New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-28

lands the humid region are almost wholly undesirable
properly In Florida there are 500 900 acres OF
In Alabama there 900 OO0 in Louisiana, 1000 900;
lnc and salt marshes. In Arkansas The 100000
acres of public lauds mostly mountain region in
Michigan there 100000 acres OF swamp and barren
pine lands and similarly Objectionable features charac
terze 100000 acres In Wisconsin, 100000 In Iowa,
about 1000 900 in Washington Territory. or all the
public lands left unsod in the humid region tue only
portions available for agriculture small proportion
The ard region OF the United States extends over
14S7 1857 square miles; of this nearly 100000 square
miles may be called pasturage region SIC, 600 noun
tam region; $4,000 desert lands; the bad lands"
about 5000 canon and lava regions together about
100000 The irrigable lands about per cent Of the
streams by The processes now In use Abeter system Of
irrigation would largely extend this In the great
scarce II may perhaps be obtained hereafter by digging
arteslan wels Even III its present condition this pas
turage area Is by no means Vaiuclcss, though entirely
unit for use as farming land.
The present land system of the country whether as to
the purease prcGmpion or homestead plans Is moi AT
all suitable lor the Of the arid region II 1t Offers
the result " that as nobody can make homestead on
such lands the timber Is simply stolen except IN m
whole region, land land is Of vaiue what is
really valuable IS the water privilege Rich men aud
they. ehaige for tAo use of the water. Govern
nn xs s' arc lSe or 4a' at do all not events
comparatively worthless. All the good public
in tic Whole Unlcd states. OF land which poor
could into farIn, enough to make one average
ii rs open any, may perhaps be- found Texas or In
dian Territory; elsewhere 1t IL true. Inc homestead plan
can only DO applied in the pasturage after being
modified as Include very larger space than now
TO homestead and TO provide Tor the aoutment some
pUrt.On each Instance upon stream where tocks can
Dc watered. Inc owner OF such tract may expect TO
pasture from 10000 10 10000 head OF cattle; the grass
Is thin and poor, and NO E.au can make nVng ~ PAS
turing few cattle upon tract Oh one or TWO huhufc"
Prof l. II. Morgan suggested that since all the land
has been appropriated except rhe desert The canon tnc
I'M for settlement we may take into consideration
the claims 81 the aoorgncs The land that u useless tn
may be of service 20 them Where the Duiiao eau
live, tic Indian If he is started Alright. Al present
in miserable condition of uncertainty as 10
thrust tneIn 40 once INTO the of own civil
lied ic The step that rs nearest TO them IN natural
proqess is to engage tncu III pastoral pursuits Already
they capable OF raising horses Tho change must he
iudciously made ii cattle were given they
would simply camp alongside the animals shoot them
game, and bring Tie experiment to an untmeiy emu
The Governmeut must own line cattle, aud must scud
hesnCn 10 teach the Indians ai hrs) the art OF herd
ing When tGey have carncJ the arr they will raise, by
the natural increase OF cattle moi only sufficient meat for
their own support but surplus sac There can be
doub; that the Indians could be brought INTO
pfod,ld civilization by bayoncts We are bound in
nonor to provide ior thcn why shond we not SO do II
that they provide For themselves DR.. Joseph Ia
Conte followed prOt Morgan VITA remarks in similar
indian indian probIe @ior Powell sad in reply to some
inquiries ABOUT tie meaning OF ms di'Gisms,
con aimed very numerous localities that most adj
mirIDly suited Tor aSucltue ana are gardens Ga hiel
with metals and minerals OF the greatest value. IrGt
eny said that nc bad long since bc convinced of the
unhiIess of oar system Of puGlc land ds'tDdtion: IL
was originally based Oh a misconceptions notion that
there less uniformity in the characteristics
mich be cut up ana disposed OF in rectangular sections
of an average value, with another The fact il that
Henry had been brought TO tins conclusion ny his me-,
coToioca studies, by consideration Of the winds OF
cOautTy and their distribute OF fcrullZng rainfall
MAGNETIC RESEARCHES.
Prof A. NJ Mayer gave "a brief description OF ipycsti-
g ions into the distribution Of magnetism in long bar
magnets Some of these bars which were tested were
five feet length Various methods have been tried for
asceriainug the facts of magnetic distributions Prof
Mayer gave due credit 10 other workers ia this Held ana
described their experiments. Coulo:nb in the beginning
of this century used two methods of studying magnetic
rods, Q) by counting the oscillations made by small
ON Vertical magnet CIJ by determining the tension
required 10 pull small sphere OF very SOL
the lare magnet III 1i4 Lenz and jacob published in
IoggeadOrg'S AIidtea t4e particulars OF an electro
small coil whose wires were connected with delicate
galvauOnctcr moved successfully over small lengths
OF the magnet, thus showing OF each point the CORE
spending magnetic force The ineinoIr Is accompanied
with drawings Gs@yag by cIrvg a NC 81
Rces, and lis results fully corroboratcd Bots law
Of magneuc dstnnuton' Qde o, rfeennX o ' III,
Prot Rowland OF the Johns Hopkins University. Who
used II in 0 admirable researches Of this char
acter. 1t ALSO used by Jnin and Gauam in similar
INVESTIGATIONS in 1873. In 1870 VI. Guic described his
terminal wires connected 10 gvanomcter. Tie helix
applied 10 various points on bar magnet and sud
ing noted Jauln states THAI ho used this method before
1870. Prot. Rowland atterward described proof plane
which hG very properly discarded the soft rO vi
the helix that change tie magnetic distribution al
rs point contact with bar at the time Of touching it,
Prof MAYER mas III idc OF the met Ods above de
scribcd during several years Of experiments. lie STUDIED
the distribution Of maglcisn III rods five feet long and
one inch diameter made of carefully wrought and tenn
pe5ed steel The Treglar1ty found IN the distribution III
RODS OF this character is very cnakabe and cannot oe
aSgIi ed ia
than 90 feet from Thomson rejecting galvaDon-
expeincnt The magnetic rod placed in successive
instances the helix. ana then lifted suddenly and
vertically from it, Ut was also ascert lined that no de-
Election took place IN the gaivaDomeer when sim
liar lifting process was performed with the
ronc Of snccessiye experiments for the sae points on
the bar gave the sanie sayaioineter readings within
one-seven,ieth Of the detection Very remarkable IT.
Irregularities in the distribution OF magnetism In bar
magnet thus demonstrated and Prof Mayer is con.
fdent that they are due TO pccnaties OF structure OF
the metal itself. section OF the bar and microscopic
examination ri the points Of greatest rrcgrlary may
determine AT present unknown. Possibly new
light may thus I've thrown on the structure OF steel and
in a diagram showing the plus and minus electricity, u
is found that the area within the curve above The Inc o.
detection exactly equals the area within the curve
bcow the line.
INCREASING SPEED OF THE MOON.
Prof Newcomb has been making elaborate researches
OH the small deviation in the moons motion known rs
secular areeleraOn Taking the records OF observation
furnished by Polemy, it has been generally conceded
that the accelerdton is about 10 seconds per century
this WAS the estimate originally made by Haley Lit
lace calculated the accclerti0n which would b. cats,
in very long period tnany ccnurrs by tle differences
in tIe elptjcity OF tjc eArt1's OrDit he found
this to be about equal to the accccraiio,:i
"a hch HALEY had determined, .. nearly l0i5
cnnds of ne multiplied 10y the square Of HE number
of centuries from the date of any given observe
ton MIR Adams showed several years ago that The
tlU, Of Iapace open 70 CRITICISM, ana mat
nmy sex acceeraliUn per century could be eXlaihedor
accounted for On this theory Atr thls demonstration
Inv AIR Adams the belief aimed currency ina the c&
COS. of acceicraon CAUSED by the eafs rotation
- ro,,id at Il BRAKE,