The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-19
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A Mexican authority claims that garlic
is sure cure of hydrophobia.

A Mexican authority claims that garlic
is sure cure of hydrophobia.
Cold baths are now said to be eff,
cacious in the cure of typhoid fever.
The spawn of most fish sinks, but that
of cod rises to the surface of the water.
An Italian has discovered that the de
cay incident to old age is caused by .
microbe which is inherited.
Hollow bricks are being used in East
ern cities, and they cost one-third less
than regular price. They crush at 80, 900
pounds.
A machine has been invented which
cuts stone and makes Is, 900 to $4,000
strokes per minute. 1t is being tried in
Rhode Island
Throughout Italy the principal towns
are, one after another, providing build
ings for the treatment of hydrophobia &C.
cording to Pasteur's system.
A society has been started in London
to promote the development of the sci
ence of mesmerism and of the application
of hypnotism to practical medicine.
A farmer in Muskegon County, Mich,
who was stung on the ear by humble
bee while moving in his field has gone
crazy His doctor thinks the singing
| was the cause.
The largest engine in the world is in
the hold of an Italian war-ship, called
Sardegna; it consists of four triple ex-
pansion engines, and has capacity of
200 horse power.
Seamless boiler tubes are now made
from solid ingots of metal by process
that twists and stretches the fibres, and
is said to make tube much stronger
than the ordinary ones.
A hunter of Virginia City, New, claims
that he has discovered deposit of fossil
ivory in the Sierra Nevada range. He
took out two large tusks of an elephant,
and is going back for more
An oyster bed of unusual size and rich,
ness was discovered recently by a Danish
fisherman near the coast of Jutland. 1t
is some eleven miles from land and fif-
teen miles long by seven miles wide.
Most people know that the common
eleander of our gardens is very poison
Gus plant; and there is every reason to
believe that the poisonous honey so often
referred to by ancient writers came, if
from anywhere, from its flowers.
The American whitefsh promises to be
firmly established in English waters.
The United States Fish Commissioners
sent some over last year to the fish hatch
ing establishment of Malvern Wells, and
the young fish are doing splendidly.
Professor Langley finds that a very
faint light may be perceived in about
half second, while an ordinarily bright
light requires one half that interval and
that the same amount of energy may pro-
duce at least 100, 900 times the visual
effect in one color that it does in another.
The porgy factory at East Boothbay,
Me-, is at present producing porgy oil by
the cargo. 1t sells at twenty five cents
per gallon, and is used largely for max
ing ''pure linseed' and for export for
soap-making. Of late Scotch soapmakers
have been taking great deal of the oil.
The latest marine destructive machine
is floating battering-ram. 1t consists
of cigar-shaped boat, made entirely Of
thick steel, and operated by the captain
only, who is lodged in an invulnerable
turret. Such continuance as this is
capable of sinking the largest ironclad
with the greatest ease.