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STARS, STRATA AND INDIAN PUEBLoS
A NEW STAR CATALoGUE-sTONE RUINS IN NEW


A NEW STAR CATALoGUE-STONE RUINS IN NEW
MEXICo-DEAF NUTfs.
ALBANY, Nov. ~ (SpecidD. Before tins
mornings session, the members OF the NanOhai
Academy OF Sciences paid their respects TO the Governor
at the Executive Chamber The first paper read at the
meeting was by Professor James Hail. OF Albany. " Oh
Investigations into the geography of the Mohawk
Valley" In made for the West Shore near Little
Falls stratum OF tho Potsdar formation was en-
countered, showing OF the features referred TO
yesterday by Professor Dwight having been disc0Y
cred near Poughkeepsie.
Professor Newcomb III his paper when shall tho nstro-
nomca day begin r. favored keeping local astronomical
time present. beginning at The discussion
however disclosed decided lack OF unannity OF oph-
ion this point.
Professor Stafford, of Williams College. read paper
on the construction of polar catalogue In which no
gave OF the observations now making at the
Field Memorial Observatory OF Williams College In the
preparation catalogue OF polar stars The obserya
tory OF Williams College Is the oldest in the country
built by Professor Albert Hopkins in lS3G37 1t has,
however. been employed as a students ODaef'a'oi!
manly until $50, when by the generosity OF d. d. fied
it obtained a instrument Repsod meridian circle
with proper building constructed OF iron In order 10
equaize tho temperature inside and out The observa-
lions then begun have bean continued by Professor
Stafford. so far leisure from other duties allowed
and in course OF publication. Inc
special points TO be noted attempt at the greatest
possible accuracy obtained partly by the thorough
study OF the and partly by application OF the
newer discoveries In subject OF personal equation These
Of psychological character in part The lnstru-
men like all Rcpsods, possesses great dehcacy oil
construction and requires extremely careful ana dell
cate handling. It's parts ara arranged In conformity
with the researches Of elmholz The professor
venturcd the hope that American astronomers will CO.
operate with hm:in the production OF standard Amer
catalogue for the year 1900 TO take the place
OF the British Association Cataoge. which with all its
mperecons has been ofesscnal service TO science
Professor Peters followed with paper errors on
star catalogues in which he stated that the most DIM
cult error to correct that OF second Of mo be-
It easy to gain lose one In counting the
beats OF pendulum Io urged that nenccforth no OBJ
servatlons he made without chronograph.
Major J. W. Powell read paper on the stone ruins
the Colorado and the Rio Grande" giving the results
OF his travels and explorations this summer In the south
western portion OF United States where there il an
area OF arid land larger than all the EaSorn and Middle
States. destitute OF forests. The sites OF six or
soven hundred ruins VI stone villages have been
found. They vary greatly In character The
older ruls at tho north Near
the Mexican border are twenty villages now inhab
ied The newer buildings contain many moro rooms
than the old ones, increasing from tw' to five up to
hundred The several classes OF stone dwellings are
tho plains. those the Gins, which are not
dwellings the dwellings properand the under
ground dwellings. lie examined lately the dwellings OF
Indians among the Francisco mountains and others
In tho Cataract Canon and OF tie Santa Clara
Indians. thirty miles from Santa re. the
Rio Grand del Nortc. From tribes speaking
four different languages and having four different
origins he had the same history namely that the Gin
dwellings were constructed after They had learned 10
build houses. and adapted to the cNscnccs Of war
building has dcvcopcl In this line first. dwci
iDgs the plains second. elm dwellings; third, caves
fourth, pucnlos He regards the number Of build
81. ,,fastg ltg fnfIa 10.
day causes operating induce the construction Of an
OF budng>. Indians supcrstitious ard, like
sayagcs tho world over. regard death, not
as tho natural finish OF life but
tho work OF enemy. either visible OF
Invisible. Hence. death OF chief. the
break Of a pestlIcncc. they believe tho soil to be
haunted pnd seek new abodc. abandoning the Old
The changes In watcr-rour,c-. aud the drying up OF
filing up of river cnnuucl-. or the o.s Of rlvcr hy
siHknS into the ground, c'u-c0 The abandonment Of
puebos where water j. now fonnd which used To b"
called dry puoplo-. Major Powell insists that these
must I'll have had water originally.
The afternoon session opened with dlscus'i"n OF
OF he dccadcucc among inc Indians shown IN
the inferior style OF their pottery rs compared with the
Pro.c.,or A. Graham Bell made - preliminary report
on hereditary deafness He has mduc hcartu STUDY OF
three ont Of the SIX bIaLchcs OF tn LNrny iuHF, III
which are numerous deaf uutc, one Instance showed
one dci,-utc Of family OF sixteen children most
Of me others being blind Or weak Dyed Ia ac"I'tcr",
branch of the family he FOUND singular oulhitAh OF
from stock IN which 81 the earlier gcntrIiluu-
had contained a deaf mute showing that II remained 50
lrug latent. He found that dear mu9m IS often con-
urctrd with lu-a.lty or diUcy among relatives. The
condition of tie inhabitants OF Chilmark. Mass,
f. stait.luc, Que person ia cvcry furty-t"O
being a dc.f-inutr. MDrthr's Vineyard and parts OF
Maine have an excess Of Go3i-mGic-. iioir,'.i bgu
suggested that hi, might be due to inicrmartaScs
among members OF communities Isolated rom others
either by iusllar position by the uc!Shhoihood Ia
colonial times 90 hostile Indians, preventing free inter
cour-c with other communities
Dr. otto Meyer read q paper " on Section through
Southern Trrlurc-" giving the result %! his oh
S.rNatiou, a theory OF the HtrHtlst1Phy OF tho
& a,boruc Jackson Nickshurg formations which, no
ar uc oycrllc the grand quiz n the order named. Ciai
borne being pprfnOSt These researches bear on NcHrl
problem IN strdgraphy aud were iavOnbyi commented
on by several mcubc =.
TIs evening cIs senator Abraham Lansing entertained
the Ac tdcmy aud invited guests at his residence In
WashingtoI-tvc. The additions 10 the pro
grnulmr include: "Rcnaiks on the lamellibran chiuta
fauna of Dpvuninu rohk OF tho state OF Ncw.I"rk
and tho rrsus OF nyr>tigItIuua mrdc Tor the pacn.
toogy of the state" by Professor James Hall. Of
Albany on recent discoveries of gigantic pla ,Otcrm
fishes ~ tho Deyonian rocks OF ONO. and " On the
flora tho Cretaceous C.dys Of New Jersey, both by
Professor :. s. Ncwbcrry, 81 Ncw-lOIk. IO-mOIrOV
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