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oarren and the other so prolific? There | i; now an answer to this impo-tant question, and readers who take interest

in the exploring voyage of the Chal- longer will be glad to learn that the aiswer comes from that ship, in a pa, per written by Dr. Wyville ‘Thomson, chief’ of the scientific statf on board. Thix paper was read at a meeting oj tie Royal Society. It contains the re

sult of deep sea soundings whieh have revealed the existence of vast areas of birren clay at the bottom of the sea, in dopths varying from two thousand two hundred to four thousand fathoms anu move. In other parts, the bottom i

composed ot the so-called globiverina, which live near the surface, and sink to the bottom when dead. The:e they accumulate, building up chalk for age. to come, when land and sea shall once more change places. But it is remark- able that, at the depth of two thousand two hundred fathoms, the globizeri .a thin off and disappear, and thegrey de- posit merges into the barren clay above mentioned. The explanation 1s that, below two thousand fathoms, the tiny shells of the globigerina are dissolved by some action of the water, and that-the minute quantity which they contain of alumina and iron goes to form the areas of barren clay. The extent of these areas is so vreat that ic exceeds all others as yet known at the bottom oi the sea, and itis the most devoid’ ot lite. In this respect, the red clay now furming resembles, the schist which at present occupies sO large a part of our earth’s surface.

We are all more or less familiar with chalk and with rocks that show no sign of fossils; and to*be thus, so to speak, made eye witnesses of the pro- cess by which chalk and rock were formed is unusually interesting. Au em nent naturalist declares that this paper alone is worth all the cost of the Challenger expedition.—Chambers’ Journal,

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In Cases of Poisoning.

If a stom:chspump is vot at hand give the p ticut grouad mustard aud salt dis- solved in water tv produce vomiting We wmeativa this as these articles are aluvost alwiys ou hand ia every hous,

Taco give tue white of a fuwegzs. du reg rd to special aotilvies: For acid

poisons give as quickly as possible large draughts of chaik, m gvesia, or a crew mide of soup and waer; for alk. lite puisoas, such as soda, potash, or am- meuia, give lemou-juice with water and suga>, und it this c .uuot be had, «ive vine- gar; olive vil, also, will relieve such cises, For arsenic the hydrated sesquioxid of ivon is the special avtidvte, iv doses som. thirty times larger than the amount of poisva tikeu; for baryta, give sulphate of wegnesia or sodu ; fur autimony or tartar emetic, powdered Peruvi-o baik or the iv- fusion uf the same is the sp-_cifie antidote. For corrosive sublimate the hydrwted pro- tosu p uret of iron is the aut doterif ad- Miuistered within twenty mivut’s; ~if later, yive uuboiled white of eggs, then warw water. For s:lts of copper ( verdis gris, blue vitrul, etc ,) sugur aud the whites uf eggs.

Way tae Rey. Dr. Mupce Stoprep His Paper.—Some years ugo, who the writer Was a reporter upon an Kustern paper, it devolved oo bim to write for the s:a editiou an account of the presenta- tion of a guld-heaaded eme to the Rev. Di. Mudge, the clergymau of the place, and a description of a uew hog-killing machine that had just beeu in operarion at the fictery.. Now, what mide the Rev. Dr Muige mad was this: The iucousiderste buccaneer who wade up the form got the two loe.is mixed iva frightful manner. and when we weut to press, sumethingise

‘this was the appalling result,

Sume of the Rev. Muaye’y friend- called on him yesterday, aud after a brict consultation, the uasuspecting hog was seiz:d by the hind legs aud slid aluug’ the beam uniil he reached the hot watertauk. His ferends explained the object oftheir visit, and presented him with a handsome gold burcher, who grabbed lnm by the ta) aud swuog him around, und iu less th.n a minate the Cureass Was in the water. There upoo he esme forward and suid there were times when the feeling over- powe:e/ one, and fur that reason he woul uot d» wore thap attempt to thank those arvuod him fur the mapper iv which so hige an apimul was cut iv fragmeots was astuuishing. The ductor coucluded ‘his remarks, the m.chine seized him, sod, iu less time than it tukes to write it the hog Was cut isto fragments aud werked inte delicious svusuge. The oceassiou will be rem tubered by the dector’s fiiends as oye of the wost deligital of theirlvis The best pieces cn be obtained tor fifteen cents per pound, and we are sure those who sat

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under his winistry will rejoice to hear that he has been so handsomly treated.

Mad! Weill, about nine o’clock that morning the office had been abandoned by every | he usce

street with bis congregation all wearing the panoply of war and carryiog butcher kd#ives and things. The next day we apologized, but the doctor stopped his subscriptioa.— Jndianapolis Times.

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BUTTER.

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