The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-16

4 4. From chloride OF silver--This may be at
once dissolved IN ammonia and heated with
| the sulphite. The method is not appncable to
| old hyposulphite.
PREHISTORIC REMAINS.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that much interest
was excited last year by the discovery OF human
bones, flint implements, etc, by Mr.. Lang in
mounds at Caithness The learned interpreta.
tions of Professor Huxley and Professor owen
were sought and obtained. The peculiar con-
structlon of the mounds was elaborately de-
scribed by Mr.. Laing; the adult skeleton was
pronounced to have ape-like peculiarities and
The iawbone of an infant which was submitted
to Professor Owen was said TO have certain
marks which were painfully indicative OF the
cannibalistic habits of our prehistoric pro.
genitoTs. The chronological and Anthropologi-
cal Societies had rival discussions, and great
deal of erudite dissertation and debate took
place, which is preserved in print.
The present status of this matter is now
stated as iOllOWs:-
At the last meeting OF the former society. it
was b, oady stated, by several persons who have
since examined these mounds, that not any of
them contain any traces OF prehistoric age. The
harbor mound Is composed almost entirely of
lmBets; the churchyard mound OF periwnkle
shells The hatbor mound contained pair of
weayers shears, and was itself the ruins OF a
common corn.kiln of the country. The stone
implements we're said TO be chips such as may
be collected by the barrowiul. The Brkle Hills,
instead of beng places of worship and sacrifice
were thought TO be natural hillocks OF blown
salO, v nlCn nad served as the rendezvous OF
country folks on occasion of wrecks The ape
like tleton is declared to be the remains of
DANISH seaman; and the jawbone of child
which afforded indications OF cannIbalism, TO
have been borrowed from a ncighboring church
yard. CONS are said to have been found among
these "pre his Oricn remains, belonging, not TO
the age OF the great aux, but to the reign of
william III. The controversy on the authenticity
Of the Abbeyille jawbone will probably fade
before the battle over these mounds at Keiss.
NJ. Soret has determined that the density of
ozone is one and halt times greater than that
of oxygen. DR.. Boeckel, of Strasburg has
shown IRON observations conducted during a
l. That there is more ozone in the spring of the
year.
2. That May is the richest month .....
3. That October and n November are the poorest
That there is less ozone at night than during the
s. That certain years were rich in ozone-1S52,
6, That the barometric variations, morning aud
evening conceded with the variations in the quant.
ties OF ozone.
ARTIFICIAL MEERsCHAuM.
One hundred parts by weight, of concentrated
soluble glass (35 deg.), sixty parts oil carbonate
OF magnesia and eighty parts of finely pulve-
bolted. The powder is then stirred into paste
in water, and left about ten minutes, and cast
into a mould. Any shade of color could be
mixed in with the powder, and thus the heavy
labor OF Coloring meeTschaum pipe be spared
to many youthful smoker. II is said that
genuine meerschaum will float for some time on
water; but the above mixture would be likely
to sink at once.
MANUFACTURE OF SOAP. 4.
The manufacture of soap and of oils is the
chief industry of Marseilles. There are sixty
two large establishments. The annual con-
sumption of material is as follows:-
~ seed .264 goo 900 lbs.
OllVe OIL 49, 900 4"