The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29

AT certain seasons q kind Of 6sh e...,
in Bombay is liable to contain very ST.
worms, 10 which the natives often ssr.;h.
cases Of cholera, and several cases OH.
disease among Europeans have fol.o.e5
fish supper.
Two OF the known comets of shor. Ne.
nod arrive at perihelion in 3d.. A.
rests on January 9Th, aud Brorsea',
about September. For several mor,ns
astronomers have been unsuccesss.lIy
watching for the former, and il is prooa.
bic that II may pass unseen at tbs re-
turn.
A novel and interesting application a,
electricity has been introduced AZ II.
court opera At Vienna. The effec. ~
swarms Of 6refiies fitting about troo,e.l
forest is produced in q strikingly reasisn-
manner BY the plan Of suspending ,,ny
incandescent lamps by fne swim nm
wires, the flashes Of the artificial firelies
being caused by rapidly switching he
current on and of.
1t seems that the injurious effects some
times resulting from the use OF ca..ei
foods are not always due to the presence
OF lead in the cans. AT a late incues,
near London medical evidence was gwen
to the effect that death had been caused
by eating salmon which had been oo,..
oned through decomposition by mate
OF tin formed by the action of the o-e-
served FISH on the tin of the can corr
hight.
Mr.. X. w. Jenkins, OF Ceylon. reoor..
that in the mountain districts OF u
islands the volcanic explosions of ksaSa-
toa were distinctly heard. although -
miles distant. The sounds resemble
those OF heavy cannon al distance o.
few miles. or OF dynamite rock-blas,irg !.
mile or SO away. Prof. K. A. rroc:e-
supposes that the sound waves were or
veyed through the earth's crust. ana n:
through the air
From experiments upon dogs. Lew
chew and klikowitch have conclude
that the effect of ordinary na:-ra.
mineral waters is TO increase ne
quantity of bile and to make
it more fluid and watery. This increased
flow is beneficial in freeing the gall oiad-
der from stagnant bile. The action Of
artificial solutions of alkaline salts. as
we'll as Of hot water. was found - 5e
similar to that of the natural m,ae-..
waters.
The work of the municipal labo.a:o.y
at Paris in testing food substances res4.:s
in some interesting disclosures. |. s.as
lately revealed the fact that spurious i.a..
aavors are extensively made and SOLD -
that city, the iavors OF the strawberry
pineapple, melon. apple, Fear. chsriy.
plum, apricot and peach being success
fully initiated by artificial chemical cen
pounds. A so-called gooseberry ell,
was examined, and proved to have See.
made from sea-weed
Among the scientific results OF :
Greenland expedition Baron Nordensk-
jeld mentions the discovery that, cor
trary to the general belief. the west -oas;
of Greenland is washed by cold wate.
while greatly heated current COMM
from the south runs along the east coas:
at short distance emily from the shore
This current must exercise a grea. IN.
fluence on the climate of the east coas..
which may be more moist. but. ir The
Baron's opinion, not colder than tea. o.
the west coast.
A kind of timber found buried in We.
low clay in China, near the horde. Q.
Thibet, is stated BY Mr.. f. Colborne B,-
Der, of the British legation at pekia. 70
be held in high esteem as a material 10,
collins, on account of the resistance :: OF
fers to decay and insec, ravages. A single
coffin made from its planks is valued a.
an equivalent of three hundred pound,
sterling. Unfortunately Mr. Baber aas
been unable to give any information eon-
corning the botanical character OF ne
subterranean wood.
A remarkable feature of the two safe.
lites OF Mars, which were discovered
about six years ago by Prof. Asaph Hal
IS the proximity Of the inner one to .he
planet. its distance from the centre OF the
latter body being about 5000 miles. and
from the surface less than 1000 al.
say Prof. Newcomb. there are any
astronomers on Mars with telescopes and
eyes like ours, they can readily ind OF.
whether this satellite is inhabited, me
distance being less than one-six,,e:n
that of the moon from US.
In an attempt to trace invention to is
origin in the mind Of primitive man, Co.
F. A. Seely, Of the United States pa,en:
office, remarks: Obviously. archaeology
can find no trace Of a remo,er age thar
that Of stone: but mistrus, tina, the
thoughtful anthropologist will accep, the
evidence of earlier ages, one Of which.
taking one of its perishable materials a:
the type of all, we may call the age O!
wood. Still farther back must lie an age.
as indefinite in duration as any, wher
man existed in his rudest condition. with
out arts Of any kind. except such as be
employed in common with lower animals
and this is the true primitive period.
In preliminary paper read before
recent meeting of the London Pa,holoS.-
cal society, Mr.. Sutton and DR.. Heneaye
Globes described an investigation no-
being made by them into tuberculosis Of
birds. They find that the disease is very
prevalent, among birds. and that il some
times becomes epidemic The effects CO
not exactly correspond to those pro-
duced in man by consumption, bat the
parasite present in both cases seems e