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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
THE MODERN zooLoGICAL ANECDoTE.
From The San Francisco Posf.

From me san Francisco Posf.
tall thin, scentbc-looklng man WIN eoa , e..
and blue glasses entered the gate ana REMARKED III
insinuatinR manner ,.-., o.,
"Of course we do not" said the Snowman.
What not the savants. not The pioneers IN the
great march of mind into the hltberiand OF the IN
finite beyond ~ returned the professor with great
II will not deceive you,' sarcastically replied
proprietor OF the only salamander; :" We pass moth
ing but the quilts on the fretiul porcupines-l mean
the press. You can't see the ostrldges unless YOU
come down and put mp
Dear me- dear me-" sighed the scientist, reflect
lively. "To think that professor OF co,mogIaphic
ccnchology should be denied Abundance to third
class ZOO! Has the skamgatibus been fed yetf
"Skam--whch T. asked the tiger importer.
"1he skamgatbus. You've got one. haven't
Y-e-e-s: | believe we've small female some
where's" said the Rrizzy's friend. doubtfuly.
never knew a irst-class collection to have less
than two pair" said the professor, cOntempuou'ly.
"How do your azlmuths stand this cold weather
eh p ,,-.,--.. -...-.....-. 81.
curlosities; " what's them Some new KIND OF
bIrd-you don't mean OstIl-'
"OsirIdges be hanged said the successor OF Oar
win: ostridges are nothing. I've shot more os-
trdgcs with quail shot than you've got hairs on
your head. You don't actually mean TO sat there
and tell me you haven't single azIhu'h 10 your
"Don't believe | have" admitted tho alligator
breeder, mortified; " what are hey like y
con. they're of the order Spnals Splcmous,
aDOuI
Won know-the Siberian species mean. ! suppose
you've got one of those rectangular African u ~
No Pm darned If have, =" SAID the much-agitated
show1uan Here I've been keeping an agent IN
New-York on "A big salary to look out for attrac-
tions and he doesn't catch on to tie lr5t blamed
thing Spends all our money on secondhand pan
theirs and kangaroos with the rheunatcs. III
bounce hun by telegraph" .,
Haven't even got a fllpgoohly, ell r. unused the
scientist in a tone of great pity. And shouldn't
be surprised if you didn't have golden-crested GUS
pidor III your whole show"
wretchcd promoter of pelicans in a tone OF great
bitterness SpOse you just step in; Sir, and LOOK
round mebDe there's something else Won c"uiu
say" a..
N.n-o. / guess not" said the tall man. " 1t
would hardly pay me to spend 30 much valuable
scientific time in fOuT;-class show Ike this Not
even an azmuth chY | should think you'd De
AFRAID Of being actually mobbed some time; I'm
sorry for you, NY good man sorry ior you We no
doubt you mean well, Dut-hOt so!IV"lS bh""b"'i
busf Great ScOttW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
DETECTING BLOOD-STAINS.

A new method of recognizing blood-stalns
where they have been parity washed out OF a.
tered by decay, has been recommended 10y
Signor Filippi. 1t depends OH the iron in the
blood. The suspected parts of the tissue are
macerated twenty-four hours in aicohol Oh
ninety five per cent strength, to which one, one
twentieth of sulpburic acid has been added
The liquid is poured off, and made strongly al
kaline by adding an alcoholic solution of am
mona then it is heated to boiling In water
bath. and filtered. On the filter remains Il
precipitate of suphate of ammonia, wlgcnlr a, is
washed with alcoholic ammCnacal lquld. ne
louid is vaDerized and the residue ca cined. II
hamatm is present, red spots appear on Dotn
sides of the porcelain dish, and these, dissolved
in a drop of nitro muriatic acid, give the we'll
known iron reactions with ferro or supho cya-
hide of potassium. 1t is advisable to MAKE
testing experiment with a stainless part OF the
same tissue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18

as q consequence Of coming. The unconscious
beings of happy temperament and humorous powers
Of observation, and those who ara tayortes from
the beloved people who are the light of their home
and the smoke Of society are those who haunt the
hostess's dreams with the reflection that she had
le' something undone, and who are haunted them
selves by nebuous theories of why they are not sue
cessful. A little girl went to bed very tired after
giving party for the first time. 30, mamma she
said, =" never want to have another party only to
l couldn't help it; and had horrld time and they
are horrid and am horrld." why did you have
hOrrid timefn asked her mother. Because you
told me j, | had got to make them happy and l
People who cannot enjoy themselves unless they
have attention should stay at home, says some one.
Not so they should go into society and forget
themselves. Nevertheless unless married men are
more willing to attend parties If married, they VIII
understand and obey all the minor pOlhts OF
courtesy, or bachelors to present themselves living
which they are accustomed throughout the day,
average people will not have very good time.
Parties depend on men. stupid man is still man;
woman, be she eyer 90 elderly enjoys the throb
that is caused by battling with man. A gifted
authoress ranks next to man; that IL, in
making out list of invitations she may be
counted as a man: but il she Is only one of the
many women writers, for all party purposes she
is but a woman. Ii is also good rule to
subtract three from the list for every belle
that is invited. Not 50 with popular man or wo-
man. such an one is virtually zero as tar as any
responsibility OF the hostess Is concerned for pop
ular person has "A good time out of nothing. What
constitutes popularity is still unsettled. IL is not
solely wealth. position nor beauty, nor fascina
ton, nor knowledge. What is It'll 1t must have an
element of frankness, Of cordiality, and of power,
even if il says there three Raphaels-Raphael,
Sanzio and Urbino. 10 be popular TO be the
fashion creates a complete upheayal OF all former
Tequ sites and leads one 10 think that the indie IL
able charm of goodness, sympathy and tact has
much to do with the awards OF society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
GOOD DISINFECTANT.

Nj. Mattieu Williams recommends snlphate
of copper (blue yitrio) az a cheap and effective
d. mestlc disinfectant. IL have lately used IT,
he says, "i2 the case of trouble to which Eng
lish householders are too commonly liable ana
one that has'in many cases done serious mischief
The stoppage of "a soi-pipe caused the overflow
of closet, and consequent saturaton OF
floor boards, that III time would probably nave
developed danger by nOurishing and DEVELOPING
the germs of bacteria, baclIi, etc, which abound
in the all, and are ready to increase and multiply
wherever their unsayory food abOunds. by
simply mopping the floor with a solution Of 35
these blue crystals and allowing it to soak wen
into the pores OF the wood, they Uhe pores
cease to become II habitat for such microscope
s0ners. The solution should not he put lnto
iron or zinc vessels, as it rapidly coTrodes
them, and deposits non-adheIent MN Oh
copper. Stone-war resists il, and 1t may also
be safely kept in wooden buckets"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

CHICKEN AND OYSTER SOUP.-t'ut up n chicken
and put il 10 boil with three quarts OF water cut
up small onion, fry il in little butter and add TO
il the soup with little parsley. After the chicken
has boiled 10 shl eds, skim the soup well, strain II
aud return it to the pot Put three plnts OF oysters
with their liquor on to boil; the moment they be-
gin to simmer pour the broth through cOlander
into the SOUP and let the oysters remain in The col
ander. Put Tablespoonful OF butter INTO the sauce
pan lot il begin tobul then add tablespoonful of
hour; stir them well together; add Tie chicken and
oyster broth, season with cayenne pepper and salt;
let il boil up once add the oysters and serve i'm
mediately.
SrEWED SuRIMPs-One quart of peeled shrimps,
one cupiu of mi k piece of butter the size of an
egg black pepper, little salt, ana very little nut
meg Put all these ingredients INTO saucepan
and set the pan where it may heat gradually unit!
scalding hot. Ii allowed to boil II VIII be spoiled.
Just before removing from the fire. stir IN two we'll
beaten eggs and q glass of white VINE.
APPLE SOUFFLE-One pint of steamed apples, one
Tablespoonful of melted butter. half q cupfu of
sugar the whites of SIX eggs and the yOlks OF three,
a slight grating of nutmeg. STR into the hot apple
the butter. the sugar and nutmeg and the yOlks of
the eggs well-beaten. When this is cold beat the
whites of the eggs to stif frOth and stir INTO the
mixture Butter throe-piut dish and turn the
soull6 into il. Bake thirty minutes In not oven.
Serve immediately with any kind OF sauce.
CHOICE FIG CAKE-A large cup of butter, two
ard a half cups of sugar, one OF sweet mix, three
pints of flour with three teaspooniuls OF naklhg
powder the whites OF sixteen nSgS pound nd cnt
strips like citrOn; no haVorlng'
FAyoRIrE SNOW CAKE-Beat one cup OF butter
In cream. add one and hal cups of Hour, and STIR
very thoroughly together then add one cup OF corn
starch and one cup of sweet milk IN which three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been dtssolved
iast add the whites of eight eggs and two cups OF
sugar tagsfbSr With eng "
SWEET POTATO PoNE-Wash we'll six good-sized
sweet notatoes scrape the skins off and CRATE on
notnto. crater mix in one tablespoonful of butter
one cup of molasses, of sugar three eggs, pinch
Of salI pounded orange-peel, nutmeg and ginger to
snt the taste put in pan, sprinkle sugar over the
top and bake.
PALMETTO BATTER CAKEs.-TO one quart of milk
hoiled rice or hominy to suit your taste, and add
flour enough to make the proper consistency. Lastly.
beat the whites of the eggs very light, and stir In
lust before baking Buttermilk can be used instead
OF sweet milk, but the acidity must be corrected
with a little soda
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
4 POEM By ADELAIDE NELSON.
Correspondence chicago inter, Ocean.

Correspondence chicago Tnter-Ocedn.
Framed in gilt and surrounded by wreath Of
green ivy hung large piece OF EN- brodery roses OF
carried hue mingled with lilies and green leaves.
- his" said Mrs Bland, in the course OF the even
ing chat "my daughter worked when she was only
eight wears OF age. she was always very clever at
ANYTHING with her fingers, from dressing a doll TO
mating n bonnet" And. indeed, the mother had Il
richi TO be proud of this specimen of her chlld,s
needlework for it would compar' favorably with
thc embroidery OF a professional nccdlewOman.
"YOnr daughter had many talents - queried.
"Yes and some that the world knew nothing Of;
Gov instouce only her intimate friends were aware
~ she occasionally wrote verses, unless except
Longfellow, who after reading some OF heI Original
poems said: have never before seen sic u u con-
b,nation of dramatic genius and p0eucal feeling {;
d iDdocd he wrote some very beautiful verses
ho her Int it was on condition that they should
not be published" - 90 Mice NeiIsop,.
poemsf" .h,s vorv box. . said Mrs.
Riand taking ND n curious shell box ne dear
child sat down here one evening ana dasicu Oh
these lines to please her old aunt. VINO - ucF4u
Methodist and asked her to write sOme,hing on tno
dying wear You are the first stranger thaI mas ever
seen Them" she concluded, and, after niue per
suasion, kindly allowed me To copy 'ho ioiio"' "e
verses:
THE DYING YEAR.
AT last the year has passed away,
Gone from this world OF pain.
Lord lead us In Thy path to-day
And to begin the year again.
OLord of beauty, God of love.
For me in blood was bathed;
The world has heard Thee from above,
Believe-and you'll be saved!
He said 0 come and see,
Ye wanderers OF the eartn;
He said abide IN Me, p,
NV love IS sweet In death.
Oon,posed oy Lillian adelaide Neitsons Dec o. iso''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
COLINETTE.

From an Unknolrn French PoEt.
.Colinet c" she hal for name;
In summer of my prime,
For the happy haryest-time,
To her village-hOme i came.
was but "a school-bOv yet,
But a simple girl was she,
And she died in February,
Little COlinette.
Up and down leafy chase
Hand in hand we used 20 run:
How revealed in the fun
. How she painted with the race!
Finch and linnet when we met
Sang our loves that knew no wrong,
Made the burden of their song
Little Colinette.
Then at length we met 20 part.
sat with darseninR skies above,
Love Il knew II Lot for love-
ThrobbinG to MY lnmost heart
Hiding all my souls regret,
"Till another year, said |.
ASH took her hand, . good-by.
Little Colinette.'
Oh. the s;ory's very old,
Very common. that / tell
Not the as Will tears upwell
Whensoe'er the sfOrv's told:
Many a wItchng young cOquctte
Now woo with poet pen
Once alone I've loved. and then
Little Culinette.
EDWARD BYRON NICHOLsO>
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE SUN-SPOTS2

The great atmosphere OF the sun, whose
breath is flame, is yet, says Mr., Proctor, so cool
Sonpared with his intensely glowing surface
That it absorbs a large proportion OF his litht
no well IA of his heat But while the general
nbsorptive action of the SIN is wonderful, the
story is still more wonderful which the spectre
scope has to tell about the specific absorptlve
effects due to its constitution We find that
whereas in our air the vapOr of water is
present Ito cOndense into water drops and
form clouds at certain levels, and to change
to ice Crystals and form cirrus at high
levels), in the the atmosphere is
laden with the vapors of irol, copper, zinc,
sodium, magnesium, and like elements, TO form
clouds of metallic drops, great gatherings OF
metallic crystals, while the rains that pour down
toward the concealed true globe OF the sun are
mighty showers of molten metal When d huI-
Iicane occurs in the sun, the clouds when iOih,
the suns surface are swept along, OF "hiIleu
around, not &C the rate at when we hledsuie
our storms, but with velocity compared WiIh
which their swiftest motion Is as rest ne
solar toInadoes rage, not over lew hunuIVu
square miles, but over regions as large as the
whole surface of the earth, over nunuieus'
even thousands of millions of square miles
and they travel over these enormous regions at
q rate not of so many miles per hout OF per
minnie but Of many miles, sometimes more
than a hundred miles, in every second OF time.
Such storms are In progress now, wllen we
see the spots upon the sun. Such storms tell
us of the activity CT that great central engine
tenn, We measure the suns work, perf0rce, by
our own forms of work. We speak OF his ennis
sion of light and heat as corresponding TO
what would result from the burning OF eleven
thousand millions of millions of tons OF the nm
est coal in every second of time. But what
mind can CONCEIVE the real vitality OF that
mighty orb which seems so silent and SO still
in our skies 2 The thrObbng of the great en-
CINE which beats ont light and life to the whole
family OF planets can only be seen by the minds
eve, and as yet that eye is no more capable CT
seeing the suns work as il really is than is the
bodily eye of seeing the distant millions OF suns
which .he great gauging telescopes of The Hell
schels bring within our ken. Nor can the
mental ear hearlken to the uproar and tumult
with which the work of the great central engine
is accomplished, or imagine what wonid be
heard if one could visit that spot which looks
like a tiny speck on the suns surface, and,
passing below the limits of the solar ar so that
Sound waves could reach him, could find LAS as
suredlv he would if he could live at tempera-
ture which turns the hardest metal into yapor)
all forms of noise known to us-the roar OF the
typhoon, the crash of thunder, even the
hideous grooming of the earth throe-surpassed
a million-fo by what takes place within every
square mile of that disturbed region.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18

the United States and in Mexico. The amount
of lac excreted by each of these insects is much
less than that excreted by the Asiatlc species
Their discovery, therefore, has at present more
scientific interest than practical Importance.
But if in any way our supply of lac from India
should be cut off, tie Arizona lac would become
of commercial Importance it being sufficiently
abundant to he easily collected and utilized
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
EVOLUTION OF MAN,

At the January meeting of the London An
thropological Institute, MI. W. 5. Duncan read
a paper on the probable region OF man evolu-
tiop. Starting with the assumption that man
was evolved from a form lower in organization
than that of the lowest type yet discovered,
and that his origination formed no exception
to the general law of evolution recognized as
accounting for the appearance OF the lower
forms of life, the author said that man most
immediate ancestors must have been similar In
structure to that of the existing ADth opnld
apes, although it was not necessary 10 suppose
that any of the AnthropOd apes at prese mt ex-
listing belong to the same family as that OF
man. The science of the distribution OF AMI
mails showed that the higher types Ot monkeys
and apes appear to have had their origin III the
Old World the American continent being en-
tirely destitute of them, either alive or FOSSIL.
The distribution of the greater portion OF the
animals of the Old World was shown to have
taken a generally southwark direction, owing
TO the gradual increase of the cold which Gull
ated in the last Ice Age. This migration
was however, interrupted by the interpretation
of the Mediterranean and other seas, ana mus
although few of these animals were enabled
10 Journey on until they reached tropical re-
cio1s. the majority were compelled TO remain
behind, where they had to exist under altered
circumstances, The temperature was much
lower and as result of the consequent dimlnu-
zion of the number of fIut forests, change
In the food and in the manner In which II was
obtained hy the apes occurred considerable
alteration took place also in the manner IN
which they were forced to use their limbs, ana
Ii was due TO the operation of these ana otner
causes that the ape form became stamped Win
human characteristics such as the curvature OF
the spine and an increaee IN the Oreadth OF the
NEVIS. For these reasons the author regarded
the south of Europe as the part In whcn IL was
most likely that the evolution OF man took
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
LAC INSECTS.

Lac. the substance from which s imanct
Is made, is an excretion OF an insect
found in India. In most OF the cyci an
p@dias this substance is descrlosu 40 ,a a
punctures of the lac insect But 1t has recently
been demonstrated that instead of exqdng al
rectly from the trees lac is formed withln .no
body of the insect and excreted through oigans
Insect has been known to produce THIS SUI.
stance !; and that is an Asiatic species. Buo
Professor j. Henry COmstock in his report ior;
1881 describes two new species OF lac insects !
both of which are American. One OF them wa, was
found on mimosa at Tampico Mexico. The
other occurs on the creosote plant (LGrrea Mer'
tcana), a shrub growing very abundantly IN
pertain regions in the southwestern portion OK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18

He had very rubicund face, suggestive Of
q disspated life As he was walking up the street,
gentleman remarked! "phat fellow is highly coored
that he reminds me OF q chrome" "He reminds mo
more Of an engraving than chromo," remarked a by
stander. How sof "Wel, you see, an engraving
Taxa SlftiDaa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
SUCCESSFUL PARTIES.

From The Boston Gazette. . ,, =,
Even on small occasions a hostess finds it difncult
to be ubiquitous. to make average people happier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
NEW METHOD OF GENERATING ELEC-
TRICITY.

A method of generating electricity by the act
of combustion has been found out by DR.. Brand,
of La Rochelle. This discovery, which is yet
only in It's infancy, will probably lead to many
Developments pr. Brand mas an electro-gen-
erative torch or candle, which yields current
of electricity in the act OF burning. IL Is pre-
nared by making a paste of coal dust and mo-
iasses, and moulding i into stick on wnIGn
This rod is then covered with asbestos in thin
sheet and dipped into fused nitrate OF potash
until a good thick coating OF nitrate adheies'
The wick being ignited, it burns away. ana "a
current of electricity is drawn from the candle
Inv wires inserted into the nitrate and the coaiy
wick. Though this current is comparatively
feeble. and not as yet of much practical value
the discovery is important as showing the pos
nfinted out that if We had fireplace so con
structed that on burning any ordinary fuel In II
30 as 20 give heat it would at the same t rM,
develop an electric current suihclent 10 rlng
electric bells or charge All accumulation, ana
thus give light also. DR.. Brand is understood n,d
70 have this aim in view, and his researches are
based on the discovery of Becquerel, the great
French ply sicist, who found that red-hot car
bon plunged into nitrate of potash forms an
electric battery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
THE ADIRONDACK WILDERNESS.

The urgent necessity for protecting generally
our present forests at the heads OF al! lnpor-
tant rivers, and, especially of preserving III Its
natural condition. the Adirondack wilderness,
the chief source of the Hudson, is now beginning
TO be widely acknowledged. 1he ScieH'gc
American draws this picture OF some OF me re- re-
snlts which would follow continuance OF the
did system of stripping the mountains by cut
hing down the forests: "There - no question
that the general clearing of the Adlrondack re-
eion of its protecting forests would produce
effects of the most disastrous character 10 tno
yailevs of the streams flowing therefrom
effects like those which during the past lew ="
ca many European river valleys. / he rainfall
of the Adirondack region is great; the drainage
slopes are steep; and without the controlling
and restraining influence of the existing swamps
snd forests about their sources. the rivers when
drain this northern wilderness would show only
great and sudden alternations of flooded and
emnty channels destructive ut once to the agTl-
cnlturc of their valleys, to the manufacturing
Interests which cluster along thelI banks, ana
re- the commerce of the Hudson, the channel of
which has already been seriously INSTRUCTED ~
tbe detritus washed in from unprotected MI
slopes and other spaces stripped OF their orlgi-
nal forests"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
Chicken and oyster sonp.

Chicken and oyster soup.
Smells Fried. Cucumbers.
Sweatbreads with Tomato Sauce.
Fillct OF Beef with Mushrooms.
Mashed Potatoes "a silly.
SQUADS on Toast. Currant Jelly. Celery.
Lettuce Mayonna-e.
Cheese. Waters.
Apple Soufil6. Fancy Cakes.
Apples. Oranges. Grapes.
Coffee