The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-26
How Insignificant Places
Became Famous.
Treaties Concluded That
Ended Historic Wars.
Some Recent discoveries Made BY
Iuquil ing Scientists.

.ss, a-.r,. sometimes give great
,rmy, i,Sence TO insignifi-
csnt ulaces. This Is tne "Se "i'n
Utre.ht and ftyswtn = ioou' WIZ"
correspondent asks-tshe uo'sipoi 'oi
formation. Both vhea places oo'""e
famous through tresHa Ahe po"oe VI
Rysxick, made in 1897 V'n' "poa
the ouisgists Of this little. .o"" IL s'""
Holland, closed the wars oe'"ee" 'is
n, tho A her States OF
Eurote. 1t was resNy al a''e"p' "
patch up ail the old Eurol "s" qu
and establish general p"oi"'aao"
throughout the civilized 'oii'' ne
peace made at Utrecht. In i'. c'oseu
the wars of fte sp'nish succ Selo" 'nu
tho long strugeIe les carried on q, Ihsiahu
o., the Continent. 1hsso town "o"i'
mover have been heard OF had II 'o' oee"
for trio accident of being chosen % '"e
cIsces for formulating the treniies. 0a"po
Form,o, Carlowirz. Bretigny, Can 'or'y'
Hubstsbsrg, LunervilIr, Presturg- 8 NON
bruuu. TiIsit, Nimeguen and San sst iaoo
s sre other examples of places quite M s,g-
nifl cant In themselves, acquiring Won i'-
y9iEe rcnown from treaties conclucet III
them or their vicinity.
As.vot the naturslists have not beca
abl, ta answer the burning questiop
ssC,n bees hear'' but in pursuing their
stuoi they nave made many queer dis
cover.es. Simply because bee has no
ears on the sides of his head, 1t Is no
e,en whatever that he 10 wholly without
somc OFT OF an auditory nerve. This
last assertion is proved ty the fact that
erssshcpptrs, crfckets, locust' and flies
Ill lave their cara situated In queer
placei--cnd r the wings, on the middle
OF the body and even on tie sides of
their legs. The common house fly does
bis hearing by means of some little rJws
OF corpuscles, which are situated on the
knobbed threads which occupy the places
which are taken up by the hind wings
OF other species of intects. The garden
slug or sheless snail has his organs OF
hesrfng situated on each side OF bis
neck, and rhe common erasshopper has
tbem ON each OF his bro3d, HAT Thighs.
In some of the smaller insects they sre at
the bases Of the wings, and In others on
tie bottom OF the feet.
Another question which has bothe-ci
scientists for long time has recently
been explsined. Since time out OF mind
Il has been known that in the Black Sea
ttcfe were no ceep-water fish. Away
y back In 1850 tie scientists made an in
vestiration and found that fish could
no live at a gieater depth than 100
fsthors in tie water OF the Bleck
Esa on account OF the presence
OF supernbuncanco of sulpnurei-
tea hydrogen. Time and again the
waters we're stocked with deep-sea fish,
tut all died on account OF the poisonous
gas, which was generated in such quant'-
ties in those portions Of the water which
saculd have neen their natural habitat.
k 4 was known that the gas was at the
bottom of ell tie trouble. but exactly
where the gas came from was what so
russla1 the Investigators. Ine micro
bulorist5 finally took the matte, in hand,
end 70 .cnt observer now announces that
the gas In generated oy the countless
number OF microbes which make their
hore In the ooze of the bottom. This
microte decompoyes mineral sulphstes
and has tcan named Bacillul Hydrotul-
fu-iu5 PontiGu'.