The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-31

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extract from the London correspondence of tie New
York Round Table: Mr.. Spencer Hall, very disEm
guished London physician, recently declined to oPey
the law which requires that all infants SHALL within
certain period after their birth (sx months, believe
be yaccinated When called upon by the authorities
he responded in very remarkable letter. which was
read before the authorities of Marylebone parish stat
ing why he had determined to pay the fine rather than
have his child vaccnated. lie declares that he has
been able to find with the disease, nor dan
he find in England farmer who has ever seen one with
/ it. consequently the virus which is used in Elg
land is nearly or quite all taken from human subjects
On nquiring at the various hospitals he finds from the
medical men employed in them that it is next to Jpn
possible get any real vaccine matter, l. e. from the
COW.
He also gives reasons for supposing that nearly a
the virus in has come through the bloods OF some
three hundred different people, many of whom must bo
tainted with some disease. DR.. Hall prefers that his
child should incur the risk of the small pOx to these
tants. The dyingout of the disease among cows ha'
been attended by similar decrease in the yrulence ot
smallpox among human beings The disease, irdl
being the most formidable, has almost lost IT;
terrorS. He thinks that for some reason or other
possibly because the whole community has become
gradually noculated-he smallpox may die out alto
gehcr. The Marylebone authorities were considerably
staggered by the doctors very able letter. and did nJ
know whether to impose the fine not-the fine being
arranged for the negligent, not for the philosophical
They finally agreed allow the doctor four months to
hunt up some original vaccine virus for his child.
GA PoUND OF FEATHERS HEAVIER THAN A PoUxD dr.
LE6D-Having asserted that ga pound of feathers was
heavier than pound of lead and being unable at the
time to know the proposition satisfactorily, now sub
nit the following from the late Prof Hare of the
university of PENNSYLVANIA:
'If two bodies one of which is more bulky than the
other, be found equponderant in the ordinary process
of weighing by balance The larger body is the heavier
tkTtpt tho h0dips in ba cd
within the receiver of an airpump. On Withdrawing
the air by Of the pump, it will be found that the
larger body preponderates though previously Coer-
poised with accuracy 'Rat5ondle." 1t appears from
preceding illustration that when any body is surrounded
by fluid it is buoyed up with force in proportion to
the weight of the fluid, and the quantity displaced by
the body. OF course, the more space it occupies in
proportion to its weight, the more will its weight be
counteraced In tine case of the two bodies rendered
equponderant in air, the weight OF the larger is the
most cOunteractcd by the air. Hence, on eXhaustng
the air from the receiver the larger body shows pre-
ponderance the other equivalent to the suspen
sion support which the air had afforded
"a similar result may be obtained, if hydrogen be
substituted in the receiver for atmospheric air. because
its specific gravity to &hat of the air is only to
nearly, each body would lose l3-l4ths of the sup
port which the air had afforded but to the larger body
having received more, would lose more. 1t follows
that ca pound of feathers is heavy as pound of
lead" falls short of the truth; they would really
prove heavier the air removed
Perhaps the philosophy Of the matter may be better
illustrated 10y an ua51cBa as all will readily acknow
edge thai the umbrella is heavier when opened than
when ii is closed. Wilcox County News.
LADIES UNDER WArER-In Belgium men and woncn
grotesquely clad battle together as freely as if water
were their natural element At Blakenberg you will
the bridegroom forth from his 6agnotr leading
his bride by the hand steadyng her amid the surf The
father dips his daughters, and the most modest dcH0t
sess in the world, from neighboring machine, gladly
avail themselves OF his polite services. Sometimes
harmless acquaintanceship is struck up among the /
waves, to be perfected dry land, as occasion may
Offer At the baths Of Pfeler, young men and maid I
ems old and children sit in the healing waters
while tables of wood bearing a news
paper cup of coffee are gently foated to them
along the surface, at their call At Deppe the weather
beaten bather with his blue shirt and burnt
hat waits patiently for the lady issuing from her marine
chamber, fancifuy clad and often wearing even her
necklace and rings He listens, with his bucket in
hand, while she tells him how the seawater is to be
thrown. With one it is the head, with another the
arms chest nape of the neck that first to be per
fused and another stands like rock, while pail after
pail is dashed upon the small of her back. Then iii
she is young the bathcr gives her lesson on SWIM
ming, and bids her rely the motion of her arms
and leave her feet entirely 10 his direction while he
guides them after the sembance of frog
DEAF AND DUNE TELEGRAPH OPERAroR.-When the .
magnetic telegraph first introduced there was an
by which the letters and words communi
Gated were reeled off by means of punctures in long
narrow strips of white paper after this fashion, namely
:, etc. These translated by the re-
ceving OPERATOR and thus rendered into readable Eng
sh. In the course of time this attachment to the
Morse instrument dispensed with and the operators
instead, read the message by sound or the clicking of
the instrument with the proper intervals for clear
of that language that there could be
us much certainty there is in speaking compared
to Urittc printed communications. The operators
ear rendered more and more acute, and he there
fore could hear the iantest vibrations the Whisper
ngs of the instrument. But one would scarcely think
that the arrangement would suit deaf and dumb man.
It does not, but the deaf and dumb can suit him
self to even these circumstances. The fact is demon
,trated. There is gentleman in the American tce-
graph companys office, in Washington, who though
le cannot speak and hear, is classed frstclass
operator, dealing with sounds He send and re-
,eive dispatches inteligently, and finds no difficulty
But how is this done? BY the sense of teclinq lie
places his leg against that of the instrumenaOle and
n other ways reads by the slight jarrng while watch
NC the operation of the instrument itself and be thus
Understands all the machine is talking about.
Ex-PREsIDEST BURSET.-It will doubtless be remem-
,ered that Hon. David G. Burnett ex-presdent of the
epublic Of Texas went on to Washington some months
ince to present to president johnson petition asking
the part of the old soldiers of San Jacinto river and
santa FG the executive clemency toward Jefferson
Davis. The Galveston News says:
We have been permitted to look over some private
etters addressed by judge David G. Burnet to Mr. s
J. Allen of this city The private character of these
etters renders their publication improper but we have
,een much gratifed to find that the venerable expres
lent of the republic of Texas has been so kindly re-
eived and treated by the president of the United
states. Probably one of the many thousands that
visited president johnson has been received with
nore courtesy and consideration than Judge Burnet
Ir Allen had sent his petition for pardon to be pre-
ented by the judge, but by some the petition
ot mislaid and could not be found. The Judge made
nown the circumstance to the president, whercupon
he president at once granted the pardon without the
etition, relying upon the statements made by the .
udge There probably few instances in which the
resident has shown such entire toif dence in any ind
idual and we may safely say that the confidence was
ever better deserved JUDI Ruet says Of the pres
ent: ''le is not one Of the red tape order, but will
10 right without strict adherence to forms He is an
onest, firm and upright man, and the best friend the
outh has in the government and il the south do not
ustan him with active ZEAL they will commit grcyous