Show scientific Y the venerable french chemi clie inist stand and instructor M Cli evren has just celebrated his ninety sixth birthday A species of temporary color blindness has ais been observed C as tho the result of long exposure to dazzling light it has been pointed out that the fragrance of violets differs widely beine being influenced evidently by the aca son and temperature warmth and shelter zip appearing most conducive to sweetness kr kraus aus has lately pr proved ved that all plant organs swell an and d contract periodic periodically aliv overy every day this abe phenomenon is duo to variations in the amount of water contained at fit different periods during lie the twenty four hours A new geyser lias has been discovered near st etienne franco france A vein of hot water water was tapped at a depth of feet and tho the result is an intermittent fountain throwing a stream tb a height of nearly feet above tho the surface of the earth U blavier attributes tho the disappearance odthe of the sardine from the coast of Britanny where it was once the source ora of a largo large revenue ton to a change in the direction of tho the gulf stream the question was deemed so important by the paris academy of sciences tl that int a special committee lias has been appointed to investigate the matter dr schweinfurth has succeeded in freshening and preserving reserving many of the leaves and awers flowers from garlands found on tho the breasts of mummies discovered last list year at deir cl el bahara A small herbarium is thus formed irom from plants which grew some thirty five centuries ago A number of tho the s species decies have been identified with filose those now found in the east for the photography of airm birdin in their dif different positions in flying idl M I marey marcy employs an instrument like a rifle in shade giving twelve successive images per second each image being baciu taken in the 1700 part of a second in bright sunlight tho the time of exposure is reduced to tho the 1500 11 00 of a second these views furnish an analysis of tho inot motion iori of birds in flight which could not be obtained before the perfection of the process of instantaneous photograph y A new method of preserving meat is to cause the heart of f the animal to pump ump acid into th the tissues for r example example a sliced slice is stunned by a bl blow ow an and blood being withdrawn fr from om tho the left jugular vein a strong solution of belacic acid kept at blood heat is injected the heart of the still living animal quickly pumps the antiseptic fluid into all parts of the body and tho the sheep is then killed b by the butcher in the usual way thy alie cost is slight and tho the moat thus treated will keep several the heat of summer it ia is very generally known that the existence ofa of a planet between mercury and the sun lias has long been suspected by astronomers hut but if such an ans object exists is is ordinarily rendered invisible to telescopes by the diffusion of the solar rays during a total eclipse the glare ortho of the aunis sun is removed and it is hoped that tho tile hypothetical planet may be discovered on such an occasion with that purpose in in view view many observers will eaverly scan scan the heavens about tile SUB sun during the eclipse of may which will be chiefly visible in africa the celebrated kents hole of the is located near torquay in devonshire Devons liiro england this remarkable cavern first scientifically explored in 1824 by a catholic clergyman has liag given up remains of the mammoth rhinoceros hyena elk and other animals now extinct in england together with flints and other relics of ancient man the earth in the cave lias has now been explored to a great depth and the finding I ng ofa of a human jaw far below below the surface fa CO I has I as added a link to the chain of evide evidence nce establishing mans great antiquity ty it appears to bo be quite well established that ants and a few other insects have the highly organized faculty of communicating their ideas to one another the researches of modern observers such as lubbock and mccook havo have confirmed the belief in such a power dr franklin shared tho tile belief and tested tho the matter in an interesting experiment he ile placed a small jar containing a little treacle in a closet where a number of ants soon collected to prey upon the contents of the vessel when all was eaten tho doctor cleared the jar of tho the ants and putting somo some fresh cloin in it suspended it by a string from a nail in the ceiling coiling A single ant remained in tho the jar jar which ato until satisfied and then sought to find ita its way out it was for some time perplexed but finally climbed the string to the ceiling and escaped down the wall it had been gone but a short time when a largo swarm of ants flocked into tho closet climbed up lip the wall to the ceil ceiling inq and then descended bythe by the string into the jar where they remained until the treacle was devoured and then departed by the string it is hardly possible that this should have taken place had not the first ant made bome communication to the others |