The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
SCIENCE.


dat'- History Of canada He had been a
long tim" on the earth before that time, how
ever. for Their" are species Of fO--il Skunk~
N. skunk ~ the genus thinca rang" over
the greater part Of NORTH America and a. far
south ~ Mexico other skunk are found
iu Central aud South Anl"ric1 They 1--we
90 burtuw- rifi"r 90 other an utl- or mad"
Lv thsmsrive- Their habits ate olirN,
nocturnal aud they hth"rua'" Iuly Iu Tue
.sNcr--t part Of me winter Their food cp'-
-i-ts - small nuimal-. OF Iu-"'i.. uud bard.
.gs- Gra-.hopisrr- ar" eaten h' hundreds
rL.f have b.rn trapted ipt ''"ir fut Ter
many Netfs THE Nuu-uu Hay 'umptu'
,l"n. ~.ni a quarter "i % 'nIi"' -s'"s 20
he young are born iu hii-r- 81 four 80
Ten n" adult OCCASIONALLY rot 10" poultry
are iror. thau Offset by their Destruction 81
nosiour uutulsl- and insect. ESPECIALLY 10"
whit" grub. 49," Iest # lawns and mrad"N-
They Ar" easily trapped in box tfsp- aud cau
bo Killed by putting them. trap aud all, ~
a trough Of water 4 pamphlet published
BY the Biolosical survrv Of ihr Department
Fauna EiVo- - systematic revision ~ the
srnu- named aud l. ",cellen'ly illustrated
hv cuts copied FROM photographs 81 W."
-kins "t various -is'cies
,mS,sE ,~-rHo>uNIcu I~stuuNFNrS
IN. Hstrounmicli instruments -convevrd-
hv N" CrfnHu army from the Imperial Oh
ssrvntury a. Pei 100 nave reached ermau
and are - T." placed "a the puft 81 Sans
AufIH ~ BE- al.d NHuN herman neWNfll1FfN
IRE prut.,tirg tgsirs' the loot'ng Of th--"
instruments II - understood that tho
Trench huy" d"rid~d not to remove any Of
th,W 60 franc" Americans have HlV7N~
protected against ine outrage The iusiru-
u'ut- w"r" mad" iu tNina under IN" direction
Of r. tr"n'. '|,..,.r WV" ~.T" Pt"G ti.rc ro'i ,S
the tim" 81 IouIs Nv The Instruments
themselves represent the Isriod of 1v'ho
hron7a castings 81 Ciineso design Tie
obssrvatnrV 81 'he fc-uits -ucceciod an OBJ
s-ryator, founded Nv the TaruIs aud The
earlier aypHrstu- was fashioned after models
invented hv Ulush-I ss ~ Sau,srkand about
4 u 1870 The whole incident recalls the
fac' that the fret European observatory
founded ic0 YEAR later than an establishment
Of equal maEnthcenc" built by the grandson
OF Tam~rlau~ IA the C"ntre OF 1urktstHn
Productive sc~Hoi aRsHiP ~ AMERICA
Not long ago rHr srS hsd occasion 10
point ont that the -ummins-up - President
S,hurmau - cornell. and of Prof Munster
berg ~ Harvard. was not very well founded
~ f"-pcct ~ ~" produotiv" scholarship Of
II NJ shown that American astronomy
can hold L. own H. comparison :" hat ~
10 Prof Richards ~ Harvard - accept q
ufpfss-or~hip ~ q German ~ i%v"r~t'v T. q
striking demonstration MAJ "" haN" pro
du,tl,c scholars IN chemistry. also Ihos"
Who know what American chemistry T. DOING
understand. Of course. that Prof Richards
4. npi, ono among several In hi clas.
Ia estimating the futur" ~ scholarship
a. our country u i necessary 10 TAKE INTO
account NJ" rate ~ which u IL improving
rather than the ah-olut" pitch pi Perfection
&C. which IL has attained In several de-
partu"rt- IT.. nb~olut" "S'"llen'" j. very
noteworthy ~ nearly all N h. Increasing
AZ a rat" that h. most encoura gius
Nrw Ylip pom MITES II ~NrrroRoLo0r
kites have been sent M from the Blue HIl
Ohser vutor, carving "lf-resist-rin meteor.
ulogical Instruments 70 "a height exceeding
three miic- aud valuable data obtained as
~ ~" conditions existing iu the upper MI
But Il j. not practicable" ~ el"VHt" tit"- Va
-ich attitudes unless the Wind r. blowing
~ least twelve uilc- Ter hour. and the ub.
-eryatious must. therefore. be- discontinued
70 lSi.o 'hir-" 'ti,s- ab"T:. Ns-.sc6u--t,. ney.
nov propose. 80 Try the same method on on"
- m" Transatlantic steamers Obs"rvHtiut-
~ tho sort would be- ESPECIALLY. valuable along
IN" rsrths equator in the 'rad"-Wind belts
srErM CtHr YoH SNAKE HtrE
~ Calmotte. the director 81 the pasieur
I~ns,ttut. ~ Lille. j. the discovereT 81 a cura-
tive serum for snake bite "" was severely
hiitrn r-o.n;!y by . Tr,UoHoos rhoius and AZ
once CAV. himself an. infection Of HE cure
His hand -Sell.d badly and acut" fever SET
In. but during the Same day he vas well
enough ~ attend n meeting OF the General
Committee Of hir department and 20 make
All argument Ia favor 81 a grant OF money
~ 4 stnatnrtum which he has founded AZ
lille on ~" following day, he was per,
ferflN well. IfNliE 'llN hINTNlfu Ut U- 'Nl
per-rn. albeit uuviIlinsly a convincing proof
u the efficacy - hi- r"iuesiv
r,n,rt,J op rwo rryRp STARS
Tho nearest stars. on the whole have IN"
largest proper motions IN" Winchester
Observatory II Val" I u~iyer-lty ha- mad" a
systematic search for stars ~ lsrg" parHllnV
D., Observing fh" starr kuown To HAY" large
proper motions Two starr hHv" lately been
.,aiulu.d o., Prof ! / thas' With the hello
meter namely a ptsrtuw aud Ne ~ "
Wr-.a's catalogue. : = X \ whose proper
motions ur. O0fi- and @ - and q oio-
aud I - respectively
di,a'. purtllH 49, 81 about 81 ~ Tor both
tar lh., ~, ,arr"fprr about A. distau,
LIGHT requires tSrntv-nye years to reach
the earth
ul.sE,v ~,apicrrrrEE
Report. just received from Irof George
don. 20 chtrg" 81 IN" experiment station
o. ,lH.ka sr" 'Nrrcdiu civ encouraging
"" hp- ~ r''urnsd Wo,. a ~ T." il' m
n.N Iuflfos-. rllhaHr. vHulFuN'f and
other vrr.'1hIr- rrud, Tor th" table "arly ia
Nnsn,, AZ s1,d % IA i'fhIl d -, NV e. and I5' h,,'
lev Nrt" UI"u"d thi- YEAR a. III" station ~
Rampant "u the Yukon and there T. q inli
ifnct- 81 hand were found uu th. Yukon.
covered With a uNuritnt growth Of sfa->-s
often ~iN feet ~ height. and apparently we'll
suited in agriculture
Sl.T>,rtosAL ,oNuUrss or FisHsHISs N
1917
Al International Exposition and Congress
Of Fi-hrri.- VII be- h"ld tr - Petersburg ~
Isl.. aud special Invitations ar" EXTENDED To
American rNNfbtofs IT." ohl",t- II ~"
opposition ~, 600 to d't~rWiu" N" actual
condition 81 -rt tud fresh water rsherte- all
over th. world fIl g. a,4uHiut producers and
,nr .uiu"r~ MI u-hiug products and Wtth
u.tlud- Of pt"puf ~ and Improving CO."
.rmr d. EH ,,hl.uf DO" EfUduHl development
aud present state - artificial h~h-hr""diug
tud hkcN I-" the fHuuu- ASPECT ~ amateur
r-hiug aud ausltuE if tu pr"u"i" scientific
r-,"ar,h m the interest of 0.h"i"-
rut umr ,uTFti rrurr,r
VI I",umh' give. ~ Gcoarrghte. an 90
tir.ltr ~ the W.rli'- ru'put OF ole" ~"
annual product. 300 millions IT kilD,. Tor thr
lrrIpI $50 IsaI. Ma Nurld'- o. product. SOC
If.drut - the M--t~ru Hemisphere. ~
ir.,iuHt ~ Hrr'il alone. So The rfiU" -
o. FEC d-Irud- then upon Ia" brazilian "u'-
r.f The average annual CONSUMPTION 30
,tr,. t.r mhuhItsu' T.. co. kl'a- FfInt".
- IuEltud. % ~ tt-lgum. -. b"UuHfh.
. sweden. 4tE. N,ruIN IA. 4N ku--tI. uns
t,rmauN. as1 Austria Hungary u" lttlN.
90 0. uitsfi state. ~ ~tuIUparaftv" tables
chow THAT th" ,uusuuIt ipu j. iuCrvu-Ifg my
SOL, from ear 20 Veal
~rui,Ir.tNu ,pInl u ,IfFf DWELLINGS
Iu, Colorado thr bacillus N>-'rs'"u
De- ~,riruNutIug To- ur"~ctv' the ruins Which