New-York tribune., 1872-08-29

member OF the Association. that he rad sl,v,ys 1aT
tne degpest interest IN ITS welfare and been present
OF its proceedings had he with anything so utterly
dlsgIaceLu as !oe % oi me present moment, led by
who had right whatever speak in the Assoration
went aferward aud spoke IL terms of tbe blbrst
! euogy OF Prof swallows paper. Claw-hammer az
tempted to Interrupt but was asked whether he was
member and had right 10 speak All The Chair cross
questioned Claw-hammer. who admitted thai bis dne.
were not YET paid and no stalghtwav rnied ont ~
meeting. Sic transit Nevertheless tic exci,a,a,, 80
tnued: Prof swallow replied to the statements Of Dr.
worst liquors imaginable aud the people there had
become accustomed u its USE As 10 alcohol In tne vine
He claimed that the alcohol In whisky was not In The %
sprang up between DR.. Palmer and Prof swallow, In
which the latter adyerted to the made by the mem
beFs OF the medical profession Of alcohol In compound
ing tncures and draugnts ~ directly comparable with
the Of alcohol in wine where he claimed il was a sol
Swallow certainly exhibited an extraordinary knowledge
OF the effects OF different narcotics and stmulants when
used successfully and showed how alcohol opium, cOf
fee. etc. might be used as andotes TO one another
Nothing but the limit Of time cut of one Of the
exciting debates that has been sprung upon this
association. For hours aferward members were dis
cussing its various phases while saunerng through tho
streets arminarm; and while general satisfaction WAS
expressed with the rulings OF the chair and the manage
ment Of the debate there frequent remarks which
echoed thar Of DR.. Foster that ii was the most disgrace
fu scene ever enacted in the Association Your COrre
spOndent not. however of that opinion; but thinks
that the scientific tempers, though much tried,
the whole admirably preserved. The following brief
abstracts Of interesting papers:
THE LOCoMoTGoN OF ANIMALS.
This lecture by Prot L. 3. Morse Of Cambridge
not intended much for the scientific for the popular
ear and the lecturer commenced by dscaiming any
tenton to impart knowledge TO the members Of the
Association who formed considerable portion OF hs
audenc By taking some one feature or pecuarty of
animals such how they walk, eat, &c general idea
can be given of the entire class The divisions Of animal
can in broad terms be very readily observed but
in going into particulars found that the lines
verge Yet nevertheless accurately the disinc
tons determined that when paleontolOgist bone
happily Illustrated tns by drawing few sticks Of wOof
ana then reeonstrqctng from these fragments an entire
chair Similarly drawing sketch OF few outlines, no
rapidly developed from it by few lines winged
insect, possibly dTagon-hv. This was the beginning of
a series Of blackboard illustrations In which Prof Morse
exhibited his remarkable faculties a draughtsman.
accuracy OF d'lneaton but in rapdity he cannot be
surpassed. He draws with both hands and the figures
the rapid explanation OF the lecturer meet his 10
believe -
Certain creatures have the power Of moving rapidly
croscopic animals. There creatures that have
more shape than lump OF wet glue, yet can form any
Some OF these exhibit. temporarily, shapes that give
them means Of locomoton An animal was then draws
which threw out and seized upOn its food but afeI
others were drawn which are partially or as the case
may be- permanently attached to some rock The Pro
fessor bitterly complained that people would call me
cOral-maker an insect. Drawing BOTH he asked the
audience the difference between them yet"
said he "after just such explanation In lecture
insects the next morning." Jelly fishes were the
while IN the water rs large as Washtuo, II urea
scarcely weigh an ounce Some OF the smaller ones
only representing them IAese aulhals are NOT moyen
by muscles, but by little cells independent Of each
oon answer @'Ii the purpose Of paddles. The
Sar-f hes next come IN Tor consideration The dwclleT
the shore has opportunities m naturalist winch
continent and near fresh water only. Thousands OF
strange forms can never be observed by the later
Thus the people in Massachusetts, have opportunities
known TO those Of Iowa Tho star-hsh is among he
OF his body, his a the end OF his arms, aud
series Of suckers, constituting locomotive appcndage
thrown cut from beneath the animal m the water IL
the sarhsh wishes TO travel be attaches these suckers
whatever is ahead the ocean bed before him and
pulls bimseIf forward The common freshwater musse
has large muscles which give motion to long foot winch
II wedges into the sand and then by contracting The
foot draws the she'll after IT, As they work along the
shore. these resh-water musses make grooves IN the
sand by which they be tracked; in fact wherever
such groove is mussel can usually be found at the
end OF il. There is another Ireshwaer shet'h which
darts out ts foot with great rapdlty and as suddenly
contracts it, and by tns propulsion s@ims through the
water The shell that pn-cushions are made of-tne
ing and closing its shells, forcing the water out
from between them. Tie culte-nh has two broad tins
behind ana series OF long arms IN 'front.' me nilre OF
this animal OF the most curious sketched by ths
lecturer. The cutesh draws in water as most she'll
sh do but unlike Others pumps IL OUT In front so that
1t swims backward though It has also by other means
the power OF swimming forward. The devil fish OF
Victor Hugo IS marred in his description Dy singular
mistakes He describes IL as cuttle-hsh; but every one
OF his statements about as to its internal and external
organs the OF them exactly contrary TO the
facts all cutie fishes are concerned. But the
external stomach, liver, &c, TO the sea anemOne Tho
bunder that Hugo made may be accounted for by sup
posing that after studying up the cuttleish shore,
returning to his library instead Of looking up the French
word pogpe in his book OF natural history ne looked up
D0yp Thus. and thus only, could an animal have been
created in fiction one half Of whose peculiares could
only be true OF an anemone the other half only OF
cutte-tsh. And the animal which Victor Hugo nas
evolved is sal genrS As IN the universe tnere Is DuS
one devil, there is also but one devil fish.
Next come worms for consideration They move ny
OF little brstes which stick ont from the sides OF
he budy and uSel ID
rest expands while part expands the rest contracts
and ths the worm is drawn forward in sections This Is
the with the common angleWOrm. Prof Morse, IN
draw the ange-worn, admitted that he never could
! remember which its head aud which its tail.
though that it has head and tail is very evident lie
then spoke OF the locomotive organs OF the crusaeeans
He drew lobster and showed how the animal either
crawls forward with his legs or jumps backward Dy
strokes with his tail the eyes, mounted on the end OF
long feelers, can look over the Dbsters shoulder wo
he is jumping ckSard-a very necessary precautlon-
The lecturer then drew series OF these locomotive ap
pendages Oi the loDster showing now, og Iho ~
side segment or the extension and modhcauoh OF
parts the relationship was raeeaOle between te os
slender Of these appendages ana te plOus &
claw of fuligrOwn lobster Az TINS point y Nv .
strokes OF ehalk, tne Lecturer iy ~ ,o r,rn,oIa@y
audience with laughter IN addon 70 ' a W. IL ant IN
he had described, lie said the LOBSTER cav u aPt 70
pni an eve and month upon 1.-THE lecturer suited the
action TO gOrd-and thus the lobster claw becomes
In coInmeutagupon lepidopterous and hymenopterors
| insects which the lecturer drew win great rapug,
using both hands at once he sad tt anong lseGt' ~
with birds the wings are small they move rapmly
large, slowly The grasshopper Is IhsIeu VIII "a s,,
ost one leg after being accustomed 10 its loss will use
the other leg without kicking although ordinarily giving
| 10 kicking dn order 10 Jump great deal But Wheh
some days nave elapsed after the loss OF leg ana inc
rasshopper has become impressed with the fact that
every time kicks with the remaining leg ne tnmDcs
over the kicking jumping function II entirely lost
In the museum Boston there is grasshopper that ne
fallen spear OF grass. which pierced lts ntu ned
and killed IL, showing that insects are as aolc 70 Iat
accidents as higher animals The cheesenllte OF SKIP
per hops by cOng its head and tan togetner IN a rg'
and pulling them suddenly apart WIN slal. Ine
Tneation of this on the blackboard was exceedingly
curious. ,,t.h - q -, s,-,,,s ,o,.,,oa ,bo