The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Creolin Is q new antiseptic.

The highest stations in Europe fof
making meteorological observations are
about 10, 600 feet above sea level. s
Improved sanitation in England has
led to q 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 it may be. .... 49,.
The Union Steel Company, of Chicago,
are putting into their steel works q.
liquid fuel plant to use crude petroleum.
Two 1000 barrel 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 mum.
ber OF extremely aged persons is dimin.
ishing. - ~:
DR.. Donald G. Hood has collected
many facts relating to the use of salicylic
acid for rheumatism. Of 728 patients
treated with salicylates 523 were relieved
of their pains within seven days, whereas
612 patients treated by other methods.
only l4O were relieved within the same
time. .. .-... ~ -
DR.. Zambaco, of Constantinople. who
has lived for several years, among the
lepers of the far East, says that he has
never met single instance of contagion,
although the malady is certainly heredi-
tary, the children of lepers becoming
leprous at the aye of ten, fifteen and
twenty years generally. -. 1.,n. III
Take small quantity of a two per
cent. carbo'ic acid solution, and sprinkle
sheets, coverlet, pillow and bolster, on
both sides, the edges of bed curtains,i
and the wall next the bed. The face
and neck may also be slightly wetted
with the solution. Not single gnat or
mosquito will come near.
The handmade time pieces of tho
Swiss aud French. who have so long held
the supremacy as clockmakers, are not now
regarded as superior to those OF Amerl-
can machine make. The American ma
chine made watch is as finished and
accurate as it's foreign competitor, and
is, of course, vastly cheaper.
A chance for mechanical geniuses is
offered by railway department. in
Switzerland, which has issued an order
compelling all engines travelling mora
than forty-fiv kilometers an hour to use
q speed indicator which must mark cor.
rectly the variations of speed. A good
market is open to whoever can furnish
the best article. .:
Store. keepers and janitors, who have
their brass ornaments, railing, and signs
polished at the expense of some money
and n<iderable hard labor, can save
themselves much trouble by simply dip
ping the brass into liquid eomposed Of
equal parts of nitric &C d and water. The
brass should not remain in the acidmore
than a few moments and should then be
carefully rinsed in running water.
Exercising thoroughly distributes tha
blood to every portion of the system,
promotes digestion, strengthens tho
muscles of the limbs, and supports the
spinal column in such manner that
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 her
limbs rotund, cheeks ruddy and step
J. elastic