, 1874-10-24


WHITE N1cE.
White m!ce aro very pretty peta, ycL many OBJ
5ect to thnln Of, account IT tho!r nlousy odor,
Which IL natural to tbom a,.d oanno. bo removed.
by Keeping IL little box Of chloride Ut limo or
oasholio dlalnfecting nowtlcr III their caae, thla
ot'or naay by entirely noutrnllzcd. 4 good box
Tor tho ps'rl,oso may bo p,ade Of Il Tin bakiug-
aoaa caa, md na'l'og 1t To tho upper part Of Tho
cage. q cage for tho mice ean ho constructed
OUT OF nHtarcl,-hoS fitting It with SECOND Story
lcaulnS from tho t'rBt by flight of stairs Tin
cages sro very Nice. Tho heat dict far whlto
NICE eonaista OF wheat: flour and oruckor.dnst,
alscf11atllgs WIN oatmeal once or twica O Week.
A occastonal c1.la Of bread, plbhlo of oats, can-
ary-sona, ctc., will In relished. INV meat. fed
Just baioro tln litter, will teud to prevent tlcir
ae,youi1ns thosr Young. Alsk should bo their
ilucng monthly filters Of from four to twouty.
They nro very Intelligent little creatures. aud eau
bo tnuglt iNnumeruble tricks a,,t1 antcs One wGs
once Gagged With canary, with which ii was on
tho most amiablo terms, Dating and drinkuF
from tAo SAME dish, without quarrollng.
FLEslf-EATiSd pL4NTa.
Popular attention in England fus been 80
largely drawn to tho ourio,a habits of Ncsll-oat-
Ing pla,ta, through tho recont publications Of
tho observations Of afr. Darwin, and tho aldress
OF Dr.. Hooker, Mt tho Belfast meeting Of tho
British Association for the Advancement OF
selcllco. That tho newspapers arc advising intei.
gdnt persona who llayo no scientific training to
assemble collections Of tho panta and make
them ooiocsa OF study. Tho questions which
Rra suggested to amateur observers ~ particu-
iasly i,a, W,rth y inveasigatng hro theses How much
Iohtl can 11laHta ont in twouty-fonr hours? When
% they cat mo at ?-and under what conditions
Of weather. Plants Of Drosera rotundffoHa
tronhd-learcd nnnden) arc advertised for sale
as t'inepono. ceeh. ana English dealors are urged
sofa
plants. Two spcctos OF tho Drostrn grow In
abundance in the vicinity OF Pine Station. shout
3o nattea out on tho Michigan Southern Railroad;
anu sn Il my ohtcagoans wonld liko to experiment
procured III tho season Of them.
SALTWATER ICE.
Tho notion generally prevails, that, when aalt
Wator freczcB tho leo is frcsl, and, when molt-
cd, will produce fresh water Prot Tyudatl
states thas Buch is tho case, In Lis "Forms Of
water. But DR.. Rae. the Arctic explorer, de-
cIafca that ho Vas "novor able to fad eea icc,
i'l 3ttu either eatsbo when solid, or drinkablo
when thawcd,-it being invariably too salt," He
adds, however, that, when hss party fo,1na leo
projecting above tue water, aud from its ap-
pearance indicating that 1t was q year or more
oid it vas generally fresh, md nlada good drink-
! tng. water. Tin theory explaining the fact In,
tlnt tito salt is not itsalf cougnalea, but tha, /
concentrated Brine imprisoned In minute coils.
ia retained III the solid Ice. These coils conmpni-
eating with cecil other, when tho ite is lifted
above tho general level. tho brine tB drained Cd.
| leaving tho n1asa freah.
STRAW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
French agricultural Journal, which Ia con-
sderoa good authority, tostilos that ptraw
| makes good neutrality-suspicious. It was no
! ticed tint Btraw would discharge Leyden Jars
without apark or explosion; and, upon this hint,
| sono one nosr Tarbss tried tho experiment Of
! straw lightning-rods. made by fastening wisp
or ropo Of straw to deal stick with brass nire,
| and capplng tho whole with copper point II
IL said that thu experiment, which was tried on a
| largo pcale. was succcsstul. Eighteen communea
| around I'arbes were supplied with tho conduct
ora ono being erected to every $50 aores, and the
| onsfro aroa was preserved not only from light
| niug-HtYokeB, but from hni1. Az the apparatuz
Is simple and inexpensive, it is within the maan9
Of every ono, md IL worth testing.
wArEn-pnoor rApsn.
BY plupging sheet Of paper into an anmom-
oca} solution Of copper for an instant, and thsu
pressing it between cylinders to dry il, it il rsn-
doscd impermcable to water, and may bo even
boiled without dlslntogratlng. Any number Of
shosts may be rolled together and thus made
permanently alherent; while, il cloth Or fibrous
tiGsne Of nny sort bo interpoaed, the strength Il
greatly increased.