The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-01

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cerine and few drops of oil o
; cinnamon added, the taste of tn
eastor-oil can scarcely be recog
nized.
Vogel finds that tincture of 10
dine made with alcohol, contain
ing more than 81 per cent. of alb
solute alcohol, will not turf
starch paper blue.
The best labels for plants and
trees may be made by writing
with q led pencil on slips of zinc
and attaching these to the plants
by copper wire. HorticMltUrist. J
| The Garden relates that cut
tings have been taken from En-
gland to Victoria, and worked
with success nine months after
they were separated from the pa
rent plant.
Silks are by some manufac-
lures treated with solution of
acetate of lead to increase their
weight, poisonous properties are
thus at times impaired to the
tissue in question.
Brontotherium ingens is the
name given by Professor Marsh to
q new group of fossil animals
found in the Miocene beds of the
region embracing the States of
Wyoming, Colorado, Dakota, and
Nebraska
Asphalt paper is employed for
wrapping silks and other articles
to be protected from moisture.
Tubes made of this paper are
about one fifth the weight of iron,
and may be used for the convey
ance of water.
NJ. Bert states that compressed
oxygen is not only destructive to
animal life, but that it also him
ders the termination of seeds, the
putrefaction of fragments of mus
Gle, the changes of starch into su-
gar by saliva, and the develop
ment of mycOdermG acct.
When beets are preserved for
the manufacture of sugar they
give off carbonic acid and absorb
oxygen. This result is owing to
the oxidation of the sugar, and
in the course of thirty days a
very considerable portion of the
sugar is lost. (Arnold Heintz.
-Scribner's for May.
DIR. Woods relates the following
circumstance, which appears to |
show that sometimes, at least, |
malarial poison is to be found in |
water and not in the air: Two |
ships were dispatched simultane-1
ously with troops from Algeria to
France, both under similar cir
cumstances, excepting that the
supply of water had been drawn,
in one case, from the low, marshy
lands where ague was prevalent,
whilst the other ship had taken
water from a locality situated at
a greater elevation, and where the
disease was unknown. The pass
engers on the first transport
were generally seized with remit
tent fever, whereas no case of ILL
ness occurred on the other vessel.
In report on the enamels en-
ployed to coat the interior Of cast
iron cooking utensils, NJ. Pog-
giale states that many of these
enamels contain lead, and dilute
acids at the boiling point of wa
ter extract the lead in a majority
of cases.
In May the cornerstone of the
new building of the American
Museum of Natural History on
Manhattan Square in New York,
will be laid by President Grant,
assisted by Governor Dix and |
Mayor Hayemeyer. The base
ment of the building is now COM
pleted and the iron and granite
for the first story are nearly finish
ed and on the grounds. It is ex-
pected that the section will be
walled in and rooted by Novem
Der. The Museum has Just pur-
chased a rare collection of archa- |
illogical specimens, found mainly
on the banks of the rivers in the |
valley OF the Mississippi. The
collections contain a series of the
stone implements and ornaments
found in the minds built by the
prehistoric inhabitants. There |
are at least 5000 specimens. The
Jay collection of shells, presented
to the museum by the daughter of
the late John David Wolf, con-
tains $4,000 specimens, including
$4,000 species. Besides these are
large collections of minerals and
insects.