The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-08-09
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

IAEE AMI
rxpoRrANcE OF Cool Oh
DISQUALIFICATION and Crocker have
.hown that wheat in which sugar wa.
rroyed to be absent before sending it tc
.he mill, yielded, sitter being ground
sour per cent. of it. Starch was thus
tssusformed into sugar, which could not
h done otherwise than through the in
ANAL action of the gluten aided by su.
perabundant moisture. The mutual
.seiion Of the gluten and the natural
roisture of the -four seem often capable,
a common temperatures, of slowly
tineipg about this injurious change.
NJ when the fourscomes out hot from:
lbe stones, and is left to cool gradually
s large heaps, decomposition quickly
- in, starch is changed to sugar, and
fvhen kept warm long enough) the su-
~ into alcohol, while II the tempera-
IRE is continued long enough at go deg.
lshr., it advances rapidly to the sour
jne stsge. These facts form q strong
rgument in favor of cool grinding.
Writer'S CRAMP.-Dr. George M.
Beard, in paper on "Writer's Cramp, -
published in q recent number of the
Nsdical Record, concludes, from study
of 1875 cases, that "this disease occurs
nostly in those who are of strong-fre-
qiently of very strong-constitutions,
sad is quite rare in the nervous and del
iate; and when it does occur in those
vho are nervous, it is easier relieved
nd cured than when il occurs in the
rroDg." That it is far less like
h 10 occur in those who do original
surk, as authors, journalists, composers,
Asn in those who do routine work, as
iHks, bookkeepers, copyists, agents,
uc. Like all nervous diseases
b this country, it diminishes in frequen-
q 8 we 60 South" 1t is no longer an
kourable disease, electricity and mass.
10 being the best remedies. Hygienic
1sssures consist of ring penholders, so
\ to relieve the thumb and fingers
Args penholders, or fastening piece
I sponge to the penholder, so that the
nnscles may be less restricted; chang
Is the hold of the pen between differ
nt fingers, the use of quill or other
|Mible pens, or pens with broad points,
'hich run easily, like quill pens, and !
ans to avoid too long confinement to |
ue position.
LGHTNING-RoDs.-1tiss supposed that
hghtning-rod protects q building by
hing to itself and carrying into the
rOund the fash that otherwise would
ork destruction. This, however, rarely
appens, for thunderbolt usually con- |
'ins far too much electricity for the
capacity OF the ordinary rod,
I'd very few houses that are actually
zuck, even though well furnished with
'ds, escape uninjured. The lightning
d acts, not by conducting the flash,
It BY preventing it. If sharp point be
esented to body charged with elec-
icity, itproduces what's called silent
scharge, and quietly draws all the cleo
!city away. How this occurs, and
ay apoint should exercise such pc.
lIar effect, is not well understood, but
y % this principle that the lightning
9 owes its efficiency. The highly cleo
ned thundercloud passing through
9 ait, seeks to relieve itself, and the
lctricity finds the most convenient
an through the tallest trees and high
buildings. But if the house be arm
With numerous sharp points, the sud-
q and destructive effects are usually
evented, and the electricity discharges
sntly, doing no damage. The inju-
'us practice of insulating the rod
lere 1t touches the sides and roof of ,
structure is rapidly disappearing, as
aeed 1t should. The small glass insu-
'ors form no barrier against thun-
mott, and often do considerable in
y IN preventing the rapid and easy ,
ape OF the silent discharge. Light
,gfods should therefore be kept well /,
'nied, and a good earth connection ;
's'ully maintained; for q blunt rod.
one that Is imperfectly grounded, is
! ,e'ssngerous thing, and exposes the J
uolng to considerable risk.-Chris- ,
Ons0n.
o1oSE IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND
s.Asi. Henry Day, M. D., in an adj
- delivered before the Congress of !
sanitary Institute of Great Britain, i
9 tne history of the discovery of
g, and notices the successive theo- I
y Schoenbein, williamson and :
w concerning its nature. He then
o''ues the pathological action of this
y " oxygen, and reveals facts which
probably startle those who believe
- y and ozonized" articles of food 9
y medicine to be universally bene- {
!, = He describes the death of ami 2
: aaser exposure to ozonized air un- I
@ptoms closely resembling those q
3 bronchitis. He considers that y
nt IN excess in the atmosphere, II
bronchitis, and even pneu- y
~ would be its natural results. Il
n :, there is ever such an excess as p
involve these consequences is an e
eestaon. He feels also bound to 2
~ = sccording to the researches of Z
z s that during "ozone Pc q
IN "a