Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-06
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Commenting on Benjamin Franklln,s
kite experiment, which proved that
lightning and electricity are the same,sl
scientist says: ut was one of the most
brilliant examples of luck yet recorded.
To attempt the extraction of lightning
flashes from lowering sky was almost
suicidal. Even at this late day. timid
persons occasionally fly to feather beds,
sit on glass-legged chairs, or find refuge,
In rubber boots during thunderstorms
A repetition of Franklin's experiment
cost his immediate imitator his life"
Emil Jung, professor in the Uni
versity Of Geneva, says that snails per-
ceive the odor of many substances, but
only when not far away. In order to
prove this 1t is necessary merely to dip
glass rod in n strongly smelling sub
stance and bring 1t near the large ten
tacles Of snail in motion. If 1t is put
close to these horns, the tentacles are
violently drawn back. As the animal
perceiyes the odor, 1t changes Its course.
Snails also smell by means of their
skin. Contact is not necessary, for the
mere vicinity of a perfume causes an In-s
dentatlon Of the skin.
An Engllshman who is large EN-.
pioyer OF labor has been investigating
tue arguments OF those who say that a
workingman under modern conditions
becomes at an early age valueless. lie
mas Kept a record OF all accidents that
nave mcnpacitated his men for three
DAYS ana upward. The people engaged
IN MS employment are from 10 to %
years OF age, ana ne asserts thal more
acc,uents occur 20 men unuer oo tnan
~ .nose over ". ne s s'lSs : 0ou,u
..uen ia.nei Unjust an eae ~
u"nse.o ~ 19p " l.ial. oser " eiiai "
ons u oo seuis ~ " sase.
Alnateur entomoioglsts VIII pc inter
esteu ~ u suggestioh py Dr. =. ~. LUZ
TOT the preservation or all kinds OF
spi'iers webs. me "eDs shouid ~
si'iaseu iio.ii ah a,oli'ner Win ailis.s
slieiiac' : anu lnell' y they are Oh ths
oruli,ary. eeol il Iorm' pressed care
,uliy Asai,is. u g'ass piute' the support
l'ls strahus pelhg az, sne same lime sew
e.eo' fA A.' .he s''eliac mas urieu, tl'e
pla. lta carrying the WEBS Gun De sloreu
AWAY III caDihet.1 Even oone-shap ts
Weps may pe preserved, N tnelr orig
li'a1 iorih ny spraying ltleh WIN siiei'
nc anu .tieh altoW,hs them 10 ury NC,
lore relno o' from 1lleir Supports. many
spluers webs are very peau ~ anu
an are ciia ia u tue species u
M WIN. llley pelons' 30 'llut tnelr perlia,
hent preservation IS very desirable pie
cent,v vis,tad tho electric in,ont In Mr..
way. where soil fertilizers are made
direct from the atmosphere. describes
the apparatus there nsed as differing
from all others In that the fame OF
electric sparks is caused to move rap.
idly through the air instead Of having
the air blown over 1t. The result is the
production of a much greater quantity
of nitric oxid in given time: The
flame disk" formed between the cleo.
trodes. swiftly expands and contracts.
being now only half an inch and now
six feet in diameter. To make nitrogen
burn with oxygen, electric energy must
be pumped In, because, whereas in ordi-
nary combustion, such ms occurs when
carbon combines with oxygen, heat is
given out, the formation of nitric oxid
is an endothermic reaction; that is to
say, heat ls absorbed. Prof. Thomp.
son estimates the nitrogen hanging over
the city of London alone as consldera.
| bly, greater In. quantity than all that is
contained In the nitrate beds Of Chilli
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ll TN. sterhiy interrupted the long sur
feflnS parent. u cont know VINO was
the first man to invent wrestling nor
how many mickIes make a muckle nor
how many is many nor how few is few
nor how a sailor smokes his hornpipe
nor why Good Friday never comes on
Tuesday nor why rabbits can't add,
subtract and divide as well as multiply,
nor why an owl should boot and not
li NV NJ sli S "te"Si W auy oiie " lhe
many olher iooiisn q .l.s lhat your
aDnornaiiy developed pump OF inquisi-
tlveness iheltes you 70 propound.
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