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THK I'OTATO DISEASE.
In Denmark some inter- j
esting and perhaps very
valuable researches into the
potato disease have been
made by Prof. J. L. Jenson,
The disease is found to con
sist of a fungus, whose j
spores are carried by the
wind, and which first attacks
the foliage of the plants.
It spreads f o the tubers in
about seven days by spores
washed down from the stem
and foliage. Considering
these facts, it was thought
that the tubes might be
protected by moulding the
soil into a broad ridge 3 or
4 inches high and 10 or 12
inches wide, after the first
weeding, and a further earth
ing up on one side only—
causing the plants to bend
so that the spores would fall
awav from the ridges—with
in seven days alter the ap
pea ranee of the disease on
the foliage. Some 150 farm
ers are said to have experi
mented in way, with
these astonishing results:
Where no moulding or earth
ing up was done, the per
centage of lisea sm ! potatoes
was 84; where the moulding
was imperfect, 12; and
where the moulding was per
fect, only 1. Infection dur
ing harvest was prevented
by allowing the tubers to re
main in the ground for a
month after the withering'
>l the tops.
Scienlilie Miscellany.
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\ RTIEICIAL SKI' LL-SIIA I*l Ni.
Astonishing success has at
tended t he efforts of Dr. Lan
r nelongue, an eniment spe
' eialist of Paris, to give in
telligence to a little idiot
girl. Though four vears old,
the child could neither wa Ik
i
nor stand, and never smiled
nor took notice ot anvthing.
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The Doctor concluded that
the abnoi mul narrowness (>f
the head obstructed the
growth ot the brain, and in
Mav last he made an incis
ion in the centre of the skull
and cut a piece of bone from
the left side. Tin* result was
marvelous. Within less
than a month t he child could
walk, and she has become
quite bright—playing, smil
ing, and taking notice of
everything around her.
PAIN-.TOV.
A Herman anatomist has
called the attention of his
class to certain hysterical
women who are a AW* ted with
a kind of "pain joy" —not on
ly experiencing no pain from
surgical mutilation, but
having a morbid desire to
bear without anaesthetics
operations, which should
prove very painful. A
voting woman was intio
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dueed who had seriouslv in
jured hei lower jaw, during
a paroxvsmof hvsteria, but
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v,ho had insisted upon hav-
PRESS AND CAROLINIAN: DECEMBER 13,1890.
ing the necessary removal ot
part of the jaw and liga
ture of two arteries per
formed without an anesthet
ic. and subsequently declared .
that the operations had giv
en her great pleasure.
THE MOOX-WEATHER PROB
LEM.
From tables made by the
use of synoptic charts, elim- j
mating local disturbances.
Dr. (J. Meyer believes he has
accomplished what other in
vestigators have sought to
do without success—shown
an influence of the moon on
the weather. The height
of the barometer, in months
of September to January, is
lowered at the time of full
moon and raised during the
first quarter. No effect can
be traced for other months.
ELECT RICA LEY-AIM El> (iUNS
In an invention, a small
drv battery, an electro
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magnet and a circuit-closer
of mercury are so arranged
in the stock of a gun that
the weapon can be dis
charged only when elevated
to a predetermined angle.
At other positions the trig
ger is locked and cannot be
pulled. The device is claimed
to ensure precision in range,
and accuracy of firing at
night when range has
been previously obtained.
ANOTHER SILK.
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A substance having all the
essential qualities of silk has
been made from wild hemp
bv Xa veinura Sakusabura,
ofHikone, Japan. Theplant :
grows on moors ami hill- I
sides, and could be cultivat
ed. The fibre is strong ami
glossy, and several silk fac- :
tories are said to ha ve
found it to be in no way in-
C'
ferior to silk.
COLD WAVES.
\ eold wave is denned by
Prof. T. Russell as a fall of
tempera t ure in twenty-four
hours of 20 degrees over an
area ot r>0,()0() square miles.
The temperature in some
part of this area descending
to 35 degrees. Between
1880 and 181)0 no less than
091 cold waves were record
ed in the Fnited States. In
the great cold wave of Jan
uary 17, 1882, the fall of 20
degrees extended over an
area of 1,101,000 square 1
miles, and t lie tali of 1 > de
grees included 2.1)20,000
square miles. In six cold
waves of the ten vears the
area of the fall of 20 degrees
was more than a million
square miles. Cold waves
follow a day after an area
of low pressure, or occur to
the southeast of an area of
low pressure, or occur to
the southeast of an area of
high pressure, reaching their
greatest extent when both
conditions are present.
NESTS FOR OERMS.
The impurities that col-j
lect under finger-nails have
been investigated in the bae- ;
teriological laboratories of
I
\ ienna. The matter ob
tained in 78 examinations ;
was placed in culture solu
tions, and gave 36 kinds of
microeoci, IS of baccilli, and j
3of sarcime. Cleanliness ot,
the nails is especially neccs- ;
sary tor all who come near a j
wound, and for those whoj
live in a neighborhood where
an epidemic prevails.
A KEMAHKAIiLE IMtESEUVA
TIVE.
A Belgian chemist has
1 found that the green tar left j
' after extracting the oil from
the white bark of the birch
will effectually preserve even
the most delicate textures
from -d era v. If vields neith
er aeid nor alkaloid, is re
ma rkablv fluid in alcoholic
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solution, and when once
dried resists even the action
of alcohol.
A NEW IDEA.
A recent contract provides
tor street lighting in Paris
on a novel plan. Power is
distributed by the com
pressed air system to a great
number ot small motors,
each of which supplies elec
tricity for a small number ol
lamps.
The Manufacturers' Record
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; of .November 22, in its week
ly review of the Souths in
d list rial progress, says:
Nor wit hstanding the ex-,
citement in the great finan
cial center* ot tlie world, j
there lias been no haulting
in the Smith's industrial
progress. 1.1 is already be
j ing demonstrated that capi-
Si ft lists driven f»om Wall
j Street s'ock speculat ion> h\
much troubles as we have 1
i
S been passing through, aiej
turning their attention to
t leSout h, w here invest nients
j are saler and wliere the prof
its are greater. The South
| moves along as though
there had been no sign ot fi
nancial 11 ouble any wliere.
1 his is very strikingly shown
in the record »i new cut er
prises reported during th» j
week. A S1,()()().()()0 com pan y
has been organized to build
a cotton mill at lluntsville;
a SoO),(MM) mill will be built
in Union county, S. ('.; a
large mill is to be moved to
Alabama from Delaware,
iand a SI 00.000 mill in
■ Mississippi lias been sold and
will be enlarged toaSl.ooo.-
000 plant: Nashville, Ten?..,
ha s organized a SI .000.000
stock-yards and packing*
company: Va.. a
s.)i M i,( MM) steel ear buildiii"-
company: Beaumont. Tex
as. a Sooo.oooe&i companv:
Bedford ( ity, \ a., secures
the »•» tnovnl of a £200,000
engine works from Pennsvl
vania: a *2,000,000 eomoa
ny is building a 7,000 horse
p >wer canal in North Caro
lina tor a furnishing power
to many new enterprises:
Pal ton, (i a., has organized a
>_(>().! MM) irrying coni|»a
-n,l : Grottoes. \a , a s.~>o -
o*.o supply coin
pain: lyler, Texas, a soo,-
000 lumber company; Mur
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pny, A. t., a SOOO,OOO im
provement company: New
port News, a., a 82,000,-
000 improvement company;
Buena Vista, \a., a $500,-
000 company; Louisville,
Ivy., a sloo,ooo lumber
company; Pensacola, I* la., a
$.">0,000 manufacturing com
panv: Norfolk, \ a., is to
have f2oo ? ooo car works;
40,000 acres of coal land in
West Virginia will be devel
oped by Northern capital
| ists.
These are but illustrations
of what the South has done
during the past weeK. Not
a complaint has been heard
of any bad influence from
the Wall Street troubles*
but on the contrary, it is
everywhere recognized that
the South is on a solid sub
stantial basis that insures
rapid growth regardless of
financial difficulties else
where.
From the many good
words the Constitution has
said of the recent W. C. T.
P. Convention in Atlanta,
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we copy tie* following:
'•The Stindav exercises
were particularly interesting.
Nearly all the churches of
the city were thrown open
to the women of the W. C.
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T. r , and religions services
were held by them. In the
afternoon Miss Willard and
Mrs. Wallace, of Ohio, were
invited to address the citizens
af Atlanta, and the opera
house was engaged for the
occasion. Long before the
appointed hour this large
building was crowded to
: overflowing by the very best
people in our city. Mrs. W.
I C. Sibley, president, of the
W. C T. I . of (ieorgia. pre
sided. After the singing of
Inflow Firm a Fountain," j
the reading ot Scrij>ture and !
a praver. the audience was
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addresed by Miss Willard,
on the purity of our homes,
and by Mrs. \\ allace, on our
dutv to humanity Both
addresses were listened to
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with deep attention, and to«j
say they were greatly en- 1
joyed isexpressing itfeeblv— '
it would be impossible to do
justice to either in so short \
[ a notice.
I here was not an objec
tional feature during the
•y hole con vent ion, and even
tiiose most opposed to wom
en on the platfonn were con
strained to put aside all
prejudice and acknowledge
there was nothing masculine
or unwomanly in anything
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said or done. A more re
fined, gentle and elegant
company of ladies cou'd
never have b.vn found than
those so recently in our
muNt. Long may these
noble women live to bless
humanii \ by their good
w?o Is and works
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
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» * uiillcil il: C o I* w .. ' * fr»
Forcing the Force bilf
against the real sentiment,
of a respectable minority ( "
its own party, has « ro \ t^ 1
the Republicans of the s* T '
ate into &.11 ugly predict nif»rjt
and were it not for the
nent danger of a financial
panic, vvnicn wassostriking
ly set forth by Senator G o "k
man in a twenty minute
speech this week, that is
threatening our country
there would be no sympathy
for them. They sowed the
wind and as a natural con
sequence are reaping the
whirlwind. There is a seri
ous revolt in their ranks,
and unless the Force bill can
be crowded through at once
it will never go through.
It is sometimes said that
men in public positions, who
must mingle more or less
with all classes, cannot de
cline to drink; but (iov. M e .
Kinley, of Virginia, gives
positive testimony to the
contrary. In his political
campaigns many a time Ims
he met persons who wish to
•'treat," but on being told,
courteously and firmly, that
he never drihks. it is not mi
uncommon reply for him to
be told, "I think all the het
t T of you." I i* nonsense
for any lull-grown man who
is not a baby to say that in
certain society he must
prink.—[(-ongrega t iona list.
Secretaries Wiudom and
Noble have heroine so
alarmed over the pension
pnji: enis, wliirh bid fair to
create such a bi_r treasury
deficit hi the near lilt mv.
that thev ha ve laid the mat
ter before Mr. Harrison, in
the hope that some feasible
method of reducing 11 i *
payments by revising t!.e
pension rolls, or otherwise
may be concocted. They
have succeeded in getting
the pension c munif te. - of
the House to deride that no
special pension legislation
would be reported at the
present session.
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M any parents seem
have absolved their con
sciences from all i'il
itv foi' file religion.-* trainii _
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of their children and te
have turned over this worK
entirely to llie Sunday
school and t!:• ' ;
Alas: alas! that it ■>»' !
be so. The highest
ever committed to man
woman is to bring up *'- J r
dren "in Hie nurture an i ''''
monition of the b>rd.
[ Ad voca te.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Cast:' i-
Tlie l)!f»co\cr>'
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You have heard your fi.'-nd- * ' ,
bors talking about it. )ou na> : "
be one of tlie many lio know fr>
a! experience just how 1
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