The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-01


Tho total nssf5or VI spccies d Ans
tralian fsncs thus Tar csecEibed n ~
ported 20 be LIS.
Tho 6rst authentic LIST Of the mann
mails Of Now Brunswick has last been
published il includes 48 spccioa.
Tho number Of flowers produced By
the palms IS astonishing. NOT less than
1000 having been counted in . spathe
Of tho date. and 207.000 In one of .
species Of Alfonsia.
French genius has added 70 its long
list OF electrical novelties sn amusing
toy In tho shape Of IN artificial insect
which moves it, wings when m electric
current is passed through II
RABBITS are said 70 b increasing IN
AmfrsliA with astonishing rapidfty.
and they Aayc become SO destructive to
cropst6at scsls1mee for their extermi-
nation ara row basas discussed.
Tho perccpstbis earthquakes Of tho
civilized world ars estinisieL~t to aver
age in number 10 psg aununA Slight
t-cmors. detected by dslicale fastru-
ments. are everywhere ~nufreroua
Continued observations made since
the year 1875 Is the Maedon obscrva-
tory have confirmed tho conclusion
that tho rings OF Saturn arc extremely
variable. and GO not retain q fixed
form.
Tho feat OF sending q telegram
through 7.Qo0 miles Of wire has inst
been achieved. Tho message was
transmitted from Calcutta to London.
and the signals woro received 1T the
rate of about twelve words q minute.
a most effective remedy against pull
monary consumption is alleged to have
been found in aluminium and its CON-
pounds. The, discoverer bases his
opinion on experiments made upon
rabbits as well Rs on experiments in
his medical practice.
NJ. VI. j. Knowles has exhibited TO
the London Anthropological Insaiutea
clipped fin. implement. which he
found in Undisturbed boulder clay in
Ireland. end which no therefore re-
CARDS as evidence Of tho existence Of
man in the glacial period.
Microbes arc those microscopic
pian:s which abound everywhere ard
cause disease and decay. They include
the ger,as CT cholera, measles, diph-
:herie. etc, as well "a those which
Cause an apple to roL, Il dish Of pre-
serve 10 mold. or pan Of milk 20 be-
come sour. All forms oi bacteria anG
m~icrococci arc microbes.
A Cylinder OF Gas.-At q recent
meeting Of the Berlin Physical Society.
Prof. LNndo.t exhibited solid cylinder
of cnrDOnic ncid, which NO had made
TN hour before by hammeriug flakes Of
the solid acid in a cylindrical vessel.
The hammered mass Of solidifed gas
rescmbled common chalk. and could
DO touched by the hand.
MI. c. Reid. Of the British Geologi-
cal Survey contends tina. tho formation
Of soil cannot have been wholly due 10
the weatheriug Of the underlying
rocks, since a good soil must contain 3
mixture Of materials from different
rocks. The mixture mus: have been
effected. in high places as least by the
action ri winds IN distributing dust.
Ir. s. ii. Trowbridge has described
n shovci-nosed sturgeon. taken from
tho Missouri river, whose Dyes were
concealed by q complete overgrowth
Of skin. Mr.. Yrowbridge suspects that
the entire species is becoming sight
less, as these surgeons now have eyes
smaller than those of most fishes,
while their life in mud must make
sight rs unnecessary to them as TO the
blind fishes Of caves.
Food for Babes.-The manufacture
of artificial human milk is growing into
an industry in England. 1t is made
from pure cows milk. which is first
boiled to destroy al! germs. then treat
ed with a digestive ferment called
~pancreatine. by which artificial diges-
ton Is produced. and is finally brought
to the arn constitution III human milk
by the uso Of diluted acids for precipi-
Eating tho excess Of albumen. Sick
children in hospitals have been fed on
this product and have gained most
rapidly in health and weight