The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-03

wsre abandoned, as they had quite ceased
to pay expenses
Robert Paolo considers that the gla-
ciczs Of tie Al ps we're developed during
period Of a lower mean summer temp
erature than that OF the present and that
they are retreating uos 50 much, however,
by cosmic OF tellurie causes as through
meteorological changes depending partly
on the prolonged action Of man on tie
cartn
An improvement has been effected in
wooden block flooring. The common
manner If laying the block flooring often
results in disappointment because the
blocks soon become loose The improve
ment consists in the blocks icing keyed
to cement flooring, firmly fastening
them, and the cement obyiates both
dampness and dry rot.
The discovery OF a vein Of natural coke
at Los Cerrillos has quickened specula-
ton among ge0logists This coke, which
has all the appearance Of the artificial
product and burns clear and bright, Is
found in vein three feet thick between
stratum OF bituminous and Of anthra-
cite coal. None Of the theories respect
ing its formation which have yet been
published appear 10 bequite satisfactory.
The British Government under the
pressure Of the recent progress of railroad
construction in the Northwest Provinces
If Iudia, is about to try the experiment
II sinking artesian wells to secure an
abundance Of fresh water at all seasons
in that important part of the empire.
Already the stores necessary for the work
have been shipped, and the initial attempt
viii be made at Agra.
a comparatively fresh field Of research
has been pointed out to anthropologists
by Prot. Klebs, of Zurich, in a recent
paper on the transformations of the human
racc az a result mainly OF pathological
Influences, which was read by him at the
late Freiburg meeting OF the Swiss Sci
entilic Association, and which has since
excited deep attention among naturalists
throughout Europe.
Writing in the Bulletin of the Royal
Academy of Belgium, NJ. E. Delavaux
concludes, from blocks Of Scandinavian
granite found at Limberg. in East Fland-
egs, at Wachtebeke, and other places
that during the ice age glaciation extend
Cd over the whole Of the Netherlands
Belgium and the shallow Or exposed lands
now flooded by the North sea, terminal
ing On the plains OF Norfolk and Suffolk
in England.
Thiophen" is the name given by Prof.
v Meyer to a new substance which he
recently succeeded in separating from
benzine oils. This compound, which is
still subjected to laboratory experiment
and study i'll the hope that important re-
suits will be obtained, presents the clos
est analogy in general reactions with
benzine, yielding sulphuric acid, a
methyl derivativc, etc 1t reacts with
deketones to form a highly colored sub
stance.
Prof. st. G. Mivart, in paper on the
relations between instinct and other vital
processes, contends that instinct cannot
be divided by a very hard and fast line
from such vital proce. SEES as reflex action
processes of repair after injuries, and the
process of development of the individual
and that these latter were more readily
cy,l4Ifa1 onfi1yitfac oil
i've than that instinct could be explained
by reflex action or by lapsed intelligence
Japan has at present 1j5 miles of rail
road Yokohama to Toxic IS miles;
Kobe to Otsu IS miles Tsongara, in tie
Province of Oomi, to Sekigahara, in the
Province of Mino, II miles, and Toxic to
Koumagai, 80 miles. There is besides in
course of construction road to unite
Maye-bashi to Toxic, a distance of 81
miles The first three of the lines named
belong to the japanese Government;
the Others to the Nippon Tetsudo
Kwaisha or Japan Railway Company
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Kindness cannot be counterieted. 1t
must be inbom and genuine. 1t shows
itself in the touch Of the hand the express
sion Of the face, and a thousand otherways
that mask could never initiate.
BE patient with the erring; don't expect
them to become saints in day. 1t is up
hill work with us all in this world, and
the surcst sign Of sanctity is to he willing
to give helping hand to those who drag
behind MS or have fallen Oh the way,