The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-04-26
lCoTtiitf for Ts< 6ykzzscar Trasslsr. SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

' ai'ed eGt ia ltaly for several centuries.
 Mons 'i.!efnoz, a Frenef. horticul. iur4st, a-s me, aiih remark .ble srccess IF iFe'.ing sickly plants with warm !, ..,er. t $ supposed Ina, .he GArsa water washes eer'~'a injurious acid substance away ifaal the rooiS. thus removing the -alse oi Inc weakness oi the plants.
 Dr. Percy Pope, m English physician n1ainiains that diptkena Is prode ed by some lnfteeaee ol he soii. as nc rcds sas.i II ehiei'v occurs among dweilers on Clay lie thinks that observations which have been made lntle-ie sthat .ae cle> nay foster germ when wi. cause :f : scaSc.
 As l-.el: of h,s extensive. ex9eFlsacs IT bmldin. compressed ar locomotive fer European mines. Colonel baaaInort .t.''es that one ee6ic iaoi ef ai. tn ger ii pressure cf tooo pounds 70 sac Inc squT T- n ' vii convey . had a, .hres feEs distance oi one mic en -i.g ot he eallie-y tracks.
 Ire government geologis, ot Australia gi'-s ar f7s'anec Q! apPate~t silci6c b. a fe3oua3s bi. k snake wntzA had J.ca 'ean 'cd md was ; FIi.s,d 5y arts. The fept-c ait tsei .ai z. ard dica II '. n t;'-e;s tltS lsn venom A. s,Ases ssas ore ti D. iaea h.s d. fred aisa sA4t fese-tl VI Aussf.a .sa ,, der e.,ll inv..ri- 'z.s tae fs~ii ..a,' die | t . oinnea te 'h- ;ta4ie hg ; ioskel i1l;.
 k~c slrse;s halta ecn.ury aso. sssrs aa,fi a-fins dfa@n ;he attention at t..r =, I ..sao-my ni = eice n .ae .gs: t' a s-frs e bt ii;ant ~ |. h,, s-.s n.4.. s-'fea n Ectee- n fe3i. Mons. T.s. s.7dicr has felHiei oa: hal th,. etfec,s were I.feeeara !, ,See s- .--.,.,- volcanic eruption. which occurred in lie S' ilian sea af , caused a large iuanu,y oi inc ash-s ;o Le thrown h.th mo The ar.
 Aa English writer states that the rhian shan range of mn.utains in Central Asia l. twenty i've times IS Urge as tAe Swiss Alps. coftIng an area equal 70 France ana Sp.in m eXt,nt, aat. fora.!ng | pro- iaper~ns upon ihe etr | s-riaee con- sieerlbly eiel'cf than the agsresalc of aii the mounia.ns af Europe ThIs re- mafkable r@nec is opposed ;o have no tess than 6,-2o slaiefs ai. . l: ms SLOW 2fis'ses mic n lonf.h nd more than q hun s1ed i,ct r 'iis>a5ss.
 Ear.h Ga,nses, III \ era Near B sna he +, ,ei .,.if. ar s ,eaa;1ip aaesa 5eo ice i =eat#V S..l- t1.s. 90 ss !, s.aas considerable .zti,N
 a-trs .e'mta fos a5 1,s h4s, o.hef Lii V, zae .s..s!ty ts# gnsicr.one1 eaa- ef..t=s. eh se IT a..1,15 Slti1..4 |. esft1rss. n .eSe iesE :. sH5 aa.. eaz.f' .aa1t ee.1 .szies .he fe ! .5zs ei NSsa ia"R haze b,s,. ,>ts4s aa...nr n ! ide lake uIa ro. ~ Il .ile .ssize ' nc Roman ocegp -.la1. ud that .retaRl has probably sunk n Jae .ne maarcf = t#e mo4a:..ia r. F N mixing.
 AHira.a N9.'ve Voices in Ge,rn4ay.- iis. u, ,reli about a laSe a spe Eine hefas .ph mo tas E,eslor ni .afr.ea ior .ac pdfposc ol nx.rP he speech anu meiot.ies oi haaerto - >r own tribes. Ii sGcee. siui, C 3'ii io-vard the inderted psonoetapE plates !o Eer'n. where ,e-- man scientific ineG wlil place taer, upon a oupl,cate jastfumeHt and cause hem 10 r:-cmit tic sounds received. ;i.us re- producing Tn the seats ot European learn- ins inc dttefances of slinrie sav ..es who have never lett the hear, f the dark continent As this slll be the first ex- perment of the kind ever madA. the re- suit will be awaited with much interest.
 A Lava River. Mr. George II. Barton states I'll Sf!s..e thai the lava stream which burst rom the sIdc ot the Hawaiian volcano of Mauna Lea on the 6:.. of No- ver1ber. IsS3 continued tc t'ow slowly down the mountain drj across the eorr- try fer more than nine months. a5 the enc oi which lime | hac exseaded oyer 2 distAnce c! aiiou, .3 mites. \ par; ef course passed through t ic est, V here the lava became s'ft. ienily solid before the large trees were burned to retain con o!ete moaids ot their trunks. ana from these noulds the lara vas found to average twenty tee; IT thickness it this pont Mir. Ba'tar roughly estimates the qusIuy of lava emitted II something more than 500 GO 0oo cubic yards. The rapid oooiing and soi,iiiying of the sur lace of the lava uhl.e the interior was sali flowing caused considerable part Of the stream to take the form Of T :ua- nel
 i'.ehis,oric S-xinC.-Tke a1s | sew as has been know. from ] scry rcrr.s,e period, as is sh own y .hc faCt tha. bone needles have been found among ,he ole ss; remains of ihe Swiss dwellings iad ID the caves O. Frame ana Grea, Britain which were freGuen,e6 by mar autiag me reindeer age. Some of these early needles were perforated ia the gi3dle which was inc :h5 kest o4rt-E md others were r;s--ed at the iarrer ersi