New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-31

tie sane throw OF the shuttle, and extremely AtHe
increate oflabor beyond " hat Ia repaired IN "eaV-
ing a single piece Several ave mp''' nsve, We oe
lieve been made 10 accomplish the same eni, aud
the grest difficulty experienced mas been 70 obtain
the selvages Of the separate pieces
FOSSIL REaAISs ~ THE WEsT
We find the following interesting communication
from DIR. ions LOCKE Of Cincinnati in the " Gin
cippau Commercial" and transfer it entire 70
our columns, on account OF the many important
data which it furnishes regarding the Fossil He
mains recently discovered in various sections OF the
Union. Says DR.. Locke:
al have examined with much interest the fossil
tp,k which YOU have done me the honor ~ submit
IN nv inspection twas found, it seems, IN Gov.
in etop. Ion the grounds Of Capt q. w. Cutter =
IL "a not iusk Of the MastOdon, but OF the extinct
Elephant (EIephas PT1EogeHus/ Quite NUN
Der Of specimens OF this Kind have, at various
tirne, been found in the Cincinnati Valley, and
throughout the West In digging the foundations
of my own house, a molar tooth OF this Elephant
was found and near XeDia, a very large and Tine
one was dragged by seine from the Little Miami
River, and was sent to me by the Clerk OF the
Court in that county. IL is 10 inches long, inches
vide, and 81 inches thick, weighing "a pounds
The number of plates Of which it is composed is %.
The depth to which it was set in the Jaw was q
rather a small tusk, being about inches in diane
ter but it is beautifully white and shows the ivory
structure quite perfectly IL 10 disposed 10 crum-
bic and exiOiate, condition which Is the result OF
driving and not Of mere exposure to & Q air. a. Is
popularity supposed To be preserved, those sPeci,
mems which ordinarily go TO pieces should be dried
slowly and then should be basted or soaked 10
warm size Of glue, and afterwsrd vanished. The
material of the tusk is not fossllzed except mega
lively. for although all the animal matter ali the
glue and albumeD had disappeared II renamed
yerv light and did not appear 70 have absorbed any
mineral matter as lime, snlca or Hon' NIen
heated before the blowpipe, fragment neither
backened nor gave out any considerable odor.
Tbe .sme was true of the Xenia noar tooth. Bat
a Nsstodon bone, from Blgbone Lick, when treat
ed In the same way, turned black, smoked, and
smell decidedly Of burned fat and If the calcareous
matter were dissolved out nutrient, though prob
ably not very palatable, soup might be made from
those bones But the mere odor OF burned Mas
todon grease is sufficient luxury TO an antiquarian.
| ties ed in the same way, the skulls OF two
Mound builders, taken from the mounds OF Grave
Creek, in Virginia, and, although they were qaite
tender and pUlverulent, they blackened, smoked,
and gave out animal odor like the Mammoth Mas-
todonl bones showing that portion of the animal
substances still clupg 70 these relics OF him who,
more than thousand years ago, toled so industrl-
ousy and religiously to heap his hand barrow
loads OF earth into the wonderful earth works OF the
West
"These Elephant bones and tusks appear by
the above test to be older than the Msstodon Of
Bigbone, bat in the hands OF DR.. Bucklahd of Ok
ford lodged in silver cask et from the Emperor Of
Russia | have seen the dried flesh, skin and hair
of this same species Of Elephant, the speclm %
having been found in the ice OF Siberia. The hairy
covering Of triple character; LIST, black brls
ties about 10 inches long; Cd, within the brstes
covering OF hair; 3d. still shorter than the hair
close covering of fur How admirably adapted TO
northern climate, and how different from the al
most naked African or Asistic Elephant OF modern
times With this thick shaggy coat, enlarging the
animal two feet in every diameter, what fright
fol beast must he have been, which bore the strong
dangerous tusk now 50 banched and fragile, and
the ponderous molar with its burr stone sur
face grinding the branches Of trees and shrubs into
saw.dust nutriment amid the SHOWS OF northern
w inter, and still firm with its ensmeled plates
as to have endured the surgy tossing: OF the
Flood and since that the more prOtracted perse'
cutions Of the Miami How must he have ap-
.peared so black huge, rolling along In un~leldy
msie sty, with his long spiral white tusks, and with
bis dark figure, contracted with the whittier snow
IMPROVEMENTS Iy THE MAXuFAcrURE OF PAPER
We find in the London 81 Patent Journal an &C
count of an improved process for the Manufacture
of Paper and Card board, and for producing water
marks thereon as also in the apparatus and ma
cbinery to be used for such purposes. This patent
was taken out little more than year ago. and
the nature Of the improvements is such as to war.
rant the belief that brief description will possess
some degree Of interest The patentees are ena-
bled by their method OF making and constructing
the mods SAYS the "Patent Journal y 10 produce
sheets or pieces Of paper bearing designs or devices
as wstermArks, TO any extent OF repetition re-
ouired and ali such designs or devices are identi-
-, aNa ,fad ktfr urfth,s rs,l
the mods required, all ldentical-which effect it is
an iupossibillty 10 accomplish by the ord method OF
forming the mods by hand, where the only guide
or security to accuracy and identity IS the deviAtng
eve and hand of the workmen employed. The i'm
portance in this respect OF providing security
against fraud and forgery is so immense and gen
orally acknowledged ~ be so great deslderatum
that it may be necessary to state some Of the pur
poses 10 which the Improvements are applicable
Tor eifectDg that security TO very considerable ex-
tent az the most elaborate designs Of lcdter.Dldrk
can be produced with equal accuracy and facility
as the more simple ones. Fac SMILES OF autographs
and signatures OF individuals, and fixing the
seals or devices Of psbic companies and like de
signs hitherto perfectly unattainabe in paper man
ufacture by the old description Of molds Among
the principal purposes to which they appica Die
may be named Bank notes, Treasury notes, *
cheuuer bills and other q government papers Gus
toms warrants, Postage stamps, Post Office money
orders, forms Of wills, ecclesiastical papers, la~
records, Government securities, stock receipts
bonds dividends, warrants, checks, railway scrip
journals snd books for important entries, transfer
books, promissory notes, bills Of exchange, certi
Gates of marriages, births and deaths, registration
papers, and other or auypaPers requiring security
SUBSTITUTE FOR OIL
Mr.. Alexander Mankittrich, merchant Of Man
chester, Eng. has taken out pstent for an i'm
Il -. IL
as & substitute for oil, for the fabrication of ma
chinery and for other purposes. The patent bear.
date May /, ls49 bat was enrolled on the LIST No
vember last The specification describes a com
blnation Of materials, forming compound. II ID
the invention of a foreigner, resident abroad, and
communicated 10 the present patentee The com
! mound Is IN he used a suhstituta for oil