for ventiating pur-
poses. An electric motor is attached tc
whole thing in a compact manner which OPP
eraest the blower effectively. The United
States Navy has ordered more electric mo-
tors for the same purpose to be used on the
new war vessels now III process of con-
structiOn.
The London Hospital says: The first
effect of alcohol on the system is to aCcel
crate the action of the heart. and rai>C
the temperature of the body about one
and halt degrees. 1t is this effect which
makes il valuable in the cases of fainting
or collapse. The secondary effect is, it
sometimes falls two or three degrees be
low the normal point of $50, and the
warmth of the body cannot be restored as
quickly as it is lost For this reason
drunkards are more likely to suffer from
exposure to cold than temperance people
and the stupOr of alcohol is apt to pass in.
to the sleep of death.
There are now thirty-nine crematories
in various parts of the world Italy has
twenty-three, America has ten, while
England, Germany, France, Switzerland
Denmark and Sweden have one apiece. In
Italy there were two cremations in 1876
the number rose to dtteen in 1877, and il
1888 the number was 70. Since 1876, III
cremations have taken place in Italy. while
the combined numbers from all other coun-
tries bring the total only to 1863
A recent Mexican invention consists Of
an electrical device for deep sea soundings
and raising an alarm on shipboard when
nearing shoal water. The apparatus com
prises metal cylinder with wood lined
base, and a chamber for the reception of a
central socket containing an inside tube
about half filed with mercury, with the
necessary insulators and conductors. dies
batteries and electric bells When the
vessel approaches a reef, or comes into
shoal waters, electrical communication is
established between the dies and an alarm
sounded on the vessel.
in London, England, and Bremen.
Prussia, the longest day has 1615 hours.
At Stockholm. Sweden, it is 49, hours
in length. At Hamburg in Germany and
Dantizic in Prussia the longest day has
seventeen hours. At st. Petersburg, Rus
sia and Tobolsk Siberia, the longest is
nineteen and the shortest is FIVE hours. At
Tornea, Finland, June q brings a day
nearly twenty-five hours long, and Christ
mas one less than three hours in length
At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day
lasts from May q to July -, without in
terruption, and in Spitzbergen the longest
day is So months. AtSt. Louis the long
est day is somewhat less than fifteen hours
and at Montreal Canada, it Is sixteen.
There is much in the breed, there is
much in the feed, and there is more in the
feeder than in either. A good feeder viii
do fairly well with a good breed and poor
feed, or with good feed and poor breed.