New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-08
SCIENCE.
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CuROMATE OF DnBRNZoLE.-'This compound is
gard to uPass the illuminate Of mercury IN f EXP
by mixing equivalent Of hydrochOrate OF anine with
two OF hydrOchOrc acid gradually adding TO the mixture
equivalent Of nitrate OF soda strong solution when
nitrogen gas is M longer evolved the remaining daDei-
zole rs extracted by ono equivalent OF DchrCae OF pot
ash in strong solution, and one Of hydrochlonc a0d,
which causes precipitation OF chOIate or chlorOcO-
mate of dabenzOle, which must be dried with extreme
canton.
CRANBERRY BEDs.-The production of the cram
berry in eastern NewJeTscy, is worthy of remark In
Ocean County alone the cultivated cranberry beds cover
an area of more than 900 acres The most approved
plan of making bed is to select bog or low piece 81
10 the depth Of feet and after turning under the SOD
and puyerzing the surface, to cover the Whole WIN WIT
sand 10 the depth Of six inches The plants are ptu
about IL inches apart They must be kept clear ol Wcu
and in the course OF three or four years the wnoe sSe
will he covered with the vine. by means OI Jam we
bed is kept under water about one hall o me year Inns
plan eIectuay checks the rayages OF me worm Lhe
during WinteIin the Spring The average yeld per
acre abont zoo bushels ana the average prOo ITr
the berry attended with less care and trouble than any
other cfop Unlike other berries il can be preserved
without Difficulty for long time the market, too. is sell
dom Oycrsuppled. Large quantities are useu on SNIP
board and the foreign demand constantly increasing.
bed of the first quality generally heldaS hghas $WO
an acre. The American cfanberry-Of which theIe are
three varieties well known dealers, the Bell the Buge
and the Cleuys much larger than the English Gran
berry In some Of the restaurants and other places IN
Paris where condiments and preserves sold the Am
crican cranberry now has conspicuous place.
BRANCHING OF THE HAIR.-A paper read before
the ROYAL Society, London by Mr.. Erasmus Wilson, has
the sudden Whitening of the hair, often produced
by fright profound grief He cites case IN which the
har was cOOred white and brown alternately from end to
end The white SegnentS about one nall the leng,h
the brown and the together measured about one
third line. Under the microscope the cOlOrs were
reversed, and il obvious that the opacity OF the
white portion due to vast accumulation OF AIR gO
bues packed closely together in the brOus structure OF
the hair well in the medulla There no absence
Of pigment hut the accumulation OF gObues yelled and
obscuTed the normal color and structure. Mr.. Wilson
suggested the possibility Of the brown portion being the
ay growth and the white portion the night growth He
ais N Tpfpr q hlanCnlng
whole hair of which there were many cases ON record
that during the prevalence Of violent nervous SHOCK
the normal fluids of the hair might be drawn inward
toward the body in unison with the generally contracted
and collapsed state of the surface and that the vacues
left by this process Of exhaustion might he suddenly hed
with atmospheric air An interesting discussion followed
the reading of the paper9 Dr. ShaIkey alluded 10 recent
of sudden banchng of the hair reported by Dr. Lam
dOis of GIiefswald in VchOUS Archie which was ascer-
tanned he the result of accumulation OF air gObueS
IN the fbrOus substance OF the hair.