, 1874-11-28

! teetenR 70 HAY ueetf 70 tho predictions r1ado by
| ontomolpeidts maiAy yoara ago, OF tho raynren
that might DO expected Of tho potato-buR If efli-
olons measures werc not taken to stop It's liz
! cteaso.
A. Interesting dhicu.blon followed tho roaaIng
Of Dr. L. Con1e's paper, in which ali agroad viii,
| tue position takon 10y tho Writor. rluf. Billimap
mentioned several instances whore human lfo hnd
been sacrihcoa by !. caro1oss 1lhc OF parls .graon
pfof. Alexander spoke Of woll-oatabliBhel .oasoH
where 1ts omployuaent ea d oolorlng for wall pa-
per lau roautel iu' tho poisoning OF people, who
fo!t tAn effect after sitting hnlf-Aonr IN room
hung With ouch papor. Dr. Mitchell put forth
tie sltggoston, ihat the soil Oil which paria
ot'a effect to plnn's beforo refusing to yield tls
PRODUCTS: aud tha's tho plants 60 siroctel would
act in1urtotsly upon tho human system. Tho
aso OF stryehnino In c9rn.fclda to kill crovs was
tan eneoe Of thls most understandable pniBur
might DO tlelctcr''n 'nn to vegetation. piof. Sill.
man citol caso IN Massachusetts where tho
Ing forests aud e,ass-llnds. Tins l;acusslon in-
clMded the Use at Analtuo dyes FOR coloriaY ic1-
lies and confectionery, and concluded with a
resolution 10 appoint committee to investigate
sablos or otAera'se for tho destruction Of ill.,
scots. and also IN the ornanentation OF articles
Of food, colorln{s Of paper. etc.. etc.
ARTIFICIAL nuIrEn-
The invention Of artificin! butter il ascrbed
to an adept In Franco nau,ed 1Fourioz, Tho
proceas by whilsh he waa guided to tho III
ycnsion ia a fellows L: Having placed several
mtlsl,-cowa on 4, strict dict, tAe;y weight was
quickly reduced. togother with tue quantity Of
milk they gavo. Tho uilk, however,, always
contained butter. bIourtez beloved this to be
produced from tho fat of the animal, which,
carried into the circulation, wAs deprived OF its
steasine by res spi1atory combination, aud fur
nh!aea its oiao., uurghrano to tho uddcr, where,
under tho intno tce Of the ma,unary popain, It
was changed Int o hutter. Acting upon shis hint,
Alnilfioz euccce hlcd in transforming boef.auot
into fat fulbhs at llcariy tho samo temperature
as butter, aud h avlng AZ agreeable flavor. FLO
method, gwen III detall, which has since
bean pursued IL, the Artificial production of the
article, is this's The fat Of nowly-alnugbtercd
beef, Of the pe''t quality, ia ground botwoeu two
cylinders, When CO 1t falls iuto deep yat. heated
by steam, aud pntatuing, for eyory 1000 kilo-
grainules OF fa;, 300 kl|ograrnmcs Of wator, and
ono ki'ogramnna OF potaAHto carbonate. hesidca
two Hl'cep's Or pigs' atomachH III small pieces.
rhe tenlterature Is then raised to 45 dog. Cent.
and tho rnaea @ REoiully stirred. At tho ond OF
two hours the fat all riaes to tito surface. It IL
then let of Int D another vut, heated oil q water
bnsh to SO Or 4 deg. Cont, and per cent Of sea-
salt nddod to Il cilltato tho depuration. 1n the
! course Of two hours tt becomes cIoar, and pre-
scnts lfno yB,or color aud the odor OF frcehtY.
chnrned butter. Having boeu carefully coolea,
1t is cut into kos, packed IN linon. and placed
under hydraul.o proas aud then aepn. nttd into
Two ton'lY eaa Il parts, viz: etearoo aud hquer
oloo.malgariDnA Ihe etearine IL used for making
cundos.
ALAsKA.
Rlr. Wi1lsm II. Da! recently communicated
paper to tho III Francisco Academy Of Sciences,
in which lie p1 rsented aome observations regard
,ng tho altitude Of Mount st. Elins In Aaa1a.
Ths is show,a By bis examinations to bo the
highest peak c,a tho North American Continent,
having IN altitude Of at 1east $4,000 feot. The
determination wore mado BY trianguations up
On tlo baeo. nd aro got to be roriaed by tho ac-
.nnl ascent. .lfr. Dali also reported an Immense
glacier dNeov,sreh by him, few miIeH nurth OF
Cape Fairwes.i:her. 1t has flow of from Q to 6
miles in widtfi and extends inland bayond the
reach Of viBio H. distance OF certainly 80 miles.
cpva.y III tht Island OF -Four AfountainA OF a
numbor of Al'.utiaa nunlmies. Tho bodos nero
simply evibce, Nteh and htafed NTH graaY, dried,
wrapped III fu IL and grass mating. and aocnred
in wator-pi:oof covering Of aeat-Al10. They
wcro thought to bo 100 yeAra old.
BnAlN-wongERB.
People rho work only with their braina noed
moro food rhlsn thoHo who work only with their
hands. Men' ri labor cauaes greater waste Of
tissue than muscular toll. According to care
fut estimate, throe hours' hard study wears out
Tho body mona than Whole day OF work at the
anvil Or on tho farm. Aa tho Gormaus say,
"Without pb osphoruB, no thought" Tho con-
Sumption Of TINT essential ingredient Of thu
araiu lncreas es ~ proportion to the amount Of
labor .eqnsre Of tho organ OF thought. 4 cal
cnlatson VI tho wear OF tho brain is nade by an
examination OF the sal:B III The liquid Becretiops.
In order to allstan the action Of Tho brain, onc-
Hfth OF tho tAood is sens to it, though it's average
weight Ia oDdy ene-foytteth Of thn Hholo body.
THIS TACT alcno goes to show that brain-wolker
-stulo,ltB nd literary mon-8hou:d hays more
and bettar food than mechanics and farn.lA-
borere.
BRIDGES.
Phitadelp1 ,ia hhs slready ono Of tho widest
bridges In Il lo world, aud 3 second 10 In procoBa
Of coustruo ton. Tho first, tic Qirasd avenue
bridge, has n width Of 100 feet, and In used By
foot-paaBenl gers and carriages. Tho seoond, 10
bo put over Richmond street by tho Philadelphia
i ReaIing 1aailroad, will haro span Of Ga fcot,
width Of 1905 faat, aad carry eiglteou tracks.
The bridge las been completed by tho pAunix-
ylile Bridge Company, but haa not jet been put
In possiou- Gha Bame Company hare recently
built an ira bridge over tho Saco River Ut Didde-
forty days from tho dsto Of the osdor. at which
time tho If Oh lay in tho form of puddle-bar.
rais bridst, formed upou ths principle OF inter-
ohsnsoablo parts aud pin conuoctions, las three
spaus Of II feet eaol, mud two spans Of l00 feet
oacl. aud oat about $40, QUO.
THE srxnLRT.
On the 18th Of September the Inhabitants OF
accosslou Of nine little aterlets. shtcl arrived
from st. -peterHbur9 in tho steamer Divine.
They Tert, captured in tho Voga River. aud
transporter In tho VOL Of q boat to st. Potors-
burg, dia tnno8 Of l,1a0 miles. The storlet Is 8
smnl! spocies OF sturgeon (Accipenser Ru!Aeaus).
measuring, when full grown, only feet. It
Is pecnlla to tho Back aud Casnian Seas mud
tcir tripn tarleA. aud Is particularly eAteeucd il
Euasls for tho dolicaov OF Its 1osh, aud for tho
cayinre--as dainty reserved oScluayoiy tor tie
roysl tab c--wI.icll is obtained from It. Tho
introlucti IN Of tho Storlet into American 1Atora
has bscn proposed, and there IL possibility uo
tlay yet VI - It ill our rlarketa along With tie
cultivated trout, oystor, an1 ualmon.
TUE ZEnRA.
4 auco sssful attompt has icon made BY the
Acclimati EATON Society Of parH to domeatica.e
tha zebra, uhicll is naturally one OF tho most
vicious Al I'd untamnble ol animals. The o1pori-
ment wsa, begun in 1872, and at frat promised
llttlo a., isfaction. But, sftor the animals had
boon forta time associated with horses, thoy bo-
coma Moi 70 dociin and GRADUALLY snl,mitleh In