The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-14

planes in which the tangent to the earth's orbit
I hes together with the points OF divergence of
| the periodical meteOrs OF the Goth of April, the
! 10Th OF August, and the 18th of November, are
! all very nearly perpendicular to the plane OF
! the eclipLic. The same Is the case wltn the
! meteors of the I'd of January the periodicity If
! which has been suspected. On the contrary
| the corresponding planes for the meteors OF the
/ 10th of April, the 18th of October, and the 18th
] OF December are all very nearly parallel to the
! echptic. Hence 1t follows that the meteorc
! rings OF April, August, and November which
are periodical, are nearly circular, like the
CocIxchafers.
The NOuUel5ste of Rouen, states that the
Council General of the Department of the Seine
mferieuse, having this year voted a sum of
15,692f for the destruction of the white larvae
of the cockchafers, no less quantity than
$4,000 kilogrammes of them we're collected
from the 10Th of September to the 21st OF Octo-
Der last. The paper from which we take this
statement, adds:-oIn order to form an idea of
the mass represented by the above weight, we
may say that these l57 tons would at the rate
of five tons per railway truck fill 80 sucn vehi-
cles. Moreover, since these larvae have been
buried in bitches filled with quiCklime, they
will form an excellent manure, the value of
which will be an ample equivalent tor the out
lay. Had these larv@ not been destroyed, the
ravages they would have committed on tbe
roots OF corn, cabbage and other produce
might be estimated at several million OF francs
their voracity being inconceIvabe. Had they
afterwards arrived at the perfect state, that is
become cockchaters, they would have continued
their ravages under another form, devouring
the leaves OF the trees, to which they sometimes
cling in heavy clusters, sufficient TO bend the
twigs. Supposing half OF them to be females,
aud each female to lay only 200 eggs, which is
far short OF the reality, the ruin entailed upon
the agrculturlst would be almost complete"
Consumption.
DIR. Churchill, whose discoveries in the treat.
ment of pulmonary consumption have obtained
for him one of the highest places among con-
temporary physicians, has just published
small work containing, in a condensed form,
series of documents on the subject, including
reports Of cases Of consumption cured by the
use OF the hypophOsphites, by a large number of
physicians belonging to different countries. Two
simple facts will show the importance OF such
a subject. On the one hand consumption is
the most fatal of all diseases as it kills no less
than One-halt OF the whole rumber OF persons
who die in tile prime of life. On the other
hand, Dr.. Churchill asserts that the general
use of his treatment, which is not only a
remedy, but also a preventative, would do
for consumption what vaccination has done
lively insignificant proportions. In support of
this view the author points with iustihable
satisfaction to the fact thai, ten years ago, the
announcement of his discovery of a specific
remedy for consumption was received with
dersiOn or incredulity, but that now his, treat
ment is universally recognized rs one OF un-
doubted value, and tar superior TO anything
hitherto known. He shows that the reason why
his views are as yet only partially adopted by
the profession is, independently OF the proven
bal slowness of all medical piOgre IS, ithe fact
that many physicians have neglected 70 follow
| the rules he has laid down, and have thus failed
| in cases where they might have been successful
| they had had greater experience and practice
| in the use of the remedy.