The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-10
THE X OF
me &C. P.~sG ase

called t. a simple netha-i of tl,sr}ng
the AR Il An apartment The ohts~; -
81 frv~ the ar frun siuss. str.ssiV~
danpu.s.. and p~~s,h,v from the g~rns
II malaria The contriyanc~ consists
r~ss-utislls e a hbruus woven fAhrtT.
.trrnsth.n~i ~ = bTass wirr II ts
onl, O." ~ applied 20 ~iad"ss AMI ven
t~ila,ur. aa.i NAV ~ &c s~rvlr~ - rail
wsp cNw ." ~Velui~ dust Il has The
m"ri, Il checking drait.. ~hile admit
ting slr L.. gvnsTsl as. ia gh, tsni 81
prevent The sprcaI q uAlaral dssas~s.
and mo-i,f, the danger. thas dsTts
s'r,.t. o-ra.son 81 ~. health e CstS
residents
<s~ Nv~tts Gsp~ssss-s
\ whaling steamship %" N~EA hss
,-cn hnuSht f"T the >NS,is.h Aro kN
p.slitiun. which - Q" Start usVt Jtis
from ,.oth-nhuTE Tbs Nvs~l Il vss,
,irnnglN built. and pn earn ~Hal
~nuagh tcr a sVui.~ & SO. miles. shv
j. Ia - supplied with sufficient prpsIs
ions Ia serve f"T thrv" YEAR. tAVi
Paland.r will - Ia command -, thai
,h,rt, p-r>"n, WiIt - on '~,Nri. In a.!
,hrrr az four will constitute the s-trr-
tihc ~,rps The Ming Il >srsi~n. The
Government. Dsrar Dickson. If '"c,h-
cnburr. anil Mr. ~>ihausk"f aRu..tsu.
con~joiutly drffav the r~NI~u~~s Tho
projected VOYAGE Nil l- rA,,~ sCi from
Nuta,a Irml,s. along the th~uNn
coast, down through i"hnnE Ntfa .
coming back around Asia anal "a Tho
Su-r Canal TIN. will c~ircunnasgst"
both Europe anil Asia
D~-p s~s O..sst.s d. 80 Gssf - Sss's-
rruf Alexander Aga>-tE - staTtIR.
for HaVana with an assistant. Their a.
90 an board ia" Coast SURVEY .t.au~T
Blakr. which has Just sailed "n a sur
NrNing crui>r that viii o-sups this Wtn-
ter. IN IA" work If obtaining sounding
In the cult If M-Nic" A. this ~nTA ss
conducted. It b, made no lrss useful Q"
terrestrial phs 49, and natural his,"fs
than L. navigation KN a stud, If III"
animals ,ir.,is-d from the t-'tt"iu II thr
Gulf. fruf Ays~sis viii tr enabled tn
make important comparisons With ~"
fauna II The Atlanta. anil especially a.
to growth. hahi,-. micTati"n- AMI
changes 1T living form, found Ia The
waters near IA" british Island, and ~"
Scandinavian Peninsula The -,I~di
ti"n - un,l.r the command 81 Lieut.
Commander tharlr- u Nig~h.r. I =
y. who ha. hal SEVERAL YEAR. rNpru
.nc- un coa-t--uT,rN duty. AMI has been
n"tabl, >urc"-,ful IN deep s"a sound
ing The Blakr saz named for the
lat" commander George = blak.. Who
VII" made the ~uunding- fur the coast
sur,r, charts from Point judith tntaIe
NAV tEiTfN-UNs wars agb
Gk..v Gi..,.ss.i apr.,.s..
The youth who stuIN scirn~s now.
have great nlS antag'~ over their faith
rrs. Books "n scientific subjects ar
written more simply. and the rnperi
mrnts suggested are less C"s,ly than th"
older on-- \ further improvement
has been devised b., preparing cheap
sets IL apparatus for the illustration "a
an entire branch 81 sci"n~" In earn
ing out this plan with r-.p"ctt &" rle"tn-
cal sci.nc-. the well known work q
Prof T,ndall has been followed. and
apparatus - provided to .S"~ut" each
IL th. experiments he describes. ANY
81 IN. pieces Il apparatus can b" bought
separately at an average of airpu, a dol
lar apiece. the whole set for that scisnc~
costing s35. With such apparatus ia
his hands a student learns to think an
operate for himself. far more effectively
than with costly machines which he ~
rarrl, permitted to use. III" system
has been developed ia this city. and al
ready has been found - g.-~d %.erNio. IN
the furthcranc. IL intelligent education
nj work. the apparatus being NEATLY
made. presents an attractive app"aT-
anc~. and helps la interest the holar
in the ear" and management IL the tools
If science.
stssss O.. . S-i.....
III. last earthquake IN III" wrst was
supposed "a hay. rahiai",i from = point
in Nebraska that has been p"pulnrls r.
gard.d IA, tn. site Il a volcano. Prof
SAMUEL Aughry. If tia. Nebraska Stat" q.
University. has recently masir an exam
ina,ion %! III. ground The seat Il d.-
turbanc. j. on th. bank IL IA. Missouri
river. In DIXON county. about thir;y-.ir q
mile. from Sou, 'its. \ bluff about
LOO fee, long and lC1 feet high. slDp
ing 1T an angle Il ga" tn ~ tD~ ard the
river. j. nj present th. place WHERE th"
Phenomena are most exhibited but the
other bluff a f-w miles distant. hasr
been similarly affected Two wears agp
n portion IL thi- bluH. half a. large a.
what il left. broke away and fell partly
into The river On the bluG sounds were
heard proceeding from the interior. g.
p~ecially on plscing III" ear tn the ground
Flames Sors.iims- broke forth. osrs-
~-ionally a, night steam --eap-d from
creyic.-. On digging into the bluH, in
heat stopped ,h" work after pro
c.eding bat a few feet. ~~eleni,s. alum
and msgns-ic -ulphai. ia cry stalls wsr"
abundant. Prof Augb"y regards ths."
a. not volcanic ia the usual A.
c"pta'ion If he term. but simply tn"
result If local chemical action. Tn.
j. crsiac-s'us. The bluff -
bS caicic carbonate. f~nea;b
ar. are -hsl.- containing ierric bi-ul-
phids in cry -ial- "f pyr,e-. B-iD~ the
-hal. j. n -Dft Limestone. containing ear
II magne-Ia and alumina The
reactions con-squsn, upon n .
par' 81 Oh. -oil being soaked With Na;sT
it, fall toward the river. have b~sn
tn. decomposition 81 the pyrii~s. the
81 .ulphuric acid. and h.
attark Of tn. scid on the alkaline ear
.bona;.s The heat evolved in IN. FIR;
u ths.e r.S-;Ion- il. If cUur~. very
in ia. latter part III. violence 81
III. performance mu-t b- incrva-sd b.
III. liberation of carbonic anliyoirid-.
All the an;heniicai.i disturbance. ar
-a-ily explained. Prof Aughsy
io~- not GOMEZ; them with the earth
make. H. thinks the bluff might fur
li.h alum and other .slt- in quantities