The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-21
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RI CKEHTST'S .fGE,

would cnurc to tlc State.
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RI CHEIIST'S COCRfGE.
Some Anecdotes illustrating Sir Hum mphrcy
Davy's Daring.
From Temple Bar.
The same moral and physical cour-
age which Davy displayed in his youth
by deliberately tpking out lis pocket
knife and exercising Il purt Of his LEG
v hich had been bitten uv a mad dog
and cautrrizir" the wound with his
own lmnds was exhibited in his chcn,i-
Cd Investigations. Ills discovery that
nitrous gas: the val,or of aquafortis, is
not injurious to health resulted from
experiments on his own life. lie OBJ
tanned the gas in a state Of purity, and
though very well aware Of the danger
he ran if the received theory Of its
deadly powers was true, which he
doubled. he resolved to inhalc il in its
pure form. Gradually increasing the
dose he ultimately succeeded in breath
ing four quarts ofthc gas from and into
a silk bag. He experienced sense of
gidtlincss, accompanied with loss Of
sensation and volition, a state analo-
gons to inoXication, ":l;tcndcd," as he
SAYS, "by a highly plcasurablc thrilling
in vi" chest and limbs. The objects
around became dazz!in@ and my neal
! ing more acute. Toward the last in
/ SEPARATION tm sense Of muscular power
hrc"il" greater, and at last an iriy>i -
( ilbi" propensity 10 action was i!i:,;iyaii
! in. My "r>iiru'atiDn> were v.r;oi.
;'Iiu Violent. i" ten EiiEiltr. ! nd r3-
, covered ny natural state ntml.uu."
Hhu rlA' arc we to &l" OF the Nnr-
m"."t thc following experiment, at
W'.!ch h was again operator and sub
.'ct. tie was curious to know what
"n"l drink W"uld have un Il person
nNo"r !hc inilu"nc" of this ga. He
drank Il bottle OF wine in about eight
minutes. 81 pcrccivcd," says he. "a
srnSc OF flllncss in the head and throb-
hi z of he ar cries. | lost the power
OF speech, Hnd was unable to stand
st adily. In an hour sank into 4 state
Of inscnsibiiity, in which remained
ln" tWo hours and half. wa
aW""'n"d by severe hradacic and nnu-
Sr'."i!d NY bodily AMI nlcntal debility
" T' 'E"', i've. In This state I breath
G.. H." Il "~ A' ''ls for 81 ninutc Hnu
- e.. i, .H" . ,Air .,rcn impure.
i'... ".>' .,"'.. @..' lie then r., rirc,i
t.5! '.&r,s. without any material
,....''''.' j." a.: -. ,,,;or&. The severe
B." =. ."r.;uN;Nc. hr rrSi,:rrl seven
. .t.'. : '.>. &" H.'ir li;i"uS oxide for
- "r., a. IL; ! Hiimutcs. .Ifcr the
tt.r,, respiration &c headache yaA, H.
e;. ..,..'@.si ;'i'%S passed lLr,ulh n s
''nd. Il" .,umrpd and danced across
t e +" iD: III iuugunr and depression
:Grr",,v&. Il W:ieh gradually wore Of
;""%WI ","Nj0G. In his treatise "Cnn-
''ri1r" Nitious Oxide" he records IL;
any" z ELECTS on several of hi.
iirn.:. Nrr oi' tlIrm danced uNou
HE II %n:n!:inY top. and got so pu ylla-
cinu:. that hr struck at Whoever hap
r"nr'i 10 be near him. lis Milucncc
on such choscn souls rs Co!cri,igr and
SDuthcv WAS iy no means brilliant.
Eh'y jumped and skipped about the
,""ii', lli"ticall!, every glcam Of intel
hSCncc fading from their faces.
The experiment on himself. bv
which Davy proved that h,tlrocarbH-
nate acts us scua,;ve, was irarfullv
daring. 1t was no ioolhauly bravndo
hat was the motive power with him.
hlt love Of scientific investigation.
ne says he was anxious 10 c mparc its
rtlrt with those Of nitl Gus oxide.
l.mboldcnrd by first experiment.
from which he felt no excessively
painful results, he introduced four
quarts OF thc gas into Il silk bag. AZ
ter Il forced exhaustion Of the lungs
and the nose being accurately closed
II" made three brcutlings ofthc hvdrn-
c"rhonatc. The first produced Il feel
lag Ola umhncss; the second toe TX
away the power Of vision and Gu
ftcblod the other senses: the third So,
nm away IN Il swoon and just left him
power TO throw away The tube from
his lips. After Il short interval he T., =
covered little and was able 10 whis-
per: 81 do not think | shall die"
Placing his finger on his wrist he
found his pulse beating with excessive
GnlckncSS. In about minute he was
able to walk, but toran hour was weak
ana Slddv and conscious ola painful
pressure upon the chest.
TIE CLFToN MANurAcrUnING Con-
rANf.-D. E. Converse, President OF
his company advcrtiscs for bids for
the material and building of this fac
tory. lie has just returned from The
North. lie purchased from the Saco
Water Power Shops, at Biddcford,
Maine, the machinery necessary for
five thousand spindlcs. The general
plan of the building has been selected.
1t Will be pnt on such ground and in
such shape that another building with
ten thousand spindlcs can he built.
lt Is the present plan of the company
to star! the frs! factory with five i!ious-
and spindlcS this fall, and i,lrn a! I'll
others very soon. \ fine opportunity
Is now offered to first -cIass mechanics.
and no others need apply. for all the
work lsrXrtctrd to DC Grs:-cass. The
| capital stock is now about $l1O, 900.
and it is desired to increase it still
more. Persons having money to in
vest would do well to communicate
with Mr.. Converse on This subjcct.-
Hpdrtanbu'y Spartan.
There was married recently in
Detroit damscl who had been sever
al years employed in large manu-
featuring establishment. Her mar
rage had been for some days sub
jpcf Of OIpn nf I, L..