New-York tribune., 1873-07-29

enjoyment because Parsians applaud H. no wan
have his beefseak In the morning and his heavy sccSo
bread no matter though the whole French nation should
think light breakfast heathfu Hence. 1t is ln
possible that this man's health should improve io
stead OF getting mentally sea-sok he can't heip ee's
bodily so and the prouder he IL, the more apusine ~
appearance thenl and throwing OFF prejudice' no hP
In his mind bile that jaundices ms VoNS " ~
rodes every healthy idea that may possibly en'er us
soul He follows his own notions at the taoie ANU %
tho food and habits NJ bis do not suit south
ern latitudes of course ne gains nothing III heal,n
and often beoomes sick, and returns nome ois
i gusted with doDs ana messleurs' sisnoi' ~
| mynheers and tells you 'theres ho uSo "
trayel-he tried st. The first requisite, theh Is "ho"
vor 90 % Rome TO do as the Romans do The customs
of MACE show what its inhabitants prefer; ana Is
M, t pv man 10 set his own little ideas against the
,ororce of whole people," Among the transations'
Witch are valuable feature OF this Magazine tne hi
tcle In the present number on "The Empire Is "o''
% ottcntion II is calm and discriminating examinh
tion OF the career Of Louis Napoleon, the spirit o
| will be perceived from single par"Si"pn
" Louis Napoleon played to perfection the game VI
| Cpsarism Conoueror or conquered, he always heiV
foothold Victory immortalizcd him. ana assureu pc
hans his sons future career And defcat was ho' "
IMPUTED TO him. AS the representative OF tuo
was only passive agent docie Instrument VI '''o
passons and sentiments of the people he sacrnceu n
self Did not this ente him TO the gratitude OF MS
tnoyit,zens1 He regarded the Republic as less pop
Mar than himself and condemned by universal suffrage
Resides he affected personifyin supreme degree tue
republican element. 1t not with respect 10 fdne
no was anxious He knew that the C9sarean consttu
ton of France left way always open OF reshns
rho throne II was by foreigners he was overthrown'
He preferred this fall TO the necessity of presdhg over
new disasters lie was not sorry, either TO see the Cy
Of Paris which Of late had been constantly opposed 10
the Fmpre and whose enmity daily increased under lt
liberal laws. chastised by Prussia"
The PopuIdr Science Monthly opens with a
bref historical view Of the invention of the Electric
telegraph abridged from Professor DeschanePs Natu'
raj Philosophy" II gives curious narrative OF Tue
gradual suggestion and development Of the idea from
the obscure hints on the subject more than hundred
years ago. to its present Importance as potent engine
of modern civilization As early as the year l741 Bshop
Watson transmitted the discharge OF Leyden jar
through 10000 feet OF wire suspended between wooden
poe Six years after plan for alphabetical telegraph
TO be worked by electricity described i'll BRUSH
Magazine In l77l, telegraph line was erected at Ge-
neva by NJ Lesage, with twenty-four wires connected
with the same number Of pithball electrocOpes each
representng letter. No useful results, however were
attained on account of the difficulty Of managing frc'
tona electricity Votas discoveries were great step
in advance Several plans were formed to apply them
10 the practical use of transmitting signals. sommerng
of Munich in 1s1 Amp6ne of Paris, In l82O and Baron
schng in Russia in 1892 suggested methods for the ac
compishment Of the object The plan of Sching was pat
in operation by Weber and Gauss in GOtngen in 1888
The subject was then taken up by Professor stenhe o
Munich. whose inventions largely contributed to the
application OF electric telegraph to- the purposes of COM
merce About the year 1887, three different systems
were carried into effect as many different countries,
| namely MOrse's III America, StenheiPs III Germany
and Wheatstone's in England. 1t thus appears, that
the invention not due TO the laOor5 0I single lhd-
vidua but had occurred nearly simultaneously to the
.-Ft, ,orfa N
however does not discuss the order OF the
respective claimants in point of priority
Of time.-Mr. Herbert spencers chapter ON
"socoloey is devoted the studies that are necessary
as preliminary discipline in the pursuit of the science
| An interesting account IS given by Professor {. H.
Hitchcock Of the discovery of Fossil Footprints"
in the valley OF the Connecticut which has thrown so
much light on the facts of geology The history OF the
discovery s summed up in lines. "Ihe results Of
Professor Edward IItelcoeks researches have been
published IN two large. quartO volumes entitled The
technology OF NewEnglaud" OF other publications the
"IchnoHapbs" Of the Connecticut sandstone
are worthy of notice monument to
the memory OF Dr. James Deane, whose
early interest in the fOOfnars tagged, and who
applied himself earnestly to the study OF geology so
that his later writings have become invested with the
authority Of able and accurate observer" Professor
Huxleys paper the Problems Of the Deep sea- VIII
be found TO be equally able aud instructive describing
with remarkable graphic power the results of the recent
marine explorations; "LOwly Vegetable Forms is an
admirable commentary on the mystic aphoHsm OF
Richer "The earhdust of the universe is inspired by
the breath OF the great God. The world is brlmming
with life; every leaf on every tree is a land OF
Spirits ;" "The Weather and the Sun, by r. A. Proctor,
illustrates the views of that eminent astronomer in
regard TO the Of predicting the weather for
long time in advance He arrives at the conclusion,
that nothing be gained in this respect from observ
ing the changes of the aud that it is the duty Of
men Of science TO point out the futy of the promises
that have been mistakenly offered An original paper
by Dr. VIM. j. Youmans the Morbid Effects OF Heat
affords a lucid and instructive exposition Of certain
points in the animal economy, according TO the latest
researches and theories OF physical science.