The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-18


lind process. Nothing daunted, Mr.
Lister continued his experiments and
within the past ten years he has discov-
cred a way of making the refuses into
fine velvet. He carries on this indus
try at Manningham, England, in an es-
tablishment which employs not merely
4 900 wOrkmen, but 2SS travellers in all
parts of the globe, whose sole business
is to buy the silk waste. The factory is
said to have cost nearly IS, 000,O
New Treatment of Consumption.
A peculiar method of treating pulmo-
nary cavities in phthisis, pursued by
Professor MOsier, of Wiesbaden, is de
scribed as consisting in the injection of
certain drugs through the wall of the
chest, and leaving the canula in, so as
to repeat the operation at discretion.
He has even made an incisiOn into the
wall of the cavity, inserted a silver
tube or elastic catheter, and succeeded
IN drawing away the secretion and in
disinfecting the pyogenic walls by
means of weak carbOlic acid lotion. 1t
is stated that no difficulty was expert
enced in the operation, and the condi-
ton of the patient was improved, the
cough becoming less troublesome, and
the febric symptoms apparently mOder-
ated. One point at least is regarded as
settled-and it is certainly one of great
1mpOrtance-sO far as could be by a
few experiments of this character.
namely, that the local treatment of
pulmonary cavities is undoubtedly
practicable, and that the lung is more
tolerant of external interference than
has been generally believed.
Danger nOn Eating Nuts.
As this is the season for drinking CT
der and eating nuts, it may not be amiss
to give a hint which may be useful.
Medical men advise that alt should be
taken with nuts, espec ialIy when they
are eaten at night. One time, says q,
writer, while enjoying q visit from an
Engllshman, hickory nuts we're served
in the evening, when my English friend
called for salt, stating that he knew of a
case of a woman e rting heartily of nuts
in the evening who ives taken violently
i'll. The celebrated DR.. Alternately was
sent for, but it was after he had become
too fond of his cur, and he was not in
condition to go. He muttered, g Salt
salt - of which no notice was taken.
Next morning he went to the place and
she was q corpse. He said had they
given her salt it would have relieved
her If they would allow him to make
an examination he would convince them.
On opening the stomach the nuts were
found in a mass. He sprinkled salt on
this and it Immediately dissolved.
have known of a sudden death myself
which appeared to be from the same
cause. l generally eat salt with nuts,
and consider that it improves them.
Traits of Animals
Dogs certainly feel shame when de-
tected in wrong doing. The faculty of
imitation is present in monkeys Par
rOts also reproduce with wonderful fdeI-
ity the tones of voice of different speak
ers, and puppies reared by cats have
been known to lick their feet and wash
their faces after the same manner as
their foster mothers. Attention and
memory, also, are present in the lower
animals, and it is impossible to deny
that the dreams of dogs and horses show
the presence of imagination. Animals
also profit by experience, as any man
realizes who sets traps. The young are
much more easily caught than the old,
and the adults gain caution by seeing
the fate of those which are caught. !
Tools are also used by some of the
higher apes. The chimpanzee uses a
stone to crack a nut resembling a wal
nut, and the Abyssinian balloons fight
troops of other species. and roll down
stones in the attack before they finally
close in hand-to hand encounter. The
idea of property is common also to
every dog with bone, TO ell birds with
their nests. and notably in the case of
rocks. Nor can certain kind of Ian
guage be denied to the brutes. The
dog communicates his feelings by banks
of different tones, which undoubtedly
raise in his fellOw-dOgs ideas similsr to
those passing in hiG own mind.
Burn Your Kerosene the Right way.
4 correspondent calls the attention of
all consumers of kerosene oil to the
peruicious and unhealthy practice of
using lamps filled with that article with
the wicks turned down. The gas which
should be consumed by the flames IS by
this means left heavily in the air, while
the cost of the oil thus saved at present
prices would scarce be one dollar q wear
for the lamps of a household. His at |
tention was called particularly to this |
custom by boarding in the country. /
where kerosene was the only available |
light. A large family Of children living !
in the same house were taken i'll one |
night, and on going to the nursery the |
mother found the room nearly suffocat- |
ing, with lamp turned down, where |
upon the physician forbade the use of a /
lamp at night unless turned at full |
head. He says he could quote many |
cases, one of a young girl subject to fits |
of faintness, which if not induced were |
greatly increased by sleeping IN room |
with the lamp almost turned ont. Be |
sides the damage to health, it spoils the |
paper and curtains, soils the mirrors |
and windows and gives the whole house |
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