Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

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ANwaterproof paper has lately been in
vented that will even stand boiling.
Asiriple remedy for hiccouahS is d
lump Of sugar saturated with win
1t is }aid that the ear is the most ,lsc-
full organ for the Identification of Grim
inals.
A tailor says that few men have
evenly balanced shoulders, the right al :
most Invariably being lower than the
| Modified opium smoking is suggested
oy prominent medical periodical, as a
valuable palliative in pulmonary tuber-
culosis. tt935
Natural gas experts from Pittsburg,
Penn, are on their way to Brazil to
prospect for natural gas and petroleum
Tor the Government Of that country.
Stoneham, Me-, is rich field for
mineralogists. Garnots are found in
abundance, and tourmalines are not
scarce. One stone recently found there
sold for 500. 81
The tomato has been traced back to
the sixteenth century, and although it
Is mentipned since then by several
writers, it did not become marketable
edible till 1929.
at Freiberg, saxony, lightning struck
three times Que of the mines, aud the
third time it knocked senseless several
miners working $50 metres deep under
the surface of tho earth.
A Leipsic scientist has demonstrated
by facts and figures, which most people
have always believed, that colds are
oftener caught by those who wrap them
selves up and avoid the severity of the
weather THAI by those who dare Co brave
the elements.
Recent experience in cold storage
shows that different articles of food re-
quire different degrees of temperature for
their preservation, varying from thirty
three degrees Fahrenheit for eggs ts>tS&n,
fifteen degrees to twcnty-six degrees &r
poultry and various kinds of game.
Ornithologists tell us that when feed
ing the stride of the ostrich is from
twenty to twenty-five inches; when
walking but not feeding, twcnty-six in
chcs; and when terrified, from eleven
and half to fourteen feet, or ut the
rate of about twenty-five miles an
hour.
Chalk, manganese and graphite have
been found in Coffee County, Tenn. The
chalk is equal to white crayon for writ
ing on a blackboard, and the black
graphite writes on paper equal to a
soft black lead pencil. Tho other min
nj &c hor l>1
sembling in weight, color and pores,
black manganese
Artesian we'll boring is new indus
try in the Republic of Nicaragua The
usefulness of these wells cannot be calcu-.
lated. Every year thousands of cattle
die for want of water. Agriculturists in
general, and coffee planters especially,
suffer much for this necessary. Only
very few coffee planters have water
sufficient to wash their berries, aud
washed coffee brings always from three to
four cents more in the market than I'M
washed.
The great mechanical possibilities in
the way OF electrical development are
being prosecuted with zeal all over the
world, since it is realized that this
power is the most easily transferred of
all. A crucial test is now being made
at Frankfort-on-th the Main, where arrs>age-
ments are made for transferring 500
horse power from the Neckar. The sys-
tenn is also being operated on smaller,
scale in many places in Switzerland. The
French have planned works ut Havre Tor
utilizing the ebb aud flow of the tide TO
work turbine wheels to generate power
for dynamos to supply Paris with light.