The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-27
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

Of ten drops of chloroform to 100
grammes of cod liver oil renders the
latter agreeable to the taste, without
in the least impairing its medicinal
qualities.
Three young ladies at Brooks
Station, New York, were recently at
tackled by large and poisonous
snake, which they not only defeated,
but killed and dissccted. In his
stomach was found nest Of newly
1cdged birds alive and well, which
1uttered off, without at all realizing
the Jonah-likc position from which
they had escaped.
Professor Agassiz proposes fresh
explorations in the field Of science.
In company with DR.. Hill, the former
President of Harvard College, he will
90 around Cape Horn in the new
Coast Survey vessel just launched at
Wilmington, and which is intended
to make o detailed survey Of the Pa
citic coast Of the United states.
A process of purifying iron rQr.thc
fabrication of steel has recently been
discovered, the experiments with
which have been very satisfactory.
The inventor first frees the iron from
every particle Of sulphur and phos-
phorus--the two elements that most
detcrioratc It's quality by Injecting
into it tluoridcs and chloridcs, while
in state of fusion. Atterward he
converts it into steel, by melting ii ii
contact with coal, and again treating
it with alkaline chlorides.
The bird galleries are very cxtcn-
sive, and contain upwards Of
| 5000 species and nearly l4,OOO birds.
The collection Of yultures is from
switzerland, Pyrcnces, Sierra Ncya-
| da, the Atlas, Abyssinia and KANT
schatka. or striX there are about
200 specimens amt 60 species. The
reptiles and fishes occupy two large
halls. The chronological collection
Is very fine; and the collections Of
colcoptcra numbers about, 5000
species.
| A new scheme Of the races Of man.
kind, by Professor Huxley, classities
men with reference to their physical
characteristics, language DclhS re-
Hardcu as II huporoii'IG tLcii!cnl'
The great races are he Austral0id
or Australian type, the Ncgroid or
negro, the MongolOid or MongOliQn,
II the Xanthochroic or iair.whtc, and
| the Mclanochroic or dmk-white.
The latter two types include the
races Sei!cI't!i! Alo" " a. S"oV'Slnii'
uchoihlil"tloh "ilicI iluN'e! speaks
OF rs absurd
The following appears rs 4 leading
editorial III the cleveland HciNt":
We wish to give simple remedy
for chills, and wish TO emphasize it
; by saying that 1t has to our certain
knowledge proved very cilcaciou5
1t is common salt. "A tcaspooniu(
taken i'll water, and tcaSpooniuI de-
lpositcd inside each stocking next TO
the foot just as the chill 10 coming
Inovin% m That !, has Gcor vnr,' stiicaH, i"H
niouS in ..hro,l,in"" ~, ,ho riin o,l
noriocti,cr a cnrn ,rno ~ nr, II " ' nmr
lnpI;torinI 9coIprH,s ,yhdrn NO bnt,Lnl,
trcmodw shHil nvnr fnI , niYcn r. We
i,n,U'i i.nnvi ''''''' WV '''''' " p''''' Il W.
~ - g., .r..,....
) III Is curious l9tI Iilu9tia ll'9 lAc
necessity OF cIelnilhGss ana Oh Keep.
ing 'he pores oI 'hc SKIN open, that II
coat OF '"rhiSh OF oI4cE substance
ihlpef'louS 10 moisture DC NpPIled
10 inc exterior OF 'hc body, oGati
VIII ensuo III ABOUT SIX Iours. INC
IcApGriiilcn1 was once tried Oh child
III florcicc' Uil lile occasion OF
rope LEO 'llc AchlhS accession 10
,hc iHpai chalr, IL was desired to
nave a living picture to represent
tne "0'ucn age, ana 80 a cnlid was
l8lldcu ali over win vhrnlsl and
|hours. Ifthc fur Of n rabbit or thc
kin or a nir ho rovnrnj Win a ,nI,,>
tion of india mhhor in roniL' Wn
animal ceosrs 10 hraoihc in a rou,,,.
{ of hours 'p''
i The Strasbourg Museum occupies
ten large ROOMS in the academy
| House of StrasbOurg. Two rooms
are devoted to comparative Anatomy
and eight to the geological, gcologi-
cal, and mincalogical collections.
/ One large hall is exclusively devoted
to a collection Of species indigenous
to Alsacc, and its floral and fauna,
both fossil and recent, are well rcprc.
scntcd. The large hall of mammals
contains 1000 specimens, belonging
to between 600 and 700 species. The
collcctions of harcs and rabbits from
all parts of the world is very fine.
The collection of madagascar lcmurs
is nearly complete. There arc also
fine specimens from the Jaboon, and
q skeleton ofthe female gorilla. and
one of the lor~est snecimeus known