New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-26
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.

A respondent OF The chicago Erenng 10"T"u1 mas
undertaken explain various alterations tfat nave
taken place the shores Of the lake and the city haroo
He specifies particularly abrasion Of the bank at Racine
deposit at Waukegan the filing Of the south end OF the
lake. and accumulation at the end OF the North fer
at Chicago of material differing from any SOIL 1orhinR
the lake shore Chicago to Racine, or for distance
north OF the latter city His theory Is that beneath the
lake at point little south Of east from Racine, there
is crevice tho underlying rock, through wncn u
great stream pours producing current which IL said 10
be row well known The southern portion OF the crevice
IA supposed Overaid with sand the northern por
ton rises In Racine reef, where vessel mas peeh
wrecked portion OF the current is detected by the
reef toward Racine; the rest carries sand toward
Waukegan and Chicago. The deposit in the harbor OF
Chicago is said have going on for 40 years. Is
the general belief according TO this tnat
the water Is shoaing rapidly between toe DIeaS ,
between. No current was found IN tne part OF Tue ahe
where the Illinois Central Railroads per is Duia az
though careful observations on that subject were maze
the time OF building and the shore was et boreu ~
reference to snch possibility, froCaume' River 10 d.
Joseph.
ExTERMINATING DEER.-It is said that the
eastern counties OF California have been almost CON-
petey stripped OF deer in recent years The desruc-
ton very rapid progress OF ate since glove
factory Francisco has hired men to shoot deer
solely of the skins the carcasses being lott
behind The matter has been brought TO the attention
of the Committee on Game Laws in the California senate
aud u is hoped that legal restrictions may ehocA s"'
AMERICAN HAREs-An interesting descrip-
ton OF the Jack rabbits of Western Territories
with lfeke illustration is furnished by Dr. Eiiiott
Coues TO The Country There are three kinds OF the
Jack or Jackass rabbits; they have wonderfully
large long which conspicuous when the amman
IL steninC-and II is almost always the nert-tha its
safety thereby compromised. When squatng Closely
with folded back, might he stepped on before
II would he seen its color being In close unison with i's
surroundings II bounds of when startled making leaps
Of eighteen to feet but keeping its legs sh as
touches ground that the muscular effort by whch
its jumps made does not appear ana III seems 10
skim the land fiat stone may DO mace 70 sklp oseI
The water The leaps shorter as IL gets iurtDcr
from Its pursuer and when u at last stops s long
suddenly rlse In the distant view Indians snafe
these hares IN numbers by means oi hes s ~n Shr 1
buffalo elk deer and antelope reward the hunters toll
Pure AIR FOR FURNACES. -Rcferring to
recent article in TIE TRIBUNE on The subject OF heating
dwellings Mrs j. G.. swsshein writes that she some
time ago invented and patented a method OF supply
ing pure air To furnaces BY bringing from consider
able height the top OF building. inc system
met the approval of scientific men who examined H. Dut
10 one engaged in putting up furnaces could be induced
TO try fl the mvarabe reply being that, People don't
care what kind they breathes so long as II IL hot
The general apathy on the subject OF fcn ar ulues
tiOnabc and there can be lille doubt that me statement
the furnace filters correctly represents the popular
view.
NEW THEORY CONCERNING FEvER.-A series
ofexperiments have been made by Dr. HOratio c. Wood
r. OF Philadelphia. The Of the Investigation IL
horne by the Smithsonian Institution. The experiments
indicate tia, the rapid fall Of animal temperature which
takes place after section of the spinal cord Ia due To
paralysis Of the coats OF the arteries causing tier eX
pansiOn whence results an Increased now oi blood 10
the surface Of the body, and consequent reduction OF
The interior heat Fever, under this theory, Is disturb
ance OF equilibrium between the heat producing and the
heat cooling powers OF the body The difference Of ned-
cal practice that may result from adopting the theory
can he excmped by the treatment suggests for sun
stroke II the patient in collapse, the hot bath should
bc applied # thermc fcycr has supervered, the cold
bath is oquired In the first case emyrlOpng Win
higher external temperature may save NE ID e second
case, cold surroundings may De similarly cheot'e'
New LOCALITIES OF PETROLEUM.-A new
attraction the Back Hills region "a announced "a
said that oil has been struck thcrc at locality 100
miles south Of Dcadwood. and samples are exhibited,
said 10 have been brought thence Nevertheless emit
grafton ththcr does not desirabeat least To cn
grants Tire reports Of OIL discoveries IN the Cumberland
region Of Kentucky and Tennessee are more frequent.
definite and promising than hitherto. The California oil
wells ARE rapidly increasing their number ani The total
production begins 10 bcoi Importance The on rs claimed
be- various particulars, better than that of Penn
syyna III cnc Instance II can be nScd Tor lamps Will
S we'll TENDING anu D''D' ''' 40 - ''''~'
How VINES GRow.-An interesting essay
respecting vines and climbing plants. recently read
l,v DE- j. T. Stewart before the Peoria QJ Scientific
Association. He las observed that the morninssory
makes about two circles Ia climbing per day, the twin
ing portion often sweeping circle OF two feet or more
diameter during the process. lie finds total inability
on the part OF to Irvine around large Objects n.
for instance. where had started by curling around
the naked root Of tree. II proved quite unable 10 clasp
the Itself. though tied fast around A. The tree
Was only Iie inches diameter. Vines Of some species
can winc around larger objects but their limit IN this
respect II reached They all prefer supports oi
scnicircc toward the igh twice fast Nc away from
it, and also makos It's circles in search of support NOR
rapidly In the daytime than " night
PROPOSED CULTIVATION OF TIE GUCCA.-At
recent meeting of the Msryland Academy Of Sciences,
the possibility Of culiyating the yucca at profit N
Florida was discussed Several years ago. Mr.. Pcrine
made fruitcss endeayors TO introduce it IN that
state from Guatemala but not able TO obtain from
scheme Tie plant Ia believed 20 be we'll adapted TO
the arid soils OF parts OF the interior Of Florida. and
would be valuable for s fibre, which II very strong. aud
In some species fine enough 10 furnish good su,s-
this plant the mohnamed Proauba guccdsehd must be
introduced along wih It this l. proposed Ia effect by
Bringing Of the insect To the yucci plantations
SCALE OF MODELS AT THE PARIS EXiI1BI-
TIos-Thc following excellent suggestion is made by
correspondent Of The London Times: IL may Dc waltz
able those OF readers who int III To exhibit plans
models to know that these be- made 10 scale
capable Of being expressed In any language The only
common measures between English feet and inches and
foreign decimal the numbers and 10, 80 the
only possible International scales the following:
Full size grandeur Daturce half fun h.zc or in
n=ia DOiiic - quarter fun size, or III It le
ouart on %; IL In ft.==.l2j: = in f.=.O.2J
Or ION any Of the above viz: 1910 i'll I'll:
eloinai Is; $40 d a9 g. go N, ,, a.
he. OF these scales. and marked with the