St. Landry democrat., 1892-05-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.
OF the 657 existing kinds of reptiles,
90 species are harmless.

Of the 657 existing kinds of reptlless
90 species are harmless. |
Two rabbits within five years will, be
responsible for progeny of ~, OOO,Oo.
To protect itself from the rain, sthe
oran~-outang crooks its arms overNts
head.
Edison is said to be perfecting tele-
phonic device by which the roaring ana
clustering of the sun spots can be heard
by people on the earth.
For insomnia, try exercising fifteen
minutes with some light weight In the
hands. DO not use anything hea'y Vi
YOU do yourself more harm than gooo-
BY studying the spectrum of lightning
rs it masses through the air, it hasspenn
found that sodium, the clement lr'pni
which common salt is formed, exists On
the atmosphere.
The Kentish plover, like the stone
curlew or thicIzknee, is being raploiy
exterminated in the English county from
which it derives its name by collectors
and so-caIled ''naturallsts.
No horned tortoise now exists, but
fossil sDccimen was found awhile ago
IN lord HoUe's Island, in the Southern
Pacific, which had four horns on 1ts
crest and resomblcd cross between
horned toad and q swapping turtle.
Brown eyes, according to De Candolle,
thc famous scientist, are much more
common among women than among men.
The same gentleman declares that IN re-
snect of health, persons of the brown
type are probably superior to those OF
the blonde type.
One of the large winter hotels IN the
EroaGinc is to be heated electrically by
mower derived from the Nlera River. Ii
seems that it is probable that where nat
ural power is abundant this department
of electrical engineering is apt to become
exceedingly important
While making an excavation few
DAYS siuce HAIRY Smith, OF Hudson'
Mich, found at the depth of twenty
nine feet two stone feet supposed to be
+ho Mortified cXtremitles of some aborlg'
;nal or extinct race. They are perfect
snecimens and are exciting much curl
osity. ,
# we'll could be dug to the deptf
of forty-six miles, the IDENTITY OF the all
at the bottom would be as great as thai
Of quicksilver. By thesam law a cublt
inch Of air taken 1000 miles above tn
Q oarth's surface would expand s9tficlentl,,
sno snhere 2. OOO, 600, 900 miles il
diameter.
Professor Holman, of the Massachu
-, sctts Institute of Technology, has IN
= vented an improvement in the manufac
:. ture of insulated wire. He bralds TN
wire with regular braiaing so as to hav
an air space. air being one of the bes
, insulators. His method is being thor
: ou4hly tested.
T.. Wax is a substance secreted oy I'd
O bee, and is analogous to the fat OF tn
g higher animals. The wax Of a species
G bee common in Patagonia, Terra d'
is Fuego and other parts Of Southern sout
: America aud the adjacent islands, IS
:. dark blue in color and is said to be NOR
IF poisonous than arsenic.
IS A process has been patented in Eng
u land for decolorizing animal, miners
or and vegetable oils, also fatty, oily, tarr.
J, rcsinous and waxy substances, throue
e. the agency of chemically pure silicic acl
obtained by precipitation from solub
le silicates. The material to be bleache
he is mixed with silicic acid and the con
OF pound is filtered, OF it is passed throug
ty a filter containing the acid. The latte
Ill is again purified by roasting, or the co
he orinr matters ere removed by means
h, benzole or bisulphide of carbon.