Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-03-26

The action of the arc electric light
in fading colors is similar to that of
the sun, according to Mons. DecauX,
but has only One-fOurth OF the power.
The dried leaves of the Jrpan all
spice, Chimonanthus fragrans, have a
tea-like flavor, and are said to be su-
perior to much of the green tea sold.
The plant is grown in England as a
Towering shrub.
Cold winters are not certain de-
stroyers of caterpillars. The eminent
lady entomologist of England, Miss B..
A. Ormerod, states that many cater
pillars can resist a very low temper
ture when in their winter quarters,
and may even be frozen hard without
suffering any permanent injury.
The objects collected by the French
scientific expedition to Cape Horn are
to be publicly exhibited in Paris. In
addition to large number of mineral
ogical, geological and geological speci-
mems. the collection includes living
plants, and it is proposed to acclima-
tie these as far as possible in French
forests.
Strong evidence that cannibalism
was practised among SEINE of the pre-
historic inhabitants of Europe has
been discovered in a cave near Bruins
wick, Germany. In Belgium and
Spain similar evidence had been found
before, but had been diminished as
doubtful.
At Kalmar, Sweden, the moons
color was lately observed to change to
an emerald green on the passage of a
light haze over it's disc. The phe-
nOminon occurred during brilliant
purple sunset, and lasted about three
minutes. Near Stockholm a similar
appearance was witnessed at about
sunrise.
Two German chemists have investi-
gated some cases Of poisoning by as
paragus which had been put up in tin
cans. They were surprised to find
that the Juice which had been in con-
tact with the cans contained no tin
while the Vegetable itself yielded
about one tWenty-ffth of one per cent.
An analysis of canned apricots and
strawberries gave similar results,
showing 10 tin in the sirups but a
small proportion in the fruit. They
consider that the tin is injurious to
health if the use of the canned sub
stances is long continued.
The causelessness of excluding
American pork from French markets
has been recognized by the Paris Ac-
ademy of Medicine by a nearly unan-
imous vote against prohibiting the
sale of such pork. Mons. Colin stated
to the Academy that trichinosis in
mani is extremely rare, at least in
France. Trichinous pork is, more
over rendered harmless by sailing
and by cooking. BY experiment
he has ascertained that the trichinae
are completely destroyed within an
average time of fifteen or twenty days
after the sailing of the pork, although
in large pieces they may live two or
three months,
1t is reported that most interest
ing and important discovery has been
made by the German doctors who
have been investigating, the cholera
epidemics of Egypt and India. In
water-tank near Calcutta these scien-
lists have found the microscopic or
ganism; or bacilli, which they had al
ready proven to exist in all cases of
cholera and in no other disease. The
tank was used by persons among
whom the cholera appeared, and it
has been shown that the organisms
diminished in numbers as to deter
mine whether the bacilli of the tank
were the cause OF q result of the chol-
era, as 1t has not yet been proven that
the organisms produce the disease.
1t has been recently shown expert
mentally that atmospheric electricity
is not produced by the evaporation of
water or by the condensation Of vapor.
A German investigator, l.. Zehuder,
now expresses the opinion that it is
caused by the friction of air currents
on the surface of the earth. AT the
equator the positively charged air
rises and becomes distributed throughs
out the upper regions of the amos
pherie. The tension of the electricity
according to this theory, is at first
slight, but it is increased by the in
flow of slightly charged air until it be-
comes SO great that the positive cleo
tricity is discharged by combining
with the negative electricity of the
earth, thus giving rise to thunder
storms, aurorae, etc.
A late very severe epidemic of
trichinosis in Germany affecting $50
persons, and causing over forty deaths
has been traced to a single trichin-
Gus hog, whose flesh was eaten raw.
BY careful investigation of this out
break DR.. Brouardel has learned that