The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-04-15
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CELESTIAL DEATH NllSSllES.--OOIiSlu-
ering the number of meteoric stones
which reach the earth's surface, it would
not be surprising if many lives had been
destroyed by them. 1t is stated that loss
of life resulted from a large fall in Afri
ca; that about the year 1920 many per-
sons and animals were killed; that in
1911, about five O'Clock one evening,
priest was struck and killed; and that,
still later, in 1850, a monk was killed.
But these according to Mr.. Jas. r. Greg
ory, seem to be the only instances re-
corded of death from falling meteorites.
A HARD PRoBLEM.-A Paris medical
society, seeking evidence from many
sources concerning the contagiousness of
pulmonary consumption, has forwarded
questions on the subject to every prac-
ticing physician in France. Similar in
quiries in England and in Germany have
not been particularly successful, only
l 500 out of $4,000 English practitioners
answering, and but POO Germans out of
$4,000.
A TRANSIT OF THE EARTH.-A curious
observation has been made by DIR. Cope
land, an English astronomer. While
watching one of Jupiter's satellites he
was able to see it pass over its own shad-
ow OH the planet For this to have hap
! pened, the sun, the earth, the satellite,
and the part of Jupiter's disc occulated,
must have been all in one straight line,
and, as seen from Jupiter, the earth must
have appeared to have been making a
! transit across the sun.
SPIDER SENsE.-A German entoinolo-
gist, f Dahl, claims that spiders have
perfect sight only at very short distances.
Their sense of touch is consequently re-
! remarkably we'll developed, enabling
them to locate disturbances in their web.
Their smell is so good that they can dis
: tinguish odors, and their hearing is ex
7 cellent. Some of them show remarF
2 Bile instinct in building their WEI :
1, even their tirst-in perfect geome ~
3 form a reflective power is eyi' sCSlT
7 their refusal of all kinds OF touc Acel
~ lfsstks LAse DSozz sSs-lsai sssz' g
2 cessfully, Aeu uil'u'
CHOLERA VACCINATION
esting researches con t.-cohe in.e,
preventation are bein" cernlng cnolel qtsI
rain, of Barcelona. mace h uyy,orad py III. fe' q
attenuated cholerr ne mas prePaIeu q
three medical me- :. virus, with w..Iic
, The ;nocniation Il have been inoeulateC
, lnool nains swere followed by sever
) Which VIII; sndde- md feverish symptom,
rnt;on Of Al ally disappeared after du
l fnrtbar III JoUt twenty-four hours. N
. Itnow effects have been experienced
4 onGde .emains to prove, as DR.. Ferra1
s oo,ie .Jntly expects to do, that these in
: ocu" lions have conferred complete i'm
f iAu nlty from attacks of cholera.
n BY microscopic examination. Messrs
e. Osmond and Werth have shown tha
molten steel possesses a kind of celInla,
tissue, the iron forming the nucleus anC
Tn 1ne carbon the envelope of the cellules
These simple cellules form agglomera
tlons or compound cells, which NAV he
Identified with what is usually called
the grain of the steel.
Horses having extra toes on the innar
side of the fore feet are occasionallv mot
o with in South America, according to Dr.
: 1hreng, who suggests that they NAV be
: remnant OF an old native race of horses
which escaped the notice of the early
settlers.
An Austrian astronomer. Prof. Onnol-
: ger, is preparing list of the eclipses-
t 5000 solar and 5 200 lunar-of the period
r between 1907 B. G. and 2O61 A. d.
Two prizes of 50 500 each are offerad
Tor essays on the use of soda nitrate as
manure: One essay is to indicate present
knowledge and theory, and the other is
to be devoted to new experimental re-
search made by the author of the paner
4 before 1887. The prizes are given bv the
Committee of the Saltpetre Producers
ASSOCIATION OF Western South America.