, 1874-06-27
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SPARKS OF SCIENCE.
cunnA-ro1sox AND .YgAsr.

,AVuAA.IOI9UN AMI 4LAats
An ana'ya!s Of The ,doad1y poison Of. tho cobra
shows that 1t is composed Of exactly the ammo
constltuonts as common boor-yoast. tile Inter
is uHod In tho manufacture Of bread. but tim
former IL 40 viruleut III lts ,atnre tllat, ovon
wlon tnken from tho snakot and rtaaGryotl ior
some time, md ;aftorward injoctod under tlia
akin Of animals, IT is immediately fatal
,. ANEsriErtcs.
According to both British and Americnn attn
tistcs concerning tile, comparative safety Of
antesthetics, chlotoform is e1ght tineH rs dam
gorous AS other, twlce ~ ~ dangerous ~ mlxtuto
IL tan biooiis % OF 'sass as.hsae. s S ill., iePert Of
the Louaon ChlorofoFm Couimittoe, ePpotntod
to Investigate tile rub slntoH tlat with every
cara II ,the Yse 81 Tic mont ,esaet dlIut,on Of
tho. chlorof form: :yapor, Tho state Of insensblity
assth aasy 's' !" few moments into one Of imminent
,,.., .uAY-oAKEs.
Hay-cakes, compouod of lay and straw, worry
l,,ely cut, ,woEl mtxed with crushed oats or rye,
aud moigtened With . solution Of ,repcsood or
insoel ol-eake, and then we'll workod and form
ed into tabtets untar. pressure. hava boon for
solMe Lime employed ins Franco as = convenient
aud portable food for horses.
EMBALMINa.
Discussing tho subjeot of cmba1ming, Lon
don journal presopta eomo statements from
which Il eppenrs, Init tho specification Of mont to
bodlea nllod with bltumon was tho caaontia1 part
Of the Egyptian mummi'yiug process. all The
substances found within ,nunmics nro Of
rcsinous nature; but t!ioso introduced into the
groat cavitoa Of = body, alqpy with external
LOTIONS Of wine, would evidently not autlinc to
embalm 1t. Tho muscular tissue Of many, ii mol
all. mumpliea is Inptog',atod with rqxnoqu mat
tor. Most m.irln,ios ara also biauNoned and
ht1rttnH nt1f1 :, unp1 fhn Human ktnv hnnt,
burnod to aHfos. Tho ln,,or baut1ngcs nsq gan-
ornt!y In il stata ros0mbing tiNtlor.- Tho con-
olIiBlon from thcHo oylllcncos IL, TINT, by means
ofheat. tlio body bndama ftnpragnatol. with
crsoao,o derived from 4ho 4eco in,'ostiun Of tho
btumo', anil Gandagos With Wild il was pro-
yiouH1y covered.
aA1-AMNoHIAo.
N, Nlartincau has communicated 10 tia soclqto
DO Thorapontiquo a aorleH Of cnsca Which exhibit
the value Of sal-ammoniao IN acute rheumatism.
III somo oaaas, 4 oure was reported; In ofhors u
dcoroaso Of pulse and temperature resulted. Dr..
Lnpeyroro statos Ii La, FRANCO 1felicalo, that
Dolioux de- SeviSnao gavo daily dosoa of from
Ito 10 gramnes.' He carried tho quantity por
diem to Is grammoo, IN, divided doses, for The
both externally. ana informally in gout, ny vel! al
III acute rheumatism, fndtng It to diminish both
pain and fever. Some English physicians have
used il successfully in nervous affections: It
may be dissolved In any Of the waters Of tho
pbarmacopmia
EXPERIMENTS on A1LE:
The experiments Tor. determining the affect
Of. temperatute on the. oreamiug Of milk, which
have been carried. On through several months,
are recorded ina report by Schubert. The sep
aration Of fatty mattor from tho milk vas found
to 30 most rapid at 49 deg:, and set moro rapid
at II deg. than At 81 deg. Il MAS more complete
4 fxS nIr1 Il Fy
deg. after thirty hours. Alter twonty- y-four hours,
at 40 dog. only aug per cont Of the fatty NAL
tor tonained In the milk, While the din,nution
continued up TO thirty and thirty-six hours, it
was 10 slight as to havo no practical impor-
TANGO. Tests Of schwastz's mothod Of immers-
showed that it gayo the largest yio!d Of
buttor, aud also that awoot cream afforded
more butter than sour. Irsatol By this
method milk never sours. and oan be preaorvel
several days without injnry. I: ,,wi1l also boar
warming enough to ollas,ge. Oheoso made from
it is aomuoh bat.or, aud; less liable to spoil in
keoping; autl,s since butter maue from ewott
cream contains less milk sugar and casoin, 1t
is consequently 1ass liable to become rancid.
b 7Enn1ron1AI EXPLORATION.
Ahout7o naaare 44milos Of territory have al
ready been Typographical by The party constituting
Lieut.. Whee'or'a Territorial Survey. Tho re-
1uAta " SAV AUk fEAtb 1oI4t 10 Ia
and 1878 are, shortly to DO published In seven
large ;anarto yo'pWes. They will contain much
valuable Information regarding the. geology Of
tho country, ita mining facilities, aud the proba-
bilitioa OF it's successful irrigation. In the line
Of natural history tue collections hare boci, worry
extensive, embracing at least 1900 skins OF BIRDS
and many hundred 1ishog, reptiles, insects, DC,
Tho botanical collection III said to be the tinost
and largest ever gathered by a Government OK
pediion.
j., r1aHT-RoI1. Fon FUEL.
By recent experimenta in; Birmingham, En-
gland, night-soit and sewerage. .haya boen con
yorted into fuel OF superior quality and cheaper
rate than coal. Tho matter is rendered inodor-
oua BY chemical treatment. It is then mixed
with ANAL quantity Of coal:gaa tar, and COM
pressed into solid blocks OF any aiza to suit tho
customer. In this condition 1t is.hara and CONF
paet, and gives forth moroly faint odor of coal
gas tar, by experiment it. was shown TINT this
fuel. is better than englno-siacA for heating
steam -boi!ers. It is sad TO- loave very little
ash: and this ash can be again converted into
consumption it glyoa of but small quantity Of
Bmoke. Little machiuery is needed for the CON
version, and my kind Of ni9ht-soil can bo llsed,
while the fuel can DO offered at about half tho
price Of eugino.a1ack., 4 superior Quality. for
household purposes can be made at a. cheap
rate. Should this invention prove practical, It
will Aeste tlle question how probably to utilizc
cur night-soil.
:: b. L1qHTN1Nd-sTnoKEs. :,
At recent mestlng Of tha Academy Of Sciences
OF Vienna, DR.. Bone gavo tue result of thirty
three yeare' observation Of ths phonomona Of
lightning: :latrokcg. . Ho, polluted out that
lightning often strikea low objects when high
o'4es are in the immediate vicinity, He consid-
ers TINT oonstancy Of course in:thunder-oloud
aud repeated discharges ut particular points,
may BE- explainod BY tho superior attractions Of
Habtorranaan masaes OF motal.., ,Gaueral expori-
anoe shows that thors is less danger from light
Mug in a crowled town or village than in lie
open country: Fuller in bis it.Ohuroh- History"
ASSERTS that there ha4l not sxlated q great abbey
ln.England which, has not, been injured, or de-
stsoyea by lightning. In all pasca it IL tie tow
ef, tle splro, or tho dome. thas has been atrucck
by the bolt.
=. ;.D1sEAsE FaoM a11LK.r .:.:,
Sanitary Investigations in England havc led to
the discovery that a large proportion Of tho ty-
phold In English oltiea iaaown BY mllkmou. Dr.,