The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


turc and causes little swelling. The
person bitten is killed by paralysis o!
tie nerve cailters., ihes danger OF the
ira&tlesnalse bito, on the other hand, is
froiu morti6ca ton of the injured part.
which may proceed 50 far tint the.
flesh act.1a!ly putrefes.
In regard TO the mammoth remains
oECanaG'a and Alaska, Or. G. NJ. Daw-
son, notes tl,at in TIC northwestern
part Of TIE continent they are abua;-
ant in, If not confined 70, the limits %
a great rnglaciate1 area there, COM
prisirg nearly all Alaska anl part or
/ tho ad jacent Yukon district of Canada.
No ,nrstodon bones have been reported
from This region.
--'rhe Egyptians had forr separate
a:ri distinct styles On. forms Of writing
--ti.c nicroglyphie, the hier1t~, tSo
enchorj;.l ana the coptic. The nA&o-
glyph.c vas probably in r,se rs carly IS
the rear 500 4. C., and at hrs. was
madc up entirely Of pictures. About
the year eC0o D. c. the Ilieratic form Or
style wos introduced. lu this t'ia pici-
ure hieroclyp!ics were greatly siE12li-
fed finally developing into forms
purely linear.
Tho Indian Planters Gazette urges
the pushing Of Indian teas in America,
as mattel'of great Importance to the
tcaplanters o. India 1t says: "As the
Introduction of Indian tea into TIE
United States on @ firm increasing basis
l.. t<r Y,,.;Cp %
gardens ofIndia should Tux thenscives,
as we proposed some time back, so
much per acre fol. q guarantee fund
for shipping Indian teas to America
covering any loss OF sale and pushing
1t by the best approved methods.
Algeria Is sending large quantities
OF barley to France for the purpose OF
horse feeding. In the south OF France
il Is given whole. like oats bat In the
| middle region 1t is crushed, white IN
| the north Of France, where farming IL
more extensive, the barley is cooked
II is given mainly to heavy draft horses
being wholly withheld from omn'Sus
| and carriage horses. It enters largely
| into The commercial feeding Suits, bat
on the large farms, wncre TIE farmer
has his own mill and engine, he grinds
it himself.
Men arc doing some great things
nowadays in the way Of bridges, water
| works, etc; but we doubt if any city
can show greater triumph OF. onGi-
necring as to it's water supply than
ancient Rome. Eight Immense aqne-
ducts supplied the city with pure spring
water from the hills, delivering forty
millions of cubic feet daily. Inc
Claudia aqueduct was forty-sovcn rilea
long and one hundred foot high Inc
Martha was forty-ono miles, thirty
seven miles Of which were carried on
sevon thousand arches seventy fee'
high.
The cultivated area OF Egypt Is
slowly increasing by means OF various
enterprises for leading the waters OF
the Nile into regions which have re-
lapscd into deserts. a depression which
is claimed to be the bed OF the ancient
lake Nferis, has been surveyed, and
the question of making it once more q
storage reservoir is financial one:
Another scheme Is the drainage OF
Aboul,ir lake and the reclamation OF
the once fertile lands it covers. The
area embraces 81, 600 acres, which has
been acquired by an Englis, company,
with the view OF founding there an
agricultural colony.
The early astronomers were al
astroloyers, and claimed to be able to
predict the future career of various
individuals by casting horoscopes
showing the position OF the planets at
the tire of their birth The position
and movements of the various celestial
bodies were not only supposed to con-
troll the destinics OF men, but were also
thought 20 bring veal or woe, tempest
OF sunshine, upon the Garth itself Il
man born when tho sun was in the con
stcllation OF Scorpio was beloved to Do
naturally bent toward excessive and"l-
yenco OF the annual passions. Gro BORN
when the srn was in Pisces w'.ss pre-
destined to grovel or be u servant while
one whose earthly career was opened
when the great luminary was in Aries
would be g great scholar aud man
known to the world despite AL oppo-
sing Influences.
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