The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-24
sclENrlFlc soUiBs.

IA Immensely rich vein OF silver has been
found only a lew miles from Duluth.
a monster blast was recently nalo in ,ot.
land IA which 5000 tons Of granite wers dis.
placed
There seems % be no truth in the report
that tho famous Portland ireoston0 quaues
ia Connecticut arc giving out.
Important beds Of cod, four feet to five
feet thick and OK excellent quality, have rs-
Gently boon discovered IN the Crhnoa
Recent experiments demonstrate that sea
water leo floats with one part above water
and fourteen and eight-tenths below
Spontaneous combustion in cotton soaked
with oil is said 10 taso place most quicSly
ghcn there is equal weight OF each
Fortunately in New Zealand somo Of tbs
birds are protected by governmental laws.
but already many OF tho species have died
out.
At Harvard photographs have boon OBJ
tanned OF tho outer satellite Of sas ana u.
al tho satellites Of Saturn and Uranus except
Mimas
Tho lead Innings and piping Of the recently
discovered Roman baths ia Bath. lngand
were found to DO in a wonderfully good safe
of Preservation.
Tho electromagnetic theory OF light salts
factorily explains why the waves OF light
and heat have transverse rather than ynsi.
tudinal vibrations
The imposing and substantial Manhattan
bridge across the Harlem river b. about con-
pleted and Will b. ready for ualls on Wash.
ington's birthday.
Professor Graham Bell proposes oliminat-
Ing from the census schedules every question
that could wound the feeling Of parents OF
friends Of afflicted persons.
According 10 the census returns the desec-
tive CLASSES have increased 400 per cent,
while the general population OF the county
las in the same interval simply doubled
Tho stone for tho bridge at Authonv's
Nose will be taken iiom Sachcnis Head.
Conn, and is said to have resistance l0O
times greater than any strain that viii DO
placed upon it,
Professor Huxley, in speaking Of whales
methods Or feeding, says they open their
mouths and allow the sea water with its
mpltitude5 Of tenants, 10 iil the oval cavity.
then shut the lower jaw on tho baleen plates,
and straining the water through them, swal-
low the prey stranded on their vast tonc,,@s
Another Smart Dog.
y gentleman residing in Bridgeport, Conn.
Is the owner Of a remarkable dog Tho dog
attacked the family cat in the house and was
driven out IN the rain. IIo remained out
side for some time whining plteously % be
allowed 70 como in; but no attention was
paid to bis appeal. Seeing no relief from
that quarter, the dog proceeded b the hem
coop, where tho fowls had sought shelter Tho
animal az once drove out tho fowls, and soon
had the coop empty lie next proceeded 70
a basket In the coop, which contained two
china eggs and ono rea. egg freshly laid.
Taking the genuine egg IL bis mouth ho car
ried 1t to the house and deposited Il ON the
ground outside the window In full view Of
those inside, He then returned 10 the coop
and kicked the china egg3 into q corner and
lay down Ia tho basket His actions had
been watched with interest by those inside,
and the housewife came out and, lifting tho
dog from tho basket, allowed the fowls 20
reenter tho coop. Sho carried the dog in
side and rewarded him with large pieoo Of
meat for. his remarkable display Of intelli-
gence. New York Graphic.