The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
PopULAR SCIENCE.

Dreau maue with sea-water is 40
be a good remedy for scrofula. ''''
The French have tried smokel.
der with the biggest guns success,m,l, 70
A man requires about eight h,.s
pounds weight Of food in the eon.'
year.
Stanley says he frequently s,, =,
mercury mark 135 degrees in Tho :,
in Africa. 'uaQ
There are thirty-fve vori,s.,
granite in Maine, each of wbias :,
easily recognized distinctive cha a y
istics.
A house in Southfairfeld, Mich :.
set on fire by the rays of the sun ,oa,. " "
from some tin pans tina: had bo.a
out to dry.
American wheat contains nea,lv III
as much gluten and nitrooc, N
muscle-making elements that c,,J
in Australia. 1
Electric launches proved so sr,...
ful at the recent Edinburgh Evbibsl
showing that they could travel ,iy Is'
an hour carrying a heavy cargo ,s,.
is now proposed to start an eIs.'.
ocean ship.
A new electric lantern ha, b,..
signed in Vienna for the use Of lo.,,..
aud medical classeS By conb,,s'
of lenses the magnilied image Of !,
ject is projected on a white screen il
natural colors.
The circumferences of man, y,
aud the calf of the leg are tbe .,m
The circumference os the neck son.
twice the circumference Of the v,i,
Three times the circumference oi N
head equals the length of the body
A Berlin restaurant and cafe il co,
in summer and heated in winter by j
tricity, and the flood of light from n
electric lamps is tinted delicate nis,
which is so becoming to the eo,V
plexions of the lady visitors that d
place is thronged.
From the investigations by prot,x,,
Foster aud DE Freytag, sailing or pickT1
seems to have very little de,tvajl
power on many Of the commoner tru
of bacilli, which may be found in dsav
meat. The bacilli of typhoid, eryspe,I
tubercle and infectious porcue dis,,l
were found alive after having been
pickle two months.
The experiment of treating typhof
fever by prolonged immersion Of d
patients in water has been tried IN
Liverpool hospital with gratifying 81
cess, Four cases were recently reportel
one of which involved six days 4
mersion; two Others eleven DAYS ec
and the fourth sixteen days. They w
! all severe cases, and every one Of q
patients recovered.
The scoring of the bores Of mode
cannon by the new powders in use
claimed to be due to the fact that up
ignition all Of the powder is not turu
to gas, some of it remaining IN a q
state. 1t is this latter which does
scoring by being thrown with suchou
against the metal of the gun that The
sulting action is very similar to that d
sand blast for cutting glass.
There are two periods of life in vhi
the powers of resistance TO adverse
| fluences are excessively weak. 10
fancy, from birth to five years Of 4
but especially in the first year of exisieu
the power of life is very feeble, sad
is the reason that SO many infants
suddenly in convulsions. Again, st
the age Of sixty.five Is passed. the VI
tenacity is lowered, the substance
the heart and of the muscles in gtna
becomes fatty, and there is muin'
liability to sudden failIrc Of the hat
action.
Another electrical device has
brought out to afford communicates
tween trains in motion and TO pn'
accidents. Batteries and the neces
connections are placed on each engH
central conductor being laid TaH
with the rails. Should two trains
proach within certain distance oia
other, an alarm is sounded in eact
with an electric gong and a stean"i
is set blowing. The engine driV'S
stop the train and communicate By
phone. This communication ca
effected when the engines are ~
running or still, An automatic Sg'
also given if switch is misplaced
bridge burned or washed away
ditional batteries are placed
stations along the road, and the''
the alarm should those placed o.
engines bscome broken.