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was four feet deep, and contained one hun- 

 dred and eighty-nine arrow-heads. It is 

 especially mentioned that in two of the 

 graves the bodies had been buried in an 

 extended position. 



A Chinese Hygieopolis. According to 

 Dr. W. Wykehara Myers, of the British 

 Naval and Consular Service, Dr. Richard- 

 son has been anticipated in his " Hygieop- 

 olis," or city of health, and a city very like 

 that which he has described as ideal is in 

 existence at Wen-Chow, China. Dr. My- 

 ers is not prepared to say that the parallel 

 is perfect, but observes that the similarity 

 is so close as to warrant his alluding even 

 to the high standard set up by Dr. Rich- 

 ardson. All the main and pleasant fea- 

 tures of " Hygieopolis " above-ground were 

 found at Wen-Chow, and even the deficien- 

 cies in the Chinese city did not prevent Dr. 

 Myers from being surprised at the passing 

 resemblance it presented to the ideal. 



Animal Intelligence. The following, cut 

 from a recent issue of the " Portland Tran- 

 script," was sent to us by a valued corre- 

 spondent, who vouches for its truth : " A 

 friend gives us this dog-story as coming 

 under his own observation : A bull-dog and 

 a Newfoundland came into collision in Fed- 

 eral Street. The Newfoundland took to his 

 heels for safety, and was closely pursued. 

 Seeing that he was likely to be overtaken, 

 he caught up a bit of dirt from the street, 

 and at the critical moment dropped it as if 

 it were something of value he was obliged 

 to give up. The ruse succeeded; for the 

 bull-dog stopped to pick up the supposed 

 titbit, and the Newfoundland escaped. The 

 disgust manifested by the vicious brute, 

 when he found how he had been outwitted, 

 h said to have been very comical." 



Prehistoric Africa. Dr. Emil Holub, the 

 Austrian traveler, in a recent lecture before 

 the British Anthropological Institute, on the 

 central South African tribes, mentioned that 

 he had found along the South African coasts 

 clear traces of extinct tribes who, judging 

 from their relics and from other indications, 

 must have been of a very low type. Pass- 

 ing farther into the interior, there were evi- 

 dent relics of quite a different stage of cul- 



ture, reminding him of the great African 

 empire which the Portuguese marked on 

 their maps as Monomatapa. Among them 

 were workings of ancient mines, some even 

 of gold, and the ruins of a rude kind 

 of cyclopean fortifications. Such evidences, 

 he held, pointed to exterminated tribes, and 

 testified to the antiquity of the savage Af- 

 rican rule of warfare, which destroys all 

 the males, and allots the wives and chil- 

 dren to the victors as slaves. 



Production of Precious Metals in Colo- 

 rado. Mr. Frank Fossett, the author of a 

 valuable work on Colorado, reports on the 

 basis of his later observations, that that 

 State has taken an immense stride forward 

 in its mining industries during the past 

 year, and has distanced California in the 

 production of the precious metals. He be- 

 lieves that it will next year surpass Nevada 

 and all other mining regions in the field of 

 gold and silver. Full detailed statements 

 have not yet been received from all quar- 

 ters, but enough is known to make it sure 

 that the return of the State for 1879 will 

 amount to $1S,650,000. The present rate 

 of production is estimated at over $2,000,- 

 000 a month, with a prospect of a steady 

 increase hereafter ; and the entire product 

 of 1880, it is believed, will be between 

 825,000,000 and $30,000,000. The prod- 

 uct of last year consisted of 14,100,000 

 in silver, $3,000,000 in gold, $1,450,000 in 

 lead, and $125,000 in copper. 



The Carpet-Beetle. Mr. A. S. Fuller 

 contributes some notes to the "American 

 Entomologist " on the habits of the carpet- 

 beetle, whose larva is commonly called the 

 Buffalo-moth, which may be of help in find- 

 ing a remedy for the ravages of the insects. 

 The larvae feed on carpets and woolens, but 

 the fully developed insects feed and pair 

 out of doors, after which the female returns 

 to the carpets to lay her eggs. Mr. Fuller 

 found the beetles last summer feeding on 

 the pollen of spiraeas, catching them for sev- 

 eral weeks on these plants, but on no others 

 in his garden. As the spiraeas are very 

 abundant in all parts of the country, it 

 would be easy to plant a number of them 

 around the house as a bait for the beetles, 

 where, by watching them carefully, tha in- 



