Morris tribune., 1883-04-04

Not only have the farming operations
been Improbable, but the health of
the Inhabitants has been endangered
by noxious vapors arising from sewage
saturated land.
Prof. Koch has severely criticised the
experiments of Pasteur ON anthrax dis
ease, and contends that the value of
the process of protective vaccination
which has been SO extensively intro
duced in France has been greatly over
estimated by hasty and unscientific
conclu sions.
a small balloon, having capacity
of shout two gallons, is reported to
have travelled from Bercy, France, to
Grodno in Poland-a distance of
more than 1000 miles. This is the
longest all trip on record for SO small
an object.
The Belgian Academy offers prize
Of 5000 for the best treatise ON the de-
struction of fish by the pollution of
! rivers sent in before Oct. /, 1885.
From three stations in northern
Europe systematic observations and
measurements Of the aurora borealis
have been made throughout the winter,
aud one Of the observers at least-Prof.
Tromholt-confidently expects that
the comparison of the results VIII ch
" i'll soon be made will establish with
considerable eXactness the height
| above the earth at which this phenom-
enon occurs, thus solving another
perpleXing problem of science. Prof.
Thromholt has attempted several
time to photograph the aurora, but
.as failed to get trace of an image
upon even the most sensitive plates.
Prof. GRADER, Of Czernowitz, Austria,
has made long series of experiments
concerning the 'skin-visionn of ami
mails, and has proven that certain
species having no visual organs proper
such as the earth-worm-are not
only able to distinguish between diff
feFent quantities of light, but also mani
fest a decided preference for light of
certain colors.
Among the objects of the Swedish
Arctic expedition is the exploration
OF the interior of Greenland, and a
search for remains Of the Norsemen
whose settlements existed in that
country from about the year 1000 to
the end of the fourteenth century, and
ofWhose ultimate fate little or nothing
is known. 1t is expected that the ex-
petition will start in May, under the
command of Baron Nordenksiold.
At the age Of 81, Mons Chevreul, the
eminent Franch chemist, can look
back over an active scientific career of
probably greater length than has fallen
TO the lot Of any other man; and in
late address to the Franch Academy
he had occasion to refer toa COM
munication he had made to that BODY
nearly Il years before.
DR.. William Thompson, of Mel
bourne, shows by statistics that the
mortality from consumption is incre:.s-
ing in Victoria, the deaths having
been ll.49 to each 1000 inhabitant.
in 1871 and 1890 in 1881. He believes
that the disease was imported into.
the colony from abroad, and contends;
that consumption is never induced bv
conditions of the atmosphere or soil.
but is due to a specific parasitic poison
Consumptives derive benefit from sea-
voyages E:ge because they are constantly
exposed to an atmosphere unfavorabTe
to the development of the parasites.
The attention Of several observers
has been drawn to the prevalence of
partial deafness among pupils in
schools. The researches of DIR. GeIle,
who has had excellent opportunities
for studying the ear in young pers ons
and who has met with 400 cases of
deafness among SCHOLARS, indicate
that the hearing Of twenty or twenty
five per cent OF the children is weak
ened SO far as to affect their under
standing of lessons. This infirmity
has not been understood and the af-
hlcted ones appear dull and backward,
While their proper education suffers.
10 overcome as far as possible the eff
fects OF imperfect hearing, DR.. Gellt.
suggests: that the teacher should keep
well in sight and speak slowly and
distinctly; that school-rooms should
be away from disturbing sounds, while
stoves or hot-air currents should not
be placed in the centre of classes: and
that pupils should be seated with re-
ference to their hearing power, the |
deafest being placed nearest the |
teacher
In one particular instance which he |
has investigated, Herr Kultzleb has
found that the failure of clover crop
was caused by deficiency of easily
soluble potash in the soil, and not bv
parasites or lack of nitrogen or of
water.
An exchange tells the little folks to
try this: Take a common Irvine string
a yard long, tie the center around the
small part of tablespoon and wind
the ends around the fore fingers of
either hand, and hold the fingers in
the ears. Now swing the spoon until
it strikes the table or other hard SUBJ
stance and you will be surprised at the
result
The Jamestown alert not long ago
expressed its coincidence for the un-
fortunate people of the East in the fol-
lowing magnanimous words:
While the people down in the
States-New York for example-are
housed up by three feet and half of
snow, and SO cold that it freezes the