The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-09-08
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Cultivation has 80 affected the eyolY,
ton of the tomato that the seeds are fast
disappearing and bid fair to pass out of
existence entirely, as in the case of the
banana, leaving the propagation OF the
plants dependent on cuttings.
The replacement of diseased eye by the
healthy eye of an animal has now been
done five times, with one success, says
the Medical Record. In the four cases the
cornea sloughed; in two, however, firm
vascular adhesions took place.
TIE King of servia, according to the
journals, has issued the following:
ssWhereas it is irrefutably proved by
science that the so-called antiseptlc
treatment of wounds yields more bene-
fetal results than all other methods, we
are pleased to order that henceforward
the said antiseptic plan of treatment be
solely employed in all hospitals of our
kingdom, and that corrosive sublimste
iodoform be used until our further dis
position"
The occurrence of poisonous musses
and star-6shes in a German, locality has
led to an investigation from which it ap-
pears that simple stagDation of sea-water
is capable of giving rise to poisonous
qualities in the animals inhabiting it; and
that, too, when it is free from sewage
and other impurities. The poison in the
mussels has .beea described US ptomaine
under the name of mytilotoxin, but Pro-
fessor Virchow says it cannot be true
ptomaine, as it is not product OF decom-
position. 1t must result from the condl-
tions of the mollusk's growth.
Singular as it may appear, the common
herring is fish which is most difficult
to procure and preserve alive in inland
aquariums, it being so delicate that the
loss of even few scales during trans
Dor alton is sure to cause its death. For
several years DR.. Hermes, of the Berlin
AQUARIUM, has .vainly tried to obtain
some specimens for his establishment;
they had either been rubbed in the net or
touched with the hand, and died before
reaching Berlin. He has at last sue
ceeded in obtaining live one, one OF his
men having by this time grown sufi-
ciently expert to catch it in q sort OF
glass balloon lowered in the net.
Palm wine, or lakmi, is made from the
sap of the date palm. Trees in full
vigor are selected for tapping: The
juice escaping from the wound is con-
Quoted by q reed into an earthenWare
pot, and may amount to two gallons daily
at first, gradually sinking to about half
that quantity toward the end OF the tap.
ping, which is seldom allowed to exceed
a month. Much of the Swine" Is drank
fresh, when it resembles sparkling cider,
but becomes insipid after losing its
carbonic acid. Its color is opalescent
and milky. After undergoing alcoholic
fermentation it contains 4.38 per cent OF
alcohol, 22 carbonic acid, and $50 OF
mannite.
A prominent authority on the subject
regards most dream representations as
really representations, since they emanate
from sensorial impressions, which,
though weak, continue during sleep. An
inconvenient position during sleep causes
the representation of painful work, peri,
lous ascent of mountain, etc. A sllgh'
intercostal pain becomes the point OF an
enemy's dagger or the bite OF an enrageo
dog. Difficulty in respiration is fearful
agony caused by nightmare, the night
mare seeming to be a weight rolled upon
the chest, OF q horrible monster which
threatens to stife the sleeper. An in.
voluntary extension of the foot IS a fall
from the dizzy height of tower. FLYING
is suggested by the rhythmic movements
of respiration.