The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-08
CONVENTIONS OF THE PEOPLE.
The American Association for Ihe Advances.
msnx Of S.leGce.

On Friday morning. In the department OF National His
tory spd Geology (secton b., very interesting pape
was partial by Or. j. H. GBBoN Of South Carolina
He Interrupted by Dr.. Asa Gray, OF Cambridge, whsl
considerable discussion ensued a spirited manner Tat
following is q correct abstract OF this paper
Is Iuoisn Of continents, like cottor
and tobacco?
The grain Of msize Indian corn, been reported
unitAry weight divisions Of quantities ana values
in Some curiosity felt 70 ascertain proofs
OF its existence there Mr.. GallstiD regarded maize
plant exclusively American origin But some botsn
iss who have travelled extensively india express an OPT
Mon that IL 10 native TO the portions Of Asia
AnArrssve ofrsves through ohins, Mongolia and Thi.
bet, published in 1884, BY French missionary Of repus
ton relates that Indian in green state vas ore.
eeuted 70 him a. food whie crossing the
sbrteth parallel Of attude mis- route from La 5a in
Ihibes, TO Canton.
n. Hue describes these mountains TO be covered with
flowers, ~he 10 the valleys abundant harvesss o,
maze, sugar cane and tobacco The Chinese thought
al otted little value general the culture mAzs a
almost awsys, be says, Of Indifferent quality. They
gather the ears before quite rps when milky and devour
them after slight roasting During certain this
c'op 70 used exclusively as green vegetable for the
table" An intelligent stranger would be- norized to
give precisely such description OF the Character this
food among some OF our mountains
Mansfield PsrkiDs, EDgIIeh traveller Ia Abys!nnia
during 1858, mentions Q s'mi custom the head Of
We eastern branch OF the Of Mic.
ralrg different kuds Of provision wheat barley
&c he Observes" Besides thess they tue corn
which has 30 many names IN different countries. The
EDgspo can Indian corn Ia the dslec OF Ssncaar
PANIED Egyptian mlet 10 Egypt Ms title Is Syrao mie.
Che AbsslnDians Of rgrl Cali inlet from the sea- their
osuAl mode Of Distinguishing any foreign importation
This sort Of corr, M. PSrk,ns Co umon Ia tue
up country and mutually exchanged by rr,eods as
tGues Mr. Parkins "bu. frequently eaten wh but
teIss efficacy sfer being roassd on toe etaoess or
We readily distinguish gu OLD acquaintance under ali
sucn cescs,pons by persons strangers this
gram
DR. Livingston received bassct OF green uaiz, boiled
as preetnt from u chief of u Of Africans ~hen ne
wee she frst wnne man they mad ever seen.
Alter Certain explorations the interior of Southern
Africa while absent at the jsDe Of Goo5 Hope, tho Mua-
clos near Lake Nsapi, made sod pauIed maize
Tor him. go that be might lave bread, they said
az nsaer people The rips maize. wires Dr. Lviugs,oo,
sas pounded BY the women into hae neal tnis
ia large wooded mostsrstha part OF which msy
be seen oepcted on snc,eut Eg ptsn monuments
the Deefo people cultivate corn Win large hoe
mplemen. not ueed By aoy of the American abort
@irss wbeu Uncovered by COLUMBUS. Dr. Livingston
'dePcrioes large neids OF maze in an eatabie
sass, snd small plao atoms OF ,ooacco in the
serors visited, h,be,'o res. rded to be
explored where large act bite, more fertile than
rest Of the lanc form tns coef garden erSuud tor
maze, pumpkins sn tobscro Souf ard pipes as
familiar th tue patves OF Africa Lake Ngami as
with tie American aporsinen.
Ire people China p,,sess all the fariosceoas grans
but often make into bread Throughout
empire they depend upon boied rice as wholesome
euhstute
No certain evidence Of the beausfu Iuiau corr pant
has been among the sculptures the paintings
and the sy moois OF the Egg p,ens This fact OF
Egyptian omission ia Conclusive against their
eoge Of he q ain gwen
wei sDown Objects have been omitted Oh the monu-
men.e
Bread was regarded important article OF iiet
N Eeyet The Greeks by way of ccrlsion, called
the Egyptians cad eaters H. was SAID OF them, "hey
buxeo bread less from bsyey wheat OF which they had
ABUNDANCE than from the meal Of sort OF grain, called
yea OF oy,a" 10 popular tecannt u tne names aad
customs OF the ancient 1gypihns, sur j. o. WILKINSON
uegtons By note or uterrogaop the ooan'cai names
AZ yea sod o'yra placed opposite 10 certain p'eats
in catalogue Of The vegetable products for
merry know, In Egyyt. Hercootos remarked
sbat While wheat and BARLEY were common articles OF
diet 10 other countries Egg pl tney were snonght meau
Sine food there sAid be, conoss principaiy o. spe-
60 English translator bss been ssed 70 name ia
gnd crvu which rome cali zea now spelt doura, or
ao!ps snr I % excessively certain portions
Of Asia puJ pnsss OF osiaon and Is found TO grow
in the Interior Of Africa, aioogs 10 ladan
na,zs sccordrg TO DR. Livngsons explorations.
rne accouot 10 Genesis cDhp,er XVI, %3d verse; that
PnaIsoh gave OF hs dream 10 Josepo-."Ssven cara OF
corn came up upon ssaik rui aud good, with
three bssted' by tue east w;nd-nay
forciby remind those acquainted WITH ludiu corn cn
lure its distinct pc ,u,isUes, we'll snoiher
Che 47;h verse; sDss ta- corn bopgot forth oy
hapofuls IN cbspter OF Lssii'oas. lab verse;
TN wrtten 'Tbou soalt Offer of corr dried
or vested by the Are" In continuation 1t IA written
eye shall cether bread parch con nor green
,Jbuloeen dvipts Who we're called ny Arcoeaus, the
Hsrod the Great 10 solve dream IN which ne saw
Of full and large, Out devoured bS oxen
The mamma of the Wilderness wach surprised some
portions Of the Hebrew people with tie novelty, is dis
tpctiy represented 70 nave pFfuSTtu lOr
Ordinary breadstuff, gathered And ground in mills or
crushed mortar baked pans, AMI made into cakes
Such Is writing from traditional AID translation OF tue
book called Numbers Ii g. Tns spscdc details OF tue
color, favor and Quaes OF This substance are
,miiar to tbose which 1oc'en corn Hou'd fuial y
readily epos beng baket boiled, but becomes
very when properly sept afsr ths grabs are
,naufea and well dried. Here Or Gibbtn was later
rupted by request thai be might be snf enough TO
leave OUT all ncoeuts dets sine would noi allow
lively discussnr then eusueo between hin and Dr. asa
stray The neri,e Of he argument.
evening (tGuay) and ATTENTION OF Tue
meuhers engrossed by very interesting ADDRESS
srcm ans acting President Prof ALEXIS CAsweLL of Brown
-Trr yer si.y The address Je,vered 10 dampdcn
dAl--,Ae large room OF the C'sy HAN being III alapiej
ior rnbic speekng! About 800 persons, members and
ladies', .orGad the audience.
Amer u eimnary rema KS aud several esoses the
in,owns ceceased memoe's OF the association Professor
Young, ~ Dartmouth; Professor Msthef, Of OHIO; Pro-
feesor Oa,,ead of Providepce-hs aske1 tue question:
"wns. Is sceuce?" H. gave his deuai;ion foiy, and
fed II could not be bought; It's grandeur was beyond
price end tbs obje,t OF the ass1oa3a should to
science avsiauleto briog the gresi pubic IN con
tsci scleDsi1c truth Inc ssoce ion should nave
two tnipas in coosideratop--snst sc, object
worthy u pursuit. and Ioas combioeh efforts are nects
fsry ia progress He dwet some vine on these and
similar pons, aud then gave Sd Interesting ret:osp oct Oh
ihe
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN AMEscA
IN 1T6l Professor W,nihtoo OF Harvard College, visited
t. osserve tho ,rars. OF Venus, wnicn oc
cures GA toe sto ne He nas gent out N he Prov.-
ceEce, COP q Gtted out a. pubic expense
O,ter preparations made IN vsriopg parts OF The
country observe the ,faus Of Venus ia 1909 roese
might considered the Beginnings OF Aaisrica astrone
10 to ,s4o We had done alnos, nothing At thns time
sbe Uped states Coast surv had leo od instruments
Yae College he'd feet focal length
hvc 'ncn ohjec: glass ens was much the largest rerac
tor in the Country. Williams College bad 6srechsi
reftacicJ feet focal length. eqistorsy ancd
end very good transit instrument Toe Hudsm O,ser
vacry, One had equstoria Of fou aperture.
Cambridge had about the same These our
best us'r umens.
Astronomical in,trumen,e OF two kinds Oie shows
what hesvsDs bodies AID the other whore they
Or The dst class have the re'ractOr at Har
vAro fifteen object glass, which, wh that % Put.
ko~s Ruseia fer advance OF all others Ia the world
il Arm Atbor Is Instrument ofureea nco sper
ture, Crccnan o. twelve, snl one at Washington
t1 n sf which telescopes OF great power We have
noupied six mersiSn CIRCLES refined
sp eaorg sree second OF end With loe micro
scopes attached, reading 10 seuns OF seconos while the
cnroncpeers give re much less thsu the tanhs or
eeconds These sisCes at Cambridge, Washington
riown West Poot, Ann Arb and Albany; the last
Ia o of the kidd ever maze.
American Omchl al attained high pc