The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-31
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reflection OF llgns ~
ri WoOdless top hills. It's sno. ,;., a
chill austerlty, an indescrlDapie
repelling unsociablity."
The following compound has been p, ";na the
to the Berlin Medical society for purlIylh .no
atmosphere of the sick room Oils OF fosetn. y,
lavender, and THYME, in tho prIopofsion o. mn'
two and one-hAh, snd two and Ono-naH Pai.,
respectively, are mixed with water ana nit ~
acid in proportion Of thirty to ono and one
sponge saturated in the compound and iet "
diffuse by evaporation. This compound Is sag
to possess extraordinary properties IN controi-
ing odors and etiluvia.
Ice water sprinkled upon cabbage plants in
tested by the cabbage worm is claimed to be
sure death to that insect. The water should DC
sprinkled upon the cabbages during the heat OF
the day, when the worms will roll off and die
The discovery OF the remedy is credited to Cha.
| H Erwin OF Painted POST Y.
The London Medical Press says that the fat
| has at length been made abun.lsntly clear tha
| trchiniasis is contracted mainly by those who
consume pork derived from the more carnivoY
Gus wild swine which abound in forests. Per
sons whose pork diet is derived from animals
carefully fed on large diary farms do not suffer
| from the affection.
What are known as the periodical comets
are those which revisit our skies at stated in-
| tervals. Encke's comet, which was first seen
| in 1855, passed its perihelion on the 7th OF
March last. 1t returns regularly every three
| and one-third years. Ulber's comet, which
was first seen in 1915 ought to put in an sp-
pearanoe shortly, as its periodcity is about
| seventy. five years. Halleys comet, whose
period is also seventy five years, has been traced
back as far as 1856, since which it has made
five recorded returns. 1t is not due until 1911.
Switt's comet, which has period Of five and a
half years, ought to show up toward the end OF
L t%l,s, ,snh tod
of thirteen and a half years. is due in July Of
the present year. Then the unexpected may
happen in the way OF comets.
An inventor in Ohio i, said to have discov-
cred cheap method of producing the metal
aluminium. II he has succeeded he deserves a
statue as high as that of Bartboldi's at the en-.
trance of the New York harbor. This is the
most abundant metal on this earth, as it is the
basis of all clay soils, yet so far 1t has been al
most claSsed rs a precious metal, so difficult
has it been found to separate it from the other
substances with which it is amalgamated Re-
Gently, however, it has been reduced to about
$40 pound, which is remarkable progress in
view of the fact that it is not many years since
it was $40 an ounce. This metal is as tough
and strong as steel, and is proof against corro-
sion by acids or equalization Its great value
is that it is only One-third as heavy as steel. II
cheap enough all our domestic utensils would
be made of it, and it would take the place of
steel and tin, and would be the material for the
body of the air-ship Of the future. Its use
would revOlutionize the whole art of war.
Armor was discarded because too heavy as a
defensive suit against firearms, but the rifle
has led to a demand for an armor that would
permit an army to manGuvrc on the field in
sight OF an enemy. This is now almost i'm
possible because of the great distance at which
a rifle can wound or kill Were aluminium
cheap enough, it is SO light, that it could be
used for breast-plates and helmets, and would
take the place of steel and wrought iron on
armored vessels. The greatest industrial reyo-
iutions will occur wien the method is finally
discovered by which this metal can DO used
economically.
Many persons begin to show gray hairs
while they are yet in their twenties, and some
while in their teens. This does not by any
means argue premature decay ofconstitution.
1t is purely local phenomenon, and may CO.
exist with unusual bodily yigor. The cele-
brated author and traveller. George Borrow,
turned quite gray before he was 30, but was an
extraordinary swimmer and athlete at 60.
Many feeble persons, and others who have suf-
fered extremely both mentally and physically,
do not bianch a hair untl past middle life;
while Others, without ASST enable cause, lose
their capillary coloring matter rapidly when
about 40 years of age. Race has marked in
tluence. Tho traveller, DIR Orbigny. says that
IN the many gears he spent in South America
lie never saw & bald Indian, and scarcely ever
6 gray haired one. The negroes turn more
slOyly than The whites. Yet we know me-
gees OF pure blosd, about 80 years sd, who is
eu;.e gray In this country sex appears 10
,nol.e little diff seIee. Men and wossen grow
prsy ..,,out the saFne period of life. La men
the Bair and beard Fanel " change equally. The
one Ia E.ually darker than the other for sey6ral
vears, bot there seems no general rule as to
which wilifens first. The spot where gray1ess
begins 4 Ezers with the Individual. The plllos-
,pher, ScAapenhauer. began TO tur2 gray on
lie Temples. an complaeensly framed thsav
hat this il aH indication ~ vigorous "a sRtai
activity. The Correlation Of gray hair, as wei |
V its causes. deserve mere attention and study |
han they haze received. Sgcb charge is AZ l
logbtcdiy indicative of some dsep-seated phys 1
illogical process, bnt what this is we can only !!
saeftsjn by nnch wider series Of observa-
ions than nave yet teen submitted 10 scientific |
na lysis>- Medical and Surgical Reporter.
Two valuable colts were lately poisoned in
hio by white snake root, eupatorium sgera-
,ides. The disease known formerly As "the
embles" affection of cattle was caused by this
eed. When eaten by mich COWS the poison,
some extent, passes off with the milk, even !
hen the cows have not been noticeably Ill,
I'd persons drinking it have sickened and
meumes died. The weed ought 10 be more
nerally known SO that it could DO Stunned
exterminated.