The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-10-23
ouP1ous AND scIENT1F1o.

pntrid efluvia and to stop putrefaction.
Use ~ lime is used.
We notice that diamond-cutting has
gently been introduced in Birming-
ham, England, where there is every
prospect Of the art reachi g a flourish
ing state. Recent advices also inform
us that a huge diamond has been dis
covered and brought from the cape.
II weighs 2SS carats in the rough, and
when cut will be half as large agar IA
the world.reuowned KOh-I-Noor.
ACTION or WATER on LEAD PTEs,-Si
Robert Christison, who has devoted
much attention 10 the influence Of water
upon lead in passing through pipes,
etc, has ascertainod that tho priest
waters are thosc which net most pow
erfuIlv upon lead, corroding it, and
forming a carbonate Of a peculiar and
uniform composition, and that all salts
impede this action, many prevent 1t alto
gcthrr, some Of them doing 30 when IN
extremely minute proportions.
4 CHOLERA SPEcTFIc.-A correspond
cnt Of the C~ultivator and Country Gen
tlemun writes that one hcaping tea.
spoonful of -four OF sulphur and one
hcaping teagpoonful Of powdered char
coal, mixed with whisky to the c0nslH-
tency of cream, and taken after each dig
charge. il considered by him almost n
spec tc Tor cholera. He states TINT the
above is a very large dose, and that 1t
will sometimes check the discharge 40
suddenly "a TO bring on q feycrish state
in such cases oil or pills will romOve
the bad effects. He says that he has
used this as Il remedy in all obstinate
kinds Of bowel complaints with great
success. The recipe was obtained from
| y gentleman who used it while on the
Ohio ana Mississippi river boats
New AND R~EMARKABLE CANNON The
German Journals announce that the re-
| cent trials of new guns IN iron plated
targets, which took place Mt Tegel, near
Berlin, fully satisfied all expectiona.
The shot from the 11-inch ring cast
steel gun penetrated an iron plate II
inches thick, that from the 10 inch gun
Of the same pattern an iron plate of II
inches, and there was force to spare
in both cases. At Krupp's works, Mt
Essen, trinls have been made with the
newly-constructcd 30l centimetors Cl2-
inchJ ring cast steel gun, and the re-
suIt iustiliea the belief that this gun
will pierce II and perhaps 10 inches of
armOr. Thus the strongest iron-clad
now existing, Her British Maiesty's ship
Devastation, which is provided with m
nrmor Of II inches, will no Longer be
iuyulncrablo if opposed to such guns,
POTATOES PROSCRmED. Several Ger
mar writer's upon races predict that Mt
tions, far from improving, will deterior-
ate both in physical and mental char.
actcristics, if potatoes become II princi.
pal article OF diet. The celebrated Carl
Voight says that "The nourishing pc
tato does not restore the wasted issues,
but makes our prolotariats physically
aud mentally weak" The Holland ply
~siologist, Mulder, gives the same iudg,
mont when no declares that the exces-
sive use Of potatoes among the poorer
classes, and coffee and tea by the highel
ranks, is the cause Of the Incidence o
mtions. Lcidcnirost maintains that thu
revolutions Of the last three conturie
have been caused by the changed nour
ishmcnt the lowest workmen, in forme
times, ate moro flesh than now, whei
the cheap potato forms his principa
substance, but gives him no muscular o
nervous strength.