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SCIENTIFIC. ^ Tub manmtactt kp. or Ot.ars has boon brought almost to perfection. In this art, as well as In porcelnin and crockery, there is a return to old styles. The caruffes or water jugs, decanters for wines and liquors, cordial sots, goblots and tumblers tnost song lit for are the old-fashioned rut glass, or crown glass cut in diamonds, hexagons, utul other geometric figures, or else they are mndo of tho sumo diamond-clour glass, blown So thin as to look as if they would shiver at tho slightest blow, and on tlie surface are delicate traceries of leaves, flowers, ferns, birds, and buttcrllics, engraved by the hands of the finest artists, many of whom are foreigners, who have found refuge in this country, and employment for their talents in this city since tho into disturbailees in Kuropo. Thon thoro are single pieces of that rare old Venetian glass, the art. of making which has been lately revived by an Italian artist. Salviatti. Thov made in elegant spiral cords of spun glass, or of that prizod opaline tint which was in a darker ago fabled to possess the (puility of shivering to atoms when poisons woto poured into the delleuto cimUees into which it was ina-lo for tVie i?se of kings and queens or for those only v;ho could afford bv tliis moans to 'unfile the poisoners art. Tl is r.ot so costly as It was then, aiul it. certainly tloes not possess 11 nit w jr?ii-ou.s quality. But It is beautifi ^ and a nioro tasteful ornament fop t ho ctajere, llower stainl 01; mantel could not he imagined. T. ritr.t.KHs Iiocomotivkh.? A writer In '*ho S icnii/ic .1 mcricun thinks that, in tin: I ire less method of using steam locomotives with large tanks will probably prove more economical than those with small tanks?that if a tank, three feet diameter and ten feet long is capable, with one charge, of propelling a ear with from twenty ll\v I'j limy ))il88CllgQrS (i tUSMMlCO OI eight or ten utiles, u tank of twice this enjsieity would probably do conbiderabiy more than twico tho amount of work. owing to the greater body? '* come u I rated |>owor ninl heat in My IKtrtioii to tho weight un?t surfuco &L \ tank; and the weight of these ta|jji' may lie reduced to a minimum HljA making them with heniispher ends. A lank of this form, four ^<5el in diameter atid fifte?i( fcot long,]&f?c*u pa hie of ?ust:iia(iig a pressure offc, pounds per square tach safely, w<? weigh only a-bonut <mi?* third as as un ordinary locomotive boiler, pf such u shred lank, once charged i cold air ouiy, to a pressure ofin<tverti pounds, would propel un ordirai;d olu horse car load of passengers at live miles?if charged with water ! *' . ? , tnon Rrti etootn, at tho saano pressure, it w?<<mie (c probably propel the same load twenty miles. Condensed air lata cf"i however, be Use most economieal I ,n. r sutibfuutorv of the two. esi>eciull\I.f localities where ample water could be 'obtained for condensing f air into ce-servoirs for cUauglug lUl0 ,, taulvS. I ?r <l" mmmmmmm?? 1 1 r Jfinmr. IIkps or Pkru,?M. Guyal.'V.r i in the Muniteur Scirntifmue, wrlti klc,lli with reference to the wonderful ni foods of Peru, which form a plate ? of a mean elevation of seven thausn feet, llftoen to twenty leagues brc ?'/? ?> and, several hundred in length, pri"!^ loses the following theory to account for such a formation. He supposes that there has been un epoch when nitrogen compounds were disengaged from the volcanoes, just us thero were porphyritic mouatains, which have given rise to the beds of kaoliu and other clays. In general, the sultpetre exists in the form of saccliaroid soda and chloride o' sodium, mixed with nitrate nn?l iodate of potash, chlorides of magnesium, aluminum ?,itdcalcium, sulphate of lime, ' langnesia, ;and alumina. 3d. (luyard opposes tho view, as held by some, tthst, tho nltro beds are derived decomposed guano and t lie toda-lton ifbvxrn sonweeds; and he iulso ivgsauls Ht as demonstrable that tho ofoihitimg matter of tho nltro beds is aroint volcanic origin, tiro yellow buing chiuxsic acid, and tho violet manganic. * f Thompson's JBctupsiso TjIoht.- What is known as >tlk*e Thompson eclipsing light is being satisfactorily adopted on some pu?'ts of the English coast This apparatus consists of a train of wheels earryuug the noocssary screens for ecii]>slng the lights. Throe screens are cttrt'led round tho light once in about 'eleven seconds. Two of these mo narrow, while n third has twice the 'breadth; the result of this being to give two short eclipses and one long oolipse the eftectto an outside observer being two short Intervals of darkness and on? Ituag one, or, in other words, dot, ?'.ot, dash, in accordance with the Morse telegraph alphabet. Then follows and interval of uninterrupted light, after which the eclipse are rer-eatocW Formerly, a illxed red light, was thought the best arrangement, but the "objection to this is its liability to be mistaken for a ship's port l'*ght, and the comparatively short 'iiitaucw from which it oau be dlscen ied. The power of gwipowder is shown *by a recent, writer In tlie lievue Si ientijbjuc. Tlu> velocity of a shell leaving the cannon is 1,;hX) feet per second. The height from which the projectile would lift re Vo fall td acquire this is 2G.8U0 fer 4, consequently the power of the pow? ivr is equal to 219,000 foot pounds. Xbe .heat evolved by tlio combust'',mi of one and one-quarter pounds( <f powder U equal to 319.7 calorics. 'J /lie mechanical work of this amount of heat is 1,050,000 foot pdunda..; J1--1 ?? .hi# ^ th ^utro tunnqlQLJJto^w been ?>tb a ler" .. t* ? ' Till Till: DISCO> KIIY OF A M KKIC.V. Voyages Made Previous t<? t lu?I ofClniHto* plicr Colo minis, Tlic chapter of |?r?: Columbian voyages in Win. O, Uryant's new liii*l*?i*v i ol the UiiiU'd States is new :iti<I in- { tcrcsling, The authors trace tin* legendary history ol voyages to ; \mcrijii by the W'elsh, the Norsemen -111?1 tlic Chinese. "Wc have dvvotcd these vvtvlior ! chapters," says the authois, "to periods which, in previous liistor'n s ol the United States and ul America, have ! itlier had no place at all or have been dismissed in a page or a paragraph. Should it ever la' possible to penetrate the mystery and darkness which dirouded one hall 'the world almost fs e.oinplctcly as it it had been another j planet t |inm the tnne ot its creation to i thousand years alter Jesus Chr<M, nidi an ttdditi'Mi to human knowledge 1 would be ot inestimable va'nc and iulens;) interest. Modern science lots only begun to read ibis story ol races ind ol civilization that h?ng since dintppearud, leaving no oilier record than iiiose relies which till recently have been either overlooked CM' Itttsuudel-I >tO<?d. "What potrt ill I line of what degree I ol knowledge may he lints readied by | iii ure discoveries and dedueliiins Iroiii't i belli in a liehj :is yet but Ii'. lie explored it. would be rash to hazard even a piess. I?nl it is we'.' to know what ground there is lor presuming that it is possible to learn anything ot thai ore historic neriod. Ami *!ill inori* I , I " " * .11 Aduill history, even l hnitgli its re oials lit,* obseiire ami iiujifrtiu'l, or | lily traditions iciliuH'il to \vriling; Vi'li tlloiloh (lie iii'iioit of W I ill'11 We .hi gain only surli iinjieffiel inloiiiiii lion In*, in hiiiiiu respect", legendary ii <1 romaiilie, we may lieverlhelest?, j proiiluhly aini propel ly go lurtherj ii.u k than the ordinary stalling point i ?>y ti vc 11ii ndred years 'Mliihorto tlie le?ntiinute eommenee- ! i.tMinr ijiiumnly. "ninner O'Xp'J .? ! i hitter personalties and llit *"?*?.||u t'Oiis wi'i'c mi I > i i-iiii'. Mr. I' 1:1111 * * (1 I'll to lia\r I in* Cal'I Will lisi.it i'| oil w i ll l lie other jo oeeoiiioi/s t'oinmit l ce, ami at a ipiarlii p a? ,,i oYlock rose to insist noon his . ' to reconsider the \ote win i' 'u.s II use oi'ili'i'i'il the teMiuionv V i . i "'s he tore t lie coin nut tee investigat i| ease to lie |>riii(cil. Mr. llniiiot .. I . 1 . I .MIS I jvmi /ifii hi i* n \ a ini)i ion t ?> I a \ i j 1 lu- table Mi lil.iino rcmindi , I bo- Chair (.Mr. S. S. CVx) that ho promised to ri'iai?ui/i? him tho pending matter (The (5 % ? x 1 w or. award hill) should hive been dts ,',/c oh ol r. Cox ovcrriik'd Mr. I;1'' tiia * *n what ground asked Mr. I5iaii i i i -UN no. liavo no ground lo ? x|ilaino san ^ Cox. I nowr know a Speaki r li, tho ground of his decision saic. Main. Air. (A x sooniod Lo In* temper and throat excitement pq ^ od. Mr. .lohn \ iniiit; 15r?>wn v j ilu degree ol vehemence said ''1 wi 'l. 110 know it this is ilut Amorioan ' ! cross?" Mr. lilainc said il waiu ^ niosi sin )iris' 11Congress over ij'U^ ry hii'd. Alter some two hours sp to this si \ lo Air. Hamuli's rosidut"! " iay on tin* table was carried men, Uic N\ otsij, vne \ cneUans-?assiiining their narratives lo he wholly <?r (on nally true?while lliey were certain that they had sailed ii to unknown seas, and were cast upon new lauds | and among si range peoples heyoml the, accredited limits of the inhabited world, also believed, lo doubt, that lliey had only reached the further shores of the outlying islands whence lliey came. The notions as to the shape and the extent ol the earth wore at that period so vague, even among the learned, and the art ol navagulion was so little developed, that there was not much speculation as to the possibility of penetrating ooyond the known limits ol the continent and out ol the accustomed tracks ol ships. All that marners dared to do was to creep along the coast horn headland, with a (air wind, to go to places frequently visled," Tlio authors iiro ol the opinion that ' Columbus, like i In* navigators of Prince I lenty, meant. to find a new route to the Kust, only ii. a Iresh direelion; ami he died in tin- belief, alter four enrages m the new world, that tliu oonlrios ho hail reached were literally the West Indies?the constant Asia approached Iroiu the west. The I ditferonoo between loin and those who hy eliance crossed the Athnlto before him was, that he, impelled by a fervid religious 1 ai lit ami by conclusions drawn ironi scientific study, had, boldly sought to explore the unknown on which they had only been ignorant ly driven. \ Common Unlt%ot' Money. Tlve details of tin' Will whteh passed the United States Senate Wednesday, and which contemplates llie establishment of a common unit ol money and accounts in this country, Ureal llritain and France, arc to he perfected hy future treaties and laws; hut the general idea to be adopted is to make the American dollar equivalent to onefit l? of the English pound sterling, the A met lean quarter-dollar the equivalent of the English shilling,""and two of the American cents equal to the English penny. The project has received very I c jreful consideration, and it is believed to ho entirely practicable; but even it j it is approved, it is not supposed that , the necessary preparations can be pc-ri looted before three or four years have a lluuHI WEEKL1 elapsed, The clungMi in cottitlgc required w iM be comparatively flight, and il the new pyntctu is eVvt' adopted it will doubtless save travelers, a?;? countants and ??n? house otlicpv\4 a gleai di al of trouble. A widow and a \yidowiV> sti angers, in a 1 ioston si,yyeV ear, Willi the wid- | ow's 1111\o daughter between tliem,, 1 "Dog't bill, baby? papa would bo synVV,' says the widower, as the ear lurelief. 'l*iiv child says: "I'upa'b d.cad," and the widow gently weeps. ''Von dot any little dills?' continues the little one. ''I had a little girl, but she and her mother died,' was the reply. Tears hi wi Jewel's eyes, Mutual sympathy. That is the way, accord, tug to the (Hubcx that the making ol a matrimonial match began in what il ealS "prosie '.loston.' "Is il becoming to iiie'?" she asked, as she paraded in the costume ol one ' bundled years ago, belore the man who is not her lord and master, hut is her husband. "Yes, my dear." said he meekly, ''Don't you wish J could dress this way all the lime?" she J asked. ''No, my dear,' he unswcicd, . "but. I wish you had lived when that Was the si yle." tieoioe II., being inbound that ail' important printer was to lie punished j lor put Jisliiiio a spurious royal speech, salt I that lu- hoped tin; punishment Would ho lioht, because, so lar its he illlderblood either, he liked the spurious one host. Who didn't steal watermelons when he was a hoyV' le-ks the i'/n'iatutii] \\ritnet<s. We didn't. The editor of the (Jhrintuin H took so many that there were not any loll lor us to steal. ? Ex. A youno man who attempted to sell :i t'hieaoo editor l,A true account ul the ill mo vi I y ol lilile Charlie Ivos*,'' j had to come as tar as ColuIIIIms, Ohio, helore he could lind any doctor willing to sew up the sliis in his scalp. When a loaler enters the sanctum ot I a busy editor, ai d the editor says, "(Had to see you're buck," w lull docs he mean? Mr. M:uipraiul, ot New York, has given $ la,not) lor I he erection ot a new col lent; ehappel at Patterson, N. J, Plot. Marsh has procured <t,.0o0 vol- ' nines ol Japanese liieratuie lor the I libiury ol Yale College. Japan has adopted the tirst day ot the week, the Christian Sunday, us a day ol rest. i'l'itiii|>lonN Hin|?c?rial So?'i|? IS Till: "BISS'lV f pil|S Soap is nnumf'acturod lioin pure ma1 tei iu Is, a ml w? ii eonUiins a large per | cent age ul Vegetable it, is warranted fully equal to the best i in poll oil ('aatjle Soap, and at the same time possesses all the washing ami cleaning propeilies of the celebrated Luiman and French l.oimdry Soaps. It is therefore r?-i.'oii i me tided for use in the Laundry, Kitchen. ami bath-room, and for general housei...I.I .........o..._. ..m. C.... 0..1. I |mii mnu) it/1 i I i?11 \ :i .1, 1 Kni* moors, ami .Machinists, as it w ill remove stains oj Ink, (house, Tar, <>;1. I'uiut, etc., liom tlie hands. .Vanul'aet utvd only hy CUAMITON lMU>TUi;|{S, !, ('?, H ami 1 u Itntgcrs I'laco, m l and II .h'tlerson .Street, No,\v VorU. Au?M?ts iii <: hnrloston, S. ('? It. 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