Show THE LAW OF MOISTURE when the sky was cloudy it w was as found that on the ground the degree of h timidity humidity was I 1 75 increased to 78 at f feet decreased to 73 at 6 feet and then hen t gradually to 23 21 at feet the law aw of moisture shown in cloudy states of the sky was therefore a slight increase from the earth to feet the degree of humidity at this elevation being nearly of the same value as on the ground from to feet there was a large decrease and then an almost uniform decrease to feet the space necessary to pass through throng h for a decline of one degree of temperature is less than fe feet e t near the earth averaging averring feet for f or the first 1000 feet f etan and at heights exceeding feet ht it is necessary to pass through ugh 1000 feet feel of vertical height for a decline of one degree of temperature c by comparing the th 0 results as a found from the two states of the sky together the degree of humidity of the air up to 1000 feet was wag 15 16 less with a clear sky an than with one covered by clouds from 2000 to feet it is from 4 to 6 less at feet the air with a clear sky is much dryer than at feet but with a cloudy sky it is nearly of the same degree of humidity so that tha difference between the two states is large amounting to no less than 11 above feet the air with clear skies generally become very dry but with cloudy skies fre Ire frequently Wently becomes more humid as w was as to t be e expected from the presence of clouds at the height of three and four miles in both states of the sky at heights exceeding four and five miles the air ceodes becomes very dry the amount of water present resent being very small indeed but at the he highest elevations I 1 have been there has always been some water present I 1 never found the air free from water at the same elevations the result of experiments peri perl ments on different days were found to be very different and on the same day water was found to be very differently ferent ly distributed there having been met with several successive layers of dry and wet air placed one above the other balloon THE nevada county cal transcript of may says the american amerlean company at sebastopol sevastopol Seba on thursday set ofra oora off a blast af kegs of powder pounds the cost cast of this blast in powder er alone amounted to about 2300 A large number of persons persons congregated upon u on the banks opposite the one in w which ich ieh the blast was put to witness the effect of the explosion 0 of so much powder the dr drift ift in w which it was placed was in in about 90 00 feet and the bank to bo be raised feet high the fuse was 45 minutes in burning before it reached the powder when the explosion took place with a dull thud it shook the ground like an n earthquake the immense mass of earth rose suddenly a few feet and then crumbled away I 1 PEACHES IN ix OHIO A cincinnati cincinnati paper says that a peach grower in that vicinity has ten thousand trees and will wiil aget perhaps ten blis bils bushels hels heis of fruit ruit on a full crop he would have received or a profit of ten thousand dollars atthe at tho minimum price DROUGHT the syracuse N Y journal states that with the exception of the year 1856 there has not been a spring within the last 30 years in which so little rain has fallen the average fall of water in april is about aj U inches but this year it was only six sis tenths of an inch the question of rain has become a very serious matter INDIAN MASSACRE IN IDAHO another wholesale indian slaughter has occurred west of the owyhee owahee just above the mouth of jordan creek fifty were on their way to idaho city and all but one were murdered b by brutal indians indiana at the place ment mentioned lonel ionel on the their bodies were mutilated in the most shocking manner mariner owahee owyhee avalanche may 26 20 MONEY REPORT there were re in san francisco in the last week of may in bullion and for the month legal tender notes have fluctuated from 72 2 to 75 1 closing for the week ending june ad at about 75 dispatches of june ath quote them at 74 76 jr reveille june 7 b THE duter DUTCH FLAT RA RAILROAD supt bupt crocker writes to the gold kili bill news june ad we are working between and men and 1000 horses and will employ more if they ofner offer the material we have encountered hns has proved much easier than we had expected to find and in the fall of 1867 1 will meet you at truckee meadows and pass you through to sacramento by rail in seven hours THE LUMBER TRADE OF maise MAINE A w well weil ell eli informed correspondent of a boston paper in speaking of the trade of the eastern border of maine remarks the river rier ri er st croix affords unusual facilities for the prosecution of lumbering its natural source is the waters of the eastern and western schoodic lakes from which flow two large streams uniting uniti ngat at bailey ville and emptying into bay the water power of this river which is known by the french ench name of st croix since the treaty of 1842 and its tributaries tributa ries is un ri during the past fifteen years not less than birve have been expanded in blasting rocks building dams and otherwise improving its waters mals mais calais and the provincial town of st stephens both connected by a bridge across the st croix are at the head of navigation situated from irom thirty to forty miles from the sea two hundred vessels or more are employed yearly or as long as the river rem remains ains open to navigation in transporting tle the products of theiu thein the industry of these places to a marketa market mostly united states ports the estimated value of kanuf manufactured lumber that Is sent a way away yearly is placed at one f nirm firm irm shipped last year eighty cargoes of lathes A large largo amount amoun p of or ship timber is included in this estimate lumbering operations extend up the river a distance of one hundred miles the business of logging gives employment to about gibout five hundred bundred teams and two thousand men there are on the river thirty one gangs and nine single saws seventy three million feet of logs were driven last year and during the past four years calais and st stephens have averaged sixty two million of feet of lumber that has been shipped the evidence of thrift that one beholds on every hand in these two places indicates evel th the liro prosperity as well agthe enterprise of their citizens THE massachusetts LIQUOR LAW taw A salem mass paper says the state constabulary are pushing matters matter ir that city to an extraordinary extent they have visited every oyster saloon and eating room where ale and cider were sold every candy shop lodging bodgin house grocery and apothecary ever even landlord who lets a tenement in W which hichi alcoholic preparations are sold has been notified that be ne will be lug jug a common nuisance if he does not eject his tenant forthwith apothecaries have also been notified that they must not sell alcohol or any kind of spirits even upon the prescription of a physician phy sican the result is that most if not wll all dl the places where any liquor can be obtain obtained eI are closed the liquor agency e excepted |