The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The weight Of the circulating blood
is twenty-niue pounds.
A vein Of quartz gold was recently IN
covered at Craftsbury, Vt.
Habitual divers in salt water often
have Inflammation Of the eyes. The OK
posmo such diving ncccasitates is not
beneficial.
Phosphorus Is now being made Dg &c
composing mixture OF acid phosphates
and carbon by the heat Of an electric arc
within the inaas.
II has been found after elaborate ex-
perimeuts that sewage can be more ell
GENTLY filtered through open sand than
through sand covered with soil.
10 prevent the evaporation OF water in
Gre pals il has been suggested that fiji.
teen to twenty drops of oil will form q
coating sufficient to obviatc the diff
Guilty.
The apparent aatteuing OF tho vaVlt of
tho heavens has been found to have 40
annual period aud to depend On clouds.
Il seems least Hat with misty horizon
and less by night than by day.
Colonel Koslowski has discovered
fresh water lake 70 the south OF the
soa Of Aral il tho depression known as
Aibu.phir. 1t is fed by a stream run
ming from the marshes, which are over
flowed by the Anu Daria, 10 thF north
east
A new safety match has been patented
In England by a Belgian, who llbias on
different parts Of the same maab two
compositions which, in ordinary safety
matches, arg generally placed respftively
-. Ne hos'hnd on tho end Of theInatoh.
In obtaining a light the match isbrokcn
across the middle aud the endsVuhbdp
together \
DR.. dimud's recent experimAts "a
Franco in the Transformation of tldthef-
mic energy OF combustion into electrical
energy, and the consequent goperatidn
Of heat have resulted III the CONSTRUCTION
Of stove which may possibly when
modified and perfected, come to reyoh-
tionize our present modesloi heating
dwelling houses.
Macaroni should be used much bore
than it is. II is very good suhfltp
for potatoes when that vegetable is slafe
and high. as 1t is this year. blanyply.
sicians object seriously to the use ia
potatoes after they have begun to sF'lt,
and on their own tables use macar9i m
stead The simple ways OF prepar Ffhls
dish everybody knows.
A handy lamp holder has beg de-
vised, whereby perfect comfort "a pe
secured for che eve, while q brigIhgnt |
is maintained The holder can tPlaeed
in any desired position, and by Y ~
"haf shade The light can be Fneen-
trated on any subject, desk, type-
writer copy stanG or pianoIao an
strain on the oyeaight IS avoidei
A dentist has called atto1 70
singular fact connected wifi dentas
operations. 1t IS surprising enote the
few, even among experiencedperaeors,
who stand Tor siD at the leftle OF tne
patient when scaling the te' Oh tnat
side or operating in many the cases
which can be 50 much betbana more
comfortably reached from 4 sac
The settlement Of the Dtion of Ne
French accent was recentIAtompted lin
Franeo bv means Of the ruautograh, |
the measurement of the teord beilg
made by tuning fork. II was iofo
that even in the shortest ilaoles thqNf
is canable of not only heng the tlie,
but OF detecting fine shes and dlor-
ences in the mode OF prunclatlon'f
A comprehensive tudDf the inhWce
of forests on the daily .riation ofhe
temperature III GormR and Aura
shows that the absolutealue OF then
fluence in woods OF a ven kind ofee
is affected by the dege OF derspof /
the wood, being high the denseihs I
wood. The fact Of wether the cite I
is oceanic or contineull also aifecteae 1
result.