New-York tribune., 1876-02-26

bran here than In Europe. Second, western shofts
often lose weight in storage and transportation.
standing in heaps they not unfreqnehtty s neat az
and shrink to the extent OF ~ per cent Oh tne
original weight. In the process OF iermehlauoi' ~
which this Is largely DUE the albnmnoids wouid oe
found TO suffer decomposition and loss.
NEW Form OF PAPER FILTER.-Prof Stolba states
that he has employed the following form OF paper
filter for long time in analytical determinations,
az well as for other purposes. He recommends IT.
principally, on account of the comparatively small
amount of ash where small Quantities arc to be de-
termined. since but little more than half as much
paper is employed Although less water is required
washing the filtration is somewhat slower, since
il does not fit the walls Of the funnel closely. The
paper is simply folded once in the middle, and the
one end then closed by sharp narrow fold. formed
by tapping the paper several times. each time rub
bng the fold with paper knife, OF agate pestle III
is then rounded, like an ordinary inter, placed III
the funnel dry and moistened ana 1e 9u 6vsss
that other materials beside paper might be used,
aud that collodion, or some other cement might DC
with or instead of the repeated ioiding.
INDIAN CoRS AND ENDEMIC PEILAGRA.-ln South
ern Europe, and especially in Italy, in localities
where maize is largely consumed by the poorer
classes pellagra has long been prevalent and has
been almost exclusively confined to such as subsist
for the most part on corn meal. In Cremona one
out of every - Of the population is thus afflicted
and in Brescla one in II, and the number il an
nually increasing The mold Sporisorium maids, de-
tected OH grains of corn in 1870 by Bcllardni and
Cassat was suspected as the of the disease ~
well as the common mold, Peacilum gdacum, so fre-
quently found on impcrfec'ly dried and Improperly
stored corn According to the observations 2f froi
Lambrosa however, there is no connection between
those fungi and the pellagra but the disease orig
mates rather in the rancidity Of the fatty OIL richly
present in corn meal He showed that the disease
cannot be excited either by Introducing the above
molls into the stomach nor directly into the crcua-
ton, but that il can be produced by the admStra-
ton of corn meal that has become rancid. lie con-
tends, therefore that the disease in Lombardy re-
suits III paIt from late planting which prevents the
ripening If the graD and that planting too thicky
harvesting too early. drying the ears imperlecty,
together with storage Of the corn and meal IN damp
places all contrbutc 90 render the d ease epidemic.
He attributes tie total absence of the disease rom
portions of America where maize ~ almost eAciu,
siyely used for food, tO the thorough rpening ana
driving If the grain and the conversion of conpara-
lively siral portions into meal ~ time. He recon-
menls therefore. the keeping or hand OF bnt nm
tied supply of freshly ground meal aud the prflara-
tion of small cakes instead of the usuaarge loaVcS
which are seldom baked through and when, n
they are often kept fourteen days ire very habe I"
spoil According tO Prof. liaberlaud the disease
has not vet been noticed in tie southern portions oi
Austria where corn ~ also largely consumed. Hr
suggest, that the rancdity may be prevented with
certainty by removing the olcaGinous germ before
grinding.