The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-09
sulENCs AND INpuainf.
Submarine divers now use the cleo
tric light with considerable success.

Submarine divers now use the elec-
tric light with considerable success.
DIR. Scheuerlin. of Berlin, has inOcr-
lated dogs with the newly discovered
bacillus of cancer. So far no cancer
symptoms have been developed.
An ether-;ight joint can be made
with u screw-cap by just rubbing COM
mon bar soap in the thread. The ether
will not penetrate through tie soap.
The first recorded photograph Of a
rainbow has been exhibited to the Pho
! tographic Association OF London. The
arch has the appearance OF something
soIid-like an arch of wood.
1t is. estimated that pin factories in
New England turn out 10.S00, ,000,0 900
pins yearly and that other factories in
the States bring the number up to 49,
00,O00,OO0. This is equal to about one
pin day for every inhabitant of the
United States.
"A physician recommends that all
the wood used in the interior construc-
ton of houses and all the plain surfaces
Of plaster should be thoroughly oiled or
varnished so that the power Of absOrp-
ton of foul air and gases may be de-
strOyed.
The nettle is among the substances
which science has put to use during
the past few years. This weed is even
being cultivated in Germany, lis fiber
having proven valuable for 4 variety
of textile fabrics. In Dresden thread
is produced from It so fine that llength
of sixty miles weighs only two and n
half pounds.
AT a late meeting in London, DR..
E. P. Thwing stated that Americans
are more susceptible 10 the influence of
alcohol than Englishmen. and that they
are more affected by tobacco than the
Hollauders, Turks OF Chinese. This he
supposes to lie due to 7ln increased sem
sitivenesS OF the nervous svstem,' in
duced by the high-pres5ure life OF this
country.
What has been designated rs The
Savagery of Boyhoo,i' has become a
subject for scientific investigation.
There seems to be division of opinion
or the subject. Some hold that Il boy
is naturally and Inherently savage,
while others contend that his sayagery
is more owing to false education and
the evil example of adults than to his
own inborn nature. We are inclined
TO the opinion that each of these theo-
rieS has sCme truth in il.
Gum tragacanth is collected from
plants in Asia Minor, the greater part
being shipped from Smyrna. Formerly
only what eXnded spontaneously was
gathered, but now the iiow of the gum
is aided and induced by incisiOns near
the root, and the product is the fine,
white, tlaky variety, 50 much valued in
commerce The flow takes place dur
ing the night, and the hot and dry
weather is the most favorable period.
-Gastro-intestiral catarrh, with
disOrdered condition of the nervous
system and considerable depression, is
the usual result following the ingestion
of poisonous fungi. In treating these
cases tie stomach and bowels must be
thoroughly ernptied, and the promi-
nent symptoms are to be relieved &C
cording as they occur. After free
vomiting and purgation have been in
duced. rest in bed, with stimulants and
warmth, are beneficial.
1t appears that special attention is
being paid in France and England to q
more general substitution of iron and
steel for wood. wherever practicable,
in manufactured articles, such, for in
stance, us building materials. boxes and
packing cases, barrels or casks. car
riages or carts, and other vehicles, fur
niture, fencing. railway work, sheds,
signal boxes, telegraph poles. etc. In
Franco there have recently come in use
hOllow-irOn window frames and doors,
which are said to be light and strong
and of far greater durability than could
ever be assumed of wood. There is no
reason. too, it is thought, why corru-
gated barrels of iron or steel should
not be used for liquors, since milk and
preserved fruits and other articles are
kept in cans. Steel is finding much
favor among carriage builders, but
there is still much prejudice against
the metal being used in the manufac-
fI1re of furniture