The operation was performed February 9, at 11 o’clock, with the aid of Dr. Routier, the patient being under the influence of chloroform.  A small aperture was made in the wall of the stomach and a red rubber sound was at once introduced in the direction of the cardia and great tuberosity.  This gave exit to some yellowish gastric liquid.  The tube was fixed in the abdominal wall with a silver wire.  The operation took three quarters of an hour.  The patient was not unduly weakened, and awoke a short time afterward.  He had no nausea, but merely a burning thirst.  The operation was followed by no peritoneal reaction or fever.  Three hours afterward, bouillon and milk were injected and easily digested.

Passing in silence the technical details, which would not interest the majority of our readers, we shall be content to say that Mr. X., thanks to this alimentation, has regained his strength, and is daily taking his food as shown in Fig. 1.  The aperture made in the stomach permits of the introduction of the rubber apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the object of which is to prevent the egress of the liquids of the stomach and at the same time to introduce food.  A funnel is fitted to the tube, and the liquid or semi-liquid food is directly poured into the stomach.  Digestion proceeds with perfect regularity, and Mr. X., who has presented himself, of his own accord, before the Academy, and whom we have recently seen, has resumed his health and good spirits.—­La Nature.

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HOW TO CATCH AND PRESERVE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES.

There is no part of our country in which one cannot form a beautiful local collection, and any young person who wants amusement, instruction, and benefit from two, three, or more weeks in the country can find all in catching butterflies and moths, arranging them, and studying them up.

Provide yourself first with two tools, a net and a poison bottle.  The net may be made of any light material.  I find the thinnest Swiss muslin best.  Get a piece of iron wire, not as heavy as telegraph wire, bend it in a circle of about ten inches diameter, with the ends projecting from the circle two or three inches; lash this net frame to the end of a light stick four or five feet long.  Sew the net on the wire.  The net must be a bag whose depth is not quite the length of your arm—­so deep that when you hold the wire in one hand you can easily reach the bottom with the bottle (to be described) in the other hand.  Never touch wing of moth or butterfly with your fingers.  The colors are in the dusty down (as you call it), which comes off at a touch.  Get a glass bottle or vial, with large, open mouth, and cork which you can easily put in and take out.  The bottles in which druggists usually get quinine are the most convenient.  It should not be so large that you cannot easily carry it in your pocket.  Let the druggist put in the bottle