The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23

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has taken out lGO patents-almost as
many as Edison-and one of them, his
process for making steel, ranks rs one of
the most brilliant inventions of the
century. 1t converts pig iron into steel
in few minutes, and has reduced the
price of steel rails per ton from $500 to
$50. Ten times rs much steel is used in
the world now as was used prior to
1856.
Queen Victoria has introduced new
order for the purpose of raising the
social position of nurses" 1t is to be
bestowed upon those trained female
nurses who by their skill and conduct
deserve high recognition, and they will
be called, from the order, St. Kath-
arine's Nurses" Each st. Katharine's
nurse will hold her appointment for
three years, receiving during that time
$3.50 year in addition to the salary paid
her by the institution to which she be-
longs, and she will be permitted to wear
for life the royal badge or armlet of the
order. Three thoroughly trained nurses
have recently received the order, amid
pleasant ceremonies.
A second fire at Irkutsk, the chief town
ofCentral Siberia, has followed so closely
upon the first as to give grounds for
suspicion of willful incendiarism, espe-
cially as the destruction has this time
allen chiefly on the public buildings, in
Guiding the barracks, the police office
and the town hall. In truth, no incen-
diary could wish for better field than
the cities of Asiatic Russia in summer
almost wholly built of wood, dry as tin
der from the long drought, and utterly
unprovided with efficient quenching ap-
paratus. A fire which any New York
engine would have got down in half an
hour destroyed in July, 1870, the whole
town of Yeniseisk; in North Siberia,
leaving 10000 people homeless ut one
blow. The flames, once kindled, flew
from house TO house as if along train
of gunpowder "It was" says an eye
witness, like a great show of fire
works" Driven by strong wind, the
fire consumed not merely the town it.
self, but the woods which surrounded it,
and many who had taken refuge there
perished miserably.
~ gentleman residing in Wakulla
county, Fla, by the name of Cox, who
is cultivating small farm, upon arising
one morning recently was surprised to
find that during the night his residence
had changed from a region where water
could not be seen and situated on the
border of lake. When he retired the
evening before his house was miles away
from any pond, lake or river, but upon
going out next morning his surprise can
be imagined when, instead of his garden,
an immense sink fifty or sixty yards
square, filled with water, running up
within eighteen or twenty feet of his
residence, met his gaze. During the
night this Transformation occurred, leav-
ing not even vestige of the tallest pines
and other trees which were standing in
their full majesty only twelve hours
before. These sinks, however, are not
unfrequent in that county. 1t has only
been but short time since that sink
occurred, more remarkable than the one
alluded to above, in that it occurred upon
the very top of a hill, one of the highest
points of land in the county.
A great deal depends upon the time
chosen for needful exercise. When it is
properly conducted the effect on the
digestive system is very marked. The
appetite is increased and more food is
taken in order to supply force necessary
for the maintenance of the mechanical
force This increase of appetite is espe-
cially noted when the exercise is taken
in the open air. When exercise is un-
dertaken, however, without due plepara-
tion, OF the bodily powers are exhausted
by fatigue, the power of being able to
take food is diminishei. |. This condition,
if the exercise is continued and the power
of taking food remains impaired, is one
of considerable danger, and the health is
often greatly affected, the force of the
heart being much reduced. 1t is of
great Importance, moreover, when great
fatigue is undergone, to see that the
bodily powers are thoroughly recruited
by rest before an attempt is made to take
food, otherwise there will be no inclina-
tion to take it, and if forced down it will
not digest. An hours rest, with a cup
of warm tea, will do much toward re-
storing appetite in these cases. Indeed,
it should be rule in all cases that a