Richland beacon., 1877-03-24


the green and yellow in activity; and the
red and violet are the least active Of all
the hues of the sp ctrum.
German scientists are making cru
SADIE against the numerous quack medi-
cines, secret remedies, disinfectants and
panaceas with which the country is flood
ed at the present time. They make care
full analysis of every thing sent to them,
and publish the results obtained without
hesitation. The following are some of
the results obtained in Europe: Luder's
disinfecting powders consist of badly
roasted iron pyrites, holding twelve per
cent. of sulphuric acid soluble in water.
1t can be obtained very cheaply at any
pyrites burning sulphuric acid works.
Eau de princess, contained in an oval
bottle with = long neck, is an agreeably-
smelling liquid, containing 2.G grams
calomel. 0.45 gram corrosive sublimate
and orange-Aower water and a perfume
ad lib. Golden wonder is a mixture OF
4 grams ether, 6 grams chlOroform, O.4
gram camphor, grams oil of pepper
mint, IS grams tincture pepper, and 30
grams alcohol. Polio Chinese headache
remedy, consists eff very coed oil of pep
permint, costing one cent drop. Regu-
lating pills, thirty sugar-coated pills in
a box, of unequal size and shape, COM
posed of o. gram quit, grams a.oes, l
gram jalapa. We cory the above
from a list of one hundred and sixty
similar nostrums, many of them innox-
ious, others, worthless, and some decided
ly injurious, and ali better TO be severely
left alone.
We have received the second bulletin
of the American geographical society for
the present season, in which the prirci
pie paper is an account Of journey in
Spitzenbergen seas and in Lapland, made
in the summer of 1875, by Alexander
Wander Horck, at the instance of several
prominent men of science in Berlin. The
author had the rare fortune of seeing
a herd of nearly 5000 reindeer, and
was shown some beautiful rose-cOlOred
pearls obtained by diving in the cold
streams of Russian Lapland; but we
quote his most remarkable story: "On
one occasion we had curious adventure.
While crossing lacustrine part Of the
river called Kjoalme jaure, in the early
part Of the night we were suddenly sur.
rounded by swarms of lemming (myOdes
tOr4uatus)--an animal like the noun
tain-rat. They swan round the boat and
attempted to Chamber into it, so that it
was with the greatest difficulty we could
keep the fierce little creatures from
boarding us by beating about with
the oars, at which they would set up
sharp, shrill screams, similar to those of
the muskrat. After some time we sue
ceeded in passing them. These little an
finals come Unexpectedly down from the
mountains-no one knowing exactly
whence-and appear in millions, swarm
ing over the whole country, eating up al
most everything that comes in their way.
Neither rivers nor lakes seem to deter
them, both of which they swim with ease,
usually keeping on their destructive
path until reaching the sea, which they
vainly attempt to Cross, never swerving
from the direction once taken until they
sink exhausted beneath the waves" The
author adds that visitations of this kind
are separated by intervals of many
years.
In considering the origin of California
land SHELLS, DR.. j. &. Cooper is of the
opinion that they came neither from the
east nor from the west, but from the
northward; nor does he believe that
they can have been derived from FORM
er continent, of which the Pacific islands
are the remnants, nor from an Atlantis
in the Atlantic ocean. On the contrary,
archaeological evidence tends to show
that the region of the north pole, which
in the tertiary period was warm, proba-
bly, fof1ned the center of distribution for
the land shells of Asia, Europe and
America. Going back in geological his
tory, he says, to the supposed beginning
of all the living species, few, if any. of
the terrestrial can be traced farther than
the eocene tertiary: some, included in
the comprehensive genius "Helix,"