Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-22
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Science and its Results.


Science and It's Results.
Few PERSONS are aware how much the!
drrsnl On the labor. OF scientific men Tor ih,
commonc., blessing. Of I,,. The cbemls
in his laboratory. aud the astronomer Wiil
h. figures. are 10 such, mere ab.,ractoni.,'
But let "a, look ior moment a, sJms Of Ih'
result. % ths.r lator.. Toe paper on which
write Is ot pure wai,e, and by The Dis
co,cry Of a chsm,,, can now bay II tor
les than halt the Prise. and ot Tar bc,ic'
quality than formerly LES than a hun
drod years as,. a chemist discovered a cub
stance by the name oi chlorine, which ha'
the property oi bleaching vegetable sub
stances 10 a remarkable manner. Previous
O. that time it Wa ncce-sary o. cNpril q
crJat deal %, labor and time in T-rParin:
paper rag Now. by mean. % chl,rinc,
in lev hours the jiriic-i rac. are trans
formed into a beautiful paper. Formerly
every housewife had 90 spend weeks in whit
,u,r. Der cloth by spreading !, out on tho
gas, ami exposing It TO the 'uu. Greh,
care and labor were uec',-ary % prevent ~
bccumin. millcwrl Now. hy means 81
chlorine. orr cloth can ~ whitsuc! AMI
furnished % u.ai a much cheaper rate than
formerly. Bot those are only single in.
stAncr- % the value OF This one chemical
discovery which serve, 70 bring comior, TO
every family.
Another chemist. while experimenting
with some rcd prrciplia,e. discovered the
element known As Oxygen. IL would be
impossible tor the % relate all the blessings
that have been bestowed on the human race
from ,hi. onc discovery Twill mention one
or two. By means of thi. discovery, all the
new kind. of iilaminatin: substances owe
their c1,,cucc. For thousand. OF years
there bad been no 'pcciAl improvement, \
lamp found AZ p1mpci was about a. go'l a.
one u.ei a hundred wear. ago Some Of u'
occasionally 20 on board Of steamboat 10
vista distant port. ~ Ne sail alon; m
the night We scc a sharp light "a IN the dis
ancc O. guide the mariner who o. IN charge
q no, only precious cargo Of merchandi-',
but of men and women The light, tic
brightest ever made. D. formed ~ huruin:
ltue -,,,s. Of prepared lime Ia - Of oIy.
ssu cas. Tn. can b. seen a, a gcat d..
tancc. and many a noble ship and valuable
life arr saved
The discovery u Illuminating ea', by au-
other chemist. has GIFTED up the streets o!
our cities. - that dark night y turned into
tay. thereby le,-.uius the chance. u escape
Co th' burglar AMI assassin. Subsequent
labor. 1f chemists have ag las, h-cn directed
O. tbc incIh,u.ubIr coal mines Tor tie
TurTa.c 4 extracting \ substitute lor o,l,
arI now. whoever has Kerosene lamp,
"a. iiiilc e,s establishment Of hi. own,
Whereby b. can procure beautiful light
which can De uSsd w,th ferire, safety, auI
,n.oy d. IN the country with a. much cle-
garce as his city oou,in with hl' ga hS
turrs
Ny little daughter brins' al1n. a bol
containing a large uumb,r OF eases. l0Pr
it and it,r, !, tie picture. true 20 uie. oI
my child WHO died years a:1. Thank. O.
TIA, Chemist. Dasu,rrr, Or h.' ra,en; aud
r,r,c,-r.uc study. whereby am enabled q
llas ,,i. at my beloved child though -,
s',,I- ,u t's grave. Every Iuin, i. perfect.
ly le.ue.,sJ tae iiur'r in her cheek. ih,
,ITT,-..1n Of her eye. ,tc Peculiar rar,ir.
Of bgr lirs, tie plating oi her hair, and ,l
ai1.imeu, % her dre.., are al there in PER
iecuon. VIA, only tie rlea could enh!
fifty year, ago, j.. uov in the rgAch % n,
poorest. None bat to, accomplished chem
j., could have done thi..
Scientific m.u .ig!..I long and hard :,
c1u'ryc .amc method % ,cniiu: ms.slsu
by electricity Many were the plan. pr,
posed, many the tr.l',, anl a, many a.,
drarr1iutm ni-. u,l our own c0uu,rymlu
Mr.. Doc upon tle gyraitsn, of naw a,
Ias.t ! child o.. tasen sud 'suly .ick &c
E..,.n. and ia a few minute. t.e ini.rua
ton l.srrsa1 an over tie nsisf horhooi
hundred nils distant. AMI in !'w hour
IT, anI.,l. parent b. AZ the bedside OF th'
ssa.r-r TIE President. message - deliv
c-.i. ant tie next morning its read D.!
million. a', over the aul
>eeh ar- . i,w am1-- a., many blessing
bestowed uron u. ~ the a'ors OF scisu'if.
u,n. Bot tcv u "a, cIa,. have cnnyc.
ihs results of their hh1r. rhey have bee'
martyr, O. science. bat they demand out
grateful homage tor a., inulmerahls bl,s,
Ius- conferred uilu the.r fellow usn. I.