The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-01-02
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SCIENTIFIC nfseELLayY.

tonishIng success has attended Il
efforts OF DIR. Lannelongue, an er
lnent specialist OF Paris, 10 give /
t%elligence To a little idiot cir
Though four years old, The chi
could neither walk nor stand. an
never smiled nor took notice ,
anything. The doctor conclude
that The abnormal narrowness g
The head INSTRUCTED the growth q
the BRAIN, and in May last he mad
an lnci>ion in The centre of IN,
skull and cut a piece of bone from
The lett side. The result was MAI
velous. Within less than a montI
the child could walk, and she ha.
become quite bright-pfayins, smi
ling, and taking notice of every
thing around her.
PAIN-JoY.-A German anatomist
has called the attention of his elias,
to certain hysterical women who
are affected with a kind of spain
Joy"-not only experiencing no
pain from surgical mutilation, bul
having morbid desire to bear
without anaesthetics operations
which should prove very painful.
a young woman was introduced
who had seriously injured her low
er jaw during a paroxysm of hys.
terra, but who had insisted upon
having the necessary removal of
part OF the jaw and ligalure of
two arteries performed without an
anesthetic, and subsequently de-
clared that the operation had gwen
her great pleasure.
The Moon WEATHER PRoBLEM.-
From the tables made BY The use
Ut synoptic charts, eliminating 10.
cal disturbances, DIR. G.. Never be.
Ileves he has accomplished what
other investigators have sought to
40 without slccesS-showa an in.
nuence OF the moon on The wealth.
er. The height of the barometer.
IN months Of September to Janu.
airy, Is lowered at the the time of
full moon and raised during the
first quarter. No effect can b.
for other months.
Observation-Disclosures GUNs-in
new invention, a small drv bat.
cry, an electro magnet and a cir.
'uit.eloser Of mercury are so ar.
'anged IN the stock of a gun that
he weapon can be discharged only
when elevated 10 a predetermined
Al other positions the tric
Is locked and cannot be pulled.
he device is claimed TO insure
precision in range, and accuracy oil
Irlng at night when the range has
'een previously obtained.
ANOTHER SILK.-A substance hav.
lS all the essential qualities OF
INK has been made from wild hemb
y Nayemura Sakusaburo, of Iii. f.,
one, Japan. The plant grows on F.,
loors and lIillsides, and could be
Iltivated. The fibre is strong and
and several silk factories :,
re said TO have found II TO be in Z
D way inferior 10 silk.
The PoTATo DIsEAsE-In Den.
ark, some very interesting, and -
very valuable researches Z
TO The potato disease have been
ade by Prot. j. l.. Jenson. The
sease Is found TO consist of a fun.
ls, whose spores are carried by the
md, and which first attacks The p
mage OF the plants. 1t spreads soil
the tuberS in about seven DAYS 5
spores washed down from the -
IN and foliage. Considering
ese facts, il was thought that The
might be protected by l.
The soil into a broad
ge, 3 or 4 inches high and 10 or
inches wide, after the first weed.
:, and a further earthing up on
SIDE only, causing the plants to n0l
nd so that the spore would fall
ay from the ridges, within seven
after the appearance of the
ease ON the foliage. Some $50 co.
mers are said 10 have expert ""
nted In This way, with these as.
results: Where there q
no moulding or eartLing up,
percentage OF diseased potatoes
"a; where the moulding was ~,
'%erfect, IL; and where the moul. ~
, was perfect, only /. Infec-
during harvest was prevented
allowing the tubers to remain L.. N.
he ground for a month after Ma
whitening of The tops. -
OLD WAvEs.-A cold wave is
ned by Prof. 4. Russell as a MAI
OF temperature in t%weniy-four $50
8 of 20 degrees over an area Dr.
square miles, the temper
Q In some part of this area. de-.
ding to 36 degrees. Between ,f
and 1890 no less than 69I cold Typi,
were recorded in the United also
IS. In The great cold wave of Malar
IL, 1882, the fall of 20 degrees 1NIS =
nded over an area of 1,l0I, 900 As !,
re miles, aud the fall of 10 de. the al
; Included 2,929,OOO square &c Es
5. In six cold waves OF The h.;nr
ears the area of the fall of 20 day.
ees was more than u million 1t Is
miles. Cold waves follow Err. Il
after an aroa M lou 1t ACC
-. ~" P'eesuie, PALA'
oui " 'ho soutiieaslo an area N. b
Ugh pressure, reaching their climat
est extent when both condi. region
are present. ono nS 90
SIS FOR GERMS.-The impurj. physici
hat collect under inoer.n.;Is as beiu
been investigated in the bac. IN an
'gical laboratories of Vienna. Ell