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color, more or less diluted timmonia, to be spread around on the spot, mois- 

 tened, drop hy drop, with the tip of the finger. 



Tar, lohecl grease, as also fat, rosin, carbonaceous particles, and wood vin- 

 egar. — From white goods, soap with oil of turperitine, varied with the action 

 of falling water. From colored cotton or woolens, hog's lard to be rubbed 

 on, and then soaped, and allowed to remain quietly ; then washed alternately 

 with water and oil of turpentine. From silks, as in the preceding but more 

 carefully, and instead of turpentine, benzole and a continual current of water 

 falling from a height, and only upon the reversed side of the spot. 



For cleaning silks soiled and greased, but not thoroughly discolored by 

 fields, etc., the best agent is ox-gall diluted with lukewarm water and strained. 

 Blood and albumen should simply be soaked in cold water. 



Superficial loss of substance by scorching. — For v/hite goods, rub over thor- 

 oughly with a pad dipped in hot chlorine water. Colored cotton or woolens, 

 whenever possible color over or raise up the nap. With silks nothing can 

 be done. — Boston Journal of Chemistry. 



THE DEVIL FISH. 



At a meeting of the Chicago Academy of Science, Dr. Velie made a re- 

 port of his explorations along the coast of Florida, in search of natural and 

 archaeological curiosities. On this trip, he was accompanied by his brother 

 Mr. A. E. Yelie, of Aurora, and Dr. Hammond, of Genesseo, 111. The ex- 

 pedition ^Yas rich in results, and the Doctor brought home with him a very 

 large collection of valuable specimens for the museum of the academy 

 His report was very brief, consisting of little more than a description of 

 his voyage and a list of the curiosities which he had collected. 



Not the least of these was a devil fish, which formed the subject of a 

 paper by Professor Peabody, who entered minutely into its character, dis- 

 position, and habits. The body of the fish was large, the transverse ex- 

 -cceding the longitudinal diameter, skin rough, but without any evident 

 tubercles or spines; head not distinct from the body, subtruncate in front, 

 -slightly convex ; mouth subterminal, with very small teeth in seven or 

 eight rows: nostrils small, and placed near the angles of the mouth ; eyes 

 prominent, lateral, and placed on eminences at the base of the frontal ap- 

 pendices ; bronchial ajDertures narrow, linear varying from one to two feet 

 in length, with valvular covering ; tail long, slender, subcompressed, ter- 

 minating in a slender extremity ; dorsal fin at base of tail, small and trian- 

 gular. The dimensions of Dr. Velie's specimen are as follows : 



Width at pectorals, 10 feet 2 inches ; length, exclusive of tail, 5 feet 5 

 inches; length of tail, 4 feet 2 inches ; thickness of body, 1 foot 6 inches; 

 length of frontal appendices, 1 foot; width of frontal appendices, 6 laches. 



The back of the male is black, while the female has a broad, angulated 

 belt of a lighter color crossing the back immediately behind the eyes. The 



