Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-05-25

ASTRONOMERS say tnat one mllnOn
shooting stars fall into the sun for
every one that comes into otr atmos-
Ohere.
Fully nine-tenths Of the stars lie in a
belt Of the heavens about sixty degrees
wide, through the center Of which runs
the Milky Way.
According to the computations OF
Prof. Hamy, the black race embraces
about one-tenth Of the living members
Of the human species, OK l5G. 100000
individuals.
In some parts Of the Milky Way the
telescope stars are SO numerous that
as many as two thousand may lie with
In the limits Of a space which might be
severed BY the moon.
Certain butterflies have very trans
parent wings. and these are thought by
Haase to be even more effectual for
protection than conspicuous warning"
stripes or other markings.
Media Wilhite, Of Buckner. Ky. now
four years old, is probably the largest
child Of her age in the country. She
weighs 12O pounds, has a chest meas
lrement of thirty eight inches. and is
four feet high.
Professor Harshberger says that,
botanically speaking. the dahlia Is an
American genus confined to Mexico.i
When the Spaniards first visited Mexi-
co, they found the dahlia cultivated In
the gardens Of the natives. 1t was first
grown In Madrid In 1859, and in Eng
land in 1900.
Professor Krebs. Of Chicago Is the
third scientist who has discovered the
germ Of yellow fever. II the objects
found are Identical, this will be pre-
sumptive evidence that the medium Of
the disease has actually been found.
and its cure, or rather its avoidance,
will follow In due course.
The telegraphic tournament which II
to take place in connection with the
electrical exhibition in New York In
May is attracting considerable atten-
ton. A Photographic record Is to be
made of the best transmission. The
same matter Is to be used as that sent
a
,4S words in FIVE minutes in 1898.
That the cinematograph is now a val
cable aid to scientific Investigations
was shown in the eclipse observations
in India, and now Professor Flam-
marion, the well-known French astron-
or1er has used cinematograph to take
during the night a continuous series of
pictures showing sunset the appear
ance Of the stars. the milky way,
moonrise and the moons motion In the
sky.
Contrary to widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
| than soft varieties, 1t has been shown
that the greatest heating power Is pos.
sessed by the wood Of the linden-tree,
which is very soft. Fir stands next to
linden, and almost equal to It. Then
comes pine. hardly inferior to fir and
linden; while hard oak possesses eight
per cent. less heating capacity than
linden, and red beech ten per cent. less
II an inhabitant Of another world
should visit our earth he would hardly
fail to notice, among its curiosities
worth reporting to his beings
the numerous observatories, some fol
studying the stars and others for study
Ing the weather, which, within a few
years past, have been placed upon &c
many lofty peaks in lands 20 widely
scattered that they may be said to en-
circle the globe. He would probably
Tot down In his notebook: The inhab
itants of the earth have placed scien
tific sentry-bOxes all around theil
planet as near the sky as they can ge
them." The latest Of the lofty outpost!
of science to be established has recent.
been put on the summit Of Noun
Kosciusko. 1928 feet high. the mos
elevated point in Australia. 1t u I
meteorological observatory.