The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-03-30
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Eastern Scieatist.l
A French chsn:iss proposes inoculasin2
vines which with tbs phsnol poison IS &
protection froEa tks phyllozera Plants thus
treated are rot attacked by the phylloxera,
and tina inoculstion process does nos iHjure
tho vines.
Various means have been tried by the
sugar planters Of the West Indies to reduce
iaraage the sasages Of rass, which cause
great damage in ths cane-feila. The most
effective ras-dcstroyer has bssa ths mum
goose, small Eost ladiaa animal. Nine
nuugooses w.rs intTsluced iato fanatics in
1879; and ths orssturss hsvs 10 Haaltipiists
that sse now sb1ndsns throaghoass the
island, wills soao prospect that they may
increase 60 as 10 bsceuss = pess themselves.
AZ rrssess ID ia estimated shss they sa7e
the planters Of the Inland more than $780,
0G0 yess.
In the new work On the habits Of animals
Mr.. Arthur NicoIs gives shis observation On
the love daaces of the gaudy king lorJ: I'm
few minutes ne flew On to a tree well with
in range 0; the biuocriar, and shortly after
word felnale joined him in answer TO his
call. The swine wa, ardent, the dansel
coy, they fitted from branch to branch, and
whenever she p.rched he circlsd round her,
threw himself underneath she branch, and
swung to and fro with out-spre:.i wings dis
playing the full glory Of his scarles breast.
Ia every movements, whether ca the wing or
swaying at she end OF q bough, he studied
to present in th. moct effective MANNER the
brillisnt stlornments Of his plumags. $50 l
do not think il possible for any oae who
had seen this little episode in bird heo TO
nave resisted the sonclusioa that the male
vas conc.ous Of his beautiful breast, and
- adopted the best rnethol OF showing it
by swinging himself beneath ths brauch,
whence the female could look dowa and al
miro the display"
The great herring fiaheries of Norway are
to be studisd from numerical standpoints.
by a government commissioner appointed
for that purpose.
signor Pavesi has shown that diluted nj
tromuristio acid i, an excellent preservative
agent, in which meat and other animal sub
stances may be kept unaitered for years.
From table prepared by Dr.. Won Bogu-
Iswski 80 show The greatsss sruatworthy
ocean sounding, made up to 1882, il appears
that the deepest water WIS found in the
northern Pacific in 1914, by commander Bel
KNAPP of the Tusoarora Ths depth recorded
was about fivs and ons-third miles. In the
Japan Sea Commander Thompson Of the
Challenger measured in 1875, depsh Of five
and one fifth in she North Atlantic Com
mander Mares of s}is Challenger reached, in
1873, nearly fvs miles; and in the CARR
bean Sea Commander Barsless of the Blake
made sounding of nearly four miles, in 1880.
According to an ass-rtiaa made to the
French Academy of Sciences by Mons Eouley
the Arasrican pork imported into France
alaoss Invariably costains srishinas.
The Bo tree Of th. sacrsd city or Amara
poora, in Durrnah, IS the oiiest tres OF
which any records exist. A stsse'nst,t
which Sir Jams, Emerson Tonnens shows
to be well founded ptac~s it's Gse as 2,l70
years, and references have beea made to ! {
in historic documents dating as far back as
older, sf,ecinsa, Of Africs and California
having a computed ags of 5000 ye1rs, but
there is no certain evidence shat sach is the
case.
A Frenchman has discovered on the Afr;-
esn coast spider which spins long firm
web clossIy resembling yellow silk in sp
pearance and nearly equal to tho products of
the silk worm In quality. The new siik pro
ducer viii probably b. introduced into
Frs nca, e1perin,ensally at least.
Since 1853, when the irss balloon of the
Montg5ifier broshers ascendea iato the air.
no material advances has baen nalo toward
3 solution Of She problem OF aerial naViga-
tioa, although IKE century hrs been 3 period
Of unprecedented scientific and mechanical
progress. The barreunsss Of results in this
field cannot be attributed 10 lack OF inter
est or theorizing for sas su5ject has received
much atteation, aaI we are now told that
during 1882 no less than go proposals, re-
Iating principally to shs stesrage OF balloons
were nads to the German Asronan.;cal soci-
ETY., bat none of thsse schemes offered sug-
gsstions likely to prove OF any considerable
value. It is not at all impossible, however,
that some coming Edison may s5tacb she
problstx in practical wsy ard show she
world something new about sailing through
the air.
A milk white raven has been placed in |
The Berlin aquarium. Exc.ps its strange
hues, including pale pink eyes snd red legs. |
L is like other ravens, and was taken from
\ brood of coal black broshers and sisters. |
Its appearance atIthe aquarium caused a
panic OF terror among the other birds, which |
seemed to recognize the abnormal character
of their new companion.
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Of type and printing material sufficient in |
many things to furnish bountiful supply |