Show POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES some wonderful relics ol 01 an ancient race of people have been discovered in eastern new york A writer aiom that section enumerates a number of articles among which wo notice the following A number of arrow head small copper awls a spa shell adapted o me as a drinking vessel severa bone awls aragi horn instruments a pouge made of bore a necklace or head dress composed of copper anil shell joany ather articles all of which were unlike any ever found in indian burying ground in one crave wa found eighty nine head A summer school of biology will bo opened at drury college in Spring Geld missouri on july ast 1st and will continue abou two months the chief means employed for carrying on the work will be laboratory study lectures and excursions and alie studies will bousi it of microscopy vertebrate and in vertebrae zoology and bot ny and instructions in methods of teaching science will be given with a view to the protection of the birds of the country the french government has aiken action and has enacted laws pr hi biting the killips birds of passage and those only under certain limitation aha law ia much more stringent than the so called game laws in this country cod and is strictly enforced against all edwi no matter how trivial the violation prof tice is of the opinion that about ill of the eo called cyclopes which have prevailed to an unusual extent thi season are storms of electricity and entirely independent of wind tho royal college of physicians at ondon has offered a pricie of or the best essay on hydrophobia ono of the newest inventions in this country and one of great practical value and good is the ampo Dm po cope which is aed for det cling firedamp fire damp and determining kiy pt alighi hydrogen in the air its construction is eaid to be simple while its action is perfect and accurate the best trace ol 01 gas being indicated at once am minutely by the instrument scientist from alosa observations are of the opinion that pines and other needle leaved trees have ft stronger attraction for watery vapor than other trees and that those containing resinous matter absorb lucli more water and exhale it more rapidly than ether recent discoveries have developed tho fact that the ancient races Chal deans and babylonians made a practical use of the moon in the keeping up of a system of regular observations which showed that the change in tho weather was due to lunar two hundred thousand years la a long time but according to prof mudge roan has been on tho earth fully that length of time ilia cal dilation are based upon the raio at which the delta of the is deposited A test of Edi sons new electric railway at menlo park new york acty a few days since was buot gratifying in its results to the inventor and some thirty persons who ao him upon abo occasion it is anticipated that the street am elevated railways of new york wit at no very diamant day be fully operated by electricity |