The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-07-21
CURIOUS AID SCIENTIFIC.

DI. IIager finds that the addition
OF ten drops OF chlUroform 10 loo
grauuncs OF cod liver oil renders the
latter agreeable TO the taste. without
In the least impairing its medicinal
quaHuiCs.
y process vi purifying iron for Tie
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-tLg two elements that most
dctcriOratc its quality-by injecting
into il 1uOridcs and ChlOridcs, while
in state OF fusion. AiterWard he
converts il into steel, by melting it il
contact with coal. and again treating
il with alkaline chIorides.
The bird galleries are very cItcI-
sivc, aud contain upwards Of
500 species and nearly 1900 birds.
The collection Of yulture5 is from
Switzerland, Pyrcnces, Sierra Ncva-
la, the Atlas, Abyssinia and KANT
schalka. OF striN there are about
200 specimens and 60 species. The
reptiles and fishes occupy two large
halls. The chronological collection
is very fine; and the collections OF
eoleOptera numbers about 500
species
4 new scheme OF the races Of Inan-
kind, by Professor Huxley, Classifies
r,,Dt, or Il, ,.,c,r.p,a T., tI.;, nhreI.aT
characteristics, language being re-
garded a. a subordinate element.
The great races are hc Australoid
OF Australian type, the Negroid or
negro, the MongOloid or Monaghan,
the AanthOchruic or tair-W hite, and
the Mclanochroic or dark white.
The latter two types include the
races generally known as Caucasian,
a denomination which Huxley speaks
Of as absurd.
The following appears "a leading
editorial in the Cleveland Ueraid:
We wish TO give simple remedy
for chills, and wish TO emphasize it
by saying that It has TO our certain
knowledge proved very ellicacious
Ii is common salt. A teaspoOnful
taken in water, and n tcaspoonful de-
posted inside each stocking next to
the foot just as the chill il coming
on, That's all there is Of il; but,
knowing that il has been very cliica-
cious in breaking up the chill and
perfecting cure we put it in our
editorial columns, where no humbuS
remedy shall ever find place, if We
know ii,
1t is curious fact illustrating the
necessity Of cleanliness and Of keep
ing the pores of the skin omen, that If
q coat of varnish or other substance
imperviouS to moisture be applied
TO the exterior of the body, death
will cnsue in about six hours. The
experiment was once tried OF child
in Florence. On the occasion Of
Pope Leo the Tenth's accession {,
the Papal chair, II was desired to
have living picture TO represent
the Golden Age, and so Il child was
gildcd al. over with varnish and
gold leaf The child died in few
hours. IF the fur Of a rabbit or the
skin Of a pig be covered with solu-
ton of India rubber in naptha, The
animal ceases to breathe in couple
of hours.
The Strasbourg Museum occupies
ten large rooms iI the Academy
House Of StrasbOurg, TIVE rooms
arc devoted 10 CBmparatiyc Anatomy
and eight 10 the geological, gcOlogi-
cal, auG meteorological collections.
One large hall i exclusively devoted
TO collection of species indigenous
to Alsace, and its floral and fauna,
both fossil and recent, are well repre-
sGnted. The large hall of mammals
1900 specimens, belonging
to between GG0 and 700 species. The
collections Of hares and rabbits from
all parts Of The world is very fine.
The collection of Madagascar lcmurs
is nearly complete. There are also
fine specimens from the Lab0on, and
Il skeleton OF the female gorilla, and
one Of the largest specimens known
OF the Walrus.