New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-01

lIt Il Texas /oCtdOmd NcLiC0n0/, ana Hs s'i1""r
IAbhs. Tley uild subtermnean habatlons, Goes
irg 81 ayers If cells, sometimes filling an area OIL
cund twenty five feet square, TO the depth OF sixteen
feet III cir ers Are from six to twelve inches in hight.
and are connected by cylindrical passages from one 70
tl,e or four incl ca in diameter From these cavern
our abodee where they dwell in myriads, they nave
Ieen know to excavatc paaeage under stream IN
oider 10 get at garden the opposite eide Ia csyey
on MORT roll their cells lined with glntnous, var
isI ill natter Their food is both animal and Vege-
tail col sisng Of nsects berries gram, and the iea'e
Of tres. T.y will sometimes entirely denude tree
Of liz foippe in single night. In Western ana Cen''a'
Texss they are regarded terrible scourgo' ana many
Efforts ave been made by means OF hre an" "'"''''
csnes 10 exerninaie them, hut their Immense hun"o
b.s hitherto rendered all those attempts Iu.e ihey
..r,oI. divided into classes, come building and re-
airing the cells some procuring food some endngthe
s;el-srd all aving peculiar dnies to perform
III ose interested in the progress Of PalRontsogy
"a m reu,ulertl at Albert Candy, French natural
IL vas sent in Il carly part Of the year TO Greece TO
,.,ue resea,cl cs into deposits Of reddish earth
., p;le,ni in Attica known TO he rich in the remains
5 .x,iret mamnlia Tfese deposits have been formed
lv ro.i, of tie rocks Of Penelicus toward the
nit Of M mountain they thin, but increase in thick
ress tie nearer they approach to the plains, and they
extend to III margin Of the Euean Sea, covering
very large area NJ. Gaudry has exhumed many skele.
tori moeOr esscomplete ofthe masodon, dinotherium
eleJl ant, ihinoceros camel-leopard, and host Of
lesser amin als together with number Of birds and
rertiles lie has rent forty-one cares to Paris. The
collection contains severa hitherto undescrbed animals
NJ. G,udey Lac also completed the necessary surveys
and Investigations to enable him to prepare geological
nsp Of Atics.
Much interest was manifested at the last meeting
of Academy of Sciences of Paris, in paper read BY
N. FloureDs concerning remarkable instance OF the
natural formation of a bore, the ouRrowth OF the
yercsteum. The possibility Of such an occurrence has
been stienuouy denied by Sedott and other surgical
writers. In the present Gaze, man living at Bsyeux
Lad Lis leg broken by a fall. 1t was q comminnted
fracture; the tibs literally pulverized, and tho
II ign Was severely bruised, but at the end of ak
month fragment OF tie bial bone nearly eight in
cfes in length elected from its place, and some
weeks afteIward it was found that the reproductive
force Of nature was forming new bone to replace
Il old enc. Ii might be felt at first as colt mass but
grf dually hardened until at the end Of another half
year il became entirely sod. The cure Is complete,
ard tie leg IL in every respect as sound and perfect as
before the accident.
Picked fruits covered with beautiful representa-
tiers If Goats of arms, initials, notices, and other
fcueres were lately offered for sale in the markets Of
Vienna. Tley were made by cutting out in paper the
desired letters or figures and then wrapping the paper
csely about the peaches pears apples pluins at the
time when The fruit ust begins to color When ripe,
the covered portion Of the fruit is of pure white, and
the images cut in the paper appear in the natural color
Of tie fruit.
Mr. Bennett, whose pleasant volume on che natural
bittcry of Australia has been well received by the
,cnlic circles of Great Britain, has recently written
de.crirtien 81 that interesting Plangrade animal the
brown ooati or Nosna FUea. While at Sydney, Mr..
Bennett obtained fu-9rown specimen from the coast
of roical Sou,h America. Its size Is that OF very
large cat ia hair the back and sides is OF gray
sb brown color but the TAIL which is long and bushy
II color il dark brown Its kue however, seems to
vary considerably with IFS age. II bears some affinity
10 the rcooCn but is distinguished from that animal by
its elongated truncaed, and movable snout, with
Which it turrs up the earth in search OF worms or
puls II preys upon small quadrupeds or birds, often
elm hing trees in search of s prey. The specimen in
question econ became domestCated; would come when
called, like dog; evinced much gratitude, and always
seen ed fattered when patted otherwise caressod
Il was very fond of sucking the blood Of animals. Ii
evidently possesed acute of SMELL for when
running about in the garden after seeming the ground
for some time it would insert the snout TO some depth
into tie earth at the place chosen, and invariably
secured tie worm grub of which it was in search.
Tie acetate of ammonia has hitherto been the
h,u known antidote to alcohol But physician OF
Dantzic Dr. Beck has discovered still more effective
Oton tie composition Of which has not yet
been ade rublie. Ii is administered as a mineral
vaste nco sed in olye and at destroys not only
in mediate Effects but the disastrous consequences
Of inetriety. drunken Pole, upon whom expert
m,ns were made swallowed successfully three of the
prepared olives and three bottles of brandy, after
Which be did not exhibit the slightest trace of inox-
ication, and showed no signs Of sickness.
"A new mineral las been brought from Nagpoor in
Central India, by Mr.. Hislop and has therefore
ceiyed the name of HisOite. 1t possesses the crys-
tane character of earareous spar, is Of brilliant
glass.geen color, and has specific gravity Of 26i5.
After being subjected to the action of muriatic acid
there remains gretnsh substance, which is probably
gareonte, as its analysis agrees with that of the
gar cone described by Prof. Rogers occurring in
New-Jersey greenland. Ilslopite ia composed Of
,aIlcrate Of me clay, and the greenish substance
above mentioned.
A series Of curious experiments have lately been
made by 81 Rayer on the torpedo. Ii was found that
cuiaiipa, the most powerful Of known poEons, when
rit cted into the dotsa vein of this electrical fsh
dei, inactive the motor nerves but left the sensitive
nerves active. BY several experiments in connection
with tie gayanic battery, it ascetaned that the
sensitive reIves in spite Of the fact that ali motion was
SUSPENDED by tie power of tho injected poison, acted
uIcn The brain, which in turn influenced the excitor
nerves of tie toTedos electrical apparatus The func-