The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-03-26

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ial fever have baen found by two Ital-
ian psychologists.
Proctor argues that every celestial
body must At aome time pass through
life-supporting period.
In the arctic region there are 762
kinds Of flowers. Fifty Of these are
confined to the arctic region.
Bodily exercise greatly increases the
activity OF tho lungs. II eanrot, there
fore, be truly beneficial TO the whole
system, unless carried on in pare air.
Nataraliats now count 1870 differ
snt kinds OF fishes Ia North American
waters, Of which 500 live 10 rivers and
lakes and 300 kinds belong ts tho Pa
oihc. OF the remainder lob dwell
only In the deep waters Of tho Atlantic
aud 0n.f Of Mexico, never spprsaeh-
ing the shore or the surface.
Layers Of stone containing some of
the supposed human footprints lately
found near Lake Managva, In Nieara-
qua, have been sent to the Vienna Nat
ural History Museum. The stone is =
volcanic tufs, and tho impressions are
extremely sharp and distinct, and If
gsnuins footprints, prove the existence
OF man in Central America at q very
remote period.
The adaptions with which plants are
provided for making the most OF the
water that comes to them ia the form
OF rain or dsw are thus classified by
Lundstrom, who has made them sub
Iiscs Of special investigation Depres.
aions, In the form Of leaf.oups or oI
grooves 10 the epidermis hair forma.
tions, in tufts or borders MICROSCOPIC
membranes, ~ spots or stripes on tbs
spidsrmis aud anatomical adsptions
such as Understanding textures ans
swelling glands. None OF these feat
ures are found In the submerged part
of plants.
Ia = communication to the Msteoro
logical Society Of Austria, III. q. Ligne
has described the remarkable discover,
that the moon has an influence On
msgnstizsd needle. The phensmsnol
IL said TO be more prominent whsn th
moon Is nearest TO the earth, and to b
!, very marked when abe il passing fror
the full to her 6sst or second quarter
The disturbance reaches a maximut
when The moon IL In the plane Of sh
equator, and II greater dusisg th
souGhren than northern declinasiou.
At recent meeting Of the Acadsm
!, Of Sciences ol Paris, N. Duelaux ds
tailed tho results of same experiment
which hs had made 10 determine til
= II
effect of sunlight upon the vitality I
microbes. lie found that few hoal
Of exposure 70 the direct rays Of th
sun were sufficient to weaken, and fina
: ly to destroy, the pathogsnie microcoe'
used In the experiments. He argues
therefore, that the sun IL the beat di'
infectant which We poaasas, the mos
universal, the most economical aud th
most active.
Alter study Of nearly 1000 case
DR.. Hermann Brehmsr, an abis Ger
man physician, rejects the theory {
the eoatagiouanesa Of pulmonary Cor
samp.ien. lie Gnds the disease to t
due to deficient nutrition Of The lung
whieh may result from various antsceC
9 snt causes, such as inherited defects |
constitution, and vital organs impaire
by disease, injury or mode OF livinI
lie believes that the operation of .
the causes may produce such change
! that il may b. possible years, even de,
aides, in advance to predict with grel
probability which members Of give
family will be afflicted with pnlmousr
consumption, and which will rema: