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| Glaciers are rivers of ice fed by the
"eternal SHOWS" of high mountain
ranges such as the Alps. They wear
| out their own valleys as rivers do;
they transport mud, sand and stones
to great distances, In some cases send
ing them sealed up in icebergs to float
far out to sea, and on melting deposit
| their burdens on the sea floor. Off the
coast Of Newfoundland northern Ice
bergs are depositing great mass of
gracial or'rt. .....,.. Z. -
Harvard College observatory has
now 100000 photographs, making
complete record of the northern and
| southern skies for the last twelve
years. 1t is an historical library Of
the sky, so charted that you can find
out the condition of any heavenly body
at any time within the last twelve
years, just as you would go to library
to find book or to file Of papers to
find date. A new building will be
erected shortly in which to house the
! valuable plates.
DR.. Baraduc, the famous French ply
sician, is reported to have perfected
recently an instrument by means Of
which he can actually measure the vi
tai and nervous force, and mental and
physical strength of any person. The
;e|e Df r,oaIln
suspended by piece of silk fibre in
glass case. The needle is so sensl-
| tive that 1t responds to the slightest vi
brations. The doctor claims to have
photographed the electric or magnetic
rays Of vitality.
Interesting light is thrown on the ap-
proaches toward civilization made by
| the people who dwelt in caverns in
France during the stone age by the dis
covery of a great number of drawings
Of animals on the walls of an ancient
cave at Combarelles in Southwestern
France. Many of the drawings, which
represent, with surprising skill, rein
| deer, nlammoths and other animals
now extinct in southern and western
Europe, have become covered in the
course of time with thick layers of
, stalagmite. Among the most interest
ing pictures are some which repre-
sent horselille animals belonging to two
different species, and some of these an
imals have halters and other attach
ments, plainly showing that they had
been subjected to the service of man.
The museums of the world contain
q considerable collection of specimens
labelled meteorites, which are, never
theless, spurious. Meteorites command
high price. A dollar for an ounce
weight would not be too much in cer-
tain cases. Certain Corsicans lately
manufactured meteorites for the mar
ket, taking minerals and covering them
with an artificial crust. OF course the
fraud was detected at the first analy-
sis, and equally, of course, the Cors-
cans are now in Jail for selling meteor
ties under false pretences. In 1855 a
number of persons in Russia declared
that a meteor fall had taken place in
their village, and the specimens they
produced We're purchased by several
museums. An analysis has recently
shown that all Were spurious. In the
museum of Cairo is large "meteor-
ite" found in the Libyan desert, which
is, in fact, only mass of iron which
the natives had tried to melt. The cat
alogue could be much extended.
"A remarkable aerial fire ladder has
been put into use in Pittsburg, Pa. 1t
is a fire ladder, water tower and a
chemical fire engine combined. The
whole machine weighs 10000 pounds,
but is furnished with rubber tires and
roller bearings, so that two horses can
draw 1t easily. In the centre Of the
truck is n tank containing air under
pressure of 500 pounds to the square
inch. This pressure lifts the ladder,
which Is in four sections, each mount
ed on the side of heavy steel tube.
The tubes telescope into each other so
that no air escapes. There is second
tank containing air under 100 pounds
pressure. This is used to swing the
ladder from one side of the street to
the other, or from right to left. The
apparatus Is strong enough to carry a
dozen men. When 1t is desired to res
cue a person from an upper window the
ladder is shot into the air as far as
need be, the tubes telescope gradually
but quickly, and the person is ground.
ed safely. There is no climbing down
the ladder; the rescued person simply
holds on and the machine does the rest.