The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-16
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The Medical Tunes and Gazatie haying
recently referred TO the vGluo 81 addCr'a
poison a. n curative agent IN lock'jtw, Dr.
| Richard hesle calls attention - tho fac,
that IN 1874 there were as persons OK
posed 10 yellow fov0r who were inoculaled
with attenuated adder venom, not ono 81
with the disease. The account OF she mat
ter, written bya nephew OF Bnr1n Hum
bUlit, appeared In tho Medical Digest.
There have been various methods resort
cd 20 Tor the purpose OF tlsauine the SNOW
| from rn road tracks, such as ueing steam
or hot water in cOnner ion with the SNOW
plow. The latest departure, however, in
this branch Of railway engineering, appears
10 be the use OF a combined enow p.og and
cannon, which II provided with n triple
nuzz Q, 80 that when fred IL will loosen the
fnow aud allow OF It's removal by the pillow.
The mechanism of rtloading aud firing 9
under the control Of tho engineer, belt &
operated entirely from the ! conceive ca
Perhaps the greatest eater that ever " d
existed In tie days OF Old Parr, in the be-
ginning Of 1900. His name was Nicholas
Wood OF the county OF Kent, England.
One OF the writer's OF the time SAID: He
did eat with ease whole sheep, and that
raw, In one meal: at another time thirty
1 dozen pigeons. On one occasion he de-
voured thirteen yards Of black pudding.
He made an end OF whole pig nc once,
and after II three pecks OF damsons; while
again he ate six penny loaves. three Elk
penny veal pies, one pound OF butter, one
good biz dish OF thornback and peck Loaf
IN the space Of an hour"
The secretary OF war early in the last
congress called a,tnr'i N - -, the supply OF
CO mon bhlls LOT
In lout exhausted
H. such an object
would, II passed, eui "a Ass the department
greatly in complying with their provisions.
NJ -'ihstandlng the fact that condemned
b. a. zee, dozens OF bills direct
li.. ... .. of war TO deliver con-
demned cauL... .. grand army posts, cpmi
terry associations, etc, have been INTRO
duced, and unless the government goes INTO
the business OF manufacturing ordinance
which can be Immediately condemned,
good share oil the pil!ls will never be OF any
avail.
The new penel code in Italy altogether
abUlishes capital punishment. Fr IN $500
to 1874, when the application OF The death
seuteuce in fact ceased, the following NUM-
Der of capital sentences were pronounced:
In 1866, 81 persons Were c0udenlned -
denlh, but none were executed. In leOi, :
persons were exou ed out OF 10 condemneui
1858 ~ condemned and oniy7 execut ID;
were passed, bnt oily persons we're eNr-
cut d. 1870, l02 condemned. l executed;
1871 l22 condemned, 2eSeout d, 1872, d
condemned, 2executed; 1873. 70 condemued,
executed: 1874, 81 condemned, 3executsd.
During the following years the capitsl sen
,onces were not less in number, but no one
was executed.
The Mining and Scientific Press says:
One OF the most extensive schemes yet de-
yised and ono which, IL Il should prove tu C
cessful, will be one OF the most beneficial IL
| the proposition TO construct a pneumatic
| tube between New York and Chicago TO-
the purpose Of transmitting letters. grain
samples, jewelry, and other small and light
nackaees' Way stations will be established
| At Clevel and, Buffalo aud other points The
pipes will be OF iron. four inches IN circum-
ference, and the cost OF laying them is esti-
mated at 81 600 per mile. The price Tor
carriage will be five cents for letters and ten
csnts for parcels. and the boxes holding the
goods will make the trip between the two
points, 1t Is believed, in four hours.
The total length Of public roads in
France is 1880 miles, OF which 1880 are
bordered WITH trees, while 3 500 miles are
being planted. o. the remsi0ieg 1000
miles the nature of the soil does not per
init OF plant atoms. The trees .lrendy
planted number 2G7S SOB, principally nj
elm, poplar, acacia, pam ash, sycimore
ana lime trees. Strangers could almost
find out in what deparI ment they are by
not icing the kind ottrees plant I'd along the
high road. Thus the nut tree IL most In
vogue in Ain, Aliier, the Hautes Alpes,
Aubc, Cher, Dauos, Gers, Gironds and
Herault; the chestnut tres in the Hautee
Alpes. Aud, Charente, Correze and Corse;
the apple tree in Cote dor and Marne; the
mulberry tree In the Eastern Pyrenees
Hsute Marne and Puydt-Dom the cherry
-. a.. nouho Tp1re lara Iaudpq ,Oi %
and the lower Pyrenees; the pear tree in
Eurs and Marne, aud the service tree in
Haute Loire.
Those who have never seen the much
tslked-of dynamite explosive will be in
tprusted 10 know that II looks very much
like moist brown sugar. Nitro-glycerine,
which 10 formed by the action of nitric
acid upon the glycerine ats low tempere-
ture, 10 the active agent in dynamite, but is
mixed with some absorbent substance, 10
render il safer to handle than the liquid
glycerine. The absorbent material thus
nsed IA silicious earth-a fine white powder
composed of tho remains ofiniusoria. and
resem bling powdered chalk; this takes up
two or three times its weight OF the nitro
plycerine without becoming pasty. and the
Ingredients are easily mixed, ieacen yes
sells and wooden spoons being used to- old
dangerous friction. When flame IS applied
to this mass 1t burns with stcsng fl anne,
without any EXPLOSION; but when ign'ted
by a decorating issue, or even by . sudden
blow, its explosive force is tremendous.
The enemies of England have often
pointed out that a hostile navy. OF sutii-
Gent dimensions, could soon play the mis-.
chief with Britannia's prestige rs the ruler
of the waves. Aud though there appears
70 be no now Armada clming 10 blow the
British islands out OF ihs seas, tue Glad.
stone govern ment has concluded to ask tho
present session OF parliament for a graft OF
81 600. Co., for the deenses OF England and
her various dependencies. 1t is est mated
that q hostile flset cosld soon destroy
property worth 100000 600 in Liverpool
alone, And whel II Is rcmem nered at how
Uany important points Enelsrd is ex
posed TO ait sck by sea, and that tnis ratio
Of valuable property is kept up all around
her shores, and That these pounds are
about all she cares for, the importance OF
the new grant for deienses will he readily
admitted. Bat sooner or later the pounds
and the deienses will all 20 together.