Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-07
SCIENTIFIC.

The skull Of species Of bear which
Is described as being entirely new to
naturalists has been found in we'll
known cave i'm the French department
governmental divisiOn) of Ariege.
Efforts TO acclimatize the ibex in
Switzerland have met with success to
this extent, that herd turned out i'm
the Canton of the GrisOns last year
have passed the winter uninjured and
i'm good health.
At the spring flower show of the
Royal Horticultural Society, London, n
great cluster of bread-fruit, swollen by
the action of the electric light, was
exhibited by DIR. Siemens. the we'll
known physicist.
Salt beds underlying Port Clarence,
opposite marlborough. in the North
Of England, have recently been reached
by boring 10 depth of one thousand
and forty-three feet. The deposit is
believed to DC very extensive and inn
mensely thick, and will probably be
come the source Of a large commercial
supply Of salt.
Systematic observations of the auro-
m were carried on during lS7S-lS79 at
one hundred and thirty-two stations in
Northern Europe. under the superyis-
ion Of Herr FromhOlt, of Bergen, i'm
Norway. In report upon the results,
he suggests that there is probably n
connection between aurOrgl displays
and the phases Of the moon. lie has
observed no noise accompanying the
aurora, nor does he find any established
relation between the aurora and the
weather or the variations of the mag
netic needle.
An improved heating apparatus for
sanitary purposes has been patented
by Mr.. William Mcdonald, Of Allegheny
City, Pa The object of this invention
is ~ supply ut small cost an effective
apparatus Of simple construction, for
the sanitary use of heating. ventilation,
and disinfectiOn Of buildings, public
and private. sewers. drains. and vaults,
isolated. sick. or other apartments,
water-closets and mines, TO be used
either solely MS heater. disinfector,
and ventilatOr. or for outdoor use rs n
disinfecting ventilatOr alone.
On the Andaman Islands, i'm the BAY
Of Bengal. new tribe of natives has
lately been discovered. They are ex-
cessivcly timid. live far within the for
ests, and for this reason have remained
So long unknown. The ordinary Anda-
man Islanders are classCd among the
lowest Of savagcs, but no published ac-
n L. m
themselves, do not indicate how they
compare with the other inhabitants in
mental development. Their Weapons.
utensils and language, however, are
stated To DC different; and they have q
custom Of painting their bodies with
earthly pigments Of various colors.
The meeting of the French Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
ut Alg.ers In April was rather more
festive than philosophical. Although
the roll Of members proposing To attend
comprised fifteen hundred names, but
few OF these were well known i'm scien-
tiiic circles and there Is reason To be-
licvo that mary of them represent per-
sons who sought cheap pleasure trip
Ia Algeria rather than any addition to
what knowledge of science they may
have possessed. On the first day of
tine sectional meetings, the average
number Of persons i'm attendance i'm
each section did not exceed ten. Ban
quets, balls and excursions appear Ia
have been the more Characteristic fca-
lures of the meeting as u whole.
At 70 Conversations Of the Society of
Telegraph Engineers on the occasion of
Professor lIelmholtz's recent visit 10
London. Mr.. Latimcr Clark exhibited
nm unpublished letter from Sir Isaac
Newton. Of remarkable interest. IL
WAS written to DIR. Law, of Suffolk,
from London, on December 10, ZIG
and contains the following passage: 81
have been much amused 10y We singular
phenomena resulting from bringing of
needle into contact with piece of
amber or resin fricated on silke clolhe
-ye flame putteth me in mind of sheet
lightning ON small (how very smalD
scale" Here, says Engineering. New.
ton recognizes the similarity between
the electric spark and lightning. and
seems To anticipate the great discovery
Of Franklin.
"SOiling" rs from an old French word,
which means the feeding of green. lax.
alive food To cattle and horses. and
such green stun was considered rs
much In the light of medicine as of
food. Animals that were out of condi.
ton were "soiled" for their health
Tho term has come To be used rs mean.
ing the feeding Of animals mt the stable
instead Of the pasture, and green feed
OF some kind Is generally supposed Ia
bc given. Strictly no other can be fed
under u sOiling system. We seeno i'm.
propricty In using the term soiling in
connection with feeding ensilare IN
winter. Ensilage is green food pre-.
served more or less perfectly in its
green state, and is undoubtedly a Iaxa
tive food compared to many kinds OF
dry folder.