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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Habitual divers in salt water often have
Inflammation Of the eyes.
A Japanese recommends cleansing the
hands with tartrate of ammonium to
avoid poisoning from white lead.
Four different mountain peaks in
Idaho are from thirteen to twenty three
feet lower than they were fifteen yea5
ago. E..
A meteorological station is to be es.
tablished at liberia, Palestine, place
6S2 feet below the level of the Mediter-
ranean Sea. S
Electric heating is promised as one OF
the new uses of electricity, and a comt
pany has been organized in Chicago Y
Introduce the system. ia
Recent researches in medicine show
that persons having a tendency to gouty
troubles generally improve more rapidly
when they eat no fruit.
French scientists assert that the Eltfel
Tower causes electrical disturbances and
That the climate in Paris has been much
worse since the tower was Quilt.
N. Olszewski has found that liquid
oxygen, instead OF being colorless, has q
bright blue color. He concludes that
the blue Of the sky may be due to the
airs oxygen. rs
It Is now the intention of European
engineers to store the waters of the Nile
to such an extent as to enable a greater
extension Of the cotton and sugar cane
crops in that region.
Dr.. Pinel, of Paris, has found that
hypnotic patients obey the phonograph
as readily as they do living speaker. ]
He, therefore, discards the whole theory
Of animal magnetism. ~
. A strong wind prevents the formation
Of dew, by keeping tho air well mixed,
snd leaving no part of it in contact with
the ground long enough to become cool
and deposit moisture.
To determine whether the joint Of q
sewer pipe leaks or not, wrap it with q
piece of white cloth saturated with q so-5
luton OF acetate OF lead. II it leaks,
the cloth will become black.
Humboldt calculated the mean level
Of North America to be 74S feet above
the sea, and he found that in 4,500, ,000
years the whole of North America might
be worn down to the sea level.
Coal equaling that of the finest Lebigh
Valley grade has been discovered In
Brazil, the veins being from four 30.
twenty-five feet in thickness. The mines.
are situated st and near Sonora. $5
The survey for an observatory upon
Mont Blanc, Switzerland, is now being
made, and as soon as it is shown that
iron columns can be sunk through the
ice cap forming the summit, plans for
the observatory will be prepared. :4s ss
The pongee silks, both plain aud fig,
ured, will be worn during the fall, the
natural shade predominating. Combina-
ton suits in two shades Of pongee will
be favored. The two shades of brown
aud black, with delicate combinations,
will be noticeable forreception gowns.
The cultivation of the Indiau.rub.
Der tree on the island of Trinidad is re-
ceiving much attention. A few trees OF
different varieties were imported some
years ago and were placed in the botani-i
cal gardens. The results have shown
that the soil and climate are remarkably
favorable to their cultivation.
Accordion plating, after its brief re-
tirement, is again to the fore for the
moment at least. A costume of fine
wooden is made entirely Of accordion
plaits. The corsage is ornamented with
square figaro jacket fronts and backs OF
fine guipure lace. The upper part Of
the sleeve is of fullxccordion plaits, the
lower part tight-ftting and covered with
guipure lace. The collar and bands are
Of guipure.
In paper lately read before the scien.s
tiic Section of the Manchester (England)
Literary and Philosophical Society, Mrt
John Watson maintains that the rede.
velopement of lost limbs is not unusual
among insects. He himself has had
three cases in which limbs have been
redeveloped and one case of complete
cicatrization. Redevelopement, he says,
can take place either at the laryal or the.
pupal stages of an insects metamor'
phosis.
The husk of Indian corn is being used
in the manufacture OF paper. In soms
experiments to test this use the huslrs
were thrown into a rotary boiler, and
after being mixed with caustic soda and
thoroughly boiled, they formed kind
of spongy paste, full of glutinous sub
stance. This paste was then placed in a
hydraulic press, so as to separate the
gluten from the fibre; compact mass OF
fibre was then obtained, which is worked
in various ways.
The ichthyosaurus which was found
by diggers who were making excavations
, at Sainte- Colombo in French Burgundy
is one o: the largest ever found, and can
be considered one of the finest specimens
of archaeological wonders. It's body,
about nine yards in length, and its head,
five feet in length, were found in good
state of preservation, the anterior and
the posterior fins adhering to the verte'
brsl columns. Scientists gave this ante.
diluvian monster the name OF lchthyo'
saurus Burgundlanus. .a
G. v. Boughton, Secretary and Mana
cer of the Buffalo, IN. " Seal and
Press Works, &c working on an electrical
machine for conversation at long dis