, 1874-09-26

fortunes roAll2ou in America through petroleum
and military contracts hAvo c. Gated MI excessive
tlon,atul. jlut this olroot upon Tho vauo Of tho
BtoNoB maY DO considered tnoroly temporary. A
Btmilnr depreciation IN. their prico occurred ut
the discovery Of tho diamond-mincs III 1'snzil.-
aoleor1n having previously, nnrpllo.i tho mar
kot,-but tlloy Hoon rogaincd their valuo.
pExup1Su 4 COUNTRY OF ITS rnEEa.
Tho Khanato OF 1,oknara affords agnal illus
trntton Of tho tlamngo doho by dcnttding co,lls~
try Of ita forests. Thirty-soars ago, tho Khanate
Tan ono Of tho most fottto provinces OF Central
ABn. and, vol wooded and watorod, waa rogartl-
cd az m earthly parad'ue. Fivo yoars thereafter.
| mania for forcBt-cloaripg broko out among tho
| Inhabitants, and continued to rage ns long AZ
thoro remained timber on which to won't itself.
What trocs wore spared by rulers md people
Soro afterwards utterly consumed during n civil
war. TITO consequence Of tlliH ruthlosB tiestrne-
tion Of tho forost-growth is now painfully
The wntcr-conrpoa l,nro become empty cl,anncls,
| aud tho Hystoln OF canals constructed
for art!ilc'al Irrigation, and supplied from tho
living strcasns, Las boon rendered ,se!osa. Tho
by foroBt-bnrriors. aro gradually advancing md
drifting oror tho mud, They will continue their
] noaoloas invasion until tho wlloo Kllanato will
become dccary doanrt, aa barren rs tho wtl<lct~
moss separating 1t from Khiva. It is not sup
posed tliat the Khan has sufficient energy Of tho
ncatB Mt hB command to urrest tho dosolation
that throatcna to Bprcad oyor llia torrtorios Tho
example ts ono to stimulate enlightened govern
! menta to avoid similar cataatronho, BY pre-
ecrying duo proportion Of forost-lands III their
onaatns, md by restoring tltogo whics, hhyo bcea
inproyldently lald barc.
HYDRAULIC MINING.
In tho systom Of hydraulic mining which pre-
vailH extensively In California, there woro orl-
ploycd III 1867, G,ooO miles Of artificial wasor-
coursoe. PROT. Raymond statcs. IN ono Of his
reports on mines wcst Of tho Rocky Mountains,
that Tho fumes Of ,thcsc canals are often Of
sloot-iron, and in ao,no places aro carried con-
adorable distances at n hoight OF $50 fcot above
tho ground largo volumes Of water oro con-
auetcd in this way, md directed agafnot hills md
masses. Of Garth under n hydroAtatlo prous,1ro
that WILL IL needed, cut awAy Boltd roolt almost
as readily MS thu compact aoi1. Great damngo Is
ilono to extensive tracts Of country by thus di-
roofing stronms from, their natural channols and
spreading cartl1. gand, gravel, md pebbles, that
have been washed down by tncir currents, over
fortiie md cultivated lands. Ono orchnrd vai-
ued Mt e60,000i aud another ut 8200,000. have
boon 30 destroyed. A report from tho Agr1sut-
turaf Bureau ut Washington estimates the Gu
,l,al damage lono by this u1ode OF mining at
9l2,0o0,0u0
noccnt noto has been malo Of tho arrival at
tho Garton Of Acclimatlon, in Paris, OF six gi-
ralcs, the oldcst OF which il ycaln OF ago. Tho
giraffe III nativc Of Africa. and usol to inlabit
tho country from Nubia to tho Cnpo Of Good
Hopo, but 1t In said now to DO restricted to
Bmall canton Of Abyssiuia. All attempts at
doncsticatiug tho nl,imul lnyc failed In Africa,
yet 1t is easily tanned In Europe. In its nativo
haunta 1t roarns in herds of from iiyo to fifty,
DroWainE On the leaves and ANAL branches Of
danger by flight; yos, If hard pressed, will light
stoutlY disclarging storm Of kicks with its
bind 1egs that will even beat OF tho 1ion. Its
running paco is snaftor than TINT OF a Aoot
Horse npd It morcs over unovon ground with
called paiatablo, md IT'D marrow Ia favorito Al
rlcan dclicacy.
MORTALITY AS AFFECTED DY WEATHER,
An interesting paper On tho relations botween
human mortality and The SEASONS Of tho year,
which waa read boforo tho Scottish 1Iotoorolog-
cal Society by DR.. Arthur Mitcholl md Mr..
Alexander Dnchan, gives, in briof The Informs
tion that tho doath-rato from brouchitia, pnou-
1nonia, asthma, mud Kindred diseases, is highest
in cold woathor; from brain-dscuao, conyul-
sions, and whoopns- cough, il is highest IL cold
inv in warm and ary woathor faua rom dinroa a ypoa.
tory, aud cholera, in warm and moist weather;
and from rheumatism. henrt-alscage, diphthoria,
Bcaratina n'oaslcs, and Group, i'll cold and moist
weather.
IYroDEnM1o 1SJEcT1oS OF c111onA1.
Tic hypolormio injection Of chloral has 1ato1y
been accomplished with favorable results. 4
report Of the experiment etatos that IN cstlc-
gia waa produced BY injecting Twenty-Five
granamea Of sointion Of chloral,--one part in
threo Of wator,-by q capillary punct,,re, into
ono Of the ra1ia veins. At tlo end of. ten
minutes, m eatheaia WIS conlploto,--the patiest
falling into q profound sleep, which continued
for twcnty minutes, during Which painful ope-
ration Ht1rClHHfu]iV nHrfnrmnH. The m tfort