The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-10-18
roruLAR SCIENCE
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The highest stations in Europe for
making meteorological observations are
about 40, ,OJD feet above sen level.
Improved sanitation in England has
led 10 diminution of the death rate.
Since 1881 the rate has fallen from 20.5
% 1873 per Thousand.
Recent experiments In England are
held to be favorable TO the use of loco
motives for towing boats on canals. The
idea is not new, although the ways Of
applying IL may be.
The Union Steel Company, of Chicago,
are putting into their steel works a
liquid fuel plant to use crude petroleum.
Two lO00-ba tanks are being erected,
into which the oil will be pumped from
cars.
Recent French and English statistics
indicate that while the average duration
of life is increasing through improve
ment in the health of children, the num-
ber OF extremely aged persons is dimiu.
ishing.
Ir. Donald G. Hood has collected
many facts relating to the use of salicylic
acid for rheumatism. OF 12S patients
treated with salicylates 523 were relieved
of their pains within seven days, whereas
612 patients treated by ether methods
only li0 were relieved within the same
time.
nr. Zambaco, Of COnstantnople. who
has lived for several years among the
lcpcrs of the far East, says that he has
never met u single instance of contagion,
although the milady is certainly hcrcdl-
tary, the children Of lepers becoming
leprous at the age of ten, fifteen and
twenty years generally.
Take a small quantity of two per
cent carbo'ic acid solution, and sprinkle
sheets, coyerlct. pillow and bolster, on
both sides. the edges of bed curtains,
and the wall next the bed. The face
and neck may also be slightly wcttcd
9TH the solution Not single gnat or
mosquito will come near.
The handmade time pieces OF the
Swiss aud FrcnCh. who have so long held
the supremacy Ms clockmakers, are not now
regarded as superior to those of Amcrl-
can machine make. The American ma
chine made watch is a finished and
accurate as It's foreign competitor, aud
is, of course, vastly cheaper.
A chance for mechanical geniuses is
offered by n railway department in
Switzerland, which has issued an order
compelling all engines travelling more
than forty five kilometcrs an hour TO use
! a speed indicator which must mark cor
recty the variations Of speed. a good
market is open to whoever can furnish
the best article.
store keepers and janitors, who have
their bass ornaments. railing, aud sign.
| polished at the expense OF some money
and con iderablc hard labor can save
.hem.clve, much trouble by IMPLY dip
ping the brass into liquid 'omposed Of
equal parts of nitric ac aud water. The
brass should not remain in the acid more
than afcw moments and should then be
carefully rinsed in running water.
Exercising thoroughly distributes The
blood to every portion of the system
promotes digestion, strengthens the
muscles of the limbs, and supports tho
spinal column in such manner tha
the brain is not exhausted. but invigor
ated by an exercise that may be contin
ued for hours. Let every feeble, nervous
woman try it, and she will soon find he
limbs rotund, cheeks ruddy and stcl
| elastic.