Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-05-19
SCIENCE.

4 On the authority of NJ. BOrdet, the
!. tar from cork Yields more hydrocarbons
t than tar from coal and less of oxygen.
{ ated substances than tar from hard
h woods.
, Notwithstanding the great emigra-
4 tiOn from Germany. the population oA
December |, 1880. was 45,194,172, as
/, against Il, 727 26O at the previous Cen
1 sus of 1875.
: Kiuc Oscar of Swcdep has iust cor.
| ferred decorations ON ProfnsSor Vir-
chow. DR. N0cbtical and Herr Will
liam Sclionlank in recognition of their
great services in the cause of COM
merce and geographical discovery.
,rhn cbiar of tbo Paris Fire Rrir,do
has recommended ;bof tbe liCbtinr of
large warehousrs Inv electricity he made
conr,,Isn,,, in orIor =, rro,ont . ro
cu,rrnco If sncb ~ dissstnr no tbe do.
sfrrcIion Ly fire. Of tho E,intemns es.
fabIishmonf
l., liz ,.,.o,,,,I.,., -, .i,o o,oo,,;o oro
IN ;n Rnnv GnIs fiat with n naIva.
nnnnr.rnf cregt resistance and single
rontort oner,tod Will the hand o,,r
NAV nrovG thn ,liffrrnnco of notontiaI of
thc rnrhone crnn twn-tanths nf a soc.
onJ ,rtnr the t,ss,tion oC tbe current
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t. iouliu sum ,'l''Is T,, ~ u,ueiso S'oW % oon
uHo..Vi , ~" :, a'|ii"" ra ,rh Uloso sann; li,'o
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% "'eiii'tI'y ~, ; i'u'''eu y! vlo oiBsi'
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nc oIu' ~ Il uuul' a9 'allssell % paS
o"i' ny PiW'uv"'S " P'lo'osrdS' Vi
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lItc u,!s oIu' lnc ST,caIle.l ,,!,up coliti. .,.
'''S ana SeaS VI our 7''eli,'e are eaSily
lce'Ncu anu l"tVty wen ue''ileu III
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William l.. Carpenter, III writing OF
'lslt tothc FAILS OF Niagara last win
: heartily SylnpalhlleS with hle I'M
2SSlon winch the SOUND OF the mighty
81 OF waters made upon Mr.. Scuyler.
10 thus concluded an article in Serb
'S; 81 nave spoken only OF the
ch and rhythm of Niagara. What
he quality OF its tone? Divine!
ere is no other word for tone made
fashioned by ;he infinite God.
eat it. there is 10 roar at all; it is
sub!imcst music upon earth.
icimann's Farbcr Ieitung no. AZ
rates the following accidental dis
cry: Ata Berlin feather-dyeing es'
Ilshmcnt an ostrich feather dyed Ill
dc5 with melhyl-VloIct was lald up
paper upon which some ammonia
.H been poured, but had dried up
in. Alter Il time The feather be-
lc partially green the green passing
lually into violet, and producing an
,,uaordinary effect. This reaction has
been turned to account in dyeing feath-
ers, and may, perhaps, be utilized in
making artificial flowers.
One of the most notable late achieve
ments in engineering has been the re-
floating Of the French iron-clad Rich
ellen in the harbor OF IoliIoll. III VIII
he remembered ihat ABOUT lle iaSI oi
December, leoV' ShG LOOK llLe anu was
scutlIed. Sllo was oro"Sb' 10 tne sur
lace agAlh ny renewing I'ti " an re-
Welgllly attachments ny
sealing all openings ana ny pumping
down AR To ulsplare 'Ile water III VIC
WhIIc thc water WAS
pumped oul. AnouV 'oo DarrclS' each
l,o" ll'FcS o' a'T' were "iSo
The French Academy OF Sciences ON
the llth of March again proposed The
prize Of lo,OOOf' for u me-
mor deemed most competent ITO review
the theory ol tIlc Sa'e'lteS ol jupiter, ~
discuss the observations anu ~ ue'uos s
the constants WIlIcn II .', cont1lnS' anu
thal WIliCh furnishes a vi,
rect discrimination Oh clle Neioclly o1
ilght, anu lastly 10 cohs'lUg. t,,' spcoial
IahleS iof eacl' Salsl''e' 1si"i'su ~
say i'll TINS age OF Keen 'Slrol'ohiical
research. TINS prlIe, wheh PropV'eu P,sl% III
1869, 1872, 1876 Io'h an" 1907 "'c'
with no response
Commander Allen d, Brown, of the
Torpedo Station, Newport, II. l., says
that on June II, 1873, at sea, 800 miles
south of Panama, he saw II man-of-
war hawk and school of bonitos in
pursuit of Il school of nyins-lish. As
one of the latter came out of the water,
hawk swOopcd down not fifty yards
from the ship, but missed his prey, inc
fish apparently turning from lis course
TO avoid him. a second attempt was