Show scientific AND USEFUL A spider recently observed in the isle of wight dragged two or three leaves to the tee shore fastened them together with its web launched the cratt crait and sailed away over the pond leaving it to dart and dive after flies and other game returning with them to the raft to be devoured the rare sea elephants that a rew lew months ago were purchased by the philadelphia zoological garden have all died these animals that are f found on the islands bordering on the antar tic circle are likely to soon become extinct at heard island there is a regular fishery carried on principally by bf the english A sailor fish captured in the indian 0 ocean cean was 30 feet in length with a dorsal fin fiu 10 feet high and previous to its capture the din ddn rushing along along at the surface was taken for the sail of a boat the force of the blow that could be given by this monster was estimated to be equal to the discharge of a 21 24 pound howitzer milking in the barnyard says an exchange is an anold old oid fashion that should be abandoned it is inconvenient and and unclean it should go with the e wooden pail and the hairy batter and never be heard of any more gone and forgotten too it is a wonder that any farmer would permit it and still more a wonder that any farmers wives or daughters would consent to it the largest man eater shark awas caught in australian waters the car opa rodon it was 36 feet in length its jaw now graces the cabinet of the british museum the largest shark ever captured on this coast was killed off block island it was a pelagic form a bone shark and when hauled haupa alongside along side a 60 goton ton schooner reached beyond the bow and stern stem being over 70 10 feet in length the united states boasts the only poisonous lizard the a specimen of which was recently exhibited at the central park zoo E experiments penn peni m ments ants were tried with it at the glea smithsonian rit and the scientist who was bitten was dangerous dangerously Iv affected but was relieved by immediate attention the saliva is found to be alkaline and when injected into a pigeon caused death in nine minutes the are frequently found in montana fighting with snakes always comin coming out victors the forthcoming report of the challenger on deep sea fishes will contain some remarkable forms new to science many are luminous showing fire firey y spots upon the head like the headlight on a locomotive or along the fins it is supposed that these are their means of communication some of the localities from which they were taken were two or three miles from the surface where if it a man stood the pressure would be equal ial lal to that of two obelisks like ilke the one in n central park piled upon his bis back the temperature of the water is just below free freezing freelin zin g the smithsonian institute has succeeded in obtaining a fihe fire skeleton of the gigantic sea cow stel leri which will be the only specimen in the united states the history of the animal is extremely remarkable abdus 4 one e hundred hun ir ed years ago these animals i lived in incredible numbers in the north but steller and later explorers waged such a war against them that in thirty years after their discovery they became bedaine extinct the animal was va a mannne manine iLia llla manatee natee of enormous size attaining a length of thirty five feet and a weight of several tons A n new e w s science c 1 c n c e itel has r recently e c e n t ly b been e e n d discovered Is COW coh r e d t that h a t 0 of f p h e r a g e b by y which v h i c it is meant the transmission of aehl vehicles cles cies by electricity to a distance independent of of any control exercised from the vehicle an experimental telpher line which has been constructed at edinburgh consists of a series of poles with cross heads and strung wire ropes stretching along each side one to form the up and the other the down line on the wires runs a motor engine ensine which completes the circuit from froin a stationary electric engine following the engine are a series of wheels from which are suspended clear of poles buckets each capable of carrying a nett quantity of about two anda and a half cst cwt cat of goods train can succeed train and the buckets can be taken off or put on the line without interfering with the others As the line does not require bridges or viaducts and can be constructed over a rough country at small cost it will be useful for the conveyance of minerals wool grain or other articles that can be divided into quantities such as the buckets can carry cam |