The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-11-03

Tao French scientists And that
eieoirol may exist in the animal system
when Il has not been introduc sd from
without.
The botanical character of the tree
whose wood is used in making the
common tea chests il not kscwn. II
i supposed to he q tree resembling
lie iianid amber.
a medie.l authority gives the time
laken by the blood Of . dog in max
ing the entire circuit Of the body at
aegenteen and one hall seconds, dur
* rhich the heart makes fifty-one
aad cne-halt pulsatiors.
IN 1880 an adult black psrrot from
Madagascar was pknccd in the
GEOLOGICAL collection a Aegcnt's park,
london, where il remained 6ity-four
SCARF, On its death, q few days ago.
it sas spoken OF az the oldest inhabi-
taai of tho garden.
ihc first attempt to form oyster
hnnka in tho Baltic was made about
!offy Years ago with European oysters,
md proved failure. In receat years,
i4owe Fe-, American oysters have l.ecn
planted in several places, and in come
iro'- rhere saawrad Is not very
.afat.ial--thcy appear to be thriv-
lis
The language II c~uvs has evident
IL ers,vei sonsides Lilo attention
lp,n nr. G. C. Abl-1ts, NJ he AYERS
-lat they have twentS+sgVen distinct
rf.er calls, or utterancea, each readily
nis'iaguishable from the others, and
tAen having an unremarkable con-
h,ctlon nitn certain class OF actions
Tho geological researches OF Prof.
ffitz, Of Zurich, have convinced him
that tho part Of the Rhine lying be-
tween Mayence and Engen is slowly
bns surely gowing sl,1lower. Tho
change is attributed to two cases-the
gradual dispoeit Of earthly matter
brought down by tho river, and
gradual rise Of the river-bed.
A book-worm of the paper-eating
SoEt T. creature seldom seen, despite
lis extensive and most destructive
oorinss among book treasures. II is
described as . whitp wax-like grub,
exactly resembling the little white
inasgots Of cheese Three specimens
wore lately foulhd in the act Of tunnel
irg Through = bundle Of paper IN .
London establishment.
The remains u Q red eiQantic statue
q Hamses H., the contemporary Of
Moses. which were found by Mr..
Petrie at Tsnis, Egypt, have been
carefully examined and photographed,
las work hna convcnced Mr.. Petrie
ts@t eie stsns mut have been las
iees heb, aseding all the monu-
Ia.nis OF IL KIND hitherto known.
!.ie sfatre'@ussat toe has . circum-
ference ola tDt and half.
American FYigidity. The difference
Satween the temperatures Of places
N America and those Of places in
similar latitude in Europe reached 4
remarkable degree last Saturday. For
instance, It is reported that in Nash
vile and Knoxville, in the same lati-
tnde as Malta, the temperature fell
as low rs sixteen below zero, while in
Malta the lowest point reached was
about twenty-onc degrees above zero.
~ Indianapolis and Columbus the
mercury indicated twenty-five and
twenty degrees respectively below
1ft't nAuo ~ uAuf10, IN the same
latitude, the greatestcold was sixteen
degrees below zero.
Monkey Mind-A French expert.
tnenter, Mons. J. Fischer, has even
M iatsresting account OF observations
on monkeys, especially Macacus
thesos. One Of these animals, having
been frightened at seeing q gun dis.
charged at enc sparrows, extended
bis Tears - . 10y pistol suspended
from his nnastsr's watch chain. and
fyen TO tho figure Of q revolver Illus
sa'ina an armorer's catalogue. Sew.
eral apecias Oi monkeys recognize
pictures u saiRSrz-a proof OF the
superiority of tlNS Intelligence over
that Of does ain elephants. Tke
rhesus kneaD the names oi some sixty
or seventy animals confined in cages
N tho sarue nom lp could fully un.
dorstand the expression Of the human
eountenauce, could estimate weights.
and had q cextain--though not strong
--seneo ef fRuros.