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The Morning herald., 1877-11-27
SCIENTIFIC.

-CoMBUsrIBLE WOOD. - The San
Francisco -ntaI says: "At a meeting o.
the California Academy of Science tie
orhor evening, DR.. Dehr called attention to
EUCALYPTUS tree standing in the grounds of
the old German Hospital, on Bannan
street. The tree had passed through the
fire of August, 1876, and exhibited the
peculiarity of resisting the action of the
fames--a property well understood in Aus
tralia. Dr. Kellogg stated that eucalyptus
shingles were in common use in Australia,
on account of their being fre-proof. It
was impossible to fire roof made of this
material. There were some 1872 species of
eucalypti, but all seemed to possess this
non-combustible property to some extent.
DIR. Dibbon said that the planting of trees
in the public streets would be an important
means of checking confagration. and as
the eucalyptus seemed to be peculiarly val
uable for that purpose and for building, the
attention of the public and timber-growers
should be called to it,"
The Morning herald., 1877-11-27

BEAUTIFUL and durable rainbow colora
tions are now impaired to zinc by very
simple process. The zinc to be thus treated
may be many form, cast or sheet, the special
requisites being that it be pure, dry,
polished or filed; the coloration is the more
brilliant according as the materials of the
bath are pure, and thus the best effects are
obtained with chemically pure reagents
The bath consists of thirty grammes tar
trate of copper, forty grammes caustic
POTASH and 400 grammes distilled water.
On subjecting the zinc to the action of this
kind of bath for a couple of minutes, it ap-
pears of an agreeable violet; for three
minutes, deep blue; four and one-half
minutes, green; six ane one-half minutes a
golden yellow; eight and one-half minutes,
purple violet.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-27

STEAM HEAT FOR VILLAGES. The most
economical method of heating factories and
lrge buildings has long since been conceded
to be by the employment Of steam. Enter
prising builders have suggested the appli-
cation of the same heat to blocks of houses
and even to small towns. We now hear
that a company is about to undertake the
work of supplying heat to the houses,
churches, factories, shops and offices of
Lockport, N. Y. One set of workmen is
sufficient for each stock of boilers whether
IL single building or whole block is to be
heated. How to carry the steam through
pipes of n-conducting material and how
to introduce it into the houses is perfectly
well understood problem. All of the prin-
ciples involved in Steamboat have long
since been known the only thing wanting
is sufficient faith on the part of the
capitalists to insure its adoption every
where.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-27
TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOLD IN S

TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF GOLD IN So
1UT1oNs.-Phosphate of iron gives a brown
precipitate, which acquires metallic lusto1
when rubbed. Proto-chloride of tin gives
q purple or blackish precipitate, insoluble
in muratic acid. Sulphuretted hydrogen
and hylrosulphuret of ammonia give a
black precipitate, insoluble i'll simple acids.
Ammonia gives reddish-yellow precipitate
eliminating goldD with tolerably concen-
trated solutions, either at once, or ON boiling
the liquid. Liquor Of potassa gives, with
neutral solutions of gold, similar precpi-
tate to that formed by ammonia, insolublo
in excess.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-27

A MEMBER of the Moscow Society OF
Naturalists visited the Kanin peninsula,
east of the White Sea, in Northern Russia,
during the past summer, to make natural
history collections, and also to study the Pc
culiar;ties of the Samoyede inhabitants of that
region. These primitive people took alarm
at his proceedings, especially when he at
empted to measure their heads, and believing
that he had some sinister design toward
them, they marched with their reindeer
far into the interior of the peninsula, taking
the enterprising man of science with them
He was finally rescued by some fishermen,
but he lost all the insects he had col
lectcd, as the Samoyedcs drank up
the alcohol in which they were pre-
served.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-27
TIE DISCOVERERS OF AUS.
TIeALIA.

Australia, the fifth great division of tn
globe, began to be discovered after Americ'
and the South Seas were known to tn
Europeans Magellan, who first undertook
voyage round the world, had promised
the Spanish monarch, into whose service ht
entered when he left the Portuguese, tha
he would arrive at the Moluccas by sailing
westward. On this voyage, he discovered,
March 9th, 1921, the Ladrones, or Mariana
Islands, group which constitutes a part OF
Australia. Magellan must, therefore, be
regarded as the first discoverer of this por.
ton of the globe, and opened the way
Tor the subsequent discoveries in this quar-
ter. Three hundred years elapsed before
all the islands, which now pass under the
name Of Australia, were known to Euro
peans. After Magellan, the Spanish navi-
gators continued the process of discovery
IN this part of the world, particularly Alvaro
de Mendana, who, in the last part of the
sixteenth century, discovered the Solomon
Islands and the Marquesas, and passed
through the Society and Friendly Islands
without seeing them. Fernandez de Quiros,
who had accompanied him ON his third voy-
age, took southerly direction, and hit
upon the part of the South Sea which con-
tans the most islands. He made known to
the world the Society Islands and Terra
del Espiritu Santo. In the seventeenth
century, the Dutch began to explore this
part of the ocean, and besides several
small islands, discovered the largest island
of Australia, New Holland, which receives.
It's name from them, although there is some
reason for supposing that it had been visited
by the Portuguese hundred years earlier;
but their discoveries seem to have been
concealed by their Government, and after
wards forgotten. Tasman, Dutchman, ;;
and Dampier, an Englishman continued
The discoveries. In the middle of the oigh-
teenth century, the Englishmen Byron,
'allls, and Carterct, and the Frcnchman !
'ougainville, exerted themselves to extend |
He knowledge of Australia But James
'ok, who circumnavigated the world from
"' to 1719, contributed most to the more
accurate examination of this portion of the
globe.
The Morning herald., 1877-11-27
AN NEM.HENSs. REPTILE.

We were the other day informed by Mr.
Smith, living on Quapaw bayou, that while
he and his son William, aged about 1;
years, were oat in the woocs, recently
driving up their cattle, their attention was
attracted by the blcating of a calf some dis.
tance from them. Thinking probably that
the poor animal had begged they started
to its assistance. They had gone short
distance down the bayou when they dis
covered yearling, about two years old,
in the coils of huge snake, the body Of
which was suspended from the limb of a
black gum tree about twenty feet from the
ground, and which projected from the bank
immediately over the water. Mr.. Smith
and his son were almost terror-stricken at
the sight, and stood speechless for several
moments, upconsciously watching the move
ments of the huge reptile as he twined
himself around the already dead body of
the yearling, and at every coil of the snake
they could hear the bones of the calf
break.
After coiling itself around the lifeless
form of the yearling and crushing every
bone in its body, the serpent let loose its
hold from the tree and dropped down along
side its victim, and began licking it all over,
preparatory, it is supposed to swallowing
it. About this time Mr.. Smith recovered
lissenses, and, after watching the monster
shake open its capacious mouth several +!
times, he fired on it with his rifle, striking |
ii on the head, and was quickly followed by !
lis son. who discharged double barrellcd |
gun loaded with buckshot. Both reloaded |
asQuickly as possible and again fired on his
Snakeship. In the meantime the reptile |
had coiled itself into huge mass, and was
making kissing sound that could be heard
fully one hundred yards, and was protruding
his forked tongue several feet. After dis
charging about dozen volleys each, Mr..
Smith and his son succeeded in despatching
one of the largest snakes ever seen in
Louisiana, and, probably, North America.
1t measured thirty-one feet in length,
md the body measured ten feet from the
lead, thirty inches in circumference, and
bout the centre of the body forty-two
nches 1t has regular succession of spots,
lack and yellow, alternating, extendingI
rom its head to its TAIL while either side is
deep purple. Mr.. Smith has no idea
What kind of a snake it is, but thinks it
must be of the boa constructor species. !
70 doubt this snake has for many years ,
lhabitcd that section of country and dep +
odated upon the young calves and animals y
Lat came within its reach. The skin of r
his huge snake has been preserved, and s
ill be sent to Shreveport and put on ex- i,
ibtion-Shreveport Times. c
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-10

sGoD helps those who help them
selves" this thing Of holding back,
every body expecting every body else
to do theAecessary work will never
build nor even commence to build a
railroad. Time and again we have
hesrd parties say, 20, would give
half Of what ! am worth if we could
only get railroad. If half the peo-
pie who have uttered the above OBJ
servation, would only devote about
one sixteenth part Of their spare time
and very little money, Princeton
1oould have a railroad Another says,
Il would like to see road here but
we can never get one.'' When, for
Gods sake, has there been any united
and determined effort made to get
railroade True, last winter, the peo-
pie Of this county tried to get an act
through the legislature to allow them
to vote bonds; and the legislature did
not pass our pet. bill; but now, under
the general act passed last winter,
Mile Laos county has the necessary
authority to vote bonds. Will she
have the same opportunity next year?
We answer NO, For, in all probable.
| ity, the next legislature will repeal
the act referred to-. Some people say
;s.times are sto hard to talk railroad:
pshaw, times will never be softer; the
crops have never been better in this
county and the section Of country
through which the railroad would
pass. How long is Princeton going to
play second fiddle to Elk River? II
Mile Laos county and Anoka, backed
by st. Francis, Spencer Brook, Bald.
win and Blue Hill. cannot build thirty
miles Of a narrow guage railroad it i
a queer commentary upon the proven
bal thrift and go.aheaditivness Of the
western people. There is no question
about the immense benefits such roac
would confer, upon both Princeton ane
Anoka and the adjacent country; w
merely believe that such a roae
would be Of more real benefit to tn
St. Paul & Pacific than the much talk
ed of Brainerd Branch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-10

A tramp named George Clark, while in
toxicated, broke into Mr.. Bailey's gu,n:shsop
few days ago, took gun, and sold it for
two dollars, twenty cents being PAID down.
He was arrested and bound over to appear
at the next term of the district court. His
bail was fixed at 800, in default Of which
he was lodged in Jail. It was understood
that he would have to be taken to ST..
Cloud for confinement in the Stearns coun-
ty Jail, and in view of the expense that the
county would, be put to without any cor
responding. benefit, County Auditor La
chance signed the bond and the fellow was
liberated. Little Falls Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-10

ABOUT this stage road business, i IS
hardly probable that the people Of
Mile Laos county-had they the
necessary authority from the lesisla-
ture-would avail themsel Hes. of the
prore ter ,sss ldsl the
Star, to build a road through Sher-
burne county. That part Of the stage
road which lies in Mile Laos county
is as good a road as there is in the
state, Sherburne county should take
care of the other end. But then, the
omly road that could ever be built be-
tween Princeton and Elk River would
be railroad. J It would cost more to
put the stage road into any kind of a
half decent shape than it would to
build narrow guage railroad.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-10

The campaign in. Ohio this fall
promises to b.e red hot. Judge West,
the Republican candidate for governor,
delivered rousing speech in Cleve-
land few nigh ago; he made good
bid for workingmen's votes, told how
he himself was the son of an humble
mechanic, he, had received his early
education in blowing the bellows and
welding the sledge; he was no rail-
road directo,r, held no untaxed govern.
ment bonds, and in fact, his whole
sympathies, in the present difficulty
wese on the side of the laborer, etc
If West makes as good ashit in the
other cities. Of the state as ne has II
Cleveland, his election issa forgon'
conclusion. But Bishop, the Demo
cratic nominee, talks very fair to tn
laboring classes; and besides, tn
Democratic platform the financla
prrt Of it especial is more in &C
cbrd with the views Of the. toilin
masses,. A hard money platform wi
hot win in Ohio this.fal.