, 1875-12-04

| The Ausenrnn savs: "IIohna akeen eyeheht ani
/ well.slosc,upel ch.t; lo can crawl by nicaua or
lta suckers will, ta,idItv el.ll"r III the fea-bot
ION or on dry ]and i; he can pNin, backwards or
foEwards; he can Jump Inur yattia high our OF
tho waller; nran NHo each of hin slnElc ntns
separately, pulling with each III ,litcrrnt tirtc-
ton; ho can 'lsc tho Harmonious cnt!a Of tar%n
same arms a. dolicn'c organs OF touch. or by nil
OF tho suckers which they bear can employ thcm
AZ fBli,ng~tack'e: llo cnn chnnRs hs coi"r
through nearly MI shades Of the rainbow. aud
mako II darx oF light, accor.1ing 10 his placo Of
concca!mant, hT tho expansion anil contraction
Of tho htle pigment dacs whcl, lc il. ,un ..ut'4
beneath his rim. Tho plny Ct rn'of tl.1ss rra.
'1''se!, aud tho strs"go fcatoons into whie:, he
cav throw his asns. Indicate from tno 10 tina
tho s.n:ea Of junction through wlicn Tho rpu3p
passes. tntl it ia ras; tn toll tEercfrom when Ee
is snF1y r'e.sea', s,, ;s'Shteae!h M or slee.y;"
desll-i'rh i'll the Naples aquarium recognize
theie keo!,er aud manifest MI atsacl,-
n'ent for h'ns. tsacy tho monater VIC
tor Hugo ac"rrbc,i looking !ovo at
anll tw'n:n, ith lcng, elaapins .nrms about you
III all hreciiornts embrace! Tho .thtsaa,m
declares 1t 10 10 high tin1s TINT tho dcy-.ist
ahond ave 4 recognized English namo, mud
"pon'p." Tho na.ao mo!.,sx l.as been called
''nolypnH ly tho tirccks. 'poutpo" ty the
Fronet "popo :" By thu Italians, = krake" by
tie SurwoHiats, nt,l "pinurrs" by tho Nurma,l-
,i,s;,,,. H. 'ol.a . ~ - uue' IT," 'i's
,nnronri,ts,l hv - annt.ns ~ .hnrr '
"p'"Np''">e1 - '''.e,oe y. '''"'"'
AMMONIA AND FLOWERS.
t,..a ,>..n..,,. ~. ,,,.u,s.;,, ...st.s. =, s",
H"" p'e5ot1'' .ne l"toios*Es tos"'Is ot @"Haf1-
ments undertaken to toA! tho offoct Of ammonia
upon lle co!crs Of towoss. Prof. nobba, tho
oiao.ro- norro,, . sr.l, ,,.,,;tr ~ ,a,,, 49,
,,o,fn ;,,n n ri, ov.r ,xh,.i, h. ,,,,co, fn,,.
~, 1,.or,;,x ,,'t t1,o ,,,,o ~ ,I.,. II, n.,-o..
IN In ,n.re,o, ,n,u In fa,,nd tt,o, thouo ,,,,tnd
h,,o ,o,nI nd ~, ,,1o roro o,,.,,ood =, ha,,,
mi rroo,, t,os, ,in,.1 v,,l, , Inn, ,,r,,,,,
vcro r1,nn4s,, M ,,,.rk whi,a ao.crs ~ n n,,ro
whi.a wotn ,u,ncd ,c,1,,v ~, ,r,,,. f,,,o,',,s
l,svinp whi,n mn, ,ci in ,ho co,yx r,d oore,;Jo
l,ccno,s. m crnosnro IN ti,o ,,n,non;, vo,,,,r
h,nc ,,., crccn r,v ;,,nsr.;,n. ,,cuo r,wor, Is,
wntcr At tbs coprlusjo;1 0f ills cy,or,nent'
thov retained their nav conra for sovors,
their oslpinal htoa. Prof. Gobba discovered
In lilo r,usaa Of his experiments Tia. astcrs.
which na.urals havo no fragrance, acquired
delightful fs1fn"s IN s: nnes tic i"t'aoaeo 4 an;
red Nhon mois:onsd with diluted solution Of
nitric acid, and liat tho samo flowers when az
posed il, al open boz to tic yapor Of hydro
chIorlc acid, bcca,uo after aouao hours bsall.i.
fu carn,lne rod, which they preserved II ttric1
Il, the dark and kept ia a dry. dark place, prof,
t'obba was led 70 tllcso experiments by obaesY-
ing tint violet 1louess nssImo tint OF gregg
wien c,nn,ca 10 tle smoko Of = CHAR, result
Tho iat1lrn Of thnao experiments Ia 10 simplo
that tllry may easily bo Jcpe.ted, and any ana
tsnr nay procure tho rIcnsuro OF periuu,iuv
them.
s13E1 A.
It is believed that, by the explorations of ths
recent Swedish Arctic expedition, new md
prac.fcah}e rnuta h,s heon ditnororad .vbn,otr
communication aud commerce mar be SUSTAINED
between Northern Eurorc md S1ber;a. s]'he az
pedltton reached Siberia from NORWAY bv vav of
Pet STRATA fJugorsky Shor) aud the Bc, OF Kat..
Ou its roturn, Prof. Noftstns5iold, commander
Of tho expedition. with sayerat co1npanions vax
lcfs at tho Yoncset to mako his way back 10
Sweden overland. Hin courso was I'm the Yepe-
sci in Nord!au,l boat 10 ucneBcr;sk, and thence
acsoss tho rauntfy. Frnm Ekterinberg, on tho
castotn a|opo of tho ural Mountains, nGws has
been received by tho trnve1sEs WHO reached TINT
Ioint in safely. Tho Professor aays nf
tho expedition. In letter written at tho
Yonesel: 1.-The attainment If tho goal
wAtch We bad reached hod in vain
been attempted BY tho great seafaring M
sosH for hundreds OF yenrs. I an positive
ly convinced TINT new commercial road in now
opened. tue Importance Of which will readily lie
conceived by marking ont TN the map Of AHA
tho largo ox:ont Of t,yar-watess embraced by The
Obi, lrtish, aud YeneHei. With their tribu-
At late moct,pr of tho Tu.atau Socioty far
the Epcpuragengpt Of Cu.nu1crcc and IntIustrv
one Of tho u,omberd LecIarcd tho Journey OF
I1oi. Noraenskoid nwae QUO to 30 ranhoa tn
,rn!,,J T., WI. II ''.v Mast"xs T., nem "or
rnent Of a rcaujnr ljno ui cnmnun,cat;on ho,
tween Northofn Europe and EibDria, and tho
vast fenoutces OF tho lattor canns1y would thuH
a. !tsL tiuo !, III ouIlos a1op6 hef RFeas aauaute
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