Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-10-01
ELECTRIC WONDERS.
SOME REMARKABLE THINGS BE
ING ACCOMPLISHED.
What the Powerful Agent is Doing fO,
Science.

Science.
Very remarkable results have at
tended the treatment of cancer cases
by electricity in England. The patient
is an8sthetized; the current is then
tissues for some inches around il by
, means of fine insulated needles, SO as
not to injure the skin. The effects
produced by the action of electricity
consist in a cessation of growth, grad
ual disappearance of pain, some shrink
ing and hardening of the tumor, and
enlarged glands, followed by improved
nutrition and better state Of health.
The growth, as a whole, does not dis
| appear, but remains as an inert mass,
composed, in all probability, of fibrous
tissue alone. DIR. Harsons of the Chel-
sea Hospital, who has effected many
cures by the adoption Of this treat
ment, says that a repetition of the ap-
plication is seldom necessary, and that
in nearly every case one operation will
cause atrophy of the growth. Tho
majority of his cases have been those
in which the knife had failed, or in
which the disease had progressed too
far for the knife.
The big guns turned out by the Eng
lish arsenals are now fitted with a de-
vice to facilitate firing at night. The
ordinary sights are Illuminated by a
, small ircandescent lamp, the rays from
which, passing through lens, are con-
verged, so that only a minute point or
line of sight, just sufficient to distin-
guish the sight, is obtained. By means
of an adjustable resistance the light
can be modulated to suit the degree of
darkness Of the night or the eye of the
| observer.
The opening of the first submarine
telephone cable has just taken place.
| The cable runs between Montevideo
and Buenos Ayres, and is thirty-two o
miles long, the total length with the
overhead line being $50 miles. On this
line there are five intermediate stations,
all of which can telephone and tele-
graph simultaneously with all the
other stations.
An electric brake, designed by Prof.
Forbes, has been tested with great
success on an entire train of carriages
with which it has been fitted for use
on line in Russia. The chief gain is
in point of rapidity of action. A train
of average length will feel the brake
power throughout its length almost in
simultaneously as against three or four
seconds required by the vacuum brake.
An electric indicator of the names
of railway stations is coming into use
in England. A magnetic apparatus
turning roller on which are printed
the names of station. in good visible
letters is fitted over the window of
every carriage with an electric bell to
call the attention of passengers to the
change. The instruments are connect
ed in series, and are under the control
of the guard, who changes the names
by a simple touch of a button before
the train stops.
a novel application Of electricity is
a triturator for grinding drugs, which
is ingeniously fitted up to work by
electric motor, to save labor in chem
lists shops, or for drug grinders. The
mortar or mortars to the number re-
tria motor, and very heavy porcelain
pestle hangs inside, the necessary
grinding being assured by the revolv-
ing of the heavy pestle by friction
against the side of the mortar.
a vigorous crusade has been begun
in England to put a stop to the system
of foisting sham electrical appliances
upon an ignorant public. Avendor OF
"electropathic BELTS" which were said
to cure scistics and innumerable other
ailments, has been brought into court
and punished for obtaining money un-
der false pretences.
An improved search light consists OF
a powerful arc light, usually of about
%, ,0O0-candle power contained in &
metal cylinder about thirty inches
high by twenty-four to thirty inches
in diameter, one end of which is closed
by silvered conclave rejecting lens.
The apparatus is on pivot, so that il
may be revolved around the centre and
elevated and depressed at will. As or
dinarily used the beam of light pro.
jected from the cyclinder is so con-
centrated that at a distance of 1,0OC
yards from the ship it illuminates q
path only about fifteen yards in width.
When necessary this path can be
widened. A search light of 10000
candles is supposed to reveal objects al
distance of two and half miles.