Show scientific I late ate measurements of ortho tilo carbonic acid existing at considerable heights above the earths surface appear to show that the gas is pretty evenly distributed throughout our atmosphere violent atmospheric disturbances are always atten attended ed with electrical manifestations and in a recent pa paper ade er dr rogers is disposed to con consider r the prevalent theory of wind a as s erroneous and believes the real cause of air currents to be electricity in prize of twenty f five ive thousand francs offered by the king of tile belgians is to be awarded for the best work on means and measures measures for making the study of geography general e M and furthering instruction in that science in educational institutions in a new work paul du chaillou describes a curious scene encountered by him in lapland illustrative of the habits of too file most generally known of arctic animals on enter in ing a forest he suddenly found him serf in the midst of a great number of reindeer which were digging through the snow for the moss of which they are so 60 fond all except the younger ones were working lustily evidently being very hung hungry ry they dug u first t with one forefoot fore foot then w with it tl the other the holes gradually becoming larger and larger and the bodies of the animals becom becoming ng more and more bidd hidden ert tho enow snow was about four feet in depth anil boina of the holes had been dug am so far that nothing ing save their swaying ing tails could be ser seen 11 of r olne of of the reina reindeer eer in every these busy creatures were to be seen tang wit with the sole object of reaching tho wosa by the snow |