The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-02-13
ONE THING AND ANOTHER

oumLner Will De J06 Il uel tower, which
is fast approaching completion. 1t is
being constructed OF iron, and will rise to
height of 984 feet. As the greatest
height yet reached in any structure is
that OF the Washington Monument, 555
feet, some idea can be formed of the great
distance upward that this tower will go.
This tower will weigh when completed
1000 tons, and will cost 100000 francs
One obi ect of its construction is to light
the Exposition grounds There IS talk
of supplying it with electric lights of 49,
OOO. O000 candle power. Four such tow
ers, with capacity of 100000 each,
it Is thought would light the whole city
OF Paris. The tower will be supplied
with elevators which will land passen-
gers OIL feet from the earth. It is an
interesting fact that the great Paris Ex-
position sends TO America for elevators to
carry passengers the first 420 feet of this
height. Otis Brothers of New York have
the work in hand, and already have ship
ped most of the outfit. Some idea of the
magnitude of the machinery may be
formed when it is stated that the hydrau-
lie cylinders for the elevators in our
largest New York buildings are one foot
three or four inches in diameter, while
those for the Elffel tower are three feet
two inches. The remaining height will
be reached by some other system of ele-
vator than the hydraulic, not yet deter
mined upon. The Otis cylinders have
been tested by pressure of 400 pounds
to the square inch, the required pressure
being only half that amount There will
be two elevators, with capacity for fifty
passengers each, and they will run up the
incline of the sides.
The science and practice of medicine
and surgery are undergoing revolution
OF such magnitude and Importance that
it's limits can hardly be conceived. Look
ing into the future in the light OF recent
discoveries, it does not seem impossible
that time may come when the cause of
every infectious disease will be known;
when all such diseases will be prevent.
able or easily durable; when protection
can be afforded againet all diseases-such
as scarlet fever, measles. yellow fever,
Whooplng cough, ETC., In which one at
tack secures immunity from subsequent
oontaglon; when, in short, no constitu-
tlonal disease will be incurable, and such
soourges as epidemics will be unknown.
These, indeed, may be but q part of
what will follow discoveries in bacterial
ogy. The higher the plane of actual knowl
edge the more extended IS the horizon
What has been accomplished within the
past ten years, as regards knowledge OF
the causes, prevention, and treatment OF
disease, far transcends what would have
been regarded quarter of century ago
Il IL j 4 l..
ulation-Dr. dustin Flint. in the
Forum
The late Negro Catholic Congress
held at Washington is the fruit Of the
100000 used by the Romanists to equip
for the priesthood the fifty colored men
they sent to Europe to be educated into
Jesuitry for service in the South For
the Negro as a slave the Pope had no
such concern as now when be has the
ballot Exchange
Professor Albert Leeds, of Hoboken,
n. j., told the American scientists re-
Gently that out of every 100 infants fed
on mothers milk, statistics show that
about 8 died at the end of the first year;
out OF 100 wet nurses, Is died; and out of
100 fed on infant food" 81 died at the
end of the first year.
The Importance OF soft water for do.
nestle purposes is illustrated by the ex.
perience of large London asylum, in
which change from hard to soft water
has resulted in an estimated annual saw
ing in soda, soap, labor, ETC., gilmore than
$4,000.
About one hundred and fifty colors
are now obtained from coal.tar, which
has almost entirely supplemented vege.
table and animalj dyes. Indigo and log.
wood are the only two of the latter class
considered of much importance.
One night recently Patti sung to 8,
600 people in Albert Hall, London, and
received $780, This, say musical ex.
Perts, is the largest sum ever paid to
any singer in England for one evenings
work.
Some idea of how far in advance the
monthly magazines are made up may be
mad from the statement In the New York
Star that the March number of Serb.
aeT0 went to press in January.
The largest electric light plant in
the world will soon be put in operation.
London is to be illuminated by electrioi.
ty, and contract for the immense un
dertaking has already been made.
Five artesian wells recently bored at
Galveston yield 100000 gallons daily.