The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-14
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

and sojl of Spi zNergsn has reveal, 1
almost total absence Of bacteria.
\ French experinenter has shown
that a g,at easily endures 1000
tines as much morphine as would
narcotic a man.
On the Pacific coast of America
north Of Carros, Ireland, aud above
a depth Of 100 fathoms, G. II. and
r &. Etgenmann euumerate $50
species of fishes belonging to OPS
Genera. NJ re than half Ct the
Genera chat is ll6) are represented
also in the Atlantic, and 80 species
occur in both oceans.
The highest barometric pressure
aver recorded is believe to have
been observed at Irkutsk January
a. the corrected reading beir @ 3l,s
inches II was attended by very
low temperature. In 1rkutsk the
thermometer reached 81 3 degrees
heloy zero, and in the north of
Sweden it fell to rs degrees bt low,
or IS degrees below the fire.. ing
point Of mercury.
A PRACTICAL HINT The deco.
rstions If walls prove to fave a
very important influence upon Gas
bills. From recent results Ivy DR..
Sumpner it has been calcula ted that
with d fferent decorations a room
would be equally lighted by the
following candle. powers: Black
cloth, 100; dark brown paper, 81;
blue paper, ~; clean yellow paiut,
80; clean wood, 60; dirty wood, so,
cartridge paper, 30; whitewash, Is.
Only about one sixth as much illu-
mina.ion is necessary for the white
washed room as for the same room
papered in dark brown.
MoUsTACHEu WOMEN - II is
rather surprising to read that DR..
5. Weissenberg has noticed
moustaches on about 10 par cent Of
the women met on the streets of
Constantinople. Or. d. G. Brin-
ton finds that in Philadelphia legs
than per cent of the women have
upper lips that are visbly hairy, but
the scientific value Of this onserva-
ton is greatly reduced by the fact
that hair reno vers are much used in
the latter city. DR.. Weissenberg
believes tfai mous.aches are most
common among American women,
but Or. Brinton declares that the
women of Madrid are not far be.
hird.
The UNMELTEp MErAL.-Osmi
nm. BLUSH white substance that
was disco yered nearly century ago
in the residue If dissolved platinum
ores, has been lately proven by NJ.
Jolly. the French chemist, TO be the
most infuSiole Of all metals. In the
intense neat of the electric are,
which M. Moissan the other day
caused to produce diamonds, the re
fIaotory ruthenium was speedily
melted, but osmium showed SC ,rcely
trace of fusion. Little use can he
made of the metal On account of its
intuslbillty, but its alloy with
iridium is of some value as the best
material known for the tips Of gold
pens Osmium is also the hef West
metal, its specific gravity being
22.477, vhile that of gold is 10 265,
lead IL. 367, iron 70, and lithium,
Tue lightest, only 0.594.
HE INTEREST IN THE MICROBES
In a recent address Lord sails
bury stated thai attention is being
gradually diverted from the sci
ences depending upon TT action to
those resting upon observation, aud
expressed past surprise that of the
'tter the science of med cine had
not received greater tribute. But
ne now finds it to be curious fact
that the whole tendency of scien
tic thought appears to be rapidly
concentrating upon the fields in
which medicine reigns supreme.
The il iinitely minute beings which
20 deeply affect our existence il
health or sickness, aud which are
so essential to us that able scien
tihc men say that we consist Of
nothing else, are attracting more
and more attention. He predicts