Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-30
POPULAR SCIENCE.

1t IS estimated tlal tne sun raises 81 :.
0U0, 900 900 tons Of wate. from the earth
70 the minute
1t is proposed, TO apply electricity to
the irrigation of some OF the dry and
sterile districts Of California.
NJ. Lavasseur finds that the chances Of
person IN the nineteenth century reach
ing 100 years of age are one in is, 500.
A room is ventilated best by obening
the upper sash Of a window, beca,i Sc the
hottest and worst air is always near the
ceiling.
If the salt held in solution in the ocean
were spread over the earth, it would form
a layer of more than thirty feet deep COW
ering the whole globe.
The ratio of suicides is large in North
ern and small in Southern nations of
Europe. The same holds good of the
States Of the United States
The fact, as reported, that the German
Army has the lowest death rate of anv ia
Europe is attributed TO the practice of
frequent bathing in warm water being
made compulsory
An electric hair curler is new and
convenient instrument. It is said to be
equal to the most exacting demands of
the feminine coitfure, and the beard or
mustache can be curled In any style in
two minutes.
Photographs Of seventy eight old
couples and the same number of pictures
of brothers and sisters of a similar age are
said to show that the former are more
like one another in appearance than the
brothers and sisters
A Virginia artillery company has been
using cheese in target practice, and it was
shown that one of the cheeses fred
against an earthen breastwork pene-
trated two feet further than solid iron
ball. They carry at point-blank range
further than shot or she'll
From August, 1889, to January, 1890,
there were treated at the Pastcur In.
stitute in Paris $50 cases of persons bitten
by rabid animals, with but one death
Under the old methods Of treatment, or
without any treatment, the mortality in
this number of cases would have been
, ITO deaths.
The New Crater, as it is called at
Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, has
had an eruption, and is throwing up a
column of steam, stones and water about
200 feet in circumference to the height
of about 125 feet. An earthquake pre-
ceded the eruption and the whole basin
i is shaken by it. &
| Of the entire human race 500, 900 600
are we'll clothed-that is. they wear gar
| ments of some kind to cover nakedness, !,
/ 250, 900, 600 habitually 60 naked, and
700, 900, 900 only cover parts of the body;
500, 900, 900 live in houses, 700, 900, 900
in huts and caves, and $50, 900, 600
virtually have no shelter.
The growing together Of the middle
and end bones Of the little toe is of fire.
uuent occurrence, and has been attri-
buted to tight shoes. A German anato-
mist, however, finds about the same per-
centage Of cases in men and children>as IN
women, and concludes that the phe-
nomenon is a normal tendency to a change
& of structure just beginning before our
eyes
By saturating bullets with vaseline
they may be easily seen ia their course
from rifle to the target their trajectory
course is marked by beautiful ring Of
smoke. caused bY the vaseline being
ignited on leaving the muzzle Of the gun,
the smoke being suspended for some
time in the air if not too windy Much
better scores result when grease Of some
kind is used, bullets are not 50 az. 70
split, the recoll is not so great. and il i
believed the course Of the missilels more