Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-30

The PETRTIED FOREST Aside from
the curious petrifac5ions of whole trees,
some as large as ten feet through, the pet
riie& forest has many attractions. Charles
Evans lived there many years the life of g
hermit, busted IL fencing, digging and
clearing up the land. 1t IS situated on
She range dividing Santa Rosa from the
Napa valley, among rounded hills, some of
which are white with ash rock. Near the
scene Of the wonderful PROSTATE trees rises
q sharp ridge with perpendicular walls of
black tufa crested with rock as white as
chalk, apparently the remains of . crater
where lava and ashes were belehed forth
with torrents Of scalding water on the'sur-
rounding woods. Evidences Of the fast are
found in the piles Of scorie scattered about,
and in the circumstance that nearly al
the trees turned into stone lie north aud
south, as though they had only fallen in
the throes Of an earthquake after ashes
and rocks had piled ten or fifteen feet
around them. 4 further and most con-
elusive proof of the sapposition Is TO be
seen IN the dip CT the stratitied formation
where lodges are exposed, rising towards
the extinct crater hike the roof Of house
from the horizon. The commissions could
not have been caused by Mount st. Helena,
which IS ten miles distant. beyond wide
valley from 200 70 ], 500 feet deep, with
out titiingit. IL must have been a local dis
turbance. and quite limited in It's eff cts.
There are redwood trees yet growing there
/ showing that they have existed hundreds
Of tnous ands Of years in TINS locality and
that our fears of their becoming extinct
are groundless. -ISanta Rosa Republican.
BLONDE HAIR CHANGED To BLACK AT
a meeting of the Biological Society, held
a. the Smithsonian Institution last evening,
Dr. D. W. Prontiss read q paper entitled,
Notes on the Action Of PeioeGfpas pen
aotvolius in Changing the Color OF Human
Hair" Prof. PEentiss paper recorded q
very remarkable case OF the change IN color
Of the hair Of a lady patient in this city
who had been treated several months for
! blood poisoning with iaboraudi, a Brazilian
I plant used in medicine. This medicine,
/ which Is given TO produce sweating IN GER
/ tain rare cases, was first given TO the pa.
/ ueGt III subcutaneous injections IN Deem
! Der last, At that time, and previously,
her hair was a light blonde, but within
! about two weeks change toward darker
1 color was perceptible, which increased un-
! 81, ia the middle OF January, the haIr
/ became Of a chestnut brown color. In
May the color was nearly pure black
which i still retains, although there is a
slightly apparent tendency to return again
| 10 4 lighter color AS this is the only re-
corded case Of this plano (which is not,
| however, In common use) having produced
any percephble change IN the color Of hui
man hair, it becomes matter OF interest
to know how this change was brought
about and how often it might accompany
the use OF this remedy. a microscopic
examination shows the hair to contain a
greatly increased quantity Of pigment mat
ter, aud scientists now await with interest
the results Of future growths to ascertain
whether they viii retain their old color or
retain that newly acquired. w ashington
Post June 4th.