New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-15

- rSs'Soe hdtle me waste OF bOly tssue s moi
eon'nea lime merely Of the bOnes but extends b.
en'ire Tissue Experiments which have heen ,ndes
on nous showed tha' Al the ere not sopplied with lima
eoe'is Oh sheir eggs may be replaced by iron
msener'a or baryta, but NJ Edwards has fonnd 'tbs
this possibility Of Substitution does not extend 70 -,
bcnY tissue.
Dr. Athanase Dapre hasinvented methods Of saw, :
ing which are OF considerable value in practice Nv
neaos oil cylindrical fswshe cuts cane or an umbrella
"aooe 80 that It can be polished with sand-psper or
cuts Out the sides Of small barrel or circular oo5
Gu measure. He is able to cut log of wood io,o
single thin board Of great width by sIcng il lopeud
nally gradually approaching the heart from The BARI b
the center. This will be Of value in furnishing broad
panels, otherwise difficult to obtain.
The magnificent fountains in the Place de ,, Con.
corde in Paris of iron and the water which nlava
them contains lime, which soon coated them with
deposit of suphate of lime. This obacured ALI ~,
rich details of their ornamentaton Theee fountains
have been taken down and layer Of copper has been
placed upon them BY the electrctype process. This
being bronzed gives the iron fountains all the beauty Of
bronze at 1.-THE of the cost About sixty tuns Of SOL
plate Of copper have been used in the process.
Lightning plays strange pranks sometimes. Dur.
ing thunder storm last summer struck schoo-house
in the little French village of Bouin The pupils vera
on their knees at prayer when suddenly they saw 8
ball Of FIRE bounding among them One Of the chill
dreu who was beneath suspended lamp was killed.
The ball Of fire disappeared through window making
a round hole through pane Of glass which was not
otherwise injured, Nhough all the other glass in tho
window was broken.
In 1892 nursery, under the name Of Jardn d Es
al; A Acol rraa asghlishcd hy
the French Government. II then consisted Of II
seres but has since been increased to 1870. ~ Hardy
the director has succeeded in Introducing very largo
number of exotic trees shrubs plants and grains which
be has distributed through the colony to the value Of
100000 Among them are Csmpeecby wood, tue 81
gar-cane the banana and sorgho.
M Jobard has published theory that the diminu.
ton Of phosphorus causes dimnuion in the blight OF
men, He Gays that every man had absorbed as much
phosphorus as be has burned lie would be inch taller
In the same journal he states that It is very strange
that people will 90 on oing the pistous of steam-en-
gines although he showed thirty years ago that tho
oil from the annscules in the water Was sufficient for
that purpose.
M. Pasteur whose controversy with ID. Poochet IN
regard to spontaneous generation has pow become "a
NOUS has recently discovered that in fermentation
tl,ro appears an animalcue which has the singular
cacteristic Of existing without the Intervention OF at
Sospheric air; be has found them in the buyrc fer
mepta,icn and he believes them 70 be produced also
IN the alcoholic fermentation.
The experiments which are now making with cleo
trio light indicate the possibility that in all establish
msnts where seom-power can be obtainedit viii sup
plant gas. Two horsepower moving series of mag
nets will induce sufficient electricity 70 produce, b. the
consumption Of very small quantity Of charcoal Light
equal TO that given by burning gallon Of good oil per
hour.
M Glatard has invented harness which can be
detached from the horse by merely pulling rem spe.
cialy devoted to that purpose A brake at the same
time stops the carriage. This permits the driver, IA
case his horse becomes u1m&nageabe, 70 let him 60
entirely freed from the harness and % that be viii at
De likely to iniure himself
M. Guyon, a retired sanitary inspector OF TIA
French Army who hiss since 1884 made tho subject OF
posons specially has found that the poison Of vpers
inocuaed into vpers has killed them that ths
bite of vpcr by tsef by another viper Is but sn
ordinary wound and not euvsnomed and that is the
same with poisonous serpents.
Nj Pierre Boron claims, and supports bis claims BY
published works that he discovered prior to N. La
yerrer the existence of the three rings of asteroids IN
the solar system, one between the Sun and Mercury
the second near tie Earth and the third between hsa
aai Jupiter.
M MoDnier, an old hostler, has invented a new
safety apparatus for aadde-horses by o. which,
on pulling the reins great pressure exercised on tbs
nose and also on the crupper OF the horse in fact The
effect Of it is to squeeze him together. 1t said 70 DO
very eihcacious.
M. Leroux has invented q fesdbsg for horses,
which is ventilated in front 80 rs 20 allow the dsst OF
the grain 10 escape and the horse TO breathe freely
The bag Is hung by elastic band, 20 that i rises
the weight Of grain dmnishes, and constantly presents
the feed 70 the lips OF the horse.
MN. StsverIynck aud Trsxler have invented "a
odometer which shows the distance travelled, tbs rate
Of speed and the inclination Of the route whether a.
cendng or deseendag, This must be very vsuabieto
ablekeepers as It shows precisely the amount OIL
Dor performed by the horses which they let.
The phenomenon known qualification Of electric
light it ia found is due to the medium through which
it passes lying in layers Of greater or less conducting
power. Those LAYERS which have least conducting
power are most luminous.
The debuscope ia modification Of the Kaleidoscope.
I. consists Of two mirrors placed at angle Of i5o
WDlCn pItceu On hloSuAa- hSuie Vn e"OH Vs.
They add to any irregular figure such nes 90 are uec'
essary to make up a regular figure.
The Photographic power Of the light Of the grea:
comet of July last was exceedingly slight. An expo
sure of fifteen minutes did not produce trace Of an
impression on the sensitive plate while Donais comet
made very fine picture Ia seven seconds.
--Parisis lighted by more than $1,000 lamps. Au
but about 500 are gas lamps the remainder are fed