New-York tribune., 1873-12-23

pages renewal of his experience, ana perhaps Win
greater enjoyment than that of his original impress
sionS.
TIlr POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY J,SrAn.
The first paper in this number is devoted to
tic habits aud character OF Serpcnts, with portraits
OF various specimens of the subtle and rcpulsIve
race The writer apologies for the dtasteu nature OF
the subject by that the structure OF serpens
is marvel OF mechanical adaptation, less complicated
perhaps but as perfect in every detail as that of nam
mails aud birds and the mechanism which rolls the hu-
man eye is not complete, and scarcely more won
derfu than that which moves the fangS of viper .
With regard to the poison of snakes the writer reina h:
The poison is always or less dangerous 10 animal
life Catie have dled rOm bite OF he fer de lance ~
"A few hours. Smaller animals die directly. Horses
have peen killed by ratesnakes. and people bitten by
them may die II rev minutes OF III Ic" 9ay :, % Uut
sometimes II the poison l. discharged lulo e
arteries veins tine vital functions dlTectE iall' ~
victim staggers and falls from acknowledgements
gloom settles the features cold sweat comes upon
the face-and death at supervenes In snch cases
the blood ged and appears healthy; bnt where
ceases 10 cOaguate, the hninc disappear anu he pa
tent dies with ordinary symptoms % slow posoning
multitude Of remedies have been suggested lof tif
r,2,sDti Poi IIalfonTd of AIsrla reporrd the
recovery OF IT OF 20 of severe hltcS ron thr
injection solution of ammonia into the VelhS me
OF alcOno IN some lOfm mas beeh sto'I! auNo
Gated uy many phy slcans, white others assert ihat pa
uents died from the poison even Whlle intoxicated
by remedy. An exhaustive paper on rai'leshaA9
in No - of the "smith, oman Contribution, TO kho"
edge" which indebted for several Interesting
statements. aud 10 which refer our readers.
conclusion of Dr. ldyrer nom MS exhaustive eA
pements upon snake poisoning ia iIda arg that mot
of me popular remedies OF little value. aud hc
seems 70 diler somewhat from Prof ialionid. Ihe
celebrated shake stones when dIo S'dd To absorb ana
suck out the poison ne believes are perfectly power
less % produce any such r1erL' He ADVISES
ligaturc TO prevent II possine' tne passase oi 'ne
useful smu Lnt> but he found hy experiment. thdt
neither liquor ammonia nor iquor po,a, % aesrol tie
pI np
recy with 1t. Suction OF the wonnd If g"od' nut ma,
be dan gerOns Immediate cauterzaion OF the wound
on removal of n bv the knife, Is :nds pensabi'
1t was found by Dr Gilman that healthy, vls9ron,
vegetables perish few hours ON being inocule'
vii tne venom OF The rilesuabe. Otncrs have found
fne same results. although DR.. Mitchell did not d.
salisbury poisoned eight lilac aud other bushes, te
leaves Of which abOVonOt Oehw-thc point oil lbocud-
tion hcred in few days. I,rrlhio ahd Nruiehl a,
this poison Is il uudcrg0es decomposition IN snort
time and becomes filled with forms OF animal life ana
covered with fGng. II may when irosn from The in-
be swallowed by e animal Itself or by man, without
injury Prof Baird says have myself (rathcr fool
isny cOnfess) swallowed nearly the entire cor
tents OF gland OF large IdttlesHdke; bGt II me
animal be noculaed by its venom il speedily dies
such however, not the ease with the venom OF me
cobra according 10 experiments ma1e ny Dr. fNr"f'
VINO says: / believe that II - capable oi dOsOitoi
through the mucous and scrous memhiaheS WIN NA,a
1t brought contact Placed on the conhcVd OF
dogs, tbc symptoms OF poisoning were fdpuN dr
veiJped" The same authority s'a.ea that he COBRA
does not die its utc, or tna oi ts Alhd "a,
that nnocuoGs serDents are directly kited oJ it.
Professor Clerk MsNwells exhaustive discourse on inc
Theory Of Moccules" " il given IA full! presenting Il
lucid exposition OF that intricate subject which II not
precisely Of popular character viii furnish the gen
er reader with a more complete and iutcliigbie view
than ne can elsewhere md IN small compass. Pro
fcssor VI xwc is one of abe,t advocates well as
one OF the ccarc- expouuderS of the molecular system
Int in the same number The whole theory receives q,
strenuous blow from Judge Stalo. III considering H.
application 10 the phenomena Of Inertia aud FORCE
Among the articles o popular interest Is the sketch
OF the scientific labors and services oi Dr. john W
Draper IN which ample justice i done 10 the original
discoveries IN tue field Of physical research and the
piication OF philosophy to history by that eminent
savant. very suggestive paper by the editor on
MIL Education and Science, will command the atten
lion OF many lte gent readers The conflicting claims
OF science and the classics aN means oil culture are
happily Illustrated by "a comparison between The pos
ton OF Hcrpert spencer and that OF john stuart Mil
MI Mil the head of school of thinkers which
I mautalnrd what ], called the Experimental PSYCHIC
o;y; tit Is MI Mll's language there j. not any
nj -. feeling, or power, IN the human MIMI %mch IA
order 10 account Tor ~ requires thal ilN oFl-h shd n
referred To any Other source thin experience Ihe
problem of mnd. aa hdN conceived Is one 81 the Srthl
est openings ot h1utin lhoushl' ~ 'S .V,.Inc tue @
or false il brings he study ol mental phenolnend INTO
more lose and vital relations with the surrounding uni
verse aD mad oeci p0sslpe th me ouei 81
cal views. James Mil ihe author of the dDlest
exposition of fhIs doctrine that had yc appeared an,
his son, therefore thfOH-h M iathci eI.y anu ape
oachi(, uAd The Ircs ad,anidSe. Tor pursuing me
nqur, aud occupying the Held I'm another and II
younger man came mo thdt hcId an" took posS''Yl
of It, A. thr age tniry-iye. Nh. Hericrt Spencer
pubnShed his " Principles OF P-N -Nchon2N, o' wlich MI
tIll himself say IL is one Of t1c hue-t examples we
u,>r>s uf ihc Geological method IN lt> ful power
SuD,euueut CiIclsn mas strengthened this Judgment,
and as yned 10 that work unryaled position IN the
Original psychological literature ~ MS linc MT j :.
Minis ie. work upon mind is undoubtedly - pJicn-
cal 1iIcsm 0l Sr william HaAil!OH; Dl, dft'r this
wa, published, aud the works OF spencer 'nd MI were
left 70 influence upon the Brush public PiUI. Mas
son IA lecture before the Royal lu.titiUh stN" rN-
nre,son 10 the growing conviction concerning spencer.
nst, il any individual Inthcucc ls NsiDy ehcroichn-
on MINIS IA This country, u 4, l,
What, now. the secret b, which Nj Spencer wa,
enabled Nj. Mil IN the Heid hc most
at home aud had every apparent advantage IL was
simply the difference IN the education Of rie TWO men
!. BOth exsmpes oi great native power OF mind
both educated b, tic fathers and neither went To
the universities Bul while MIL sent back IN child
hood the world Of two thousand years aud spent
his in learning hall dozen languages, aud IN load
ing nnse II down with the eruditiOu vi antiquity ur.
spencer wa, content with his In --h, left Antiquity 10
itself and nchdhood into the sphere Of modern
thought. Mr.. Mill had spent hI- energies on MS
splendid scholastic preparation aud could gVe only The
remnant his powers 10 the piOi0inder nielcctual
into stndy OF Nature. and SCIENCE uDpcrNcrtod Dy
ancient IDEAS, and unincumOercJ by auqnaed learn
ing and was tnus enabled 10 make those extensive
modern acquisitions by which he has attained .neh
power thought OF hs own time. "hIlt MI Mill
was drilling with the schoOlOgic, whlch ctls Tor 40
original thought, Mr. Spencer was makihg uscoVcrlts
in expeI1ne1al science and forming his own opinions
On the basis OF The recent knowledge aud Wbnc
in the stndy OF mind. Mr.. Mil sunk into little better
than mere commentator on as islner ioess' mr.
pendent point OF and siscu Ms cotenpOr1s
perhaps the most original contribution OF lhe century
20 the science Of mind wherever tne Two men are
Spe ucrr through his mastery OF SCIENTIFIC thought. IN
confessedly apparent. Mr. Mili wrote "a formal work
the woman question, az ne high. nave written it
two thousand years ago, and NJ ~ science had
uibuteG nothing that II vaiaoe 'u Is eiucidatlOn
Mr.. Spencer has lately crossed tne beh treating The
psyehOogy Of the sexes incidentally, and as cotem
htlef