The Baltimore County union., 1883-04-21

Raising Locomotive From the Bottom
OF Bush Rtvor.--The BelsiF .Eqis says: The
work of raising the locomotive and tender which
ran through the open draWbrdge into Bush
river. on the 9Th inst, was begun last Sunday.
That day was chosen for the work on account Of
the small number oi trains passing over tho road.
The apparatus used consisted " tHo platform
cars, each supporting derrieg. and two wrecking
scoWs. The operations were under the charge Of
Mr.. II. A. johnson, Of the wrecking drn OF WIN.
Mason 4 Co.. Philadelphia. twenty-five men
/ were employed. car with n derrick was placed
on each side of the open draw bridge. Mr. John.
son. clad IN submarine armor. then lowered
into the water. and making heavy chain fast to
! the trucks Of the tender, they were soon drawn
out by means Of the deFrieks aud placed on a
! platform car. The same operation was performed
with the tender itself Further operations were
then suspended until Tuesday. when the locomo-
| tive was also drawn out. Mr.. johnson, the sub
! marine diSes clad In a suit Of white India
/ rubber. which. whilst IL allowed him the free use
/ of his arms. prevented the ingrcss Of water.
| Around hs head and neck he wore a copper bel.
met. glass-eovered openings In which enabled him
10 see under the water An India rubber tube
! attached 10 an ar.pump supplied him with fresh
air. Heavy weights ON to the b'casi aud back Of
his rubber suit, and shoes with leaden soles facil
tatetl his descent into the water, and when he de-
sired 20 ascend he gave preconcerted signal. by
| pulling n cord, and was drawn up. lie remained
water into which the locomotive sank was twelve
I feet deep About $50 persons witnessed the opera.
I tion. During the war the locomotive of freight
train went overheard a, the same place. A col
oted boy saw IL tumble In. and the same boy.
from a boat the river. also saw the locomotive
TALL into the river last week"
Disinfectants.- must have occurred very
often TO every observer thatthe use of disinfcc-
,anis. as frequently employed to destroy the germs
Of disease. really be little more than the sub
stituti0n of one oior for another. ~ Co make
the place LEES disagfecablc than before 10 the
sense of smell. A writer in the SaHiiary Ns,rs
treating this suhject scnsibiy says that the dis
tinciion between disnfectants. antiseptcs and le.
odoFiEers ought in such cases, 60 bc kept always
In mind. A disinfectant u n substance which de-
stroys infection or the seeds Of disease. An anti.
| septic 10 agent which prevents decay In organ.
ic material which Il liable 90 decomposition. Dis
infecsants are often antiseptic. bat antiseptlcs
may not be disinfcciing. Vinegar. sugar and salt
are examples Of the latter. Arsenic and corrosive
sublimAte are anticipates. and are also powerful
disinfcciants. Prolonged high temperature j. a
powerful disinfectant. but does not prevent de.
composition. Freezing IL an aniiscpiic. but j. not
a disiniectant. The gases which generated by
decomposing animal and vegetable matter are the
pabuum upon which specific germs thrive when
they once introduced. DeodoTiSers are useful
In 80 far A. they ncHtTaiiEe and destroy these
gases. But IT the germs Of disease have been
already generated in these gases. dcstrnying the
odor ha. effect In the way uf removing the
poison. Herein lies the great error Of ordinary
fumi-aton. No atmosphere In which a human
being can live will act dcstruciiVcly upon these
organisms which constitute the germ. Of disease.
and il only give. false ,ecurty {" dilu,e pleas
an; odor about place ani thereby imagine that
the danger D. removed
Spring Diseases. -lIalfs J.nrH"i af H,aifL.
the leading mcdcal authority in this country.
speaking on the subject OF health. says The de-
cline Of APPETITE ~ sprtnE - not the symrton or
the c;Icc, 81 disease, IL - It the wise
totcthuueh, OF a slrcpicss instinct. which puts out
it, blind fcclcrs ahead tp clear away danger. In
s;inci. that wonderful. impalpablc thing. the
agent Of Almic chty power. the instrument uf love
divine iis lesson H. that the body does require
much food. hence the desire for IL j. taken
away and IL men could only be induced g. read
that Lesson Alright. TO practice ii by simply eating
according g. the appetite, by not going e. the
table II they did not feel Like taking anything.
and then rcsolutely wait until the HeXt meal. aud
NJ NO time eating an Atom. uncss there was de
cidei dcsirc for tiff such u course were Judi
ciously pursued. III, spring time would be 60 u a
waking up 20 oi life. il Is 60 the vcgo.
table world. But instead of thus cooperating
with our instincts. We take something bitters.
pills. anything that any body advises good for
'Wheitins up the appetite. II acts like charm.
We speak loudly in it. praise. AMI a dozen more
are induced 90 fuloW the example. But soon the
bubble bursts. Nature was only dfu.gci. her
voice was hushel. only % wake up little later TO
End her ward prusira;e1 by serious, and n TO old
persons. often iata' sickness. t. avoid spring
disease. then abatc the amount Of food eaten at
least one third and work or exercise with pro-
portionate delibcraiion.
4 Trip over the Maryland Central
Mr.. McComb.. one of the editors Of the Havre-
de-,iraec R'P"li'eo" on visiting Baltimore last
week made a tfip narroa.gauge : far
a. Iiyde's Station. What be says of It lit was
our pleasure the pact week 70 make our first trip
over the Maryland Central Railroad from Balii.
/ more 90 llyde's Station. The road Il we'll and
Thoroughly is'd. che s--.i bod solid and s.-iss
very smoothly and without any perceptiblc
jarring. generally the rule with roads.
TIE Improvements along the line noticeable
and there dOesnt seem 10 be any manner Of doubt
bat that the road will yield handsome returns 20
those who have invested. We noticed number
Of minor defects, which can and no doubt will be
remediel : soon practicable. We would call
attention to one which. though Of ,Tihing moment
caused n serious annoyance 20 the writer and may
TO others. which can easily be remedied. II seems
there rivals for control of the station at this
point. and a stop j. made at a place about one
hundred yards below the station proper and the
passengers f,r llyde's Station naturally get OF.
when the conductor should call attention 20 the
fact that the next stopping place is llyde's sta
ton"
Tho Westminster Fire.-Ths westtninsicr
!sssr#'i In referring the fire in that town la;
week speaks Of other losses beside those caused
by the fire. and attributes IL 90 the action of some
Of it, citizens in not very complimentary terms
follows I'VE rcgrc; 60 state tina; small part
oi the loss suffered by our people during the Ere
on Monday night and Tuesday morning was &C.
casioned from a cause other than Gre. IL il n
I sad fact that instead Of helping 90 save o. the
owners the goods, wares and household effects
from the flames n good many people saved il for
: themselves. With some of those burned out. loss
I from the Gre would have been comparatively
/ small. II has since been found that IL had been
better. at least no worse. had they left some oi
their property in the burned buildings. Worse
still. some of residents who ape respectabity
are said 90 be among those who took advantage
of this, to them. magnificent opportunity. We
would advise these individuals 10 dissorge-
quietly IL they can-but disgorge nevertheless.
for steps for tho return Of the missing articles
have been taken ly committee organized for
that purpose"
"Hair OF tho Dog. ."-Towso wsontcwn being
overlooked with dogs aud fearing that some of
our citizens at some time other may have the
misfortune 10 be bitten by a rabid animal We
publish the following recipe from tic .SaHdsy
l N.rs at used 10 bc said that the hair Of the
dog I. good for the bite II has now been dis
covered that j. the liver Of the dog that T. good
for the bite. Al least. such l. the announcement
nov seriously made. II l. claimed that this j. a
sure. certain and effective remedy against hydro
phobia. kiil the dog promptly after he ha. in.
fictei the wound aud apply his liver 60 the place
/ This organ. IL l. claimed, has the power of
moving by ab'orption the virus or poisonou. mat.
ter feft hx the de- teeth and ,eIt.f