The Penn's Grove record., 1882-09-02
Valuable Clips from Demorest.
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ACurealI.
Dr.. Declat, q French physician' is
now In this country with q remedy
for most of the Ills to which flesh Is
heir. Disease, according to him, V
due TO the presence in the body OF
morbifc germs. Kill those germs, he
says, and you cure the disease. Hence
he recommends the use Of phinic acid
a preparation OF pure carbolic ACID.
DIR. Durant, of New York, cured
Edwin Booth of q dangerous tongue
nalady with pure carbolic acid IIs
NOON seen what value DR.. Declats
phinic acid will have in curing as
ease, for physicians are now every
where testing 1t.
Ths Dead Of China.
In view Of the myriads of human
beings which have lived In mini
from time immemorisl, scientists say
that every ounce of soil must have
passed through the bodies of human
beings in that empire not only once
but hundreds of times. China 10 q
densely populated country and its
records are very, very ancient. If all
born were still alive they would cover
the country completely and extend
miles into the air. 1t is a suggestive
idea that the soil Of every populous
country must represent the myriaos OF
animated beings who once lived ana
loved.
ANovsi Cure for Smallpox.
A boat which was conveying sixteen
Cinnamon sick with the smallpox, to
an hospital in San Francisco Bay,
suddenly upset. The Cinnamon were
thoroughly drenched in cold salt
water, and 1t was q full hour before
they could be placed in comfortable
quarters. The physicians and attend
ants Of course supposed that they
would all die, but to every ones aston
ishment they all got well. If China
men with the smallpox are cured by
the application Of cold salt water, may
1t not show that the previous treat
ment was all wrong. The people of
San Francisco would very willingly
dump all Cinnamon, sick and well,
into the bay, and would not cry much
IL they never got out of the water.
Electric Light Stock.
The speculative craze Of the day in
England and America is in the stock
Of electric light companies. In Lon
don alone over SIC, 900, 900 has been
invested in this manner, and the
shares of electric light companies In
this country must represent double
that amount of money. 1t was always
thus. Every invention intended to
benefit the race is at first neglected
and then over appreciated. When
railways became popular In England
the shares reached fabulous figures.
The first successful cables represented
high values, and now there is an over
estimation of the value of electric
lights, yet undoubtedly in large cities
they are destined to replace gas and
will return handsome profits on
money legitimately invested.
Hydrophobia.
Three physicians Of Milan, Italy,
declare they have discovered q cure
for hydrophobia. So confident are
they that II q pecuulary reward is
offered sufficiently large, one of them
will allow himself to be bitten by a
dog In the presence Of witnesses so as
to test the value of the antidote. They
ask that a fund shall be raised to test
this important matter publicly. In
the meantime an American physician
declares that he has succe ssfully
treated hydrophobia by giving medi-
cines which brought Cd profuse per-
spiration. There ought to be prizes
for antidotes to msladies which are
dangerous or are usually considered
incurable. H~ydrophobia is the result
Of specific poisoning and there should
be some way of neutralizing the virus.
Tree Planting.
$4,000 acres of land have been
planted with trees in Kansas under
q new law relating to arboriculture.
This La done to supply wood to the
future generation, and, II possible, to
increase the moisture Of the atmos-
phere. This example ought to be
followed very extensively, for, since
the country was settled, the waste OF
woodlands has been enormous. I'M
mense sections of the earth's surface
are barren to-day, because of the re-
movsl of the ancient forests, and the
drought and freshets Of this country
are, in q great part, due to the same
cause. Every farmer and land owner
should regard it as a duty he ives to
his country and posterity to plant
more trees than he cuts down. Then
every municipality, every State, and
the nation should combine to encour-
age tree growing, and to check the
reckless cutting down of wood.
Antiquity Of the American Man.
How long has man been on this
planet7 IL . question often asked,
but the answer Is always unsatrsfac-
tory. The remains of implements and
articles used by human beings have
been found In strata hundreds of thou
sands Of years old. Ages must have
passed since the savage man first
emerged from q semi-brute condition.
Mr.. Virgins, of Waverly, New jersey,
found on the top Of the Allegheny
mountains In Perry County, Penna.,
piece OF metamorphic limestone upon
which was clearly visible the print of
the right foot Of . human being. The
impression is about an inch deep and
shows the five toes and the perfectly
formed foot Of q man. This piece Of
stone has been sent to the Smithsonian