Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-10-25
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i TyndalFs plan Tor purifying wata
by means Of electric currents has been
tried successfully In the Bruges Canal
IN Belgium. After being subjected to
p current Of 1000 volts the water be
came pure and palatable.
The acids OF apples are exceedingly,
Useful through their stimulating hfiu.
ence upon the kidneys. whereby poi.
sOns are removed from the body and
the blood and tissues purified. The
aeids OF apples are all highly useful as
n means of disinfecting the stomach,
since the ordinary germs that grow in
the stomach, producing biliousness,
headache and other troubles, VIII moi
grow in fruit juice or fruit pulp.
Attention is called in medical Jour
naEs to the desirability Of testing rail-
road employees for defective hearing as
well as for color blindness. A recent
examination in Europe developed the
fact that out Of eighty-two firemen and
engine drivers only three possessed
perfectly normal hearing. 1t Is sug.
gested that there should be a standard
Of hearing power for the examination
Of employees who have to depend upon
sOund signals.
According to Prof. Moritz, writing h
4 German medical periodical. the most
speedy absorption Of a drug into the
human system Is secured by admins.
tering 1t with water on an empty
stomach. In many cases, he says. a
definite effect will thus be produce d
when no effect would be perceptible
from the same dose administered short
ly after the taking Of food. Food taken
Immediately after medicine fetards the
absorption of the drug.
Scotch and Austrian pines have onI,
two needles to n cluster. These tres
not being native to this country, are
found only as ornamental foliage In
parks and gardens. The Norway spruce
so generally liked for Christmas trees
has needles that do not grow in clus.
ters, but singly along the short stems
and are not more than an inch or two
long. Their great virtue Is in being
slow to fall; often the needles hang on
q growing tree for six or seven years.
Among the places visited by the Ger.
man exploring ship valdivia, recently
returned from the Antarctic Ocean
was Bouvet Island, which, although
discovered In 1879, was only known
to have been sighted twice since ts
discovery, and until the valdivia's
visit had not been seen for more thar
seventy years. The island Is the sum
init Of a volcanic mountain rising 5000
feet above the sea. Its crater is entire
ly covered with ice, which caves dowr
In a steep wall to sea level. 1t is situ
ated about 1900 miles west Of south
from the Caps Of Good Hope.
The sky Of Italy is noted for its clean.
ness. The blue Is deeper. not because
the dust there is fner. than in the north
ern countries, but because In the coun
tries of the north, due to the greater
GOODNESS of the air, the vapor more
readily condenses upon the dust parti
cles. The dust particles thus become
larger, and consequently not so effec
tive In turning back the blue ray:
alone, but others are also reflected ant
grayish effect Is produced. In a single
location the blue Of the sky may ap
pear bluer at one time than another
The sky is oftendmes said to be very
blue when some white cumulus cloud:
are outlined against 1t. The sky Is ther
q deep blue by contrast with the brill
liant white. After a shower, when the
lower stratum Of air Is washed Of 1t.
coarse dust particles, a deeper ant
purer blue Is the result