National Republican., 1877-10-02
NUGGETS OF KNOWLEDGE.

THE coal brought from Discovery bay by the
late British Arctic expedition has lecn found to bc
vcrp nearly the same in composition as tho conl
found In England.
PROF. MARSH proposes to call the enormous
land animal, the remains Of which were found In
the cretnccous deposits of Colorado the Titsnu an.
rus MOntanus. II well deserves the name ns IL wns
from iitty 10 sixty feet IN length
THE probable cncamp,ncnt of the Russian
army on the Danube next winter leads n CORE
snondent 70 remind foreign journal how bitterly
the poet Ovid, who was bGnished ~ that locality
complains OF The climate, and how frequently. In
his Pont!c eIist!cS particularly, he aludcs 10 the
intensity Of the frosts,"
THE artificial flowers treated with the salts
rometer bouquets IN Paris, MS they change In color
according tn the quantity Of moisture contained in
the Atmosphere, have now been employed to ornn.
mcnt ladies hcad.drcSscs The flowers In lndy's
hat Will thus be nseful IN warning them not 10 90
far from shelter II the color changes to pink.
THE gases contained in the tissues Of sound
fruit, according to the researches of L!nache con
sst Of a mixture Of oxygen and nitrogen in the
same proportion ss they exist In the aimnspherc
ANY injury to the tissues. however transforms tho
oxygen into carbon!c acid, and amer a time true
fermentation sets in, causing a large evolution Of
carbonic acid, but leaving the nitrogen unaffected
CONSIDERABLE doubt has been lately thrown
upon the received opinion regarding the aid afforded
BY insects in the ferfili zaton OF flowers. Thomas
Meehan has succeeded IN obtaining two TO six pcr.
fect seeds IN every capsule Of the common mgnon-
cite which was forced In green house last winter
where insect a,d was absent; twould be interest
leg to know what other circumstances produce
this result.
FROM Havre come the tidings that there need
be no more a.slckness. number of persons II IL
SAD. have repeatedly been taken on board the
steam tug fAvantport and have put out to sea lust
where they were most likely to meet with severe
tests and II has been found that those who were
rr@S'aed S,s,. Win certain girdc
those who became ses.sick without the appliance
were almost instantsneonsly cured by It's aprlica.
the arrangement Of the diaphragm.
SOUSG soapsuds and old Nicotine have proved
fatal In the csSe OF an English lad at Dartmouth
Park. He saw some children blowing soap bubble,
nipe from his father, which he soon broke liz
then returned for another and HIS father gave him
nm I'D wooden pipe which had been lying on the
sick; vomiting and becoming very drowsy and
deadly pale At the end Of the third day The litlc
testified at the inquest thai the child dlei from
imbib!ng nicotine contained in the oil wooden
pipe.
M.SALoTHE has produced syncope and conyul.
sions N rabbits by keeping them in vertical posi-.
tion with their head up Reversal of the animals
soon restored their respiration and heart beats Ro
tatinG the animals on a board caused cerebral
the head the feet occupied the nosition nearest
the axis of rotation. Death by annmIa occurred
In about ten minutes hut 1t took twenty minutes
and more to cause fatal termination by congcs.
ton.
THE electrical volatilization ofmetals has been
successfully turned to practical use In eectroplat.
ing by Prof Wright, Of Yale College. In a vessel
irom which The air has been in some degree re-
moved nc nrrnngct opposite IN each other the two
poles of Ar induction coil aiSpends the object 10
hc plated l,etwccn them, and attaches To the mega.
tive pole the metal Ia he deposited. two or
three,inch spark from the battery cause. the metal
to be volatil'zed and 1t IS condensed on the cool
surface Of the article 70 be plated In uniform and
solid manner. The Oftener the spark IL produced
the deeper IS the deposit 1t Is probable that this
process Will soon be extensively adopted in the