The Red Cloud chief., 1875-06-17

Calcium chloride has the fedA srty Of
attracting m~oisture, and objects wet with
In aqueoas solution do not dry. tits
proposed 70 use this- to subdue dusty
roada. II ho bsea found 20 keep land
moist for three days, whea ordinarily il
would dry in IN hour. A the chlorides
are injurious to vegetation, i cannot be,
used in agriculture, - illustrated by ths
reclaimed marshes in Holland. whsre the
saline matter has % be vassed away by
spsing water before p9etatiou appear.
Tia Osatral x'isoeasis says that evi-
dsnces d, me aacient race u Mound
Bui1 1en have been foend 1t WAp6sue
-afSrathoa county, Wis. The we'll knows
mound on Dr.. vylie's lot has been par
TALLY removed, and from the size Of the
bones unearthed that can be iis,in-
guisbed, the persons must have been of
almost gigantic size. From the position
they occupied, the burial must have been
in a sitting posture. Their antiquity is
argued from the fact that the roots Of
large trees have penetrated the mound.
The migratory nature of certain extinct
animals may safely be assumed from
their afinities with living species; but
direct proof Of this. Of some value. has
lately been obtained in England. In a
quarry near Csstleton in Derbyshire is a
assure, called the Windy Knoll ~fissure,
which has been ascertained to contain
the bones of a great number Of bison,
reindeer, grizzly bear, wolf, fox, hare,
rabbit, and water rat. These were con-
fuscdly mingled, and the crevice has
been filled partly with stalagmite, but
mostly with lean. From the relation of
the fissure to the drainage of the sur
rounding country, it has been suggested
that the animals fell into it when they
went to drink and were washed in by
floods. Prof. Dawkins thinks it may
have lain in the path of the bison and
reindeer In their annual migrations, the
carnivorous animals being caught as they
followed the herds to run down strag-
glers. From en- examination of the young
teeth of the bison and reindeer, he con-
Guided that those animals passed the
crevice at different seasons of the year,
sou.e falling in on their northwsrd trip,
and some on the home journey. The
assure was open in the newest pliocene,
but whether before CRATER the glaciai
era, cannot now DC determined.
1t is strange that the Mosaic prescrip-
ton for mans diet, chiefly taken from
the tabernacle rites. have become, by
common consent, the bill of fare Of civ
l,ized society; with variations, of course.
In the cities, especially. the main articles
If food are those which the laws Of Mo-
SEES recommended. When in former days
people dieted largely on pork. many
people became hogs themselves, and
many diseases still raging among men
have been conveyed int the human sys-
tenn by The consumption of pork, rabbits,
harcs and other animal food which the
law forbids. Psychologists understand
well enough the importance of diet. and
yet no1 have gone TO the trouble o
giving the Mosaic dietary laws a thor
OrSh scientific examination. Here are
the Jews, after 1900 years, u heslthy,
intelligent, energetic, and fertile race
Much is said about their longevity, tern.
perance, charitable disposition. etc. still!
no scientist has taken the trouble tC
examine the food on which this race
lived and thrived. The point is GER
tainly, scientifically, very important
american Is-deiite.