Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-04-05

the latter accompanied by two Engh.
astronomers, hope to witness the tota
eclipse Of May 6, from small islands il
the South Pacific. A special effor
will be made to discover any plane
which may exist nearer the sun thar
Mercury, and the unusual duration o
this eclipse, nearly Elk minutes-wil
greatly favor the observers ia theil
search.
After series Of interesting expert
nents n Paris. Nous. P. P. Deherain
has concluded that while the radiation.
from an electric arc lamp may main
tain nature plants in vegetation for q
considerable time without aid from the
sun, the light is not sufficiently power
fal to cause the growth of terminating
seeds or allow Of the maturing of fruit
On the older plants.
Mons. Jansen has found the high
desert plateaux Of Algeria to have an
atmosphere 20 remarkably clear that
the moons Of Jnpitsr are visible to the
aaked eye.
A new book Of Siberian travels men
tions that the native winter fishermen
stir up the surgeons, which lie censrs.
gated in the muddy hollows of the riv.
ora Irish, by dropping redhot Jumps
Of clay through holes in the ice. The
heat rousss the fish, which rise, swim
up the atresm and are caught by spring
lines previously set for them.
A prize Of about $3.50. has been Of.
fered by the Agricultural Society, Of
Breslau, for cheap, easily applied and
effective destroyer Of feld-mice, propos.
als to be sent in before September.
Baron Nordsqrkjold is to undertake
N Attic expedition to North Green.
land.
The excavation Of Pompeii was be.
gun in l74S, and about two -ff.hs Of
the city have since been brought to
light, giving to the modern world a re-
narkable monument Of ancient civiliz-
etien. This work has also shown
something Of tho nature and extent Of
the catastrophe which overwhelmed
Psnpeii. The destruction was not
caused BY lava, but BY burial ia : rain
Of ashes and ciDders frsm Vesuvius.
The larger part Of the inhabitants had
time to escape, but there is good rea-
son to believe that over 100 persisted
about 450 bodies having thus far been
found. It was . happy thought Of
firelli. some twenty years ago, that by
pouring plaster Of paris in the moulds
left in the soft ashes casts might be
made Of the victims in the attitudes
n which they met their death. This
plan has been carried out since then
whenever human remains have been
discovered, and the result is that an
extraordinary collection Of portrait sta
tles Of the men and women Of eigh.
teen centuries ago is now being made.
The archasologists are not only restor-
ing the stage, but they are alss bring
ing before as the actors in the terrible
Roman tragedy of August 70.
Herr Wagner has found that the
application Of phosporic acid to soils 81
ready rich Is not always desirable; and
IN excess Of the acid may Especially
h DRIP loiD prove actually injurious,
probably BY Fastening the death Of the
plants organs Of nutrition.
Tyadall has supposed the color of the
- 70 be due to. reflection by the
waters Of the blue rays Of sunlight, red
rays being transmitted. Were this
visw correct the light which passes
through the water must Be red, but
Mona Spring Of the Belgian Academy,
fnds that such is not the CASE, Q dis
tinctly blue color being seen through q
long tabs Of pur. water.
Attempts have been made by vari
oas delicate experiments to measure
the time which elapses between the
moment when . persons sense of touch
sight or hearing is excited, and the
moment when he indicates by signal
that be has become conscious Of the
sensation. Mons. Beaunis, of Nancy,
has Of late been trying to determine
the length Of the interval-or reaction
time" so-called-in the case of smell.
With ten Substances he has obtained
determinations ranging from 81 hun
dreths Of second for amonia, and 46
for aOstic acid, to 63 for mint, and 81
for carbolic acid. With musk he has
been unable to fix precisely the mo-