Show LIX V according to 31 birj r J K of tile lie london ical society measurements now nit made me of f lie the force and velocity of or I 1 he lie wind arc are jerynn satis satisfactory rictor y on oil account of the tile lack of astun daid anemometer it is reported ported ic that tile italian exploring party 1 arty lately returned from tile found many human bones of great size ill ili patagonia in di catine cating the former existence of a race mee of ghents in ill hil that countey european observations gean acm to indicate that the condition of tho elio poil soil and the tile atmosphere has much lo 10 do with the tile development of cancer the disease being extremely prevalent in low alluvial situations and in seldom een seen in dry uplands A prize of 1500 lias has been offered by the prussian society for encouragement aget nent of In dusty for tile best account and estimation of the methods of working coal mines including modes of ventilation and precautions to ensure tho barety of int miners pers Esqui 11 maux arc aro said to be abia ablo to se gee IN objects eta at a much greater di distacio t than han americans or europeans Kur and this remarkable keenness of vision enables them to spread Intelli penco by meane means of sign telegraphy over hundreds of miles in ili a single sing loday day A meteorologist prof pi of lemstrom Lems troiT announces that laiq h lias lag made a remarkable experiment in which he lie placed laced on the apex of h a hill hill a galvania gal galvanic vanie battery with conductors covering cover hiR an area of about square feet the cono cone became surrounded by bv a halo lialo which faintly but perfectly yielded the spectrum of tile regarda thie this result with boine some subsequent ones as direct proof of the electrical nature of the mysterious light which so often dances in an fn northern ekins mone mons sanson has bas investigated lie excitant property of oate oats and finds it to be due to a substance which he lie names aye nine 11 this brind principle aiple exists in varying prope proportion tio in n all oate oats but as a rule it is contal contained ned in greater quantity by tile i dark colored than by the white varieties crushing or grinding the grain vr weakens eakens considerably its excitant action upon horses piD probably bably by alter ing atlie exciting substance xo NO excitant action C tion is sure to beirod be produced by oate oats con containing Wining lesa less than nine tenths of one per cent of adenine but with A greater proportion of tha latter the effect ie Is certain from L report given bv ur dr D K E SAlmon of the department of agriculture in reply to in inquiries nories from abroad broad it appears that c charbon I 1 feer fever it snot lot known to be very destructive to the tile domestic animals of the united states State 4 in ravages being most severe in tho the lower mississippi Valley tt here where ifa iti auses heavy losse 3 of stock at tit times especially after great inundations dr salmon doea not believe that the introduction of Past eurs method of protective vaccination could be tl made a success afi ae a business venture in europe lias hns shown allow n that the susceptibility of ani in finals a Is to the tile virus varies greatly in different countries and before mhd 1 plan of f vaccination acci nation can be adopted F diore r expensive pensive experiments must be made to determine the proper strength of vaccination for american onn anit nAls A government laboratory for the preparation and free distribution ef of valines vaccines of charbon and other contagious conta gions Uis diseases lie eases of anim animals als it ie is suggested sus suz be desirable |