Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-07-21

From The n. \. ubunc.
UWcr raisad on tie PrincjpIe of the
Blood, BIZ UaUcS Hrough Jaived Tubes.
A feasible and obvious application ofIIar-
yey's grand discovery of the use of valves
in raising the blood through the veins, has
been suggested by a correspondent Of the
Gondon) Mechanics Magazine; namely,
the raising of water from the sea, by the
lash Of the waves through Waived tubes into
reservoirs on high leyel-lor the acquisi-
tor, et course, of an unlimited supply OF
water power. 10 be turned to any requisite
purpose. The inventor proposes TO test
the practicability of this kind Of Water-Ram
on Southsea Beach, England,
Oil of StoncS.-Under this title, recent
Paris journal contains an account OF a sin
gular substance manufactured in France, of
peculiar properties. The Boston Atlas,
among its foreign items, translates the de-
scrption of this interesting curiosity as fol-
lows: 1t was discovered several years since,
and an interesting paper upon 1t was read
before the Institute. Since then It's manu-
tacturc, far from being abandoned, as many
supposed, has been silently undergoing i'm.
proyements, and recently a company has
been forined for It's manufacture. tits now
termed mineral oil. By means of new and
very ingenious instruments and machinery,
they obtain an oil as transparent as the Pu-
rest water. This remarkable liquid IS SAID
to have this great adyantage-oi not STAIN
ing by contact, and Of giving an admirable
light by the 6xedncss and clearncss of the
flame. The company possesses i'll Autun-
nois France ineXhaustlbIe beds OF the MI
neral from which this oil is extracted, as
well as several other productions, as paral-
fine, mineral tar. new kind Of manure, IN
valuable for exhausted land, and many 9TH
ers. However much We may be surprised,
adds the journal from which we derive tins
Information. at seeing a vile and despIsed
rock thus yielding variety of precious mat
tiers, there is no room for us to doubt the
fact. 1t only proves that the science OF
Chemistry is in It's infancy, and that no one
can assign any limits to lis progress. " hen
the first attempts were made TO burn btu
minous coal, who then would have believed
in such results as gas light, ITS application
to the generation OF steam. or the bright III
tIre in reserve for so humble a mineral
And vet, arc not the mines Of Amin more
valuable to their proprletors than the Silver
asines Of both the Indies'
a ne,g Discovery By Sch9nJein.-Prof.
Schpnbein, it is announced, has made dis
covery which is making a great sensation
in Germany. This distinguished Professor,
who invented Cun-Cotton, has just discoy-
cred method for Immediately eauterizing
wounds. This invention, in connection
with that of iusensibiIity produced by Eth
er, will effect complete change in Surgery.
Nemly discovered uses ofthe Sina-Flo~-
eT.-Those most experienced in the cul'iya-
ton of this plant are sanguine that. with a
proper soil and proper cultivation, IL IS more
profitable than ,chcat or corn. The seeds
are more olcaginous thar those Of the flax
plant, and combine the qualities for fabie usc
Of the best olive oil; for tuning, Of the best
sperm, without its smoke; and for painting,