New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-07
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.

of hemlock bark produces barrel OF good annn eX
tract worth 800 IL found that one cord OF alder
Nil 1r,1nee HE saIre amount and of sweet fern
gives OF the best tannin " worm, b9sldes n1 ~
able activity m Hancock County Me-, in the new mdus-
uy of extracting tRnuin from sweet lerh'
A fact mentioned by DR.. Edwards at late
meeting Of the Francisco McroScOpical Society may
be new 20 many of our readers. What is called nee
paper" imported from China is popularity believed 10 DO
made Of rice Indeed the statement has been made p
residents in China that they had seen the process OF man
uacure from "a pulp similar to the method OF MAKING
ordinary paner Their statement cannot, however, he
accepted, Quekctt some time ago discoNer Dl ''
OF the microscope that he s.eG r b' d,crn,ned
that this paper is simply the pith Of Chnese uee'
Ardlid papyrdtra sliced or shaved III INN Sheets
Important progress has recently been Made
IN enabling EngllshwOmcn to obtain a medical ednc'-
ton Some OF the leading colleges and universities bad
opened their doors TO women students but none OK tne
hospitals would permit the women 10 enter Tor clinical
instruction. Nature announces that the Royal Free
Hospal in Gray's Inn Road has AT last granted ms
nrycge Ii is said to have come just in time 10 prevent
the breaking up OF the London School OF Mcdirae for
women The trustees of that school had resolved TO
close unless this concession could DC obiae ahd To-
the pupils To seek instruction elsewhere Ih"n
in England.
The neglect of Capt. Mares to Issue lime
Juice the slcdSe parties of the Arctic exped
ton is still the theme OF much discussion in the English
newspapers The Sanitary Record approves the opinion
Of Surgeon Colan that if anything should have been
omitted. the and not the imejuice ought to nave
been left behind Capt. Mares admits that IN a future
case of the kind he W"uIn cSrtan9 50 ll0''B .nS
arrangements to admit Of sending hmeluice rance
that m agreeable way 10 "modily The arrangements
would be s.nd both the rum and the nitluce' VII
a little sugar. The Jesuit would DC punch 4" 'no o
regions.
There has been much said recently about
the powers of potassium xauthate as an antlsepuc'
correspondent OF The Boston Jor0i Of Chemistry makes
some remarkable statements concerning this SAT- New
wine was treated with it, and some months aftrward
was found to possess its original taste and sweetness
The wine was then drunk in considerable guam
tity by different persons without the slight
est injurious effect following" Such declara-
ti0n a. any wine may strike DchcVctS
ia SAID to he easily and cheapy prepared only sna
quantities need be used aud no harm seems lkely 10 en-
sue from taking it, cECept in the few or disease
where potassium salt would have abad eject N1Gc-
tom of tis salt have remained without mold fer
menation after eight mouths exposure to the ar
As an evidence of the efficacy Of vaccination,
the experience of a smallpox hospital at Iomclton'
Eng may be cited. lot Of servants (nurscs were
engaged of whom 81 had previously had smallpox p
had been revaccnated and had not been vaccnatd
since childhood. The last referred to turned
on, to DO the, Ony one OF the lot who
vice. In report to The Metropolitan Dlsircl Asyim
London hospitals only were well authenticated in
stances whore rcyaccination had been properly per;
formed, and the light attacks of the disease OF
800 hospital attendants the only sufferers from sma-
Po1anSd they wes %edB nGSS ONE " G nn
who had previously had smallpox ana caught u again.
A society has been formed which announces
"a its object "the simpldcaOn OF English orthOgra-
phy" Among the officers OF this Spelling Reform Asso-
citation are the uamcs-honored in pathological science
of Profs f. A. March, W. d. Whitney and S. S. IIade-
man. The circular which announces the formation OF
the society ncOse specimen Of what is called "Reyiczd
Spelling o. this single sentence may suffice onr readers;
Ther being m dterens between the apcerans ov the
fonec and The ordinary print ana scrp, thqz moo ea1
reed ana rlet the aler VII reel TUG iulellT pIIl i
script eziy, ana the smelling can he ntrocSt grad
nary people Will hc apt in TINS remarkable like
ness 10 the illusions of Nasty and Josh Billings Before
yielding hope that the new "spelng" can ne m
~ rrcoI tLo clciDs r.nent of Old Major Pendcnnis
" What Marry woman VINO spells dhectloh Win
one o.
Prof. Poltzcr recently put before the Medi-
ca Society Of the Vienna Garrison some new proofs Of
TIE use Of both ears in determining the direction of
sound. People who deaf in one ear make strange
mistakes when out hunting, they are apt tn suppose
that any sound comes from the direction toward which
the ear they hear with may happen 10 be turned neat
little experiment. easily tired, devised by Prof
Poli;zer. Above the top OF the head Of person
wh:se eyes ar "inGaF'H WatG' vrhR rI''S
unable to s,t ccrtainly whether the watch is above
ears closed the watch TO him 10 be nearcs; 10
tie other ear and this impression viii still be peicepblc
even though the baudage be rcnOS ed from his eyes The
source OF sound Is in general referred to point on The
right left according o. either ear hears most loudly
Great reliance has been placed on the use
OF the tungsate soda render scenery in theaers
noninnammlbe. 1t appears that there is considerable
uncertainty in the action OF this salt and hence
danger of being lulled into false security IN its U.s."
In lectures at the Royal Institution its supposed efficacy
had been demonstrated before audiences. and Dr.
II t0pd in n
that had beCu prepared with the tihgState, 70
repeated by DE-. vi light 1T south keisnsi' ~ ana hcn
MA his aStoaSuIcnt, the dress TOOK nrc ana was
entirely consumed. Ey what seems something more
good fortune. dummy had he n substituted
for The this last eX9. Iimen Why tile tungStttc
failed to prevent the clothes from aAlhG hre' Is h"t
known. II Is believed that 40 mistake was made ia "i-
plying II.
In The Manufacturer and Builder, DR.. =. H.
Van der Weydc discusses the question as TO how far
originality can be claimed for the musical telegraph
UeIephOuc) OF Mr.. Elisha Gray. The similarity or the
invention TO Reuss's telephone strongly emphasized
improvements in the latter which Dr. Van der Wcyde
himself has made cited with the dates at which they
were described before learned societies Finally, Dr. Van
der Weyde claims that telephone which he long ago
constructed and sill possesses has the great advantage
Of being a5le transmit any air vibration such IA
melody sung by the human voice or paN "a upon nue
while the capacity OF Mr. Glays instrument Is confined
10 those which can be produced by the Vibration o t'
ingtorks No Question :. rdsen hoNeye. 2, 10 , ia@
several simultaneous can be scut Oycra wire
and received at the separate stations Tor which Wy
designed while the message sent 10 any one station
Is not repeated al the others
In his address as President of the Liverpool
Geological Society Mr.. I. Molard Reade offered some
data for calculating he length o; geological periods lie
made careful estimate Of The amount of solid matter