The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-13
Scientific and Useful.

idulcl lchNco plouuCou IIolh tho Colll-
mon laurel-tree, when scalded, will be
found good sedative poultice for the
purpose Of allaying neuralgia.
Dom Piatt says Bret Harte is refused
Il foreign appointment by Secretary
Evarts because he is in debt. He has
wife and four children, writes slowly and
lives extensively.
Dress coats of various colors have been
introduced in London. They are formed
of marine blue, plum color, claret and
green of medium shade, with pantaloons
of corresponding color, and white
waistcoats.
In the mountains OF KumaOn and of
Nepal n native sulphate of aluminium,
resulting from the oxidation of pyrites
in contact with shales, occurs, which is
called by the native salajit; it is very
highly esteemed for its medical virtues,
and often realizes its weight in silver on
the plains.
In gathering mushrooms a correspond.
ent gays he never uses knife, but twists
the mushroom around, freeing it from
the roots; he does not approve of cut
ting, as the stem in decaying frequently
destroys the small mushrooms near it.
When the beds get exhausted and the
supply fails, he gives liberal application
of water heated to one hundred and
twenty degrees, in which he puts little
salt. This 10 stimulates the bed that A
second crop of mushrooms, often as good
as the first, is the result.
English veterinarians, physicians and
horsemen generally are joining in cru
SADIE against bearing-reins,n. which are
declared not only to be source of grievous
discomfort to the animals but to impair
their present and future usefulness. and
large number of leading London con.
sultants, persuaded thereto by Professor
Flowers, the eminent comparative anato-
mist, have discarded the cruel ornamen-
tation of checking their horses' heads,
even in the fashionable regions of the
west end.
Between Bordeaux and Bayonne there
is large stretch of sandy desert, where.
on there is little vegetation save here and
there patches of pine trees. From these
trees there runs a resinous matter which |
is collected and sold by the inhabitants
of the region. This substance has re-
Gently been studied by NJ. Guillemare,
and he has announced to the French
academy of sciences that he has pro.
luced three kinds of oil from the material,
Ill rich in carbon, containing respectively
eighty, ninety and ninety.twO per cent of
hat element. The light yielded on burn
ng the oils is remarkable fer its whiteness
md steadiness, and is said to be suitable
or lighthouse illumination.
According to Newcastle, England,
PAPER, the craft of railway spring makers
s threatened with very serious CONNIE.
ition. A circular spring has been in.
rented, it is made entirely by machinery.
md is said to be free from any defects of
he present handmade springs The new
prings are made of solid round bars of .
teel, highly polished, cut and bent into
lliPtical forms, and bound together in
cts to form springs. Four or five bars
Drm the top and bottom of each spring
nj it is intended as further improve.
nent to have spiral spring, also machine.
i"uC, w 10 PiaCtu III IHe center at the |
op and bottom set Of springs. This would
CT as duplicate; and in case of accident
would support the entire weight of the
irriage.
DIR. George Johnson, an English physi.
ian, has reported another case of poison.
lg by homeopathic camphor, the note,
which were furnished by Mr.. Grub,
Warminster, England. A young gen.
eman, aged eighteen, wishing to cure a
I'D, took on sugar, in the course of six
ours, seven doses of homeopathic cam
nor, each dose containing three drops. -
'ithin five minutes after taking the last |
use, without the slightest warning, he 9
I'd an epileptic fit, which lasted more 7
an a quarter of an hour. Since the +
tack he had been feeling queer" and a
the time of Mr.. Grubb's report. A <
Dnth after the accident, he had not =
lily recovered. Cases such as the above e
mot be too widely known. The use ?,
camphor for the cure of cold is RAPIDLY :
tending, and the people who Use it have 4
t the slightest idea that they are play. Z
with poison, | J