The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

REMARKABLE SURGICAL OPERATION.
A singular stirgieal operation has been
performed successfully I've learn from
Complies RenduS) by NJ. Keberle. Is Is
the amputation of no less than two me-
tefs Of tbs smaller intestine? The sub
ject was young woman eft %.
DEPTH OF THE OcRAN.-The aseFass
depth of the ocean (says DR.. Gwyn JEFF
freys) between ATTITUDES so deg. north
and so deg. south Is pearly three miles,
or 2, 500 fathoris. The greatest depth
which has been ascertained by sotinGsiinfis
is five miles and quarter, or 1926
fathoms, and occurs In the Northwest
Pacific ocean; it is nearly equal to the
height of Mount Everest, the highest
known mountain, in the proportion OF
7,720 to %, 0O0
4 Rev types rit;ng machine has been
patented by E. Recorder, II Paris: in
which the actuating keys, together with
the type-levers, are arranged in the
form of fan In such manner that the
operator can see what he is writing. The
paper is carried In d Vertical Frame, and,
when the line of writing is finished, The
frame carrying the paper moves back
and passes automatically to the follow
ing line. Several copies can be stimuli
taneously obtained by inserting sheets
of carbon paper between the writing
paper.
BREATHING SouNb Of tAE TEtEpHoNH.
Mr.. Stroh some time ago made the
discovery that disconnected telephone
emitted peculiar soft breathing sound
when magnet was moved to and fro in
close proximity to it. The question was
reintroduced recently before the English
Society of Telegraph Engineers and
Electricians, when Mr.. Heaviside stated
that he finds disconnected telephone is
sensitive to the induction of currents in
neighboring wire. Mr.. Stroh said that
the peculiar breathing sound was of a
different kind when the magnet was APP
ptoaoliing the telephone to what it was
when it was recedihg. Prof. Hughes is
of opinion that the action of the magnet
on the telephone is of an undulatory
nature, and the subject is one that
seems likely to reward the patient in
vestigator.
A RAILWAY REGIMENT. Germany
there now exists what is called Grail
way regiment. Since 1876 it has con-
sisted Of two ]battalions of four compan-
les each. Formed 6xtetial1y Oh the
thodel of the corps of pioneers, it is re-
ctuited chiefly among the handicrafts
connected with railways: In case of
war, each of the eight companies d.
vides into several companies of construc-
ton, and one working company, of 200
men each. The instruction for these
two branches is given in summer, both
in the way of practical exercise in con-
struction and repair, and in practical
working of railway line called the
military railway. The most frequent
exercise is the construction of tunnels.
considering the cot,ttnon event of t1n-
nels being blocked in time of war. The
organization referred to Is another in
stance of. that remarkable foresight to
which Germany owes her military
success
That the germs of disease may live
long seems to be proved by recent ex-
periments of French committee direct
ed by M. Pasteur. Seven sheep were
led daily for o few hours to piece of
ground where some animals that died of
anthnaRpid disease, or Charlton, had been
buried twelve years previously. Two Of
them caught the disease and died. There
was no grass for the sheep to eat, and it
is thought these two must have received
the germs in the course Of smelling abotlt
the ground, as sheep generally do. It
may be added that on some ground of
that farm, where diseased ANIMALS had
been buried, vegetables are now grown ;
and NJ. Pasteur asked the farmer if any
employees, ETC., about the farm had been
affected. He knew of none, but showed
healed sore Of malignant pustula (the
same kind of disease) on his own face.
M. Pasteur supposes that, if the veget-
ables eaten had not been cooked, there
might have been a different tale. The
disease, too, might be communicated by
the agency of insects, etc.