The New York herald., 1871-12-20

The sculptor Elsel, of Milan, has completed the
model OF monument IN bronze, Git and silvered,
winch is 10 he erected In Rome In c0memoration Of
the Ponriacal Juollee.
Or. Demarquay mas discovered q cure for l0ckjaw
he puts patients in a room heated to from sixty-fo
To seventytwO degrees Fahrenheit and relieves TIE
spasis and muscular cOntractl0ns by intra- -buScu-
lar injections Of morphine.
The latest report from Tasmania In regard to the
experiments for introducing salmon and trout into
that couuLry shows tnat while the success OF the
cultivation OF botn Is extremely proDaoie the exist
ence oil trout Of large size Is unInls.akaDle.
Captain BURTON the great and accomplished Arr.
can traveller, Is bringing home from Palmyra most
interesting collection OF skuls and, more ntee est
ing still, the skeleton OF man e|eyen ieet high,
which Is supposed TO be ono 0I the giants or
BaSian.
I Sergeant cox writes that careful ana patient
satisfied nim that tney are purely physical. wnoy .
property within the domain OF science. and tnat All
the conditions OF their production negative the
theory OF spiritualtsm
Sir koderlck Murchison has appointed Professor
archibald Geikie, or Edinburg, ms literary execu-
tor aud has left him legacy or 81 600 Tne Pr0ies-
sOr WILL IL Is understood, write Sir ROderlcKs lie.
He will have superabundance OF materials, LOT ne
has lett large number OF boxes Tiled with papers,
The new mechanical agent, the 'Jet OF sand."
has as yet only exhibited fraction OF It's possible
applications The latest adaptation It's inventor mas
sIcceeued In developing into practical ef1lclency is
TO peculiar process Of replacing the art OF wood
cutting. The few experiments conducted IN this
direction In America have promise Of success Inc
process Consists OF bringing upon suitable matrlX
o Photographic copy OF the drawing or engraving
which 1. IL desired to reproduce. This Is then
passed beneath the sand blast, and the cutting thus
Obtained This Is finally subjected to the electro
typlng process, and any desirable number OF copies
thus produced. the same Invention mas been sue.
cessiuly applied to the decoration OF marbles and
purpose the blocks are projected with an open de-
sign OF sheet IRON, or of sheet rubber and the steam
jet directed upon them from convenient dis
tance.
the cultivation OF the Eucalyptus globuus
is making great progress In the south OF
France, spain, Algiers and Corsica; nor Is
gwen OF Its virtues by Professor Guber In the
Bulletin de 1neiapeuttQtle Ii even partially true
It il a native OF Tasmania, where 1t was OF old
known TO the natives and settlers as remedy for
fever. IL prefers marsny soil, In which u grows
to a gigantic height with great rapidlty. IL dries
the soil BY the evaporation from Its leaves ana
shelters 1t from the sum- thus preventing the genera.
ton of marsh masm. It's wood is AZ nard as teak.
Every part OF IL is impregnated with basamc. OIL
of-camphOr-ltke od0r; and, besides notable quan-
uty OF asringent matter, IL contains peculiar ex.
tractve, which IL supposed 10 contain an alkaloiu
allied TO quinine. At any rate, It's ofncacy IN
Intermittent ana marsh fevers has gained lOr
1t In Spain the name OF the 'fever tree." IL
Il powerful tonic and difYusable sumulant, does
wonders IN chronic catarrh and dyspepsia, Ii an ex-
cellent antseptic application to wounds, ana tans
the skins Of dead anmals giving tine fragrance ol
Russian leather. We can v0uch from personal oD'
servation tor the h0urishng condition OF the planta-
tiOns at Heres and Nice. where trees from seeds
sown IN 1859 are said 70 be now Sky metres nlgns