Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-30

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MEANS OF CHECKING COUGHING, SNEEz-
ING, &c. There are many facts which show
that morbid phenomena of respiration can be
also stopped by the influence of arrest. Cough
ing, for instance, can be stopped by pressing
Oh the nerves on the lip 10 the neighborhood
of the nose. \ pressure there may prevent a
cough when it IS beginning. Sneczng may be
stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing also
in the neighborhood OF the ear, ght 10 front
Of the ear, may stop coughing. 1t is so also Of
hicccugh. but much less so than for sneeZlug
or coughing. Pressing very hard on the top
of the mouth inside is also means Of stopping
coughing. And | may say that the will has
immense power there. There was French
soldier who used to say, whenever he entered
the wards of his hospital, The first patient
who coughs here will be deprived of food to-
day." 1t was exceedingly rare that patient
coughed then.
There are many other affections associated
with the brcathiog which can be stopped by
the same mechanism that stops the hearts ac-
tiou La spas,n of the glo;tls, which Is a terri
bic thug lu children, as you well know, as 1t
sometimes causes death, aud also 10 whooping
cough, it is possible to afford relief By throw
ing cold water on the face, or by tickling the
soles of the feet, which produces laughter aud
at the same time goes TO the gray matter that
is producing the spasm and arrests it almost at
once. | would not say that these meaus are
always successful | would not say that We
can always prevent cough by our will but 10
many instances those things are possible, and if
YOU remember that in bronchitis and pocumr :
MIA, or any other acute affection of the lungs,
hacking or coughing greatly increases the trou-
bic at times, you can easily see how important
it is for the patient to try to avoid coughing as
best he can.-Dr. Broom Sequdrtt
4 MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.-There is some ex-
citemcnt 10 Portsmouth over the poisoning Of
acolorcd family by an apple thrown 10 their
yard and eaten by the children. Que little
girl died III horrible agony, and the other three
children continue 10 suffer The uame of the
family is Braccy While the parents were alb
sent 1t sccrDS two grown negro women came IN
the house. and after making enquiries OF the
children left, and afterwards one of the child
rcu found an apple aud they divided and ate it.
About midnight they were seized with violent
vomiting, followed by frothing at the mouth,
which cuutinucd until late 10 the morning when
the oldest girl died The Portsmouth Enter
prise says:
'Dr. T. NJ Watts having been summoned on
Sunday, Is now attending the family, and Is
very hopeful OF the full recovery of the child
reu The fcndish affair seems to have created
no uuusua excitement 10 the neighborhood,
and no Que 10 authority seems 10 have been ln-
formed, aud the result is that no cognlzance
has been taken Of the transaction. Who threw
the apple in the lot is mystery. Bracey avows
that he has had no difficulty with anyone, and
cannot possibly comprehend who the female
visitors were, OF whom the girl Adeliue Page
gave such singular account. The fruit was
evidently thoroughly impreguated with arsenic
and was doubtless left by the women. The
dark deed is wrapt In mystery throughout and
should be investigated, if possible, by the au-
thorltles.'
LANGUAGE IN ENGLAND IN HENKY lis
TIME.--lt is related (says Sir Walter james
that Heory H. on taking leave OF the prior OF
some convent where he had passed the n;ght
Uadc adieu to the holy father 10 the Latin lam
guage, while at the same time aud place be
spoke to his Knights aud equerries in Norman
French, and to the beggars round the gate, who
were asking for aims, in the Anglo Saxon Ian.
guage Iudeed, this condition of our English
tongue lasted for two centuries at least, after
the time to which this lecture must limit
its ipquiry; for We find in Chaucer: Let
the clerkes endyten in Latin, for they have
the property In science and the knowing
10 that faculty, and let Frenchmeu in their
French endyten their queynt teImes, tor
it is kindly to their mouths, aud let us
show our tantasyes, 10 such words as we we
learned in our danes tongue, Ii was not TIL
century and ahat after the building OF the
Choir at Canterbury, III Its present iorm, that
the pleading of our law courts were required
to be 10 English, and not as heretofore, 10
French, aud that all schoolmasters were order
ed to teach their scholars IN English, and not
m had -
Builder.
MILK AND TIE MICROSCOPE During the
discussion on milk at the agricultural meeting
at Fitchburg, DR.. Sturtcvaut, OF tramlughaul,
read an account OF some experiments ne had
beeu making to determine the value ana pecu-
EartieS of the milk from different breeds OF
cows BY use of the microscope he had 1ound
tha, the butter glohules vary greatly IN SIZE 10
different breeds. The butter globulcs from
jersey COWS are large and very uniform 10 SIZE
In the AYRSHIRE they are medium in size aud
quite uneven, some being much smaller than
others. In milk of the Dutch COW they are still
smaller. The larger the 4 globules the Sooucr
the cream will rise on the top; the evener they
arc the b!ucr will be the milk after salmmlnR;
and the larger they are, the more difficult Will
II be to again mix the cream With the SKINNED
milk This explains why Ayrshire milk bears
transportation better than Jersey, and why
Dutch milk is superior for cheese making. At
temperature Of 10 degrees, ersey milk threw
up all its cream in four hours and the line be-
tween the milk and cream was very distinct,
while Ayrshire milk required twelve hours, ana
Dutch milk little longer, and then the line
was not as distinct as with the Jersey.
TERRIBLE GALE ON MOUNT WASHINGTON.
On Mouday night at midnight the signal sta.
ton on the top Of Mount Washington reported
northwest gale blowing at the fearful rate of
one hundred aud forty miles an hour--as shown
by the aucmometer-and temperature OF
eighteen degrees below zero This is the high
est force ever attained by the wind in New
England, 50 far as We know. \ gale of sixty
or seventy miles an hour will often blow down
trees In tho hnrrinnnrs of tho trnnics a force