Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-02

days, its inhabitants could recognize
their dwellings,, could camp above and
clear them out ; Herculaneum, on the
contrary, was buried so deep that the
next day it was impossible to trace a
vestige of it. The usual answer to all
these questions usually is, Lava worked
all the ruin. Herculaneum was swal-
lowed up under eighty feet of lava. If
works of art, bronZes and pictures have
been miraculously preserved, it was due
to the impenetrable shield of lava, yield
ing only to a cutting tool, that protected
them from the ravages Of time. The
explanation is tempting. Fancy pic
lures waves Of fire rolling upon the city,
rising like the tidal wave, surging in
through doors and windows, sweeping
around and moulding everything, then
slowly cooling and preserving for pos
terity treasures that labor must unYeil,
repaid by their recovery in unframed
beauty.
This is really the opinion that all
Europe holds, and even at Naples almost
all visitors of Herculaneum declare that
they have touched the lava with their
own hands and, in books written on the
Nesuvian cities, more than one traveller
affirn1s rs positively that the difficulty of
cutting the lava presents the chief OBJ
stacie 10 the disinterment Of IIerculane-
ui'l IloH van que 'eIlteIe |" I!ee'
ooti coli' ''iolI9 ~ '''9',i ~ '"%t "o'ei'
~ noI u'e' "fet heIille0 lIeiCuldnet!h
iLl't ,ilat /, "a9 Hot torrent ol 4io"ih9
that filled the city? How uproot a pre-
possession so deep that the works
oi 9eo.o9lst9 anu SaFdhtS nave Ialied 10
sIahe II DulEe43E proved that water
alolIe swept over IleIc,lia4Gl'lll I leal'9 OF
SCoiia anu puiiliCe ctu'npiea IIoin La
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IT,
English SNAKE UHARMERs. .-Ihe ser
pent was once said to be more subtle
than any of the beasts OF the field, but
he is not quite clever enough Tor Aessrs'
Thomson " Capper, homeopathic cheia-
lists, Liverpool. This firm recently I'M
ported some large rattlesnakes from the
Southern States OF America, IN order to
get some lacbesis. which Is running very
short i'll homeopathic practice. It IS I'M
p0rtant to extract the venom during the
animals life, and this Is how they pro-
ceeded, as narrated by Mr.. Thomson at
a recent meeting of the Homeopathic
pharmaceutical society Inc reptlies
were III separate comparfments OF aIarge
case, fitted with double lld Tor extra
security. \ long staff, fItted with a
thick India rubber moose at one end,
which could be loosened or tiShtened by
the hand, at pleasure, was inserted
through the partially opened lld, ana the
opportunity quickly seized OF slipping
the loop over the snake head, the loop
being Immediately drawn tight by means
of the cord attached thereto. With a
similar contrivance the tail was next
fastened, and the snake being thus Sc
curely held was lifted out OF the box on
to the floor OF the room. A pickle bot
tie containing chiorotorm was then
fully held in its place by keeping time to
the ANIMALS efforts to extricate itself.
As the reptile became stupified, the
moose was gradually relaxed to enable
the lungs to have full play, and when it
appeared powerless, the snake was laid
in long narrow box, made for the pur-
pose, with an aperture at one end, out
of which its head projected while the
after operation was performed. It's
jaws were then opened and fixed, and
the poison glands pressed with forceps,
then with the gloved finger and thumb,
while a small blown granulated phial
was held to receive the drops as they
came slowly out through the poison
fangs. Twenty drops was the average
quantity yielded from each snake. The
venom is Of a straw color, thick and
gummy in consistency, and decidedly
acid in its reaction on litmus paper. 1t
is readily soluble in glycerine or water,
but is precipitated by strong alcohol, the
precipitate being redIssolved by the ad-
dition of little water. Its Genealogical
properties were fully tried on variety
of animals. Half a drop produced death
on linnet within three minutes after
being injected under the wing.
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