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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
A Bed That Really FoIAs-Pistrrs-
Banging Device-Nerves Of Animals
Used to Restore Man's-An Auto
mobile Truck Test.
Nerves of Animals Used to Restore Msn's

Nerves of Animals Used to Restore Mans
In certain proportion Of injuries to
nerves the ends cannot be brought to-
gether, and this fact in the older days
Of surgery considerably perplexed sur
geons, even those who had earned ce-
lebrity. Nowadays this complexity is
removed. In modern surgical opera
tiOns, when nerve ends cannot be
brought together it is the custom to
obtain a portion OF nerve from one
of the lower animals, or from an am
putated human limb, and transplant
1t in the human body. "In one case"
said surgeon, "a man was severely
injured in the wrist by circular saw,
and lost sensibility in the hand A
portion Of the sciatic nerve of young
bloodhound was sewn between the ends
OF local nerve with kangaroo tendon.
A similar operation was performed on
the ulnar nerve-that is. the nerve
ulna, the largest of the two bones OF
the forearm running from the wrist to
the elbow. On the following day a
distinct return OF sensibility in the
thumb was found, and three months
after the operation sensibility was al
most complete. l personally know Of
twenty similar cases. The time from
the injury to the operation varied from
forty-eight hours to fifteen months
Twelve out of the twenty were fairly
successful cases, but it is our wish to
have all thorough successes. No length
Of nerve transplanted, let 1t be long or
short, seems to affect the continuous
sensibility which is set up after the
completion of the conjunctured nerves.
What sort OF animals nerves are usu-
ally required in these operations?
Well. in nine cases out of the twenty l
have told you of parts were from the
sciatic nerves of dogs, three from rab-
bits, one from a kitten, and one from
the spinal cord Of rabbit, and in five
from recently amputated limbs. In one
case the whole of the sciatic nerve
which had been excised was trans
planted. In the suturing silk was used
to unite the implanted segments Of di-
vided ends and also kangaroo tendon.
No case recovered entirely, but gener-
ally the cases were very much i'm
proved, and will be found lasting. -
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
Pet SQUIRRELS.

Springfield Republican,: What can
be done in the way of tanning squirrels
has been illustrated good many times
in this city, and nowhere better than
at the house and grounds of the Misses
Clary, on Ingraham avenue and Union
street. The family began to feed and
pet the squirrels about four years ago,
and have got them so that they are
very tame. They feed them every day,
and the squirrels appear as regularly
as boarders. They run all over, and
when let in through the house play
like kittens about the lawn, turning
somersaults and performing their
graceful capers. The family have be-
come very much attached to them, al
though the squirrels are sometimes so
mischievous that they get out of pa
tience with the little animals. If not
let into the house when they expect
they have sometimes gnawed the win
dow sashes and have gnawed the
waterspouts. The greater part of this
has, however, been done by some red
SQUIRRELS, which are less tractable than
the grays. They are intelligent little
beasts. The family have named some
of them, and the little things know
their names and will come when called.
To drive them away when bent on
mischief once some one threw bowl
full of water on one of them, and the
little thing darted off with a reproach-
full look on his face enough to haunt
one for days. To keep them from
enawing it has sometimes been found
necessary to daub the window sashes
with a mustard preparation the taste
of which they do not like. The family
have been wondering why these squir-
rels have diminished in size since they
began to feed them. The old ones seem
to be driven away by the young ones,
10 that there is constant succession
n different squirrels, and those now
here are not SO big and do not have
"a good fur as those that were first
" the ground. The family have won
lered il constant feeding on nuts had
nything to do with it. They have al
rays given them such nuts as nlDerts
nd pecans, and have generally cracked
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
A Bed That Really FolJs.

Here's a folding-bed that folds. The
bed does not transform itself into a
refrigerator or a coal-bin when not in
use. but collapses so effectively that it
can be pushed away in the tiniest
closet. 1t is constructed so that when
folded it occupies minimum amount
Of space, and when extended presen is
bedstead which is strong and dur
able, the parts being susce ptible OF or
namentation to form neat and attrac-
tive piece OF household furniture. To
this end the head and foot sections as
we'll as the bottom section OF the bed
stead are made up Of end pieces con-
nected to each other by diagonal
crossbars connected by toggle-joints
after the manner OF lazy -tongs, the sew
eral sections being detAchably con-
nected in order that each Independent
section may be folded within the sew
eral sections. bundled together, or car
ried separately. There are auxiliary
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
A CuriOuS Saw,

We hardly ever think of diamonds
as useful, though most of us know that
a diamond will write on glass. In Paris
there is in use now a diamond saw for
cutting stones. The saw is circular, and
the diamonds are set in the edge, form
ing the cutting teeth of the saw. The
saw or circular steel disc revolves about
300 times minute. Steam is the mo-
tive power. The diamonds are not the
clear, brilliant, beautiful crystals such
as we see set in jewelry; but they have
the requisite hardness and cutting quail
ity to do this work; there are about 200
OF these teeth in the saw. Their value
for this work is that they can cut stone
faster than the steel teeth.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
Recent Inventions.

A combined mop head and wringer
has been placed on the market, COM
prising pair of futed rollers held in
proximity in the mop head, with a
folding crank attached to one roller by
which it is made to revolve and wiring
the CLOTH
Leaks in metallic pipes can be easily
stopped by new patching device, a
U-shaped yoke being passed around the
pipe, with the ends of the yoke car
rying a detachable head with screw
in the center, which presses a cush-
ioned patch over the leak.
A westerner has designed a fence
post which can be fastened securely in
the ground, the lower end OF the post
having wings pivoted to fold into slols
as the post is driven into the cl:in.
the wings opening out horizontally as
the dirt is tamped around the pos.
In an improved fifth wheel for wag-
ons a double row Of links is formed
into circles, one outside the other, vita
a series of rollers carried by the cir
cles and adapted to revolye on a cir
cular track, supporting the weight OF
the front end Of the wagon and al
lowing the truck to turn easily
Maryland woman has pa,ented a
cover for ironing boards which is al
ways smooth and retains its place Sc
curely on lne board. the fabric nlving
a series Of lacing holes around the
edge, in which lacing strip is insert
ed, with cords at each end to prevent
the cover sliding in eithc: direction.
Umbrellas can be secured to the
person to be carried without the neces-
sity OF touching with the hands by a
New York woman's device. a hook be-
ing provided for attachment to the belt,
with a strip Of fabric having a ring
at the lower end to support the UNI
brella tip, short chain being used to
hold the handle close to the hook.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
An Automobile Truck Test.

A series Of trials Of automobile wag
ons for heavy merchandise has just
been held near Liverpool. Nearly all
the entries were British, but one firm
from the United States being repre-
sented. All these autotrucks were
propelled by steam, and although it is
very unlikely that we on this side of
the water shall adopt the use of steam
to 2ny extent for this kind of SERVICE
yet the trials are evidence of an earnest
desire to find out the best kind of
horseless truck. There were Ave en-
tries in the competition, the lightest
vehicle weighing three and three-quar-
ters tons, and the heaviest six and one
half tons in working order. The trials
consisted in thirtysiX mile cOntinu-
Gus run over ordinary country roads,
and hill test The incline was about
500 feet long, one part of it having a
grade of one foot in nine. The wag-
ons all succeeded in climbing the hill,
their loads varying from three and
three-quarters to six and one-quarter
tons. They were Obliged to stop when
halfway up, at the foot of the steepest
part of the incline, and start s.gain and
go to the top. Again, when descend
ing the hill, they were Obliged to come
to full stop, with tleir load, to dem
onstrate their controllability and the
efficacy Of their brakes. Some of the
vehicles had water-tube boilers, and
all were to carry pressures between
175 and $50 pounds per square inch
The boilers were all arranged with fur
naces for liquid fuel
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
Racing with Snails.

A snail's pace was carefully observed
in Florence, Italy. Several Of the mol
luscs were placed between two points
10 feet apart and started. 1t was as
certained that the fastest snail in the
race travelled at the rate OF mile In
fourteen days.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
horticultural Observations,


The California peach crop has been
fairly good this year and 1t has brought
a good deal of money. Some Of our
readers that have heard SO much about
the peach crop failure in this part OF
the country may have wondered at the
fact that the market seemed to be fair
ly well supplied by fruit said to be
raised near at home. The facts appear
to be that much of the California
product has been sold as fruit grown
near at hand, the dealers catering 10
the prejudice in favor Of homegrown
fruit.
Herewith we illustrate the Maple
Slug Worm. The length Of this slug
is shown in the straight line by the
side of it. 1t is frequently found IN
the fall of the year on the maple
leaves and even under the trees. The
body Of the slug is oval, with a wloe
dorsal square ridge, followed slightly
along the middle. where situated ON
each suture is a yellowish round spot
centered with dark green dot. The
edge of the ridge is stained with yell
low. On the outer and lower side OF
the ridge is lateral row OF spots ike
those in the middle OF the back. The
body is pale green with yellow touches
and spots besides those described. Inc
head is green but the jaws and labrupc
are a dark amber. Along the edge OF
the body is a whitish line. The moth
is about half an inch long, measuring
with the closed wings, and Is of pale
green color and variegated.
Every horticulturist should b., to
considerable extent. an entomclogist.
He should be able to recognize any
common insect that invades his 1rult
plantation or his orchard. To accom-
plish this he should have a small COL
lection of the insects that are most
common. These collections are not
readily obtainable at this time, but
the demand for them will create sup
ply. In older countries this demand
and supply already exist. In England
one entomologist makes business OF
breeding insects for the purpose OF
supplying collections. He has what is
called a butterfly farm. He supplies
collections of both the butterflies and
the larvae Some of his collections
number up into the thousands. 1t is
evident that the interest in entomology
! is on the increase. In the United
States the state universities are IN
some instances authorized to make
collections for the use of the high
schools in the state. Such law ex-
lists in Illinois, but the privilege Is OF
no effect for the reason that the state
entomologist never has the funds
available for doing the work necessary
to put the collections in form where
they can be Of use to the schools. OF
course these insects must be mounted
in proper arrangement and correctly
named. This work takes the time of
a man for a number of days, in the
case of each collection. We would
suggest that high school boards take
the matter up and make appropriations
to defray the expense Of this work.
Certainly there should be in every high
school in the state such a collection,
for it would then be a center from
which would 60 out great deal of
information on chronological subjects.
Frequently it happens that destruc-
tive insect appears in some neighbor-
hood and is unrecognized for weeks,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01

others Or projecting beyond tr.-n ana
provided with q toothed jaw tor en-
gaging and holding the hook, so az to
apply 1t to or remove it from a mold
ing. Such an instrument will pr,,ve OF
great value around art galleries or pic
ture stores.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01

Boston, Mass. In accordance with this
invention two upright cOrd-engaging
arms are erected upon base with
rearward incline. and said arms are
so located a short distance apart. so as
to straddle the hook when applying
the cord thereto or when removing it
therefrom. The base bearing said
cord-engaging arms is secured to a
pole. A hook engaging arm is pivoted
to the tase between the aforesaid
arms, wt''h 'e made longer than the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01

First Dear Girl have no friends to
speak of. Second Dear Girl-Lucky
friends Life.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Some Postal Oddities-A Novel Cure for
Late Rising and Some Curious Ad-
dresses - Pet Squirrels - Some Queer
Names-A Curious Saw.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
The Human Heart.


Were the human heart but once laid
bare.
Unto the human gaze,
And each throb that causes pain there,
And high hope that doth raise
Were written, there in accents too plain
To be mistaken, love for pain
Then would iifes history be complete
And each heart would know of content
sweet.
But God in His wisdom grand, sub
lime,
Has hidden meath smiling face
A heart which suffers all the time;
No peace it knows in any place;
For love, to human life so sweet,
Has suffered stern, hard, sad defeat
And no heart counts itself as blest.
For 1t Knows not that it is loved best.
All! could but the truth in each heart
be read,
Ana could the loved one only know
ihat each night bitter tears are shed
Softly, as falls the pure white snow;
Then would this world wear a smiling
face,
And the true nature of our race
Would not be hidden in mystic, sad
sighs,
I'LL the heart grows cold, grows numb,
then dies.
Clarence Bon Snider.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
Loss of Nitrogen.

Sir ]. B. Lawes of England has
measured the amount of nitrogen that
is washed out of soils by the fall rains
says Hoard's Dairyman In one rainy
season there were l3O pounds lost from
one acre in this way, during the month
of September alone. During the hot
weather Of July and August nitrifca.
ton goes on rapidly in the soil. This
means that nitrogen is changed from
organic forms SO that it is soluble in
water. Most summer crops stop grow.
ing before frost. There being no living
plants to utilize this soluble nitrogen,
the rains easily wash most of it out
of the soil. September and October are
two of the worst months for leaving
the ground bare. When covered with
Crimson clover or winter grain. the
loss Is much less, for these growing
PLANTS will utilize most of the nitrogen.
Never let the ground remain bare dur
ing the fall and early winter.
Patronize Good Stallions.-It may bs
truthfully said that there is scarcity
of good stations in many parts of thia
country, because good horses are not
patronized by those who should USE
them. Owners of good sires have be-
come discouraged because they were
not profitable. 1t is safe to say those
who did not use them lost the most
money. There is little excuse for not
patronizing flrst class stations now.
Their service fee is very low, within
the reach of every farmer who has .
brood mare.--Michigan Farmer.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS

Some Up-to-Dato Hints About Cul.
tivatiOn of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, viticulture and
Horticulture.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01

One might as we'll get left as to be
gathered Nm fragment,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
ture-HanginR Device.

A very convenient device for hang
ing or removing pictures from the wall
has been patented by an inventor Of
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01
Buckwheat as Manure for Turnips.

Buckwheat as Manure for Turnips.
From Farmers Review: 1t Is q
common opinion that turnips should
by buckWheat. Some farmers 60 the
length Of saying that the latter has
poisonous effect upon the land as far
as turnips are concerned. and also
when some other crops are grown. This
opinion was so general and seemed to
have so little foundation that a series
of tests were conducted to prove the
case for or against A piece of land
that had yielded crop of rutabagas
was sown to buckwheat and another
similar plot was allowed to lie fallow.
When the buckWheat was slightly past
the Towering stage it was cut, run
through fodder cutter and then
turned under. Shortly after this Q
volunteer crop of buckWheat appeared
and after growing few inches was
turned under, the fallow plot being
prepared for seeding to turnips at the
same time. The two plots were. ex-
cept in these respects, treated exactly
alike. The crop of salable turnips upon
the buckwheat plot was more than foul
times as heavy as upon the fallow plot
and they weighed more individually.
The marketable roots from the fallOw
plot were more numerous but smaller
and consequently lighter. This expert
ment seems to Indicate that the idea
that buckwheat is not a good green
manure for turnips is not correct.
NJ G. KAINS.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-12-01

On the following morning this should
also be sour and thick, or the tempera-
ture of setting has been too low.
Again the surface is SKINNED. hals
a pint extracted as before, which in
turn is added to third quantity Of
scalded milk. The temperature at.
which the second and all succeeding
starters are made up must be deter
mined by each worker for himself; it.
will depend upon the temperature of
the room where the pail is kept dur
Ing the night. On the third day the
starter produced in this way, II Of a
creamy consistence, may be used for
making the cheese-a portion, how
ever, being retained to prepare start
er for the following day.
This process may be repeated day
after day, and II performed in care
full and cleanly manner it will 20 ON
throughout the season yielding good
results. AS already explained, the op-
GRAFTON Is one which in q very few
days eliminates undesirable bacteria.
Moving Wire Fence.
l will give you my way and hope
others will do the same, since a con-
tinuation of ideas often makes a sue
cess, says G. w. Crossley in Wallace's.
Farmer In the first place l have the
spools that I took the wire off and
keep them SO when 1 want them 1 can
get them at minutes notice. l have
three-fourths-inch pipe four and one
half inches long, with holes one-fourth-
inch wide SO as to let the spool turn
free.
Put on your spool and put large
washer on each side of the spool. Then
put in spring key so that the spool
can be quickly removed when filed.
Take each end of the pipe, slip it
through the ropes and walk along the
line to be taken up. They have to use
their hands freely. One catches hold
of the spool and gives it half-turn
backward. Then the other man gives
it half-turn backward, and SO on
alternately. You can. with little
care, take it very even and easy to pay
OUe "ASA "oAICu AOA uoCS IL yO0
have third man, let him walk behind
the spool and turn it backward. It
is much quicker than with two men.
/ never saw anything better than Z
good sharp spade. Take your spade to
a blacksmith and have it drawn Out
thin. You will then find it will work
much easier and you will be fully re-
paid for your extra trouble in having
1t properly prepared for the work.
Another contributor to Wallace's
Farmer writes: In my last paper,
June 16, P. F. Peterson, of Franklin
county, asked how to take up posts and
roll up wire. If he will put on a thick
pair Of mittens he can roll up wire
very easily. All the trouble is in start
| ing. Drive along the posts with
wagon, put long chain around the
hind axle, hitch the chain near the top
of the posts. He will have no trouble
in pulling his posts. OF course tt ere
are wire reels for rolling and uni ILL
ing wire. l have had lots of expsri-
ence in moving wire fences and have
found no better plan.
| Buckwheat as Manure for Turnips.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-12

and again he left home with fixed de- termination to put his fate to the test, but his bravery all oozed out when in her presence. After defeat had followed defeat he sat down to write her. but language fled from him. A quire of paper and half a night were wasted, leaving him a nerve-shaken, disconso- late lover.
 The next morning he took strong cup of coffee and further braced him. self by throwing out his chest, talking loud to the rest of his family and tell ing them that he had about decided to go into business for himself Thus stimulated, he went to the telephone, called her up, and made one of the most direct proposals in all the varied annals of love- But before she could reply he was seized with a horrible fit of bash fulness and dropped the receiver as though it were red hot
 Twenty minutes later when he slipped back on tiptoes to learn if there might be any lingering echoes on the wire she was still scolding the telephone girl be- cause they had been cut of.
 Here I am my angel" he took cour- age and shouted.
 Yes, she cooed back.
 Then the bashful youth filled the house with war dances and wild whoop- ing.-Detroit Free Press.