The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
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sclENrlFic MISCELLANY. An attempt is heinx made se insrcdace the turtle iueo the seas cf Provence. AiEesia and Cossica. places beiae ar. raased where shs eggs may be depcsssed in safety.
 Raseear has affirmed that the smallest quantity of the virus of rabies whieh gro dncss effect upoa any animal has the longest period ei incuhafion and gives the most furious type ef the disease,
 A French writer regards the familiar yet mysterious phencmenon known As sodiscAi iighs As simply a reflection of l,ghs rom the illuminated part of the earth upon an upper stratum of the at. uosphere.
 h .s nov known to medical science that diseases of the eyes And ears are fre- qaentiy induced by decaying teeth. A serious case cf this kind. in which a par tiai loss ot sight from cataract vas traced to diseased condition os the teeth. has rus, been reported to the HarvesAn so- ciesy of loneon.
 X French an1,om,ss, Mons. Luys. has found thA, when person hes down cr stands upon his head the brain changes it's position in the skull in obedience to the law of gra>isAiion. The movements take place slowly, i've os SIX minutes be- iag required tor the brain to adjust itself so new attitude of the body.
 Remarkable differences of climate within short distances were experienced last winter in Norway. For instance, while as Cks.sssana the Ice ~as from ten to twelve inches thick to January. vege- tatioa continued to grow at S,avanger, where the thermometer fell to fre<ssns- point only once during the entire moash.
 Dr. A. Ernst, of CAracaA yensuela, cites two severe earthquakes of tha, vt- cinlty as instances of the remarkable in- huence of the soil on the destruction ci bu,ldings by such shocks la each case the houses built on rocks were ruined, while those standing on a thick stratum of loose material were scarcely injured i The annual meeting oi the British as. sociation for the advancement of sciene . will open a, Montreal August szth and will close September Id. The week. session of the American assoc la,ion be- gins September d, at Philadelphia. The
 
 1 America for the fsrst time will give un. usual ln,eres, to these gather,nFs ot ng- lish-speaking scientists.
 i Prot. Wtessner has pointed out that the molsiening of a plant increases the tran spisa alton of its leaves and accelcrases the Ao~ of it's sap. This effect is hene- hcial II the soil IS sufficiently most to supply the increased demand of t.ae roots, and injurious If the ground is very dry. The foliage of plants, therefore, should only be watered when the roots are quite well supplied with moisture.
 A Gigantic lnsect.-The discovery ot fossil remains of remarkable insect in the earbonifesous deposits of Commentsy, Trance, has been announced to the Paris academy ol sciences by Mons. Charles bsongniart. The creature must have been at least twenty inches long. with an expanse of wings of nearly twenty eight ,nehes- To seience, this insect of long past age will be known As D,etyoneura monyi
 A Great Mummy Find. An immense metropolis, hitherto undiscovered and unpiundered. has been found by Prof Maspero at Ekhmeem. Upper Egypt. IL is roughly estimated to contain not less than s,opo or G GOO embAlmed dead Of ~hsch. perhaps, twenty per cent may prove to be of arohaeologioAl al os historic al value. ian of the remains date from the itolemaie period, but t .x probable that some of them are more ancient.
 Modern Assroiogy Mons Mon,igny of Brussels, has noticed in the seintii- Iaiions of the stars a great prepondes ance of blue, the color of water os ice ln great thickness. when the atmosphere i. heavily charged with watey yapor and ram IS imminent. In June. 1885, he an nounced that for two months the twink. [ liug of the s,ars had shown less oi shs blue than in the corresponding months oi previous years. while green. fair weather color, had been much more frequent, seen. These observations led him to predict that the succeeding pan of tho year would be exceedingly dry. 1, i, nos stated thai this prediction vas sS accurately fulfilled that 1885 in Brussels vas the duess year since 1879. 4 study of the atmospheric conditions with the rain-bAnd spectroseope has enabled ob. servers to determine the charsf ter oi is, medisieiy approaching weather. bat 4 !, believed that no speesroseopse indication, have made if possible to forecast, ever q roughly masy consecutive months weather.