New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-20


toward the ways Of the ahor,sucs. Even tho negroes
here. told are Welding to the climate, asn "v
blcaching grsduaHN What pity II ~ that .nc inulSn
c,ls failed to h,sI ~ ali tis VII they were recently
al wlshiugton, Iustesd Of hopiag to be ciyiz = 40
White mel aro they have only % wal. anu We SH"i ne
come a. ct s.
A Fronchman is 10 he credited with dis
cov,rv that when mortar kcy 10 peel on, the TEN
dency can be prevented by substituting sawdust Tor
har the orgina mixture II had previously urea III
vain 10 make mortar that would stay In place on onu-
mg exposed t. damp WINS near the SEA shore Ait'r
fr,qucu, renewing the mortar the old WAY, he tried
the Of sawdus, In place Of hair AMI was quite sue
&c sful Tn saWdust bad been thorunghy dnrl, anu
lis earsr roi t9ns w,rs fcnoy ~ Nj nouit, where
siwlust "a yerJ much cheaper uian h'ii' even 10 "e
nuas.
Professor Burt G.. Wilder ias recently dis
cusseG Ina me Ne,. York Medical Journal the question
raised BY Professor Huxoy Ia bic address at bainore'
rs 90 whether 30 advisable 60 include the study 81 cont
narrative anatomy IN the curriculum OF medical students
Professor Wiet shows clearly mat d'ssecons o.
other tan human vcrtehracs nay serve many OF tho
purposes at a preliminary medical education giving to
the student familiarity Nih The names ana characters
of me various organs. with much greater facility ana
hrhterex So than the human subject Affords There
arc also many incidental advantages 10 he obtained L!
sudy OF toe lower OF vertebrate lie. Bot PRO es
sar Wilder does not recommend that syscmaic lnstIu'
ti,u IN comparative anatomy should be included In the
tgo courses of lectures at present reqnuol Tor sAuaa
ton most American medical seho"lsi NHhe OF ~
IN some slime before the student graduled and prefer
sDy beloge the lecture courses Froie -or N"'I ntN
vcxed question. II is understood th Professor Mnu.
engagements viii now prevent BIS dspaiiue VIII tIs
connections With that enioriH' So
The opinion was very decidedly expressed
by the corr spondeat ~ THE TRIBUNE who accompanied
The first expedition % the Black Hlls. that there was no
est supuv of roid accessible Tint region. This view
is confirmed bv thc result and The mining excitement
there Is rrdy subsdiue Tho editorial correspondence
Of me Euyneerlng ami hmwg JoVr1di predicts even
greater failure FOR emigrsnts 10 The Big Horn country
The range is said barren Of gold in paying quan
ties hon ~ ~ placers and veins. Silver ot"s were
found wn IN may, pc'npt be worked al il'ht VENT
years hence The advertisements ana tholts o. pI.,
the DO. Horn country still continued; ami II ihis
statement is corrcct, deserve reprooat"ii
Mr. c. 3. Warning. # CrotOn-on-thc- Hudson,
has written to IuE TRIBUNE, suggesting that the rapid
motion % ONE ~ the ueHl, discorced moons OF Mars
may Do explained without mpuruuG the nebuiar ny
potn,ss. by the supVo ou that there is resisting 'de-
dunn u space. 70 al the tue This moon was leit behind
by the shrinking nchnla % Mars. s distance frou the
centre 81 that nehnln comparable With mat Of our
moon nom the rih aud II aftcrwaId drawn nearer
10 planet because Of the check asoneG by resist
ING medium. ~ time of revolution would he shortened
az it approached tie planet On the other hana, the
revolution Of the planet Itself would be little affected bv
The resisting medium; but 90 whatever degree IT was
affected its speed Of rotation would be decreased and
h.ee hc difference between Tie tImes OF the planets
rotation ana the sat te's revolution would become
greater NJ Warning regards Inc discovery 81 the swift
moving satellite as strong evidence IN favor o. me pres
once ~ a rcsisiiuc medium In space lie suggests as
problems lees difficult Of solution. the questions why
eighth satellite Saturn ia 12' or lac ont ~ the
plane of the other scii and the rings OF tna planet
and why moon is lslo' nearer the eclpuc Than the
plane ~ tine eaith's equator
Entomologists have been paying high prices
for calulyo.ous beetle named Amtlyetiio eyitHdr
grais At one time is very existence doubted but
"a specimen was brought 10 this city few months ago.
alive and was fed meat by his owner. 10 the
great edfcacn Of visitors. Collectors Of insects paid
from Si2 - 500 for specimens OF this beetle The male
VS. sad to have poor eyes not capable of perccyiug
food m il touched LIS auteuuW; reminding observers of
Goet inc, beetles were bHad IN the axes Of y0re'
Tue insects al likely become less OF rarity IS they
have been found u Kausae considerable nuAbcrs II
srcycr seen bv daylight ia native hauuts, and the
captures were made by night II lives ny eating o,hcr
sec aud I'm confinement has been ed ga maple worms
aud grasshopucIs. Ihe discovery of it, abundance IN
asts was made ny two u the college expeditions last
suuincr-froiu Yale Go legc and Kansas University