The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-24
SOME SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

In Texas and Arkansas the temperasure
on the % Of July was higher Khan ever
before recorded. maximum Temperatures
and San Antonio, and i02 degrees ana -
degrees 81 Palestine and Corpus Christi
respectively.
Seasoned timber is but little liable 10
decay under the infiuence OF dry atmos-
phere, and will resist decomposition for sn
indefinite period when Kept totaily SUP,
merged IN the water. The plies OF Ola
London bridge, driven 500 years before.
were found TO &c IN good condition when
the new bridge was erected IN 1883 and
those which served as the foundation Tor
Trojanss bridge over the Danube. A. -.
los, are said 10 be still visible at low stages
of water.-.sck0os and Home
A Hungarian chemist. Dr.. Johann
Antal. already honorabIy known for his
researches in toxicology. has reported to
the Hungarian Society of Physicians that
he has discovered 3 new chemical COM
pound. the nitrate OF cobalt. which, he
says, is most efficacioGs antidote TO
poisoning by cyanide OF potassium or
prussic acid. He tried the anridote hrst
on animals and afterward on forty living
persons who had been accidentally
gle case did the antidote prove failure. =
Boston Journal Of Commerce
The Society of Physicians and Natural
lists of Germany hold their sixtv-sixth an
niyersary at Vienna from the 9th TO the
30th of September next. Among the many
who will take part in the celebration may
be mentioned Profs. Helmholtz and Ley
den, OF Berlin, and Forel. OF Zurich. The
sections into which the ordinary business
of the society is divided will on this occa-
sion De headed by yiennese savants. such
as Gustav Tschermak (rector of the uni
versity) Nothnagel, Wiederhofer, Kraft
Ebing, and Politzer. For the expenses OF
the celebration the Austrian government
has voted &c, COO dorins.-Nedicol Record.
Masses of petrihed fir wood and bark,
which show the lines plainly marked OF
the different stages OF growth. are reported
TO have been found in the regulation for
nation of a sandstone reef in the mines
at Newcastle, Wash. "a remarkable point
about both specimens is that on the inner
side of the bark is q deposit Of white
crystalline substance, and running IL the
veins through the wood is the same MAJ
terial. 1t is harder than steel and cuts
glass like diamond, but seems to be moth
ing but crystallized pitch. Another speci-
men is fir wood in a more advanced stage
toward coal, with pieces of petrihed resin
inbedded In it Philadelphia Ledger.
At Winger, In New South Wales, there
is burning mountain. 1t is !, $50 feet in
height, and is supposed to be large coal
seam which has in some unaceountable
way become ignited. and has been burning
for many years, certainly long before the
advent of the white man in this portion of
he IF fire "a m, hfa
traced a considerable distance by the
numerous depressions or chasms occa-
stoned by the falling IN of the ground from
beneath which the coal has been con-
sumed. Smoke is continually issuing from
the sides of the mountain, and in the
hot, and has dry, parched appearance,
while sticks thrust into these openings are
readily ignited.-NeV York Tribune.
The importance of the work that Is be-
ing carried on by the photographic bu-
reaus OF different countries for the deter
mination of danger rocks and shoals, and
of other impediments to navigation, is
illustrated by the report. recently pub
lished, Of the photographer of the British
admiralty, which shows that in the past
year pol danger points had to be charted
and notification of the existence of such
points sent to mariners. OF this number
twenty-six were reported by Ii. M. survey
ing vessels, thirty-tive similar distractions
discovered by others of III. NJ. ships.
twenty-five reported by various British
and foreign vessels, thirteen discovered by
vessels striking npon them. and 105 re-
ported by colonial and foreign govern
ments.--Ner Science Rerie0.
The belief that unsound teeth belong
only TO a civilized state of life seems to be
q prevalent one. But j. Howard Num-
merry informs us in Nature that a very
different conclusion was reached by his
father more than twenty years ago after
an inquiry extending over more than q
decade. Over 1000 skulls were examined.
including all the available collections in
Great Britain. Among SO skulls of ancient
Egyptians there were Is with carious
teeth; among 70 Anglo-Saxons skulls. II;
among lac of Romano-Britons, Al, and
among Al miscellaneous skulls of ancient
Britons, g. Several other collections gave
like results. Examining skulls of savage
races, 27.7 per cent. OF Tasmanians were
found to have dental carries, 20.45 per
cent. of native Australians, "a Is per cent
of the natives of East Africa, and 2796 per
cent. of the natives of West Africa.-PGb-
tic Opinion.