The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
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 rwo French scientists find that alcohol may exist ia the animal system when it has not been introduced from without. The botanical character of the tree whose wood is used in making the com mon tea chests is not known. 1t is sup posed to be tree resembling the liquid amber.
 A medical authority gives the time taken by the blood of deg in making the entire circuit of the body as seventeen and one half seconds, during which the heart makes 6fty-one and one-half pull sations
 In 1850 an adult black parrot from Madagascar was placed in the geological collection of Regents park, London, where it remained 6fty-four years. On its death. few days ago, it vas spoken of as the oldest inhabitani of the garden.
 The first attempt 10 form oyster banls in the Baltic was made abou, forty wears ago with European oysters, and proved a failure. In recent years, however, Ameri- can oysters have been planted in several places, and in some spots-where sea- weed is not very plen,ifui-they appear to be thriving.
 The language of crows has evidently received considerable attention from Dr. (. (. Abbott, as he ayers that they have ,wenty-seven distinct cries, calls or utterances, each readily distinguishable from the others, and each having an un- mistakable connection with a certain class of actio,s.
 The geological researches of Prof Fritz. of Zurich, have convinced him that the part of the Rhine lying between Mayence and Bisgen is slowly but surely growing shallower. The change is attributed to two cause.-the gradual deposit of earthly matter brough, down by the river, and gradual rise of the rver-bed.
 
 A book-~orm of the paper-ea ating sor. is creature seldom seen, despite it's ex- tensive and most destructive boripgs among book treasures. l, is described as white wax-like grub, exactly resem- bling the little white maggots of cheese. Three specimens were lately found in the act of tunneling through a bundle of paper in London establishment.
 The remains of red granite statue of Ramses H.. the contemporary of Moses, which were found by Mir Pe,rie at Tanis. Egypt, have been carefully examined and photographed. This work has con- vinced MT. Petrie that the statue must have beei fIs feet high, exceeding all the monuments of the kind hitherto known. The statues great toe has cir conference of foot and half.
 American Frigidity.-The difference between the temperatures of places in America and those of places in similar attitudes in Europe reached remark able degree last January. For instance, i, is reported tha, in Nashville and Knox vile. in the same latitude as Malta, the temperature fell as low as sixteen and ten degrees below zero, while in Malta the lowest point reached was abou, twen,y-one degrees above zero. At h. dianapolis and Columbus the mercury indicated twenty-five and twenty degrees respectively below zero, while at Madrid. in the same latitude, the greates. cold was sixteen degrees above z:ro.
 Monkey Mind.-A French experi- menter, Mons. ]. Fischer, has given an interesting account of observations on monkeys, especially Macacus rhesus. One of these animals, having been fright ened at seeing gun discharged at some sparro~s. extended his fears 10 a toy pistol suspended from his masters watch chain, and even to the figure of re- volver illustrating an armorer's catalogue. Several species of monkeys recognize pictures of animals-a proof of the su- rerinri.y of their intelligence over that of dogs and elephants. The rhesus knew the names of some sixty or seventy ari- mals confined in easts in she same room he could fully understand ;he expression of the human countenance, could es.i- mate weights. and had certain-though not .csg-s>nse ef figures
 Is it the Original Horse ?-New facts bearing upon the origin of the domestic horse are eagerly received, and much in- terest was aroused three years ago by the announcement by Pfzevalski, the great Russian explorer, that he had discovered in Central Asia wild horse more closely allied to the domestic species than any