The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
Consumption Cures.

The latest suggestions for curing
consumption are opium and peroxide
OF hydrogen. The former agent is rec
commended by an English and the lat
ter by an American doctor, and their.
names are John Gordon Dill and x.
Helmer respectively. DR.. Dill advo-
Gates a modified form OF opium smok-
ing, and his method is to soak tobacco.
in a strong opium tincture and cause
it to be smoked by the consumptive
1t is said to act as a palliative if not
as a cure. It was observed by DR..
Dill that in districts in China where
consumption was prevalent, that
opium smokers were to a large extent
free from the malady, hence his exper-
iments on the value of the drug in
cases of tuberculosis. DR.. Heln,er as
serts that a dose OF peroxide of hy--
drogen, twenty drops in water every
day will do more toward curing con-
sumption than anything previously
used for that purpose. He further
states that sixty drops will sterilize a.
quart of milk and render it harmless
to children. This is applyingperoxide
OF hydrogen to nobler uses than
bleaching hair, for which purpose it,
has been principally used.
Growth of Electric Travel.
Only twelve years have elapsed since
the first crude suggestions of the prac-
tical working of an electric railway
we're made, and four years ago a list
of a dozen would comprise every SUCH
road in the world in even passab]
successful operation, whatever the
method OF application. The first
large commercial electric railway was,
after many difficulties and discourage
ments, opened in the early part of
1888 at Richmond, Va, and since.
that demonstration was made the in
dustry has grown until there are now
in operation or under contract. on.
the general lines laid down at Rich
mond, not less than $50 roads in the.
United States, Europe, Australia and
Japan, requiring more than 1000,
cars and 1000 motors, with more
than 5000 miles of track, daily mil
cage OF nearly 100000 miles, and
carrying nearly a billion passengers
annually. Fully 10000 people are
employed on these roads, and there,
has never been an authenticated re-
port OF death on account OF the ,lec--
trical pressure used. Over $5O,GOO,-
900 is invested in this industry in hiss
country alone.-Frank J. Sprague in.
the September Forum. -
- Electricity and Deafness.
The extent to which electricity iss
being legitimate medical practice is
rapidly on the increase, and many of
the new devices for applying it have,
distinct merit. A recently invented
apparatus for the cure of deafness.
comprises a battery, a belt, an cleo
trode supported on the belt and
shaped to rest on the ear, an opening.
on enc side to receive the ear and con-
nections between the electrode andS
the battery. This provides con-
venient and efficient mode of receiving
the current, which can be applied in,
currents OF finely graduated strength.
Time Around the World.
The time required for a journey
around the earth by man walking.
day and night without rest would be.
42S days; an express train, forty
days; sound, at a medium tempera-
ture, thirty-two and one-half hours.
cannon ball, twenty-one and three
quarter hours; light, little over one
tenth of a second; electricity, passing
over q copper wire, a little less than
one-tenth OF a second.-St. Louis.
Republic.
Novel Matches.
A new method Of obtaining a light
has just been patented in England.
Instead OF the old-fashioned safety
match, the stick is tipped at both
ends, one end with the usual COMPOSE
ton and the other with that found on
the scratcher outside the box. Light
is obtained by breaking the match in
the middle and rubbing the two ends
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