Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — SCIENCE CLIPPINGS. [ARTICLE]

SCIENCE CLIPPINGS.

In what are called “looming mirages" distant objects show an apparent extravagant increase in height without alteration in breadth. When the skull of a man who has died of delirium tremens is opened the gas which escapes can be ignited and burns with a bluish, alcoholic iiamo. The largest mammoth found in Siberia measured 17 feet long and 10 feet in height. The tusks weighed 3(>o pounds. The head without the tusks weighed 414 pounds. A trade journal says the foundation of good past 3is good flour. The best white wheat flour is the cheapest in the end, as it goes farther and works smoother. To make a bucket of paste take about four pounds of sifted wheat our and stir in enough lukewarm water to make a stiff batter. Keep on stirring until all lumps disappear and the batter is smo.th. Then j our in boiling hot water briskly until the batter swells and has a cooked appearance. When ready to use thin down with cold water until it can be spread on the paper easily.—St. Louis Republic.