The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-09-26

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Two French scientists find that
alsohoI may exist In the animal system
when IL has not been introduced from
without.
TIE botanical character Of the tree
whose wood Is used in making the
commen tea chests 10 not known. It
L supposed 70 be . tree resembling
the liQaid amber.
A medical authority gives the time
lalen by the bi1od Of dog in max
ing the entire circuit OF the body at
Beventeen and one half seconds, dur
Ing which the heart makes ffty-one
and one-half pulsations.
In 1880 m adult black parrot from
Madagascar was placed in the
BIOLOGICAL collection OF Regents park,
London, where Il remained fifty-four
years. On its death, few days ago.
II was spoken Of as the Oldest inhabi.
tant Of the garden.
The first attempt 10 form oyster
banks in the Baltic was made about
forty years ago with European oysters,
snd proved failure. In recent years,
however, American oysters have lseen
planted In several places, and in some
spois--where seaweed ID not very
rlcntiiul-they appear to be thriv-
ing.
The language of crows has evident
" received considerable attention
t.om DR.. C. c. Abbott, ~ he AYERS
That they have twenty-seven distinct
rTies, calls, or utterances, each readily
..istinguishable from the others, and
zach having an unremarkable con-
nection NTH q certain class Of actions
Tho geological researches Of Prof.
Fritz, OF Zurich, have convinced him
that the part Of the Rhine lying be-
tween Mayence and Bingen Is slowly
but suraly growing ehal)ower. The
change ID attributed to two cases-the
gradual disposit of earthly matter
brought down by tho river, and .
gradual rise Of the river-bed.
A book.worm Of the paper-eating
sort il creature seldom seen, despite
It's extensive and most destructive
borings among book treasures. 1t Is
described ~ I white wax-liko grub.
exactly resembling the little white
tnaggots Of cheeses Three specimens
were lately found in the act Of tunnel
ing through . bundle Of papar in q
London establishment.
The remains of q red gigantic statue
Of Ramses H., the contemporary Of
Moses, which were found by Mr..
Petrie at Tanis, Egypt, have been
carefully examined and photographed.
This work has convinced Mr.. Petrie
that the statue must have been ll5
feet high, exceeding all the monu-
ments Of the kind hitherto known.
The statues great toe has . circum-
ference Of . foot and half.
american Frigidity. The difference
between the Temperatures Of places
in America and those Of places in
similar latitude in Europe reached q
remarkable degree last Saturday. For
instance, IL 10 reported that in NASH
vile end Knoxville, In the same lati-
tude ~ Malta, the temperature fell
as low - sixteen below zero, while in
Malta the lowest point reached was
about twenty-one degrees above zero.
At indianapolis and Colum bus the
mercury indicated twenty-five and
twenty degrees respectively below
sero. while ct Madrid, in the same
latitude, the greatest cold was sixteen
degrees below scro.
Monkey Mind--A French expert.
menter, Mons. J. Fischer, has given
m interesting account Of observations
on monkeys, especially Macacus
TheFus. One Of these animals, having
been frightened at seeing . gun dis.
charged at some sparrows, extended
hia fears to : toy pistol suspended
from his masters watch chain, and
Fvtn to the figure OF . revolver illus
Eating An a'inorer's catalogue. Sew
eral H,scies Of monkeys recognize
pictures Of animals--a proof OF tho
superiority Of their intelligence over
That Of dogs and elephants. The
rhesus knew the names Of some sixty
or seventy animals confined in cages
in the same room he could fully un-
derstand the expression OF Inc hum an
countenancc, could estimate weights.
:. and had certain--though not strong
---sense Of figures.
Brocadad velvet, gnuse erenadine,
brocas sad esphr9iiisr,n F'i.iaa silk.
and hl ,.used crpes in tue fn,l eve.
ming q = OF foac, blue, lilac, cream
and cralk white, are elarorately
trimnie.! with white Valeaciennes
and Nalines laces. and worn at