The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-18
POPULAR SCIENCE.

n NEW PROCESS Has D00u pdGSuUOu III
Germany, by NJ. Dronier for rendering
bronze as malleable as copper. About l
per cent of mercury is added to the tin
in a warm state, and this. is then mixed
with the melted copper.
4 In is asserted that DIR. Affenberg has
cured woman who had been severely
bitten by mad dog, and who showed
unmistakable symptoms of hydrophobia.
He injected catrGre > (woorah poison)
under the skin, to the amount of three
grains within FIVE hours. The curare
counteracted the effect of the poison
producing the effect of the hydrophobic
symptoms, but threatened to cause death
by paralysis of the heart and respiratory
organs. Artificial respiration, however,
kept up vital action until the crisis was
over. a-r.f4
Boe-BUTTER, a substance found in boys
in the west of Ireland, and supposed by
the common people of the district to
have ben ordinary butter hidden away
ages ago by the fairies, or hastily buried
by smugglers, is not of animal origin at
all, but has been shown by Mr.. John
Plant to be perfectly natural produc-
ton arising from the decomposition of
the vegetable matters forming the peat,
and to belong to the large family of min
eral resins, or hydrocarbon compounds,
of which Dana, in his "System of Min
eralogy," describes the composition of
seventy species.
DIR. GU1L1AssE, of the French navy,
reports that in the early stages of the
disease coffee is almost specific against
typhoid fever. He gives to adults two or
three tablespoonful of strong, black
coffee every two hours, alternating with
one. or two tablespoonful of claret or
Burgundy wine. The beneficial effect
is said to be immediate. A little lemon
ade or citrate of magnesia should be
given daily, and after time quinine.
DIR. VIM. r. D. BLAcKwooD, in the
Philadelphia Medical Times, writes that
he considers, after close observation,
that post-nasal catarrh is under certain
conditions certainly contagious. He has
frequently seen the disease occur in
newl Unmarried people, and where chill
dren previously healthy have become
affected. In all such cases there was no
hereditary tendency, nor were other
members of the family affected.
The heliograph for military telegraph
ing consists of a ten-inch mirror pivoted
so as to swing vertically as well as hori-
zontally. A little of the silvering is re-
moved from the back of the glass, to en-
able the operator to see from the back of
the instrument the station he is to signal.
A little in front of the mirror rod with
movable stud is set up. The hello
graph is adjusted by bringing the small
transparent spot in the mirror, the NOV
able stud, and the distant station into
line In flashing the signals care must
be taken that the reflections are caught
on the stud on the rod in front, or they
will strike so widely at the receiving
position as to be unintelligible.
PROF. JAEGER regards man as three
fold being, made up of body, or purely
physical matter; spirit, or that which is
absolutely immaterial and transcendant,
and soul, or connecting link between
the body and spirit. The soul, according
to him, is the seat of the will, the pas
sions, and the emotions, and it may be
isolated by experiment. It is also easily
perceived by the sense of smell. He en-
deavors to trace the phenomena of SYM
pathy and antipathy as between different
individuals, whether brute or human, to
the nature of the ''soul emanation."
The want of harmony in their specific
emanations, he maintains, is the cause of
the social chasm between Jews and
Christians, between Aryans and negroes,
etc. It would appear, then, that it is
not universal gospel, but universal
cologne which is needed to bring peace
upon earth.