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mouth with straw and. then carry it in to its sleeping apartment to make 
its bed, and then coiling itself up in it for a sound six months’ sleep. 
Last month I visited its house, as I used occasionally to do during the 
winter, and found it dead. Poor Marmot! If I had not had it so long, 
and if it had not survived many colder winters than this, I might have 
thought it had frozen to death, but, as Natural History states their lives 
only average eight or nine years, I am content to think mine lived out its 
appointed time, and poor “Kip” will not wake when the gentle spring of 
’74 comes. Thanks to friend Carnall, he has made a good job in stuffing 
and setting it up for me, and I can now have him (almost alive) winter 
and summer, a pleasant reminder of our nearly nine years’ acquaintance- 
shin William M. Sears. 
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—Dan Mace, the well known driver of trotting horses, 
who had been seriously ill for the last few days, died on 
Monday, February 23d. 
—The Utica, Buffalo, Cleveland and Springfield Associa¬ 
tions have decided upon the trotting and running pro¬ 
gramme for 1874. The aggregate prizes will amount to the 
extraordinary sum of $150,000. 
CENTRAL P ARK M ENAGERIE. 
Department op Public Parks, I 
New York, February 21, 1874. f 
Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending Feb¬ 
ruary 20, 1874: 
'One small Alligator . Presented by Mr. R. E. Babb. 
Two Gray Squirrels, Scwirus Carolinensis. Presented by Mr. Welling¬ 
ton Holbrook. 
One Civet Cat, Paradoxnrus typus. Hab. India. 
One Monkey, Macacus cynomolgus. W. A. Conklin. 
“Man and Apes.”—M r. St. George Mivart, in this 
iinterestinw work, has for a subject “the investigation by 
b'he unimpassioned process of enumeration and weigh¬ 
ing facts of structure what is the teaching of Nature as to 
ftlie affinities of various apes to man.” Mr. Mivart, always 
^choice in his language and happy in expression, says that if 
i-there are points of resemblance between man and the apes 
' -iiicii laws of: affinity form a “tangled web” or “net work” 
father than “the ladder,” from which a blood relationship 
<oan be argued. Though Mr. Mivart does not assert the 
fact, we suppose like other naturalists he places the prang 
outang as nearest in physical structure to the genus homo . 
—Sometime ago the question was asked of us by a cor¬ 
respondent in regard to the proper name of the “Cape 
Pigeon,” a bird found off Cape Horn, and a few degrees 
north of the Cape*.—Wings white, barred with black, head 
black, with white or slate-colored breast. Answer—The 
name is, Dotation cmpmm, Stepli, formerly of genus 
Phalamdroma , Family, Procellaria or Petrels, about the size 
—Mr. McGrath’s wonderful horse, Tom Bowling, is ready 
to run any horse in America, weight for age. 
Mr. D. H. Blanchard, the originator of the Stallion Purse 
of $10,000 at Mystic Park, Boston, will give to the winners 
gold medals, six and a half inches in circumference, two 
inches in diameter, and nearly a quarter of an inch in thick¬ 
ness. On one side will be the engraving of * a stallion, and 
on the reverse the name of the winner, date of the race, and 
the amount of the purse won. Among the number of stal¬ 
lions that are to be entered are Fearnaught, Jr., and 
Smuggler. Appearances indicate that the stallion trotting 
race for the championship of America will be the most 
popular race ever trotted in this country. 
—Hugh McCrum, of San Francisco, has laid a wager 
with S. R. De Long, of Tucson, Arizona, by which he 
agrees to forfeit $2,000 provided De Long succeeds in rid¬ 
ing his horse Jerry from Tucson to San Francisco, in 
twentv-flve days, leaving Tucson on the 20tli day of March, 
1874, at 9 A. M., arriving in San Francisco on or before 9 
A. M., April 14. Should the journey not be accomplished 
within the time specified, then S. R. De Long forfeits to 
McCrum the same amount. The route to be taken is via 
Wickenburg, Elirenburg, San Bernardino and Los Angeles, 
to San Francisco by overland stage route. The projected 
race has already excited much interest in Tueson and San 
Francisco. 
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of a small duck. 
THE SIAMESE AUTOPSY. 
»U. PANCOAST’s REPORT—IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING 
PARTICULARS. 
T HE correspondent of the New York Herald gives the 
following account of the result so far of the autopsy 
made by Dr. Pancoast:—The twins themselves were not 
pleasant to behold, their lower extremities only being 
‘Covered with a slight drapery. The skin of the abdomen 
auterially was thrown entirely back, exposing the entrails, 
the opening extending down the lower extremities. The 
hotly of the one who died first was pervaded with a dark, 
bluish tint, while the corpse of the one who died last was 
comparatively white, showing conclusively that the blood 
had flowed from the living into the dead and coagulated in 
the veins of the latter, rendering the same, as subsequently 
shown, more easily to be preserved. The navel, as hereto¬ 
fore stated, was directly in the centre of the connecting 
link, no other umbilicus existing. 
The nervous connection of each extended only to the 
middle of the band, and hence a pin stuck in the one made 
no impression whatever upon the other. Hence when Eng 
awoke and found Chang dead, had he cut a lump of flesh 
from his brother lie might have saved his own life and pro¬ 
duced no pain upon himself, because, as just stated, the 
construction of the nerves of the two was entirely inde¬ 
pendent, extending only to the middle of the band. The 
band was found to contain two pouches resting one against 
the other, the outlines of which might or might not have 
been gone around while the twins were alive; that is, the 
question of their separation is still a doubtful one. There 
is very little nervous distribution identified with the 
pouches. Reflections of the peritoneal membrane occu¬ 
pied the interior of the band connecting with the abdomen 
of each, and formed the separating sacks or pouches of the 
membrane. 
The liver of each individual lay close to this band, ad¬ 
jacent the one to the other; hence the liver of one was ab¬ 
normally placed on the side contrary to that in which re¬ 
posed the liver of the other. In foetal life it is conjectured 
that the twins had a common liver, as an injection in the 
mesenteric vein of the one passed into the mesenteric vein 
of the other. They also possessed a common navel, or 
umbilical cord, which until the moment of investigation 
was a matter of great doubt. 
Another peculiar fact is that the brain of the smaller was 
the most acute and powerful, although he was the most 
dissipated of the pair. One was a jolly, “hail fellow well 
met,” while the smaller one was peevish and fretful. Al¬ 
though the contract with the family prevents any examin¬ 
ation of the brain, the great contrast in disposition shows 
the brain of each to have been totally and entirely distinct. 
The investigation has, thus far, not proceeded to the heart, 
and this organ is as yet involved in mystery, as the brain 
and liver of the two are distinct. As a matter of course, 
however, there cannot be a single heart. 
The livers, which may have once been united, are now 
separated; and on account of its abnormality furnishes in 
hseli a curious study. The brain of each is independent, 
as likewise are the hearts The statement as to a joint ex¬ 
isting in the middle of the band is incorrect and ridiculous, 
there being no division of the cartilageneous attachment of 
such a nature. 
It is supposed that during life each slept upon his stom¬ 
ach; while the nervous independence of each is again es¬ 
tablished from the fact that while one slept soundly the 
other was known to be awake. The cause of the blood 
rushing from one to the other at the time of the demise is 
explained in the fact that, independent of the pouches, 
which are simply reflections of the peritonial membrane, 
there exists arteries which, in case of separation during 
life, might have been tied, as they could have been, had 
the one who died last cut a piece of flesh from the one who 
expired first. The most interesting part of the investiga¬ 
tion is yet to come—namely, that of the pericardium or 
membrane which closes about the heart. 
Lucky Omens. —Odd numbers—barring the ever fatal 
thirteen—are thought to be lucky. The shrill piping of the 
household cricket is prophetic of happiness to the hearth 
it haunts, as surely as the settling of a stork upon a Dutch¬ 
man’s roof-tree bodes pleasant times to the dwellers be¬ 
neath it. That forlornest of animals, the masterless dog, 
that follows close upon the heels of the night walker, and 
will not be balked of companionship, Is a certain luck 
bringer. Black cats should be at a premium, considering a 
stray puss of that hue who takes a fancy to establishing 
himself in a house, introduces good fortune witli him; 
while a cat of any color, whether an uninvited visitor or 
an acknowledged member of the family, ought never to be 
restrained from sharpening his talons at the expense of the 
table’s legs, since,, when he thus scratches, he scratches for 
lnck. Pat kindly the head of the first lamb of spring, if 
you have the chance; it will bring prosperity to you and 
yours; but avoid the innocent creature if it presents its 
tail to view. Hail the first hearing of the cuckoo’s voice 
with thankfulness, if he salutes you upon your right hand 
—then his greeting is an assurance you will make your way 
in the world, and attain the highest object of your ambi¬ 
tion; and begrudge not a sip of good liquor to the busy, 
curious, thirsty fly, dropping into your glass, but welcome 
the intruder as heartily, if not as poetically, as Oklys did; 
he brings good luck to the glass and the drinker too. Ab¬ 
sent minded and careless dressers are likely to be often in 
luck’s way. To put on any garment wrong side out, pro¬ 
vided we are not neat enough to spoil the charm, is an in¬ 
fallible prognostic that something is about to happen which 
will profit the sloven greatly. Mr. Village tells us, in the 
Connoisseur , how his pretty country cousin came down to 
breakfast one morning with her cap on wrong side out, 
whereupon her mother solemnly charged the heedless lassie 
not to alter her headgear all the day, for fear she would 
change the luck.— Chambers' Journal. 
Southern Navigation. —Probably there are some peo 
pie who do not know that we have steam communication 
between New York city and southern North Carolina all 
the way without going to sea, and over sixty regular steam¬ 
ers do the business of the route. The route is along the 
Raritan River to New Brunswick and the Delaware and 
Raritan Canal to the Delaware River, thence through to the 
bay and on through the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal to 
the Chesapeake Bay, thence to Norfolk, and on through 
the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal into Currituck and 
Albemarle Sounds, and away along again through Pamlico 
Sound and the Neuse River to Newbern. Vessels that will 
not live in the ocean passage can go inland all the way 
from New York to Newbern when the canals are not fro¬ 
zen. Mr. Marshall Parks, President of the Albemarle and 
Chesapeake Canal Company, says it is practicable to go all 
the way to Florida that way with a little more expense. 
During last year there passed through the Albemarle and 
Chesapeake Canal 2,075 steamers, 1,380 schooners, 592 
sloops, 225 barges, 886 lighters, 460 boats, and 152 rafts, 
and there is no doubt that this is a small showing compared 
with the business done by the Chesapeake and Delaware 
Bay and Delaware and Raritan Canals. So our coasting 
trade of this kind is not an unimportant affair .—Journal of 
Commerce. 
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—The following facts are interesting regarding the rela¬ 
tive weights of men and women. The average weights of 
boys at birth is a little over six pounds and a half, while 
girls fall a little below this figure. At twelve years the two 
sexes increase in weight in the same ratio, after which time 
boys take the lead. Young men of twenty average about 
one hundred and forty-three pounds, while the average for 
young women of the same age is twenty-three pounds less. 
Men reach their heaviest built at the age of thirty-five, their 
average weight at that time being about one hundred and 
fifty two pounds.. A woman weighs the heaviest at fifty 
years, and is about one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. 
The weight of the man or woman at full growth is about 
twenty times that at birth. 
—During the reheating of the furnaces in an iron estab¬ 
lishment in England, says the British Journal of Science, 
the men w orked when the thermometer, placed so as not to 
be influenced by the radiation of heat from the open doors, 
marked 120 deg r rees. In the Bessemer pits, the men con¬ 
tinue a kind of labor requiring great muscular effort at 140 
degrees. In some of the operations of glass-making the 
ordinary summer working temperature is considerably ovef 
100, and the radiant heat to which the workmen are sub¬ 
jected far exceeds 212 degrees. In a Turkish bath, the 
shampooers continue four or five hours at a time in a moist 
atmosphere at temperatures ranging from 105 to 110 de¬ 
grees. In enamel works, men labor daily in a heat of over 
300 degrees. On the Red Sea steamers, the temperature of 
the stoke hole is 145 degrees. And yet in none of these 
cases does any special form or type of disease develop it¬ 
self. 
Danger From Wet Clothes. —Few persons understand 
fully the reason why wet clothes exert such a chilling in¬ 
fluence. It is simply this. Water, when it evaporates, 
carries off an immense amount of heat, in what is called 
the latent form. One pound of water in vapor contains as 
much heat as nine or ten pounds of liquid water, and all 
this heat must, of course, be taken from the body. If our 
clothes are moistened with three or four pounds of water, 
that is, if by wetting they are three pounds heavier, these 
three pounds will in drying carry off as much heat as would 
raise three gallons of ice-cold water to the boiling point. 
No wonder that damp clothes chill us.— Handicraft. 
—A perplexed fellow mortal was seen standing before 
one of our dry goods stores, last week, for nearly an hour, 
gazing intently at a tow string which was about his little 
finger. When asked what he wanted, he replied: “Darned 
if I know ! Mother put this tarnal string on my finger so’s 
I shouldn’t forgit what she wanted me to git, ’nd here I’ve 
been standin’ more’n an hour, tryin’ to think what in thun¬ 
der it was.” 
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[We shall endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports¬ 
men. ‘We will cheerfully answer all reason able questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper , designating localities for good hunting, fish¬ 
ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im 
plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species 
governing rules, etc. All branches of the sjxmtsman's craft will receive 
attention. Anonymous Communion lions not Noticed. 
G. W. D.. Hannibal, Mo.—Send toChas. Suydam, 41 Warren street., 
for Fur, Fin and Feather)'. 
R. K. Allerton, Mount- Vernon.—In our opinion you can procure a 
more suitable weapon than the one you mention. See advertisements. 
H. S. C., Ulster county, N. Y.—Where can I buy a brace of ferretB? 
Ans. Write to Fred Mather, Honoeye Falls, New York. 
E. S. Willaams, Fulton street, Brooklyn.—What is a good weight for 
a five prong buck? Ans. 200 lbs. 
A. P. V., New York.—You had much better write to O.H. Hampton 
direct. He can give you more accurate and fuller information than we 
can on the points you ask for. 
A. B. C., Buffalo, N. Y.—The fox hound bitch has been shamefully 
treated. The best thing you can do is to destroy her, as the offspring 
will be sure to inherit the apparent terror and fear at the sight of man. 
W. H S., Columbus, Ohio.—At what can you import for me a pair of 
springers or cockers. I want them to drive the ruffed grouse out of the 
laurel swamps? Ans. A pair of “springers” would be the most use¬ 
ful. They should be not older than six months on their arrival here. The 
price would he about $85 a brace. 
D II., New York.—Do you think a Spanish setter dog brought on 
from Spain would retain his good qualities on this soil? Ans. This is a 
mooted question. We think it would be worth while to try. and should 
advise you by all means to import one, but be sure he is of known breed, 
a young dog, and a noted field performer. Pointers and setters in Spain 
are sold at a very low figure. 
W. H. S., Chestnut street, Phila.—What is a Dandie Dinmont dog? 
Ans. A breed of Scotch terriers, a capital rabbit dog; also good house 
dog. The color is grayish black, with some tan on muzzle and legs, or 
yellow mixed with gray hairs. He has short legs, low shoulders, long 
body, large head, square jaw, a bright and intelligent eye. 
Game Bag.— The answer in a recent number of this paper that “a man 
has a right to do as he pleases with his own property” is not endorsed by 
the editor of this paper. The whole subject of privileges and protection 
will be thoroughly considered in these columns on and after next week. 
A large batch of correspondence relating thereto has accumulated on our 
desk, which will be published. 
B. O. Hicks, Brownsville, Texas.—We can procure you, by im¬ 
porting, a small water retriever. The Irish breed are the most service¬ 
able. A dog not over two years old, thoroughly broken and of the best 
blood will cost £12, or 72. If you do not require the very best pedigree 
of noted water retriever, for breeding, the price would be considerably 
less. 
Taunton, Mass.—Taking Boston as a starting point, what would be 
the expense of a two weeks’ fishing trip to the Western Schocdics in 
Maine for an economical person? Ans. About $60. What kind of fish 
can be caught, there in July? Ans. Landlocked salmon, teague, trout- 
pickerel, perch, &c. What rods suitable? Ans. If yon are an expert 
angler, take a bamboo trolling rod, and an eight ounce split bamboo 
trout rod, but a heavier rod will serve most persons best. 
Murdock & Co. .Pittsburg, Pa. — The gold fish or golden carp, Cyprinus 
auratus, breeds all sorts of colors; the young are black; some change 
the first season, becoming pied or blotched with red or white; some re¬ 
main black for years, others soon become red, white, or straw color. The 
red ones are called goldfish by dealers, and the white ones silver fish. 
The progeny of the black ones are as likely to be blight as any. Your 
water and stock fish are all right, but the brightness of your fish you 
will see is somewhat a question of chance. 
M. O. G., Greensburgh.—Will you please inform me of the color, 
points, &c-., of the Laverack and Gordon setters, and whether they are 
imported breeds? Ans. The Laverack is an imported breed; all of 
them derive their origin from the “Belton.” Color black, or blue and 
white ticked, also lemon and white. The Gordon is also imported; 
color, black-and-tan. They are longer in the leg and looser in the loin' 
heavier and coarser in the head, thicker in the neck, more throaty than 
other breeds, and not so clean made in the limbs or so short in the back, 
but are very beautiful dogs. 
To Several Correspondents.— We are indebted to the publishers of 
the Juniata (Nebraska) Gazette for the following information as to 
the hunting facilities in Adams county, Nebraska: 
‘Adams county is situated in the southern part of Nebraska, 45 miles 
from State line, and about 160 miles west of Missouri River. It is one 
of the best parts of the State. Game is quite plenty. Buffalo, elk, an¬ 
telope, prairie chickens, geese, and most all other kinds of game No 
fish to speak of, except in the Platte River, 12 miles north of us. As to 
Indians, there are none, except as they pass through here on their way to 
the hunting grounds, and that occurs about twice each year. They are 
quite peaceable but are great beggars. No danger from them.” 
