Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.


Compressed paper is wood substl-
tute.
Chicago will erect an aluminium
building.
The pine tree is said to attain an age Of
IRON 500 to 200 years.
In Persia the cholera does its fatal
work almost invariably in one day.
Boise City, Idaho, will use the boiling
water from artesian wells near tho city
to heat its houses
The velocity of the earth through space
on its circle around the sun averages
nineteen miles a second.
An outbreak Of typhoid fever in Lon
don has been traced to infected ice cream
sold by Italian street vendors.
A st. Louis man who had been hic-
coughing at half minute intervals for
two days was stopped by hypnotism.
Water cress contains much sulphur
aud is one OF the best remedies for
scurvy known. 1t should be eaten raw
with salt.
A recent invention is bicycle tire
consisting of an endless closed rubber
tube filed with hollow rubber balls Of
the same diameter as the inside diane
ter Of the tube.
A new invention is saw-horsc
with toothed dog holding the piece Of
timber in place, the device being piv-
oted at the cross legs and operating IN
der spring tension.
The only specimen of fossilized or pet
rifed cave man ever found in the United
States was that discovered by az explor-
ing party at Craighead Cave, near Mon
roe, Tenn, in 1892.
NJ. Turpin, the inventor Of the explo-
sive melinite, who is now undergoing
i've years. Imprisonment in France,
claims to have finally solved the prob.
lem of aerial steering.
A German doctor of reputation pre-
scribes aluminium as cure for rhegma
tism. A finger ring made Of this metal,
joined with another, generates gentle
current of electricity, which is said to
make permanent cure.
A cigar contains acetic, fomic, bu.
lyric, valerie aud proponic acids, prussic
acid, ereosote, earboic acid, ammonia,
sulphuretted hydrogen, pyridine, viri-
dine, picoline aud robodine TO say moth
ing of cabagine and burdookio acid.
The perpendicularity of monumen,
is visibly affected by the rays OF the sun.
On every sunny day tall monument has
! regular swing leading away from the
sun. This phenomenon is due to the
/ greater expansion OF the side on which
the rays of the sun fall.
A remedy Tor excessive Precipitation,
to be made into fine powder to be APP
! piled to the hands aud feet, or sprinkled
inside OF gloves or stockings, is as fol-
lows: Carbolic acid, one part; burnt
alum, four parts; starch, 200 parts
French chalk, City parts; oil OF lemon,
4 two parts.
A new element is said to have been
discovered. The mineral from which
it is obtained is found in Upper Egypt,
hence the name Masrium derived from
Masr, the Arabic name for Egypt, Is "a
be given to it. II has not yet been iso
lated, but it is said to belong to the aka.
line earth-group, aud to have an atomic
weight of about 22S.
Experiments by means of photo
graphic plates in the Mediterranean Sea
prove that in the middle OF a bright day
in summer the rays of the sun do no;
penetrate the waters OF that sea TO q
/ depth of moro than $50 fathoms. in
September the distance to which light
penetrates TO an observable extent Il
inuch reduced, the impression on the
plate at $50 iathoms at that season moi
being as great as that made by starlight.