The herald., 1896-02-10

the matter and the details will be made
public shortly. 1t Is perhaps not gener-
ally known that gallic acid affords great
relief in the treatment of Bright's disease,
The dose being from to 10 grains, three
or four times day. 1t is very powerful
astringent, and as remedy for internal
hemorrhage, whether hemoptysis, hemate-
misis or hematuria it is one of the best
styptics known.
The big lizard at the Occidental hotel,
San Francisco, over which there Is so much
excitement, is nothing more than sneci.
men of the chameleon vulgars, said w. j.
Parks of Ann Arbor university. The
chameleons spend their lives in trees.
clinging to branches by means of their
feet and tail. There they lie in wait for the
insects which may come within reach,
and it is highly probable that in such stu
atoms their faculty of changing their color
becomes highly important In aiding them
to conceal themselves. They move about
with great regularity and q kind of affected
gravity: The powers OF abstinence pos
sessed by this very singular race are great.
and hence probably arose the old fable OF
their living on air, which was for long
time believed to be 1.-THE chameleon's
DISH" The power possessed by these
creatures of changing color has been
a subject of wonder and exaggera-
theories, some of them sufficiently absurd,
have been proposed TO account for the
phenomena, but the matter has been sofa
rest by Milne-Edwards in paper he con-
tributed to the "Annales des Sciences Ma
turelles" in 1884. His conclusions have
been generally accepted. Layers of pig
nent under the animals skin are arranged
in such way as to appear simultaneously
under the cuticle, and sometimes in man.
ner that one may hide the other at the ami
mails pleasure. The eyes of the animal are
remarkable objects; large projecting, and
like skin, with the exception of a very
small aperture opposite the pupil; their
motions are entirely independent of each
other. 1t adds to the strange and gro
tesque appearance of this creature, to see
it roll one of it's eye-zlobes backwards.
while the other is directed forwards, as If
making two distinct surveys at one time.
Its sight must be very acute, from the I'M
erring certainty with which 1t marks and
strikes it's prey. The chameleon was a ia
vorte subject of reference by the early
poets and dramatists. shakespeare says:
~ can add colors even to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus to advantage"
Dryden alludes both to the animals
power of changing color. and to the popu-
lar belief that it fed on air:
1.-THE thin chameleon, fed with air, receiver
The color of the thing TO which 1t cleaves."
Prior displays his knowledge thus:
"As the thame leon, which is known
To have colors OF his own.
But borows from h is neighbours hue
His white or black, his green or blue"
And / think you and know many peo-
pie, nice people, too, who are not unlike
this description of the chameleon, said Mr..
Parks i'll conclusion.
Robert Mcfarland of Edinburgh, Scot.
land, said jokingly: "Dr. Jameson, the
Transvaal hero, according to Austin, has
literally taken the cake. A Leith town
councillor. who runs "a large confectionery
store. shipped to South Africa largo cake
for the doctor. 1t was made of the richest
ingredients and skillfuly blended to suit
the palate of Sandy. who has a sweet tooth.
IL was deliberately orramented with the
arms of the cities of Edinburgh and Leith,
under which in large raised letters in sugar
is the inscription: TO DR.. Jameson, in
recognition of his noble pluck Unless
Jameson has some good old Glenlivat with
which to wash down this delicacy we may
expect cablegram stating that his condi-
ton ia cOlicky.1