The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-03-27


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Scientific 1aGnl 1ANv :
"A recent eour.. 81 exnerinant.
made 10 determine t,e he.4ino pover q
o.. .how. tb.4 an 5cnh; f,nt 4. r.,.,,,,.-v
.;r1..,.ce,d,o ooa1 -.,, ,a.-..-.. 90
heet units. whi,o v.t.r -. v;1I..;..
o.lv. ahouf Ia unit /. ~ r,s.,., s,.,y -
.ia II the. aistrfbution of
IDlant. bys sbriupinr dovn d th1 'v.Ilav.
| the seed. which acc;denta1lv f.n ;nto
the ratar Tim. tl,,, .onths.,. 49,. =
the Baltic are visited .....,.. ,r.,e,,
rev in the inferior of narm.pv ..a
| the !, western shore. Of the Atlant,c hv
aa.a. 4hot ..n.~...,4 :, ~. ,.,...;a.sv ,,.
Americ. q more renark h,e sy,c1. !. that
fha Gulf Stream haa convAvo.1 -. N,
western coa.t Of Enrope thu, .f,n;t. .r,,
seeds Of plants which .re intliannou. q,
America in .ueh : ..t.ka that thew m;.ht
have yeoetated under favorable c,und;.
tious Of climate and. soil. A.sss =h
Dams estimates the upward ipcrea.,,
Of coral reefs to la IN avera0e r.te of On
eighth Of an inch : v..r .t.,wh;eh .=%....
more than 100 Oof, wear. = a.t shav. 1,..,
/ 'occnn;a5 n tha fnr,, t;o,, - !. ..f 1, nnn
feet in thickness.
An examination va. lately made. ~
quantity Of butter taken from aa s,s-
! baster vase found in mn Egy,tian tomb.
II had evidently been melted and poured
into the vase. which had then 1,een
sealed. After . 500 year. tle l,nttcr h,,,.ds
become only slightly rancid and l,n,d
fully retained the ..lr,,,;c,l s,,,,,,.....,;a.
taste aud es,,sr.f a,,,,carane. 81 sr,,,iine
butter.
IN the Asbmolean Nfnsenn, Il f,rfara
ID one Of the Oldest man ,,,n.,,ta IL c;,v;;lli.
zation n exi.tence. T. ind1ad Il j. srott
the yery Oldest. Il i. tl,as Intel. ..tnna y
q toni, which. formed. -, lat ,,,.t,,.
place Of nm Official who lived II th. t;,..
Of king Sent of the .ecopd p.vn.,,,,
dynasty, whose date is plac.d ,ly II
Mariette more than .ix thou.aDd wear.
ago. The stone is covered COW, With hero
glyphics and delicate and fini.hed sculn- n,
ture. III.
5-Amona matters of nrehi.tortc .ret..#
oloQy which of late have attr.cfed a.tfta,n,.,
ton in Germany are the ! hixh.ne,.,.p
OF = heather. .fisld, n where the 'm.rk. Il
ancient tillaee are traced on 4. Ground a,a,,d
now waste or fare.t-oro,vn rhs.. -, e
semble tho aelf-bnrrow,.s II scot1,nd
but in neither couultry ID. ,be olds iagr,.
cultural race tbeen iden}ihsd ts,.f ~
a-srel1;.h ,rnAt.o,<, ,,.,.,,.t.. 49,. 49,
nished material for unlinif..1 .n.eh,.t,o,;;
by preparing ! catalopue Of m. .nror..
seen tinrinp the space 81 mora mn ,ihr..a
centuries-thats is. from 1.s,36 q fs71 T,,A-
record shows that In the .Der;od .iftonha.
liza to 1893 auroras. were. ol,1rryaa -,
4,245 nights. .,.,; t...4 .stgs.tl ffss
1 The lifo Of Mafuk..who lived, ..o,..,
time at Dresden, is among, the no.s .an,g
structive Of ape biographies. :. ill..tr.-@
ting tho, striking Intelligence Of the an.
tlropoid. knowing how to nnlnck ha,
cage with the kew. she stoIe and hid Il
for future use she took the c.rn.n1tla,,r.,., -
brad-awl and l,orad l,ole.. .,;4h . th....,,,
her own table when nonr;.v a,;.l.
nom rom Jug into her b eun .hs Womb co.,.
fully stop short of oyartl,ino 4 H.-
death hall m a1mo.f hnu.,,, ,,stha.. .h.
threw her at1ns around IL. n, necI - n. tha
director Of tho garden !: Herr 8 scbnxipulfi lb,xiulf Z
kiased him. and nntt; har h.n,a i, III. b
lay down aud died. ~ zsssssss='a
by means of delicate ,nieroul,or1.
Prof. Milne, .sof Ohio. japan! detects
shocks Of earthauake - fpahl.. -. -, b.
unnoticed by other ;n.trnment.
1.-The mslstly eornmonlv rnownts =
tho cholers OF fowls is eassed 81 !.
minute living organism In itS ue4tr.l
state this organism ID yerv fatal I,.,t Inv
peculiar mode Of .culture NJ. ,p..tenr.
the French chemist. alaime - 4. .l.1.. =,
greatly reduce its yirulenee. n fo~l.
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