Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-07

! successfully adopted in making the
foundations for the Palais de Justice. at
Brunswick. Instead of the ordinary
plle-drlver, simple framework is erect
ed 70 mold the pile In position. Attach
ca 70 each pile by staples are two tubes
ABOUT two inches in diameter. These
are carried to the pointed end of the
pile, where they terminate and turn H.
ward toward one another. Their upper
ends are In communication by flexible
pipes with the city Waterman. When
the water IS turned on it rapidly exca-
Yates hole, In which the pie sinks bv
It's own weight; but, should any mus
uaI' resistance be met with, weights are
fastened to the top of the pile. By these
means and under favorable circumstan-
ces a twelve-inch pile can be- sunk to
depth OF fifteen feet in ten minutes.
Each pile requires. on an average, 200
gallons OF water. London Graphic.
81 A FATAL PECK RY A HEN.
Nearly or quite two months ago Mrs.
John Preston, of Gwynedd, was pecked
by hen on the index finger of her right
hand. The blow did not break the skin,
but caused very slight bruise. Moth
ing was thought of so trifing a wound
until few days after it was inflicted,
when the finger began to pain and swell.
The pain increased until it became al
most Unbearable, and the swelling did
not cease until it had extended M the
arm to the shoulder, when the finger
burst from the knuckIe- joint to the tip,
and began to discharge a puruient sub
stance, and has been doing so to the
time of this writing. The swelling in
the arm has subsidized, and the wound is
much less painful than at first. Although
the patient has been under constant
treatment by skillful and successful
physician from the first, the sore shows
but little evidence of healing, and rem
ders the patient almost powerless to do
anything. The case is certainly re-
markable. Mrs. Preston Is over go
years of age.-NOrth Wales (Po.) Bee
ord.
MEASURING THE DBPTH OF SLEEP.
Two of Vierordts pupils, Morning
hof and Piesbergen, have made the
depth Of sleep the subject of an inves-
tlgatloD. They worked upon the prin-
ciple that the depth of sleep is pro-
portiOnal to the strength of the censory
stimulus necessary to awaken the
OAoO 4OS W OcAA 4OI I'LL SOu10 O0-
cislve sign of awakened consciousness
AS censory stimulus they made use of
the auditory sensation produced by
dropping a lead ball from a given
height. The strength of the stimulus
was reckoned, in accordance with some
recent Investigations of Vierordt, as in
creasiAg, not directly as the height, but
as the O.59 power of the height. For
perfectly healthy man, the curve which
they give shows that for the first hour
the slumber is very light, after one hour
and fifteen minutes the depth of sleep
Increases rapidly and reaches its maxi
mum point at one hour and forty-fve
minutes; the curve then falls quickly to
about two hours and fifteen minutes, and
afterWard more gradually. At about
four hours thirty minutes, there is
second small rise which reaches it's
maximum at five hours thirty minutes,
after which the curve again gradually
approaches the base line until the time
of awakening. Experiments made upon
persons not perfectly healthy, or after
having made some exertion, gave curves
of different form. Science.