El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-14

Datented 'ti ven STouuo oh"
use in the T. .ldike or other regions
wnere il be, ues ne .essary to soften
the soil befo, it can be worked Inc
material used is gasoline converted Ia
to gas bv the injection OF compressed
air. A tank similar to soda water
tank. with a capacity OF Is, Is charged
with l25 gallons of gasoline Ap
ordinary bicycle pump is used Tor the
purpose of Injecting the air, ana
pressure of $50 pounds to the square
inch can be secured by its use, thougn
for. ali nrscticsl purposes a 6O-pound
pressure is sufficient. pressure
GAUGE indicates the force. From the
tank an iron pipe carries the gas 10
series of jets which throw tne han ~ "
a distance of six feet and more. Inc
flame is covered by a hood whlcn re-
tains all the heat on the surface OF sne
ground, and can be extended lnoeMh-
itelv, as occasion may demand. ihe
consumption of gasoline Is Ii gallons
mar hour one charge being calculated
to last ten hours, during which time 1T
will thaw % cubic yards OF dirt. IL
now requires a cord of wood to thaw
yard OF gravel.
very cheap and easily prepared
disinfectant is lime water. Ii WASH IL
laid in saturated llr water, III musS
he left therein for - hours to insure
total extermination OF ali germs l
one desires TO get the WASH ois'h.eouIu
af,er "a hours, it must be previously
r;nsed off in supersa urated lime water
and left to remain in IL for some tlmt;
then it is put in fresh lime va err aoo
left therein for "a aours. Wool Is very
unfavorably changed In coior ana urn
ness by treatment with lime wafer,
while linen and cotton are NOT al all
affected as regards color; linen ooes
NOT lose any of its tirmness, cotton very
little Hence wooden goods shoulo
not he disinfected with lime water; OF
course the lime water must not De very
strong.
writer in the Stats Zeitung
corrects a very common supposluon IN
regard to the heating capacity Oh wooo,
the most notable fact In the case oelug
that such d practical aud easily de-
moustrable error should SO long nave
prevailed, namely, that the heatins
capacity Of hard wood Is greater Inau
thai of soft wood. Inc lacI, as oscer
tanned be repeated determinations, Is
that the greatest heating power is
nnssessed by one of the sottes6 varle-
ties of such material, viz, the linden.
Taking it's heating capacity Ior the
mott. the second best heater Is also
soft wood-fr, with 0.99 heating power;
novt follow Inc elm and the pine, Win
q OK. willow. chestnut, larch, with O.9i !:
maple and spruce tr, with o.9o' olach
pOolar, with O.95; al1er anu "nlte
birch, with 0.94 only: then comes one
hard oak. with w; Ine oouso aoa a
tbe white beech, with U9l: and the red
beech with O.9O. These examples
Leave no doubt of the general lac
tn at hard wood heats the least.
The promoters OF the solar (suu) en-
zine system o. N olive power argue. rs
one of the peculiar advantages which
H. nresents, the Importance of the fact
that there are great areas In this coun-
fry where coal Is neither accessible nor
CHEAP. where the water runs under the
ground and where the sun Sh1neS
through a clear sky for tnree-quarters
of the year, and these are the condl-
tiops to be met by solar engines. The
area of California, Arizona, Nevada,
Utah. Wyoming, and New Mexico ex-
ceeds 100, 900 square miles; and the
sale of hundreds OF thousands of wind
mills west of the Mississippi river
last wear indicates that there Is de-
maud for power in the so-cllled arid
regions. provided it can be procured at
a reasonable cost, aud the solar en-
CINE is preferable to the windmill,
sunlight in those regions being more
plentiful than wind.
Clinical experiments In cases OF
pneumonia in horses, m 4de at the New
York State Vet Urinary College, Cor
nell, are thought to have some s1gnl-
fcance for treating sim ar diseases in
men. These experlm -nL5 showed tnat
.; of far a N m a
aptiseptlc hydrogen peroxide) can be
used TO flood the lungs, thereby, If
poured in rapidly, washing out The
lung passages thoroughly, since the
fluid is then elected, or, if poured in
slowly, healing the diseased tissues, by
which very great quantities OF huld
will be rapidly absorbed. The exoeri-
mentors injected into the lungs one
aud one quarter gallons OF water In ten
minutes. and by this process. repeated
daily, restored to health what seemed
an animal fatally diseased. The pres
ence of fluid in the lungs is so com
monty associated with drowning that
it will doubtless seem strange that con-
sumptive and pneumonia patients may
vet have their lungs washed out re-
peatedly and their lives saved in that
manner.
The sO-called MarmOrek serum, dis
covered by DR.. Marmorek, a young vi
ennese scientist. now acting at the
Pasteur Institute in Paris, turns out to
play greater part in medicinal science
than was at first anticipated. This
remedy was originally used for child
bed fever and scarlet fever. Now it
has with very considerable success
been prescribed in cases of rheuma-
tism of the eyes. ears; and joints. At a
meeting of the Biological Society the
other day Or. Boucheron reported on a
series of interesting experiments made
with this serum. When using it in t. e
treatment OF 4 nerve case he observed
that by degrees all the rheumatic
pains left the onts. 1t has also prov
ed an excellent healing agent for
rheumatism of the eyes aud. the ears.
In some cases of asthma this serum
has been employed with most remarka-
BILE success. DR.. Boucheron further
stated that the want of success with
this remedy in the first cases in which
it was used was attributed to the fact
that the doctors could not resolve on
employing it except in extreme cases
WREN the organism had already been
shaken to its foundations. Since then
however. this serum has been used at