Show OM observations ix n france by mons show that flies quickly disappear from a room after the introduction odthe of the croton oil plant rt in us commings commonis com munis minis dead flies nrc found t near the plant plan i t from which it appears that the leaves are highly poisonous to these insects LUDINO in germany lias has been led by his investigations to conclude that contrary to theaster the assertion tion i nt arsenic may b bo r readily ll 11 a py de detected ta teed m 11 iho jho bones hoiles after r y r poisoning by that substance he even found the poison in the bones of a dog twenty seven days after the last of a series of doses had been given the animal I MONS NIS arts to t the french academy that i immunity mind u hit from marsh fevers is often becu secured red in unhealthy ethiopian regions by exposing the naked body to sulphur fumes in sicily the tile workmen in sulphur mines on low ground suffer touch much less from intermittent fever than the rest of tho tile poti pou lation while mans alens fouque has bas shown that otonce ii on flourishing town of inhabitants ria ba has s been almog st utterly ui terly de populated t b r agy I tl arshi fever the decadence haying baying corresponded to a gradual removal of sulphur mining operations eastward beyond a mountain range so that the sulphur emanations no longer reached the town SINCE 1876 accurate ceasur measurements c have been made to show sho tho the range of the changes in level of many russian rivers river sand and some pf af A the results ire arc g given iv iria irra recent paper by mons tillo it appears that the highest range is reached by the oka at kaluga the difference between the he lAg highest liest and tho the lowest levels being as much as 45 feet while the average odthe of the bame river from its source to its mouth is feet feel the th ity average i e rage rin range ge from soured sour co io w mouth odthe of tho volga is feet of the tho kama feet of the duna feet of the don feet and cfall of all other rivers less than 20 feet of course cours i this ethis range diminishes vea very much toward tho the mouth of each river yet it reaches 12 feet for the volga at astrakhan and feet for the duna at riga the greatest range of variation observed in tho the lakes of northern russia was only 21 feet the number of cal stations on the rivera rivers of russ russia a was increased in 1880 to WE wn AKE ane indebted to the ilic travelers cri insurance co boj 91 hartford conn one of the oldest and most popular institutions of the kind in the world for a copy of a beamut beautifully ifal executed photo lithographic plato containing the likenesses of twelve of the leading journalists journ alista of america ica surrounding the venerable head of thurlow weed the nestor of american newspaper edi tore tors they are geo IV childs cf oi the philadelphia ledger whitelaw azid of tho N Y tribune james G bennett of the N Y herald irenr henry y Watterson of the louisville courier journal th e boston heralda Heral dW G story of tho the chica chicago time times murat halstead of the cincinnati am commercial mercial victor IF lawson of tile the Chicago news oswald Ottendorf af tle N Y chas A dani of the NY nyum sun joseph medill of the chicago tribune and joseph IL hawley awley II of the hartford dourant they are not only representative heads of american intelligence but also striking illustrations of american man manhood bood the whole forms a decoration as handsome as interesting ing |