Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-10-08

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alcohol may exist in the animal sys-
tom when it has not been Introduced
from without.
The botanical character of the tree
whose wood is used in making the
common tea chests is not known. 1t
is supposed to be n tree resembling
the liquid amber.
Prof. Douglass Archibald studies
the velocity Of the air ut different
heights by meansof thermometers car
ried up by kites. Ilthis way .obser-
yations have been extended up rs high
as six hundred feet.
A medical authority gives the time
taken by the blood of II dog i'll making
the entire circuit of the body as seven
teen and oue-half seconds, during
which the heart makes tifty-one and
one-half pulsations.
In 1880 an adult black parrot from
| Madagascar was placed in the zoolo-
pical collection Of Regents Park,
! London, where it remained iifty-four
wears. On its death, 4 few days ago,
it was spoken of rs the Oldest inhnhi-
tant Of the gardens.
An epidemic of consumption i'll Il
village near Weimer, Germany, has
been traced to the food supply. y
flock of chickens had access to the
matter expectorated by a consumptive
patient, and became diseased, impart-
ing the affection to several persons
eating their flesh.
The language of crows has evidently
received considerable attention from
DR.. C.. G. Abbott, rs he AYERS that they
have twenty-seven distinct cries, calls,
orutteranccs, each readily distinguish
able from the others, and each hav-
ing an unmistakahle connection with
n certain class of actions.
The first attempt to form oyster
banks in the Baltic WAS made about
forty years ago with European oysters,
and proved ii failure. In recent years,
| however, American oysters have been
planted in several places, and in some
spots-where sea-wecd Is not very
plentiful-they appear to he thriving.
The geological studies of Prof. Fritz,
of Zurich, have convinced him that
the part of the Rhine lying between
Mayenee and Ringen is slowly but
surely growing shallower. The change
is attributed to two cause.-the grad
ual deposit of earthly matter brought
down by the river, and a gradual rise
of the riyer-bed.
The remains of a red granite statue
of Ramses II, the contemporary OF
Moses, which were found by Mr..
Petrie at Tanis, Egypt, have been care
fully examined and photographed.
This work has convinced Mr.. Petrie
that the Statue must have been 1l12 feet
high, exceeding all the monuments OF
the kind hitherto known. The statues
great toe has 2 circumference of foot
and a half.
| A book-Worm OF the paper-eating
sort is q creature seldom seen, despite
its extensive and most destructive
behring's among book treasures. 1t is
decribed as a white waxlike grub,
exactly resembling the little white
maggots of cheese. Three specimens
were lately found in the act of tunnel
ing through bundle Of paper in a
London establishment.
| New facts beaIipg qnoa the origin
of the domestic horse are largely re-
ceived, and much interest was
AROUSED three years ago by the an
nouncement by frzeFalski, the great
Russian explorer, that he had discoE:
cred in Central Asia IL wild horse
more closely allied to the domestic
species than any other previously
known. 4 full description Of the new
horse-known as Equ4s PreaeYalskii
has only very recently been translated
from the Russian. It appears that
the animal is intermediate in many
respects between the true horse and
the asses. It has a short erect name
no forelock, and the hairs of the tai
do not extend the W,9poIa length o.
the tail, but only from about the mid
die downward; while on the Other
hand, it has broad hoofs and small
ears. The color is wEitish gray, will
red or blackish legs. In herds of from
five to fifteen each, the animals inhab
it the driest and widest parts of the
Dsungrian desert, and are very shy
It is pointed out by the Mr.. ~: "
Watts that drawings made by the
ancient French caye-dwellers very
accurately represent this horse.