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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-20

SUMMER AhRkNGEME Emf,
FOUR TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN ALEXAN.
DRlA aMo ROUND HILL.
Leave Washington 81 y q, u. H. and !. % y. H.,
and Alexandria III > 80 a. III. and 80 p. Pass
I4eesburg. going westward. ut Il 36 Il. III. and
80 p. ro and arrive at Round Hill at II 10 p.
M and 80 D. H. Leave Round HI, At 5 80 4.
m. and 4 30 p. IN. Pass Lccsburr, going east.
ward, at - a. and D II p. H., aud arrive Il:
Alexandria at s Oh a. IL. and ! II y. H., and q:
Washington at 3 10 T. Ii. and % D. m
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Alexandria at 80 a. III. and 13 p. nj. Pass
Lccsburg. going westward, at II SO Il III. and
10 10 y. III. Arrives ut Round Hill at u 10 p.
III. and IL p M
~ Passengers from Washington will take the
Wash, Ohio and West'n. cars at the Baltimore aud
Potomac Railroad station at 9:25 a. m. and 425 p.
10. and go through to Round Hill without change
OF cars.
The 9:35 a. Il. train from Aexaudria and 1910
pm train from Round Hill connect at Round Hill
with Dali; Line Of Coaches for Snickersville, Der.
ryville and Winchester; also with Line Of Coaches
which leave Lees6urg daily for Aldie and Middle
burg.
Both trains, Westward, make close councillors
at Vienna, with sssou's Line Of Stages for Fairisx
Court House.
One thousand mile communication tckots, bear
ing two names 500 one thousand mile tickets,
bearing a.: the names of family or members of q
firm, $40
Alexandria, April 49, 1884.
apis S. NJ. BROPHY. snpt
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Mail train South bound, connects at Charlottes-
vile, with Chesapeake and Ohio Railway West;
at Lynchburg, with Norfolk Western B. E.,
through Southwest Virginia to Nashville New
Orleans, Memphis, Little Rock and Texas, and
with Richmond and Allegheny Railway for Lex
ington and Natural Bridge, and at Danville
with Richmond and Danville Railroad, to South
and Southwest.
Mail train North bound, connects at Lynchburg
with the r. & A. r. B. for Lexington and Natural
Bridge and at Charlottesville with c. &. 0. B. W.
for Staunton, Clifton Forge and intermediate
points.
Express trains South bound, connect at Char
lottesville with Chesapeake and Ohio r. W., and
at Danville with B. & D. 3. B., for all points in
South, Southeast, Southwest, and East.
station.
Trains SO, 81, 81 and 55 connect to and from
WARRENTON daily, and train 90 daily, except
Sunday, to and from Warrenton.
MIXED TRAINS, leave Alexandria daily, OK
cept Sunday, $50 a. m. and 800 and Ills p. M,
returning arrive at Alexandria 11:2O a. m. and
FRANKLIN DIVISION, daily, except Sunday,
leave Rocky Mount TOO a. M, arriving at
Franklin Junction 1890 a. m. Leave Frank
lin Junction 6:15 p. M, arrive at Rocky Mount
9:45 p m, making connection at Franklin
Junction with mail trains 80 and 81 also with
local freight trains to Lynchburg and nanville.
MANASSAS DIVISION, daily, except Sunday:
Leave Washington 700 a. m. and $40 p. m.
Alexandria $40 a. m. and 5:35 p. m; arrive at
Strasburg 12:45 and $50 p. M, connecting with
the Valley Road East and West, and at River
with Shen. Val. r. 3. for Luray and Waynes-
boro. Returning, leave Stfasburg 2:O5 p. m. and
500 q. M, arriving at Alexandria $50 p. m.
and 9:2O a. H.; Washington 7:30 p. m. and 1925
q. m.
MIXED TRAINS leave Ale1andris daily, e1-
cept Sunday, 500 a. M, arriving at Strasburg
4:45 p. m. Returning, leave Strasburg $40 AM,
arriving at Alexandria ESQ p. m.
For dd]eburg, connection at Plains station.
For Upperville, connection at Delaplane.
5sS- Pullman Sleeping Cars between New
York, Washington and Atlanta on trains Nos so
and 81 At Atlanta change is made to car for
New Orleans.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Nos SO and 81 be-
tween Washington and New Orleans via Bristol
and Atlanta
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington
and Atlanta and New Orleans, on trains Nos. 50
and So.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington
and Augusta. Ga, on trains Nos. so aud 53, via
Greensboro, Charlotte and Columbia.
Trains Nos. "a and 50 are solid trains, with
Pullman Cars attached running through between
Washington aud Louisville, via Charlottesville,
Staunton and White Sulphur.
All trains make good connections, at Washing
ton, to and from North and West.
Through tickets at lowest rates to I'll important
points in the United States.
u.s.. B. THOMPSON,
Assistant General Passenger Agent
W. NJ. 8. DUNN, Eng and Supt.
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MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.

SPLENDID SCENERY.
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
In effect Oct. -. 1884.
iraius leave Washington, from station, corner oi
81 th and e Streets as follows:
For Pitts5urg and the West, Chicago Limited
Express vi Palace Sleeping Cars at 9:4O a. NJ,
,laily: Fast Line, $40 a. m. daily, to Cincinnati
and ST. Louis, with Sleeping Cars from Harris-
burg to Cincinnati, and Hotel Car to St Louis;
daily except Saturday, to Chicago, with Sleep
mp Tar AlSwna to Chicago. Western Express
TAO D. H., daily, with Palace Cars to
Pittsburg Also connects, daily, for Chicago,
with Sleeping Car Pittsburg to Chicago Mail
Express 1000 p. M, daily, for Pittsburg and
the West, with Palace Sleeping Car Washington
10 Chicago.
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD
IN: Erie Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo, Niasa;a
1n.n0p N. daily, except Saturday, with Palace
Cars Washington to Rochester and Washington
10 Buffalo Train leaving Washington Satur-
GAY night will not run beyond Remove.
For Willisrnsport, Lock Haven and Elmira, at
$40 q. H., daily except Sunday.
For New York and the East, T:15, $50 aud 1l:.U
;. III, 200, 400. 1000 and lbs p. III. On
E. sunday 400, 1000 and lilo p NJ. Limited
Expires: o: pallman Psrlor Cars. $40 a. ~.
daily EXCEPT Sunday.
For Boston without change, 200 p m every
week day. On Sunday, 400 p. m:
For Brooklyn n Y, all through trains connect st
Jersey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex,
atfording direct transfer to Fulton street, avoid
ing double ferriage across New York City.
For philadelphia, tbs $50 and HOO a. M,
200, 400, 600, 1000 and Ills p. IN. On
Sunday 400, 600, 1000 and Ills p. IN. Linn
tied Express, $40 q. H., daily, except Sunday.
For Baltimore 6:35, 7:15. $50, $40, and 100
a. IN and 1905, 200. 400, 425, 4:40, 600,
TAO 1000, and Ills p. m. On Sunday, $40
and HOO a. H., and 400, 600, TAO, 1000
and Ills p. N.
For Pope's Crock Line, 6:35 a. M, and 4:40 p. M,
daily, except Sunday.
For Annapolis 6:35 a. M, and 1906 and 4:40
y. M, daily except Sunday.
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAILWAY
AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
For Alexandria, 6:3O TOO, 9:25, HOS and 1885
a. M, 205, 4:25, 800, 6:25, sos and 11:35 p
m. On Sunday at $50, 9:25. and 11:05 a. NJ,
AID sos p. m.
For Richmond and tho South, $50 and 11:O5
M, daily, and 500 p. m. daily, except Sunday,
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington. Cos,
500, 1000 aud 1910 a. NJ; LOO, 3:O5, 1923,
$40, 7:05 and 1O:4O p. NJ, and 1910 mid
night, except Monday. On Sunday at 500 and
1910 a. H.; 7:05 and 1040 p. m. and 1910
night.
Tickets and information at the Office, Northeast
corner of 18th street and Penna. Avenue, and at
tho station where orders be left for the check
ing of baggage to destination from hotels and
residences. ]. B. WOOD, g. P. A.
CHAS. E. PUGH, e. M.
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ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

MRS WISs1ow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething, is the prescription Of one of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States and has been used for forty years with
never.failing success by millions Of mothers Tor
their children. During the process OF teethlng
its value is incalculable. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dyscntery and diarrhea, gripping
in the bowels, and wind-colic. By giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 20 cents
bottle my5-1yrM.W&S
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NLYDE'S STEAM LINE WE KY TO
y PHILADELPHIA &sssn
Appointed sailing days from Alexa II EV.
ERY TUESDAY and from Philadelph. EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects at Alexandria with the Vir-
ginia Midland and Washington and Ohio railroads
and at Philadelphia with Clydes regular Steam
ships.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care
free of commissions
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia. Quick
time Frequent departures. Through rates and
through bills of lading given. Insurance at the
lowest rates
Agents
f. A. REED g. Co., Alexandria,
VIM. r. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphia
JOHNSON & CO., Wash. & Georgtn.
IanS-tf
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VIZ A. JOHNSON & Co,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
Have on hand GIBSON'S Xxx, XXX, MIX,
and PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET and
MONOGRAM WHISTLES; also BAKERS and
THOMPSONS PURE RYE WHISTLES, To Which
they invite the attention OF the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consignments of Flour, Grain and Country Pro-
duce solicited for which they guarantee the high
est market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner Of Cameron and Royal street.
sep14 Alexandria, Va.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks office of the Circuit
Y Court of Alexandria county, on the 9th day
of October, 1884.

VIRGINIA: In the Clerks office of the Circuit
Court of Alexandria county, on the 9th day
of October, 1884.
Patrick Mclaughlin, plaintiff
versus
Columbus, Alexander deft
Memo. Tho object of this suit is 10 recover of
the defendant, Columbus Alexander. Sl2O. and
to subject the estate of Columbus Alexander IN
the county of Alexandria TO the payment of said
money.
The defendant. Columbus Alexander, not having
entered his appearance and given securi-
ty according to the act of Assembly and
the rules of this Court. and 1t appearing
by affidavit that he is not 4 resident of this
State: 1t is ordered that the said defendant APP
pear here within one month after due publication
of this order and do what is necessary to protect
his interest in this suit, and that copy of this
order be forthwith inserted in the ALEXANDRIA
GAZETTE, q newspaper published in the city of
Alexandria, once week for four successive weeks
and posted at tho front door of the Court House of
this county. A copy-test.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, Clerk.
Francis L. Smith, p.q. octS-w4w
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks office OF the Circuit
Y Court of Stafford county, September "A, 1854
Charles F. Towson, Matthew N. Towson, Susan
E. Towson and Catharine Z. Brown, plaintiffs,
VS., Hugh Adie adm'r. of J. B. T. Suttle decd,
Thos r. O'Dell and Catharine, his wife, Amy
Reid, John n. Tolson and James Tolson, whose
residence is unknown, children of Nelson Toll
son, Gee a., anu huueII IL SiSs, "hd any auo
Roberta Tolson, children Of James Toson, de-
ceased, defendants. In chsncery.
The object of this suit is to prevent a multiple
city OF suits by restraining the creditors of the
late J. B. T. Suttle from proceedings at law. to
appoint receiver of the real estate and TO secure
= speedy. legal and economical settlement and
division of the estate among the parties entitled
thereto.
And it appearing by affidavit filed in this cause
that Thomas T. O'Dell and Catbarino, his wife,
and James Tolson not residents OF the State
of Virginia, it is ordered that they appear here
within one month after due publication of this
order, and de what is necessary to protect their
interests. A copy-teste:
CA. TACKETT, Clerk.
Critcher & Critcher, Solicitors. scp2o-w4w
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31EiNERS.

dAEhS.
E - ''AA"A'' JANE 'l0S'AAA'
COMMENCING TUESDAY, OCT IL, 1884,
FOR LANDINGS on
LOWER POTOMAC AND GREAT WICOMICO
RIVERS.
Leave Sixth street wharf Washington, d. c.,
EVERY TUESDAY hereafter at 7:30a H.. arriv-
ing At Great Wicomco about . p. III. Return
ing, arrive at Washington WEDNESDAY about
7:3O p. III.
Fare, $1OO
Round Trip, 1.50
Second Glass, 30 cents each way.
10" Freight taken at the LOWEST RATES.
oct16-tf
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COAMISSFOS MERGH.iST>.

& HiiBERN.
= X ~ IT,. DEALER
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT
No. II North Royal street. near Clarke, spice
Alexandria, Vi.
orders aud com$gnmeuts solicited they will re-
Ceive careful and prompt attention. ANS
:>fHARLES $. TAYLOR. Jr.
FEED DEALER
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NO. IL Ming street, aieXanurl.l, -,
Specialtics: COTTON SEED MEAL Cut Il.
and Hominy Chop.
Richest Southern Mill Feed always on hsnd.
Country orders promptly filled.
Agent for HERR & CISSEL'S SWISS PROCE@
PATENT FLOUR.
P. O. box No. 203 aug29
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OYSTERS.
LYDlhaYen Bay OYSTERS Steamed

NJ RUBEN g. SON, No. 10 n. Fairfax street,
have completed all their arrangements Tor
STEAMING, OYSTERS, and have opened their
YSTER PARL
to their customers and tho public generally,
where they are prepared to furnish FRlED,
STEWED, BROILED and STEAMED OYSTERS
in the finest style and on the most reasonable
terms Families supplied the shortest notice.
The BEST Of LIQUORS at the Bar. oct1S-1m
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RAILROADS.
,ooI GREAT 1907
1904 PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE iOC-

Ia. :=sszs:sa a Es:ssss;:;sa
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FOR TIE LOWER POTOMAC.

FOR TIE LOWER POTOMAC
The steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON will leave
her wharf EVERY MONDAY and EVERY WE'D
NESDAY at 7:3O a. m, for Leonardtown, and
EVERY FRIDAY, at 1870 a M, for River Land
ings as far down as Nomjni returning on alter
nate days. Fare % cents for any landing.
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The steamers of this company make connections
at Norfolk for Boston and all points East; at New
York with all points West and Northwest, and at
Alexandria with Virginia Midland Railway and
Washington and Ohio Railroad. Through rates
given and freight handled carefully and promptly.
For further information apply to
T. A. REED & CO., Agent,
Janney's wharf
J. w. THOMPSON President
1d1S strnet
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r., TIE NORTH. WEST AND SoUTaWE Esq.
NOTABLE TRACK STEEL RAILS.
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DUBBER BOOTS AND sHOES-1OO cases
ID from the auction house of Topping, New
York; sold by order of the underwriters. We
bought them very low and now offer them to our
trade oct7l 3. KAUFMANN
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" COAL!
We invite the attention Of dealers aud con.
sumcrs to our large stock Of CAREFULLY PRE-
PARED COAL of tho following varieties
LYKEN'S VALLEY,
LORBERRY and
SHAMOKIN RED ASH.
WHITE ASH free burning and hard) of steam
err broken, egg stove and and nut Sizes
Also GEORGES CREEK. CUMBERLAND and
KANAWHA SPLINT, from West Va.
Making Coal speciality wo aim to keep only
the HIGHEST GRADES, and having two large
Storage Yards, each variety is kept separate, and
is especially prepared for family use.
Yards floored, and all Coal sent out WELL
SCREEND AND FREE FROM IMPURITIES.
Dealers, families public institutions and man
ufactores supplied at lowest market rates-per
ton of 2240 lbs. J. r. ZIMMERMAN,
Successor to r. J. Mchaf1ey & co.,
my7 Wharf and Yards foot of Queen st
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WHOLESALE
GROCER AND LIQ0UR MERCHANT.
Corner Market street and Strand,
Alexandria, Virginia.
AGENCY DUPONT'S SPORTING, MINING and
BLASTING POWDER.
A full limo of celebrated pure old Whistles
Brandies, Gin, Rum, &C., Massey & Co.'S. Phila-
delphia and Claggett's Baltimore Ales, and Berger
& Engel's Lager Beer, in casks or bottles.
Agent for the POTOMAC RIVER STEAMERS.
Orders promptly attended to and consigurlents
solicited my1-tf
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FOR NEW YORK

FOR NEW YORK.
STEAMERS E. C. KNIGHT AND >.ss
JOHN GIBSON nESG
EVERY FRIDAY, and returning leave New
York, from pier HI East river, EVERY SAT-
URDaY.
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OYSTERS.

builders Hardware, Locks, Hinges, Screws
DooSBolts Latches, SC, Saddiery, Hardware,
Bride Bits, Buckles, Rings, Haincs, &c. &C.,
Wheelwrights' Hardware, Axles, Rims, Hubs,
Spokcs Sawed Fellows, Tire Iron, &c, Pocket,
Table, Carving aud Butcher Nni-cs, &C., Guns.
Pistols &C. A full and complete stock of first.
class goods away in store and sold at lowest cash
prices. Sug1o
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HuLRD<DS
VI AsHlNGTON, uHlo AND WESTERN K. +
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

ia g Ea 50 IS 81: i:a7 -
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TOR BUTCHERS, HUCKSTERs AND FARM.
i ERS-We sell you waterproof Boot, lined
with Lambs Wool, the best thing ever offered, for
wet or cold feet only So pair.
oct7 E. KAUFMAN.
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CTEAMER ARROWSAlITH FOR -u
y POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS rEs5esa&sz.,zsS
Leaves Washington from 18th ST. wharf, at am
and Alexandria, from foot of King street, at 8
a. m, MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATUR-
DAYS. Returning Tuesdays, Fridays and
Sundays, for all River Landings as far as Nomini
Creek, Currioman and st. Clements Bay.
FERRY SCHEDULE.
icare Alexandria 600, 7:3O. $50, $50, 1870,
11:3O A. NJ, 1870 Lao. 2:30 800 400, $50,
and G:30 ?. NJ.
Lears Washington: 6:15, 7:3O $50, $50, 1890,
11:30, A. NJ, 1870 1:3O, 2:3O, $50, 4:3O, $50,
and $50 p. NJ.
Same schedule on Sundays commencing at $50
q. m.
For information apply at Office 7th st. wharf,
Washington, d. c.. and at Office foot of King ST.,
Alexandria, Va. e. w. RIDLEY, Manager.
]. B. PADGETT, Agent je30
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OYSTERS.

have REOPENED MY OYSTER HOUSE at
81 King street. and during the season will receive
regularly and keep always on hand the BEST
OYSTERS that come to this city.
Families supplied and country orders solicited
oct13 ANDREW DELLA.
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DOTOMAC STEAMBOAT COM -r-
i PANY. EzE.ssAtttsss==.iS
The over popular palace steamer GEORGE
LEARY will leave Prince street wharf EVERY
TUESDAY and THURSDAY, at D. M, and
SATURDAY, at $50 p. IN
Fare, one way 81. Round trip, $500.
This is the only line that connects in Norfolk
with the Boston and Providence steamers.
For further particulars apply at company's
Office, 7th ST. wharf Washington.
Or to PHILIP B. II JOE,
apps Agt. Prime, st. wharf.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-05
DIFFERENCES IN TIDAL ACTION.

1t will afford some notion of the various
conditions which must be taken into ac-
count before anything like a complete
kno wledge of tidal action can be obtained,
if we remember that in the open ocean the
rise or fall nowhere exceeds foot or two !;
while at Mount Saint Michael the rise is
eighty or ninety feet ; in the Bay of Fundy,
particularly at Annapolis, it sometimes
amounts to hundred feet, and about the
Morea there is no change at all. On our
own coasts the rise varies from thirty to
forty feet, at some parts of the iwest of
England, to be nil at point in the German
ocean north of the Straits of Dover, where
a flow transmitted through the straits en-
counters an ebb transmitted round the
north Of Scotland, so that an equilibrium
is maintained. The actual movement due
to attraction, moreover, whatever it may
be, requires time for its full development,
and still more time for its propagation,
the latter requirements being greatest
where the movement is impeded by
sheer friction, and thus reaching it's
maximum where the friction is due to the
bedssand winding channels of rivers, along
which, consequently, the tidal elevation
passes as wave, succeeding by flow.
If it be high water at the mouth of the
Thames at noon, the full flow will not
reach London Bridge until midnight, by
which time it will again be high at the
More and high water about half way up
to London and while the high water is
proceeding to London it is ebbing at this
intermediat place, and is low water there
when it is high water at London and at the
More, where the river is of such msgni.
tude as to afford sufficient distance for
the development of the phenomena. Sue
cessive tides produce successive but CO.
existing elevations, separated by CORE.
spending depressions and in the River
Amazon, between Para, at the mouth Of
the river, and the confluence of the Ma
deira there are no less than seven cock
listing high waters, with as many low
waters between them. The same kind of
thing occurs in all arms of the sea, or in all
CULTS or bays which are open to the main
ocean on a single aspect; the successive
tides sweeping along their shores to reach
different places in succession, and this at
a rate of speed which is greatly determined
by the sinuosities and other characters of
the coast line London Times.
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

DR.. Brown Sequard is said to have dis
covered a new anesthetiC which destroys
sengibility, but not consciousness or phys
ical activity, for an entire day or more.
When it is administered to a man by the
ypodermic.injecu process he is not inca
pacitated from work or enjoyment, yet he
can submit to having his flesh cut without
feeling any pain. It's obviously marvel
GUS gain for medical science. 1t is some
form Of carbolic acid
Viewed in relatively shallow masses,
clear water appears wholly cCl1rless. In
our daily dealings with the liquid we sell
dom have occasion to observe 1t in great
depths; hence il has been generally be-
lieved tnat water is quite destitute OF
color. The ancients were accustomed to
explain the transparency of some bodies by
assuming that they partook OF the nature
of water and we now speak OF a diamond
as OF the first water to emphasize its per.
feet transparency and colorlessness. Il Ex-
change.
The lustrous, metallic looking glass, of
iridescent quality. which has become 30
popular, is, 1t appears, from the English
patent of Thomas w. Webb, produced in
the following manner Chloride of tin, or
tin salt, is burned In a furnace, and the
glass having an affinity for it, when hot,
receives the fumes, and so at once an Irl-
descent surface is produced. To give
greater depth or color to the tInts, nitrate
OF barium and strontum IS used in small
proportions. By this patent the glass ls
not re-hested, but the iridescence Is pro-
duced during the manipulation Of the
article when IN the hands of the blower,
and while on the punty LScient nc Amer
lean.
Cornu has been led, by his inves legations
OF the atmospheric absorption OF the ultra
violet rays, to examine the relation between
that phenomenon and the absorption Of tine
visible rays. His attention was especially
directed to Brewster's dark bands, which
are generally known as telluric rays, the
intensity OF which increases with the
thickness of the atmosphere which
they traverse. lie finds that the amount
OF absorbing matter may be estimated
by the snes Of the altitude from the sun
at which a telluric ray has the same
intensity WITH a metallic ray. Hence may
be deduced q very simple method for estI.
mating, at any moment, the total amount
OF vspor which exists IA the atmospheric
iCompres Fsudus.
1t is generally thought that the age OF
trees may be known by the number Of con
centric layers. This principle, however, Is
not applicable to tropical trees, as is shown
by the following facts When NJ. Char
eucy visited the RUNS OF PaleuQuc, Mexico,
in lS5g. he cut down several trees IN order
% get at the great pyramid. 90 revisitlng
the same locality ia ISL the shoots which
had grown from the s.umps, and which must
al have started nearly at the same time,
varied greatly in the number Of their COM
centric layers. On one he counted 80
aud the cus.rc number had been formed
inside Of twenty-five years. On one oCcl-
sion be cut oi the branch of a shoot winch
he judged to be about igntsen months old,
ana counted eighteen c1Lceu.ric layers, one
for each month OF grow .h.-i S-ientihc
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