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fOPLLAk SCIENCE.


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Physicians say that bare upper lip is
injurious to the eyes.
NJ. Chevreul, the centenarian chemist,
says that the modern dyer controls 15,-
900 different shades of color.
D1elinite has been tried in some gum
merry experiments upon an old English
ironclad, and the effect was fearful.
A new beverage has been invented in
France intermediate between beer and
wine, and which is to be sold under the
name of barley wine.
DR.. Pasteur recently read before the
Academy of Sciences at Paris a letter
from Dr.. Gamaleia of Odessa announc-
ing the discovery of cholera vaccine.
Oxalate of cerium, recognized palli.
ative for nausea, is said to be helpful in
cases of seasickness, when taken in doses
OF ten to twenty grains every two or
three hours.
1t has been computed that during q
lifetime of three score years and ten the
blood of human being travels 4, 292,-
900 miles, that his heart beats 2, 538, =
84s, 900 times.
From an analysis of ever 6, 900 cases
of scarlet fever, it appears that liability
to the disease is very slight during early
infancy, reaches maximum in the
fourth or fifth year, and diminlshes
every year afterward.
An Italian physician claims to have
discovered that the blood of an eel con-
tai1s a poison of similar character to
the poison of vipers. lie says an eel OF
two kilogrammes has in its blood enough
poison to kill six men.
Owing to its antiseptic qualities car.
bolic acid is valuable lotion for wounds
which discharge purulent or other often.
sive matter. Mixed with olive or Other
oils, or with glycerine in the proportion
of one part to twenty-five it makes az
excellent dressing for cuts and sores.
Caffeine is said to have none of the dis.
advantages of the deadly narcotics, and
to be more reliable than the bromides.
1t is claimed to be entirely free from
harmful or unpleasant effects, and to re-.
tain its efficacy even when used for Q
long period. 1t has already proven
valuable in the treatment of mental dis.
orders.
A new kind of scale consists of q
simple balance arm resting on nickel
point, supported by standard about
eighteen inches in height There are
two scales in the balance arm; one de.
notes the weight and the total cost OF
the article weighed, the other the unite
of price, which is designated by slid
ing weight. From this sliding weight
is suspended the scoop or slab to contain
the article to be weighed. BY this scale
the total cost of an article at any point
is given Immediately upon weighing it.
The London Lancet calls attention to
the value of carbonate of lime, in the
form of calcined oyster shells, as means
of arresting the growth of cancerous
tumors, the result attained having been
extremely satisfactory. 1t may be pre-.
pared at home by baking the oyster
shells in an oven, and then scraping of
the calcined white lining of the concave
shell. The substance thus obtained is to
be reduced to powder, and as much as
will lie on a silver quarter taken once OF
twice day in little warm water or tea.
An important advantage in the use OF
petroleum products in connection with
paper and fibrous substances, consists in
their non-lisbility 10 oxidize and thus
produce spontaneous combustion. More
over, it is said to tougher with age, in.
stead of growing more brittle, like resin
and coal:tar pitch. It is not more COM
bustible than resin; it burns slowly with
a dull fame, producing immense quan.
titles of lampblack Of fine quality. It
melts rapidly at 200 degrees Fahr., and
in that state combines perfectly with
resin, asphaltum and warm oil. Its use
is therefore expected to increase largely.