New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-14
SCIENCE.

To WHITEN LACE.-Lace may he restored tb 10
Its original wilderness by first ironing IT signify ohc
nsee ,or >. hours In pure olive oil Afterward the bag
Il boiled in solution Of SOAP ana waIer 40. Ia nnp
dipped into water containing asght proportion OF s'rch
Tie then taken from the Dag ana sIe'heo
10 dry.
-Drrrcr1NG BELLADONNA.-Mr. II. @. Scnrby
resd paper lately before the sheffield Literary and Pit
losophca Society III when ne SET s eF me Sucs
case of poisoning by helladonna Ih@se difficulties are
obyjated by the OF the merOsectToscope The
' of the Juice of beadonna vey'; dstirt especially
when the cOOring matter has been added ~ souen on
carbonate Of soda small fraction Of single berry ~
sufficient 10 produce the specrup bands characteristic OF
the beiadonna.
THE WALRUs-A Young male walrls has
latcv been placed in the Geological Gardens LoDdOn He
IS probably not more than year old and has only par
ylaly developed tusks eight feet long and weighs
1hs Isbs ,T hTctc in lat GO and long ca W. the
aIth OF August last Several hundred Of these animals
were ice and attacked by boats crew. AN, Anors
those Killed large female; ON towing the 90uS TO-
ward The ship young male was seen dyiag ana any M
swung over his hosd and hauled on board for @ M
the young spyG o %' ESp iea g he
was induced 20 swallow thin sips OF Doeu pork anu WIS
when supply OF fresh muscles provided for his use
Tie stranger excites great interest az inc GSEdes 9e
there was in mbTiouud state
Oh It's arrival, and lived but very short time
SpIpERs.-Father Babaz has communicated
20 the French Academy of Science account OF his ex-
periments with spiders, and the manner III MMea nc a.
rertaned fact hitherto unknown 20 naturallsts VIZ
s6Ss thread but also that Of projecting
sometimes Of the length Of five six meters, when ey
use TO traverse distances WITH and aX their thread 10
given point for the support OF their WeO tey even
To have the power of directing the extremity OF an ~
lated thread given point; they seem 10 eel Iu to
place where il Is most desirable TO fix T. certain sIuIs
the ThOmisa BuO. for instance, VIII eleet % ~.
threads which, curling N the air and shining IN .y
ann wifi various hues give the insect the appearance on
neacock displaying his ta But this Is not an spueIs
can Nv and swim IN though they are heavier IMAM
alcohol To perform this feat they turn their DacA 10 le
ground and keep their legs closely folded up on theH
body aud ia tins posture sail about with perIect ese'
THE CFREBELLUM.-In alludmg to the some
which has taken place between
Prof Huxley and The PaH Mai reviewer OF Or lyhuah
work sound, Tie L0ndon Herttn says ine PoIue ~
rho discussion than need 10 have been. IL IS SIMPLY
this Was Dr. Tynda correct i'm stating tha nave
I'm the BRAIN was the reviewer III inc fdt
Nal right IN stating that no nerves rise from tha
source In answering this question there arrises second
query what is understood 10y tile term branI 10 lls
fhe reviewer replies the word brain is the synonym Tor
the cerebral hemspheres only We cannot regard TINS as
be that individual anatomlst mas con
Armed the term "bTain solely and exclusively 10 the
cerebral hemsphere but as to the ordinary accepauOh
of the there cannot be the smallest doubt 60 INTO
any dssectlng IN London and ask the demOnsra-
tor TO show brai1 and he VIII most assnrey pace
before the whole contents OF the Uranium
under the head Of Brain IN any treatise ON anat
ony which language and tue same general
definition will be found. Hence we thlnk Dr. Iynuals
statement that arise from the brain not
only accurate 10 the general application OF the WORD
"bran" but that the contrary assertion IS however
equivOcaly usahe most certainly opposed to the ter
mnology of the British School Of Science for which Ut
Tyndall was writing. Indeed, the mere fact-WIcn
crOusly enough the writer in The Pal NAL Gdee cites
faVOr-tat the cerebeumis styled the lesser Dran
Is OF itself sufficient to decide the questions II shows That
specific divisions oerebrum cerebellun' meduia obon
sata, DC.