The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-22
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

,arth as a disinfectant and deodOrizer
8 we'll known; and the treatment OF
liberated sores and gangrenOus wounds
With it is becoming very general. A
new application has lately been de-
3cribed by DR.. E. S. Bunker, who states
hat he has recently used clay as a dres-
sing for the face in two cases of confu-
ent smallpox, busting it in fine powder
over the faces of the patients as soon as
the pustules become fairly developed. |
This formed q clean, dry, wholesome |
scab, absorbing the infectious material.
and scaled off during convalescence, !
leaving the underlying skin IN its natu-
raj and normal state. The painful
itching, which is one of the worst char
acteristics of the disease, was entirely
abated. The earth used was fine pipe
clay.
ELECTRICAL CURRENTS. Mr.. Sabine,
in the Telegraphic Journal, assumes
that the time required by wave to
charge a cable, and the retardatiOn OH
the time required for a wave passing
from one end to the other toreach a Civ
en- amplitude are identical. Mr.. Marley,
another high authority in such matters,
is of opinion tnat the electric current
commences flowing out of one end of
cable at the very instant that contact is
made with the battery at the other end,
but that it is a considerable time before
it reaches an appreciable strength that
it then goes on augmenting in strength,
never absolutely attaining its maximum
force. Mr.. Sabine suggests that the
velocity of electricity is the same in all
conductors, and very great, but that
the resistance and induction of the cir
cult combine to prevent the wave reach
ing an appreciable strength for some
time after it has commenced to flow out.
THE greatest men in the world have
been noted for their politeness. In
deed, many have owed their own great
ness mainly to their very popular man
ners, which induced the people whom
they pleased to give them an opportu-
nifty to show their power. Many years
ago the errand boy employed by pub
fishing house in great city was sent
to procure from Edward Everett the
proof-sheets of book which he had
been examining. The boy entered in
fear and trembling the vast library,
lined from floor to ceiling with books.
He stood in awe of this famous man,
and dreaded to meet him. But Mr..
Everett turned from the desk where he
was writing. received the lad with reas-
surfing courtesy, babe him sit down,
chatted kindly as he looked for the
proof-sheets, and asked Shall I put
paper round them for you ?" as po-
litely as if his visitor we're the president.
The boy departed in a very comforta-
BILE state of mind he had been raised il
his own esteem by Mr.. Everett's kind,
| ness, and he has never forgotten the
lesson it taught.
| SUPERIORITY OF THE RIGHT OVER THF
LEFT HAND.-Dr. William OgIe recent.
ly read paper before the Chirurgical
society of London, in which he stated
his belief that the superiority of the
| right hand, in works requiring strength
and skill, is not due only to custom an6
usage. His reasons for this view are
that the superior power of the right
side is not confined to the arm, but ex
tends to the leg, and that it commences
| in the arm befor use or education be
| gins, and continues in spite of all eff
forts to resist or divert it. This supe
| riority has a resemblance to some NAL
formations, inaslnuch as it is hereditary
and is met with more frequently in the
male sex, not only in men, but in apes
and parrots. The author further as
serted that the left side of a right
handed man is greater than the right
and Vice Versa; and he cited seven case
of aphasia among left-handen people
accompanied by hemiplexy of the lef
side. He concluded by asking, "Wha
is the cause of this greater development
of the left side ?" And he suggests tina
it is originated by the greater quantit,
of blood which it receives.
BRAIN ExHAUsTIoN.-Dr. Radcliffe
in a recent lecture, treats the subject 0
brain exhaustion, so common in thes
high pressure days. After describing
the leading symptoms, such as loss o
memory, depression of spirits, increased
or lessened sleepiness, unusual irrita
bility, epilepti-form condition of tn
nerves, and sometimes transitory coma
he proceeds to consider its prevention
and cure. He is opposed to making
the patients eat heartily, believing tina
hearty eating in such cases tends to de
velop the disease. He is equally OPP
posed to the training diet system ant
to Banting, which in his opinion, gene
rally starve the nerve tissues by exclu
ding hydrocarbons from food. He fur
ther thinks that the patient should no
be urged to walk more than is natura
under the circumstances, nor to res
from headwork, as he is satisfied that il
many cases cerebral exhaustion is in
tensified by the brain lying below. I
there is undue sleeplessness it shoult
be kept high. Work should not be give
mp, but moderated in amount and va
ried. He would avoid all nostrums
such as phosphate food and like.
SOCIAL ECLECTICIsM. Let amuse
ments be as innocent as they may, an
let society be as free as it may from am
bition and envy, still, if the life be
life of society and life of amusement
instead of a life of serious association