Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30
sCINTILLATIONs OF SCIENCE.
Curiosities and Discoveries I'm the World of
Progress.


Wales. Even twenty years later the
only minerals which had been worked
there were coal shale, gold, copper,
and antimony; but since 1871 tin, sill
yer, iron, led, asbestos and bismuth
have been added to the list.
For the last twelve months it is Off
cially estimated that the fish caught
on the coasts of Scotland amounted in
value to more than 6,430, 600, the
herring fishery alone making fully
$40, ,267, $50. The fishery industry of
that country supports a population
numbering more than half million.
Grapes Go not grow well in New
Zealand in the open air except in few
sheltered situations. The climate is
too humid and equable. The winters
are too warm to ripen the wood, and
the summers are not hot enough to
mature the fruit. The consequence i.
that the most of the grapes to be had
IN the market there must be either inn
ported or grown under glass.
Regarding the alleged gold discov-
cries in Assam the superintendent of
the Geological Survey of India writes:
''There is no doubt that the Lakhjm-
pur or Sabansiri region is, and has
long been, gold producing, but, from
all can gather, very little more so
than other washing grounds in the
peninsula. 1t is, however, a question
whether increased working would
show an increased outturn of gold
which would last for any time, and the
determination of this problem may, |
think, be advisedly left to private en-
terprise."
The railway up the Drachenfels has
been completed at a cost of $50, 900.
Its length Is 1,522 meters, the upper
end 222 meters above the starting
point, and the mean gradient in g.
Rack railways, according to the en-
glneer, are not now uncommon, though
the tlrst was constructed but a few
years ago up the Righi by M. Rigen-
bach. They comprise those worked
wholly by engines gearing in the rack,
and those worked either bv locomo-
tives which have rack as well as COM
mon gear, or by two kinds of locomo-
tives
Ground air says Mr.. G.. II. Robe. is
simply the atmospheric air which had
penetrated in;o the interstices of the
soil and taken part in the various de-
compositions going on there. In con-
sequence of these chemical actions
the relative proportions of the oxygen
and caboic acid in the air are changed,
oxygen disappearing and giving place
to carbonic acid. The researches of
FadOr have demonstrated that the
proportion of carbonic acid in the
ground air may be taken as an approx
innate measure of the impurity OF the
soil whence the air is taken.
doe kangaroo, when hunted and
hard pressed, says Mr.. j. II. Wheel
right, will throw the young one out of
the pouch into any handy clump of
scrub or tussock of grass. The joey"
accepts the situation, and makes him
self as small as ever he can; in fact, in
looking for him, all you ever can see
are his bright eyes. Young kangaroos
seem to possess exactly the same in
stinct as the calves of wild or semi
wild cattle, that of concealing them
selves. Young kangaroos soon adapt
themselves to circumstances, and
make themselves comfortable at the
bottom of the pocket of jacket.
In the report of the Peabody Museum
1T is stated that a human molar tooth
of the Trenton gravels was discovered
by DIR. c. &. Abbott at a place where
paleolithic implements have been
brought to light from time to time
AS the tooth is rolled and well worn it
is supposed to be of the same age as
the ancient tools. Some little skepti-
cism was entertained regarding the
g