Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-15
WORKS ON SCIENCE.

A NEW disinfectant that is thought to be
especially adapted for use in localities
where epidemics are common has been OBJ
tained from coal oil
THE diet of prehistoric races has been
ascertained through the process OF decalci-
flying the dental tartar from the teeth of
their mummyfied remains
A DELICATE operation is accomplished in a
neat and expeditions manner by the use of
the electro-magnet. 1t is the location and
extraction of a needle from the human body
SCIENTIFIC investigations have determined
that the germs of disease are taken up and
deposited by flies, the baccilli of consump-
ton having been found in abundance on
window panes and walls.
THAT dynamite always explodes down
wards is stated to be popular fallacy All
such explosives as nitro-glycerine, gun-cot-
ton aid Eliminates, exert thegreatest force
against the point of greatest resistance.
DRINKING-wATER taken in large quantities
acts as diuretic and increases the perspi-
ration in high temperature. Increase ef
weight has also been attributed to system
attic water-drinking, but the supposition is
claimed to be erroneous.
IT has been observed that trees of a
special variety indicate soil of a certain
rock or gravel soil; beeches in challxy
soil; elms in rich, damp soil; oaks and
ashes in heavy clay soil, and willows and
poplars in marshy soil.
In connection with the sense of hearing
are similar phenomena to those occur
ring in the sight. 1t has been observed
that some persons are unable to distin-
gulsh certain sounds in the same manner
that others can not distinguish certain
colors. This infrmity is termed sound
blindness"
The tube for the great telescope of the
LICK observatory, on Mt. Hamilton, Cal,
Is four feet in diameter in the center, and
weighs in all eight thousand six hundred
pounds. This huge instrument is so exact
ly made and nicely balanced that the pres
sure OF single finger will direct it to any
point In the heavens.
ACCORDING to scientific authority, sleep
will prevent nervous headache if taken at
the right time. If the subjects of such head
aches will watch the symptoms of it's COM
ing they can notice that it begins with a
feeling of WEAKNESS or heaviness. This is
the time sleep of an hour, or even two, as
nature guides, will effectually prevent the
headache.
SEwER-AIR is regarded by some santa
rlans as dangerous only when it contains
the germs of specific diseases; but the
many instances in which it has seemed to
be the sole cause of persistent sore throats,
headaches, and diarrheal troubles, without
the development of any well-defined dis
ease, would seem to initiate against this
| view.
THE mode of capital punishment most in
accord with humanity is thought to be by
means Of electricity. The plan advanced is
| that Of an armchair with metal arms. The
condemned person would be seated in the
chair, and at the proper moment receive a
full electric charge through the metallic
arms This would pass straight through
ais body, across his chest, and death would
Be instantaneous. A dynomo of forty-two
| horsepower would be sufficient to accom-
! plish the work with neatness and dispatch
THE superstition that human beings
should sleep with their heads to the north
is believed by the French to have for its
| foundation scientific fact. They affirm
that each human system is in itself an cleo
trio battery, the head being one of the
electrodes, the feet the other. Their proof
was discovered from experiments which the
| Academy of Sciences was allowed to make
on the body Of a man who was guillotined
This was taken the instant it fell aud placed
upon pivot, free to move as it might. The
head part, after little vascillation, turned
to the north, and the body then remained
stationary.