The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-12-15

almost freezing and his ears SO chilled
as to frequently require the application
Of his heavily gloved hands. In addi.
ton, the whole surface of his skin was
unpleasantly played upon by the
'creeps," and he was. shiYering from
head to foot. He began to take deep
forced respirations, holding the air as
long as possible before expulsion. Az
ter a few inhalatiOns the surface Of his
body grew warmer, and a general sense
Of comfort set in. The frigid ears soon
grew %agreeably warm, and within the
time required to walk three blocks his
hands and feet were in a dow, and he
felt as comfortable as If he had been
sitting by a glowing fire instead Of
walking in the teeth of a wintry gale.
dr.. Sangree insists that much serious
illness may be prevented by the adop-
ton OF this simple ~precauti0n. Un-
avoidable exposure, as in riding, driv-
Ing or standing for a longer or shorter
time in the cold, has often been the d.
rect cause. of severe and even fatal
troubles, such as pleurisies and pneu-
monias. and a means Of quickly stimu-
lating the tagging circulation which a
person has always with him, and which
a step, Is n which ought not to be ne
elected or forgotten. The cold chills
the surface Of the body and contracts
the superficial blood vessels, affecting
in turn hands, feet and ears, and SUBJ
sequently the general body surface.
The consequent stagnation Of the flow
of blood renders the tissues still less
able to resist the cold. The deep fore
ed respirations not only stimulate the
blood current by direct muscular exer-
ton, but by COMPRISING and expanding
the lungs an increased amount of oxy-
gen is inhaled, the blood is thoroughly
oxygenerated, tissue metabolism is aug
mented and the whole system is prevail
ed with the rapidly generated heat.
Tea Drinking Abuse.
The influence of tea drinking upon the
human organism, and especially it's re-
lation to insanity, has been the subject
OF investigation by o special commits
sion In Ireland. Insanity has Of late
years increased alarmingly in Ireland,
and after much conjecture it was ut
last suggested that q relationship ex-
listed between this increase and the ex-
cessive consumption Of tea by the lower
classes. The Irish peasanery make a
strong decoction of tea, which is allow
ed to steep all day; and this, with
bread. constitutes the three daily meals.
This excessive use Of tea causes a gen.
eral debility Of the nervous system, and
leads to a form of chronic dyspepsia.
The resultant nervous arrangement is
accompanied by insomnia, which fire.
quently terminates in q permanent men
toll @icnr1or IT. ton 1,;pLir~ 10 OIcn
ascribed the dental carries, which SO
largely prevails among the peasant and
laboring classes. BY the long continued
infusion the tannin of the tea leaves
is thoroughly extracted, and when the
hot a%stringent solution is taken In con.
junction with bread the teeth are COW
cred with a deposit which furnishes a
fertile culture medium for various mi
crobes. Additional light has been
thrown on the effect of tea and coffee
on the digestive process by Prof.
Schutzenstein. An artificial gastric
juice was prepared and mixed with
coagulated albumen Of eggs, with and
without additions of tea and coffee. II
was found that the juice by itself could
digest 81 per cent Of the food in eight
hours, but only GO per cent when tea
was added, and only 81 per cent with
coffee. The digestive powers of the
juice appeared to vary with the
strength of the deeoction of tea or cot.
fee being greater than these were weak
er. Among the results of Prof. Schut-
zenstein's Investigations Is the cenfir'
nation of the long accepted belief that
freshly made tea or coffee is most bene.
fetal when taken in moderation. The
bad effect of tea and coffee is, in fact,
due to tannin, and not to them or CAT
fem and tea which has not stood fol
more than two or three minutes has SO
little tannin extracted from it that it Is
perfectly safe and wholesome. IL the
tea or coffee drinker would derive the
greatest benefits from these grateful
beverages and avoid laying the fOunda'
ton of chronic indigestion, let, him dis
card any but comparatively weak and
quickly made infusions.
Apparatus for Washing Bottles.
A patent has been taken out for an
apparatus for cleaning bottles. When
it is considered that the annual output
OF the different kinds of glass bottles
throughout the world is yer 100000
gross, and that a large proportion OF
that number require washing and clean
ing several times every year, 1t will be
seen that there is plenty. Of scope for q
mechanical device which will do the
/ work Of cleansing them wholesale. In
the new machine there Is an improved
arrangement. for soaking the bottles in
suitable liquids; a wheel is fitted up
with cylinders, each OF which holds
three bottles l~engthwise; the total ca.
.pacity Of the tank in which the wheel
revolves being over 800 bottles. As the
wheel moves. rotating brushes pass
into the bottles. These brushes are run
at d speed Of about 300 revolutions per
minute, and the interiors of five bottles
are simultaneously washed. under the
water. The bottles are next autOmati.
| cally discharged from the apparatus,
and passed on to that for removing the
| labels and washing the outside, after
which they are placed In the rinsine
stand. There Ii, N automatic CONTROL.
Ing Of gripping device, by. which, as the
cleaned bottles are removed, the dirty
rinsing Of the bottles is completed by
the playing on them Of water Jets as
| they stand in the racks The capacity
Of the plant is put at 2,00O bottles per
hour, and the space occupied is twelve
feet square. The saving IN labor and
consequent cost Of operation, Is esti.
mated at so per cent over that Of any
other machine or process 10 the market.
why We. Are Thirsty.
The sensation of thirst is caused BY