The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-22

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 SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
 For considerable time the hope has been warranted tAa, the principle of vac einasien might soon he put into prac- tice in combating various diseasss of mankind besides small-pox. The repost nov comes from Rsazil that i've pessons have been "vaccinated with the vir cf yellow fever ey Lr. Domiagos Freise, whc lately discovered the germs pecuhaS to this malady. The strength of the virus was reduced by successive eulsivaeioas h gelatine, and the material derived from the sssth generation was used for the in- oculAticns. The inceclaied individuals were attacked with a mild form of symp- toms characteristic of yellow fever. ln- ocutated guinea-pigs and rabbits had the mild symptoms, and were subsequently, proof against the dcseAsc in any degree of siruienee.
 As machines animal bodies are greatly superior to artificial engines. The steam engine. according ,o Mir. F.. jousIirt. IS capable ct conse,ting into work iess than ten per cent. of the total energy repre- senied by its fuel the cannon gives ses. cn,sen per cent. the human body twenty one per cent; and the bodies of some Of the lower animals, especially of insects. a much greater percentage.
 The ineandeseent elcctnc light has been very successfully employed by Lon. don surgeons in performing delicate op- era,lons upon the eye.
 \ Inst of the reptiles and has,sachians oi Illinois. prepared by Messrs. \. ;. Dav.s and F. l.. Riee, includes 7a species oi the former and !, of the latter, or nearly one -th,rd of the tofms iound m the nacd states.
 X coating of peroxide q. lead is iound by Nj. (. Widemann to e,ve cheap, pet- ieet and durable insulation to telegraph and telephone wires
 \ ehronemeter bouowed nom the British government by Aaios-t .cneral rennani has shown changes m its rate Of running which have not been produced by variations of temperature, b1, wh., h prove to have been ooinedent with changes Tn the humidity of the atmos. phcie. In raiLy weather the rate has been considerably slo~ CT than during diy periods. and General Tennant supposes that ihc moisture has thinned the o,l on the asles ei the balance, reducing fric- .,on, and causing the wheel to swing through larger arc. Another view Is ,ha, the chronome,ei m, having been very clean the dus, and dirt abou, the aSles. and not the oil. have been ef fe, ted by the humid ar.
 bI. James Croll oppos<s the ,hcoi, thA, inc ise shee, which perpe,ually GOV CTS so large a part ef Greenland is a con sequence of the elevation st the land. as no interior mountain range nor very high land has been reported. He regards as very probable the opinion, expressed by Glekeeke and b, Dt. Robert Brown. that the country ls really collection of islands fused together by ice. He also oons,h- CTS ,ha, the Antafeti. continent, like Greenland, compilses A number of rather lo~ islands. bound together by an ice snee, covering sn area ot obout 800 oso square miles.
 The cath \ magnetic pois, according to teesn, lecture al tlssgo~ by Prof Ihompson. IS now more than ,ooo miles ~e1 oi the geographical pole, near the penlDsula of l.oothia ftht. the most northern par, oi ihe mainland of North AmsimA The magnetic poie, moving from poInt to inc eastward, Ieaa he'd the true notsh m lGs5. son,inuing wes,~afa II reached rs faIihea hunt ln Sib it s no~ moving easi~ and, and in ty7h the magnetic needle may be expected ,o point agsin due north
 The ruins oi an anolent Roman city have been discovered near the gulf oi Ca bes, m Tunis. by Lieutenant Masse. nat
 \ remarkable phenomenon was lately obsersed at kaf,ngon. Sweden. During 4 perfectly cslin evening violent whirl wiDd arose from the southeast, when A brIllisnt meteor suddenly appeared in tho erish, a,eled to the nosthwest and burst near the hor,1on. A the meteor disapps Ared the ~,nd qu,okiy ceased, the whole phenomenon lasting only abou, sixty seconds.
 While on the ice of Greenland last sufnmer. Baron Nordensklold's party es- perisnosd no, only snow blindnsss. snh shith af.iie travellers arc ,o familiar, bG, also A painful biis,erIng of the sk,n ef The face. produced by the sunshine Il. the dry, transparent and thin ar. The bbs,ers caused ihe skin of the nose, ears and cheels ,o peel of in large patches. Thts 14s repeated several tunes during the journey oi the party, and the pam A. sseIeased by the effect of the cold morn ing ar OF the ne~ly formed skin. The sun has no similar effee, in the uop.es.
 Arrangements have been completed for an international exhibition al Edin- burgh. ln iss.. so include everything per tanning to forestry.
 4 Norwegian specuIzios short time ago conceived the idea that whales Hesh. Of which immense quantities arc wasted. .s...xk4 kx zxd saaalL .eA fr.<.A