, 1874-07-11
SPARKS OF SCIENCE,


: exhibited tho remarkable tcchnEca1 ak,1
Horr Miller In dlato,n- mounting. Tin alba Il.
> ploloqraplnt, nj, n Il, 49,, .,e..,..,. ,..'.,,.
and poi feok mnnnot o,ai,t. a,,.nas n "nan.a!,
containing tato an ita nao writ@r av ,,n,1s sa1s
It, """ A." 1""'' "i1ssoo ohae
rou.,a.. ,..-
Nn,., fonEtaS WRED6.
w lusa t''ah ALI spoctoa Of plants Thfol, com
tndor Tho popular DESIGNATION of II wcotu y In !.
poem introduced into tho Uuited States fro.
lofelgn countries. Ohckwood, which ID q natiy
n.rn,sm. ~ saHas paEta Of Europe and Asia, WAS ira
annry.bir,a o.o ara ooMan ana casona ss food 70
couutry. '0'AA 'p''"o all o'sr I'll
TUNNEL, usnEn THE mEnayy.
At length tlere sootna a probability that II
long Projected tunnel ,,u,]tr tin hal ~ lin uor
Boy, between Llvor,,o,f .ud +I,o r,aot,,n. s...
will be oopssn,ctod na 49, o.sAi' ,, coas1
tho Iiyor,mn, ".," -Ao e'n1n,s u 'ao shait o.
11,,. o.poo1 .sluo aa hoon to bn bognn. AIr
I"n,l nowier, O. Il. and Mr. JOHN Br1inloca O
frnns ~ nSo planlIod tho "orka It Is expected tim
'olnt'e'loh OF tho undertaking.
THE Transit ur yEsrs.
The preparations for ahaarv;nc tbo r1,u,z.,4 =,
Venus uoxt r,ocomhor ,ri,,.,, a -."nolI t -
much timA ~ ,s ,tsa,,u, "",on i'aVo ooenp'oe
| Aro now completed. hm} nnat of s,o nh rtt..
destined TO Btndv tho t,hnnomrnnn II, fo.o,,,
heitis havo already aet out, mud TIM romaini1e,
"lal soon follow. Tho observers baya unt,oronno
prepAratory training iu riDotonrap11v ohia,lv
tna uuu. calt Abnoy. II. e.. wtluso now dry-plato
t}ons tThey II ~ po suoptoa ~ ail the British sta.
practice with 1noJo1 o ,"u ae aatvhntago OF
stances Of tho Transit and tl,e,ehy 1na,, ~.
str1'ctod IN tho oxaot nlotllod OF observation 10
,,o, saeu Wion tlo critical aud irreooyerable
'"oAsh' aff1ses'
NEW CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS.
SCIENCES. NJ hlnnon.o ~ 1 n',an n"ass a'vn,tes oes
now c1aus,no,,,a., - "t.s G"""o''o 6"eEosts o
ara,ea .''n .a u Planes' havlng especial ref
e1snee 20 tho'r distribution. Baaing his system
on tno relations Of planta to tho physical oonl-
tions Of heat and moisture he rccornizcs f3yc
groat groups Ono o5 tho.a ia oaso,t;,,.r 49,, m,o
t,r;o, .,,,ts. n, .t - oeo7o'.st'1'S equA-
hn,nisnhnran NY o'u9as arn foneatod IN tho two
u.ogatbormes ~ ~ 'y.,rouna.. L~nau. Ewes tne namo
p''n panta w1,sh Ieq1iro hgh tomporeture aud
xo,on,rIss ~ t,o tos .melr que development;
mesa,,,oro " snose wca prefer dry sltuAuons
,,ornt,1roa an,s ri'n,"sI,s ss ~ nloao1ato lem
h,t io,x e'<"a ".n t W 70 eosa requiring
cnBs, of small ,mnorronoa nnaa.'.a e1't nta!n
an Antarctic regioilH, which De Oando]Ie ties,r-
nates M a. hehiatosei1nes, In a!luston to the very
ot n"eu1i Anount of heat needed lor thotr Develop
"ofh1 n!EApbFufFs.
In some portions Of Norway and gwodsn.
-f.....
W wnere vegetation IS aoanty, and human faro iB
t''nnoa 70 low aud ooarao articles Of diet, saw-
aust Is somatimes uaod In tho manufacture Of
bread. For this purpose, beeoh, or aomo wood
macerato1 mn, ho;Isd t., wnto. =, oeo",ouy
r,,,,t. 80. ~, -, "".s. " 'oino'e Ho4uplo
As.e.', ~" Hlo" III reaaoed 70 powder, heated
sesofal ssH times ~ an ovon, and ground. In thss
sla.o u lh SUD to havo tho smell aud tasto Of
forn eeia lour: In lo2y. 1880, md l6H3,-yoars Of
aanln lanllno I'm, n ,Englaud very good, whole
a1 s1no wuto broad wua made Of turnips.
tne moisture "aH expressed from the
tarn'ps, and ttoy. wefo then kneaded with
e equal qnnnslties of wheaten flour. III tl!e Into
sioEe o. paris' the bread served out was fouul,
oh a!'aSsls, TO DO composed OF ono-eigh.h
wneat; s loar olghfis potatoes, bcaus peas, oats,
aha a! re; t"o-c1ElithB water; aud onn-eighth
st'a~, hnl!s Of grain. "sl tho BkinY OF vegetable
P;oauats. ';. me Lnplsf less and Fins make
tha h"r,, ~ r. ~ ; t.o ~ MlA'g1 inner leaves OF
Sbotn, crato tho innar hart ~ tna " ,' nJeIern
sometiines Of the fir aud mix it with 1,y littio
meal anu milk, or, by proEerenco with fat, aud
ii'aAo ~ 'n'o BORT Of broth.
r, 1SsrlNcr OF BEES.
LIS IfHftOH pnpf9lHH. bY COnaent tntfer