Show A POSITIVE S SIGN or OP DEATH in 1 1870 the academy of sciences of paris offered a prize ot twenty thousand francs for some gome simple and positive tive siga nga of death ono one of which can be applied at any time lime by non don medical per tons bons re requiring at r ing no instruments and unmistakable gg ble in its in indications of course a number have been spoken of tho the latest and perhaps the best is that suggested by dr hugh magnus of breslau in one of Vir virchous Virch chows owa it is simple abys physiological and conclusive everybody knows that when the circulation positively ceases the he man is dead NO aoi matter how profound the coma or trance no do matter how deathlike tho the lethargy some gome circulation must continue bo be it ever so BO sluggishly when it stops once resuscitation is impossible all that one has to do therefore is to tio tie a string firmly around the finger of the supposed corpse if there is the least spark of lire life left that is if if the blood circulates at all tho the whole finger from the be tiring string to the tip will turn a bluish red from the co engorge gorge ment of the veins nothing else no pout post mortem infiltration can he be mistaken for this ibis appearance A medical contemporary a great consides deal of importance m p 0 r 1 l n c 0 0 to O this suF suggestion consi considering dei g i it t t tho k most st practical and satisfactory of any it his has been THE the spartans spartano Spar tans and they defend their lata bcd stronghold with better success than the heroic Sear spartano spartans Spar tans did the celebrated pass or of T thermopylae e against the persian host in the day the spartan force numbered about the persians the former were all killed but one the tatter latter lost about men int but they were victorious at last tho the Spar spartan tans killed and wounded about 33 of tho the portions persians for one of their own number the do still belter for they have killed and wort wounded uaea over SO 50 whites aud and lost one of their number camber they ther is more thin surpassed truckee trucked republican scientific what would the great father of british chemistry lave have said had he stood in the ectus a room of the royal rosal los institution titu where his hia great discoveries were made arid and seen the burning by dogen extracted by our great countryman graham from a meteorite the he heit heat it and light of another world or all cluid could ho be look with lockyer on the burning flames names of f hydrogen which dart u up from the sun to a night of miles or could he read the flashing flash ion telegrams which so rapidly run run around the lie world that our notions of time are completely upset and vie BC actually receive intelligence to day which was sent tomorrow to morrow I 1 lumores SALE or of THE me california PACIFIC D C haskin lla 0 of f vallejo while in woodland lost week feck the yolo mail hail of febra february a ry ath is 18 reported to hive have said that the central pacific ifie company was vis negotiating a sale ale of the roads road ru Lining out of 0 vallejo Vall vice to the ori original I 1 inal owners and builders of the road the california pacific company and that such sale would lie be consummated within the ibe next two weeks seeks we should lie be glad to tee this trade consummated A GIGA GIGANTIC antic nil they y have a 2 stinging nettle in ia australia y which grows 10 feet high and ud has bas a stem over two feet in diameter liy by tile way we believe no botanist bota lias has yet been able to make it clear what office the dettle hat gaii to it io in the economy of Lia dalure ture or why it is u guard with needles as though more precious hall plants As nothing was made in vain a 9 purpose was contemplated what is it 7 A 11 who hii bag been reading iu it the papers that sur suc day marriages are arc illegal wr arue tes to la know how it is i willi wilb a baby lorn barit rn life sunday tree if to which eliell b be 0 I 1 or ilic fataei tile mother or file baby |