The New York herald., 1866-04-28
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rHs "snosr fLowER" or RUSSIA PRODUCED IN
BOsr0N.
Boston Journal describes n extraordinary s,frost
flower" Of RuHia which has bcen produced u sasd
Boston In emperature Of artincal cold IN the follow
ting words This wonderful plant or rather Hover 10
found only the northern boundaries OF Siberia where
the anow is eternal ID discovered " 1858 by Count
swiaoskon the eminent Russian botsnst, who waa en-
nobIed BY the Car for his discovery Bussting FROM
the frozen the first day OF the year grows 70
the height Of three feet and flowers on the third day
remains In flower for twcntyfour hours ana then az.
solves itself into It's original eement-stem, leaves ana
flowers being Of the finest The stalk Is about one
broadcast part are an inch and half In Width and arc
with innitessimal Of they grow only
on one SIDE OF tho stalk, 70 The north, oswns n
s,nr ns1 .Ss % pe:sis ass three aeSs: in isnsiS
tapering sharply 70 point These are also inlsrlaccd
one with another, In beautiful manner forming tho
most delicate basket OF frost work that the eye ever be-
held for truly this s frost work the most wonderful
Tho anthers are Ave in number and ON tho third day
after the birth Of the nowcr Of snow 10 be seen on
diamonds, the seeds Of this wonderful flower about
large PMS head The old botanist says when nrst
he behed this flower, - was dumb with asionshment;
filed with wonderment which gave way 70 Joy tho most
ecstatc behoding this wonderful work of nature this
remarkable phenomenon Of snow. TO see this Hover
sprngng from the snowy deser-born OF iis own CON-
oslle atoms touched the stem Of one lightly, butm
foil AZ my touch, and morsel Of snow only remained
in my hand" Gathering some Of the flowers In
hed 10 st. Petersburg with to him. the greatest prize OF
his fc time All through the year they were kept In
snow and the rst day OF the year following the Court
OF st. Petersburg delighted with the bursting forth
OF the wonderful 'fost nowern Our friends In Boston
sucoeeded in obtaining several Of the seeds, and all
through tho summer and autumn they have been mbcd-
dcd In snow brought at great expense from the Whts
Mountains and the coast OF Labrador. and they now
have the most unbounded satisfaction and pleasure In
announcing that n signs favorable 10 tho realization
OF their fondest hopes the production OF tbs nower of
snow Tho snow and ice IN large glass rcirscn-
and the solid bed Of has already begun 10 ahow III
tie assures and slight buging IN the centre unmis-
taxable evidences Of the forthcoming OF the phenome
non
MORTALITY or CHILDREN IN EUROPE.
paper read at the last meeting of the Statistical
Society Of London, by Dr. W. Farr, y. =, on the
Mortality Of Children in the Principal States OF Europe
The proportion OF English children, he said who die VA
the nrst i've years OF age very large and one Of the
causes Of this great OF e among the poorer classes
especially IL Of and attention BY reason Of the
absence OF the mother al work In the neld or an ne fnc
tory, often al the precise period when the chid most
needs constant looking after iiesitimate children are,
for obvious reasons almost exclusively the victims OF IN
fantcidc but the number OF deaths from that crime he
alleges IL nconsiderabc In comparison with ths num-
Der OF untcly deaths from other causes None OF the
States Europe outside Of England publish an account OF
the causes OF death OF the entire population No no CON-
parison be made In that RESPECT; but data have
been obtained from ocal sources from which an accu.
OF the loss or young ives 10 Europe rom all
causes be given Tho facts do not at all refer 10 tho
period but range varousy rom 1901 70 1903 Ia the
different countries The birth rate In Italy and rrussa
Is 80 per 900 Of the whole population; spain and Aus
tria 81; England, the Nethcrnnds Denmark and swe-
dcn 34 Norway, 81; Belgium 30, and spain, 20 The
annual rate mortality OF children under i've years of
age per 1000 OF the population OF the same Bge. u IN
Norway Al; Sweden 81; Denmark, 63 England 65. Del.
GUM s ~ pss s.s ay ~ lae a Enssaa =;
mortality Of children under hve years OF age " lOl IN
thirty large districts while In the sstylhrec heahy
Districts Of England Il Is only forty " 600 children
born alive In Norway sJ3 1--WE years Of ago, In
Denmark and Sweden, 1917 In England, 736 In Belgium,
!as Francs M pTuss 's tho sss. sas ~ 'us ~
sxtythree healthy disrcu Of England s2S and IN thlr
~ large districts Of England, 90 Consequently
Il IN Norway ie7 Denmark and Sweden, 2oj, EngIand
264 Belgium, 117; France, lss; Prussia 3iIi the
Netherlands ST. Austria and Spain, 3S3; Italy. ae4
Rusra 3eT sxly.thrcc healthy districts Of Engand, ls7
and IN thirty large districts Of England 3o5 The rc
cords OF the pcerage cf England show that out Of 100
children born alive In peers families 70 survive ten only
dying in the Ave years Of aud the deaths among
the children of the English clergy nearly IN tho rAins
proportion But in the founding hospitals these propor
lions have been reversed for ninety out OF 100 born alive
have been cut OF In them during the hrI nvc years ot
lie BY the Engli.h Iie Table Of ioo children born
alive fifteen dis the first year i've IN the second three
in the third two in the fourth, and one In the NH
making twenty six In the rst hve years or the hitscn
who die the st year I've die IN the nrs month Of lfc
two IN ihe second, aud oue in the third month rbs
French show the deaths in the si week OF age
aud the annual rate Of mortality IN that nt week ia
per cent which may be thus illustrated II 100 cbidret
jus born were placed in house, and their number
maintsned BY the addition " rswy child 20 cup
ply the place Of every death that there should AWAY
b. a average 100 children maintained within The walls
ia deaths would take place therein ia twelve months 90
the hypothesis that the mortality rate be that Of the nfs
week Of life.
MfsCELLANEors.
Professor wheaistoDe asceaned that the duration
the spark does not exceed the twenty vo thou
ssndth part OF second cannon ball would appeal
stationary in its fight II illuminated by the -psfk and
the wing OF insect that moves ten thousand time
sound would seem AT ret.
No change has bcen maize the form of the plongh
used In Sicily since the time Of the Romans.
The solar heat year u -nhcep To ineit coal ne
OF ice spread over iLs globe foty-aiy feet iAck.
The produce Of the New Aimaden. rpaii. mines of
the last Year, has averaged about tao thousand bs
hundred nass of seventy six aud Que bali pounds each
OF mercury per month.
The green red blue and yellow colors have bcen sc
eessiuy rendered by means of pho'osIaphy BY ~
Nercc de ~ Victor
" BunAcn Inds that pyrnluuie excseds bismnth N
hcrmo clerie power aud copper pyras rossss-~h is
safne quality N ssilll higher degree