Science.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 379, 13 August 1903, Page 2

Science.

. —-• T : }^.' : - '/MOgPOB CABS, ■HE with,, which guardians 1 of: .ihe '"'public health find out fatal objections to all forms of popular entertainment, has probably been noted by eVery reader. A brand new danger is pointed out now by the 'Medical Press and Circular,' which is beforehand with the plan of automobile cars oh 'instead of ordinary trains. The prospect of this change, with its promised great increase of speed, is an enticing one to those whose nervous systems do not shrink from such rapid motion, especially as less vibration is likely to i be /experienced than" is the case ■#ith the heavy and, comparatively slow trains we now have. There is one detail, however, according to our contemporary, which goes far to extinguish the enthusiasm felt at first sight. Each' automobile railway carriage; 'it seems, will carry a : " Supply of highly inflammable liquid fuel, varying according to the distance to be traversed, from 30 to 80 gallons. Now our railway managers have themselves recognised the most irksome restrictions on its transport oyer their lines. If the automobile system be adopted proper precautions will doubtles 3 be taken to prevent' the possibility Yof leakage, and consequent explosion or fire. But, one shudders to think of the inevitable result should an automobile train leave the rails or sustain anything of a nature "of collision. To the serious irisk to which passengorfl; are now exposed in a railway catastrophe will be added jthe practical certainty of an instantaneous conflagration involving the, whole of~the ■'wrecks' .• '" ■'■' '" " s '■■■''■■■■'• '■ fri* :-■'■ It is pleasant to note, however, that.the ,authority which,points oufctbis peril also adds, in a .fit of. extravagant optimism, 'that, while the cremation St all passengers in such a case aer this is assured, there'is an advantage <in the situation') for//'he passage of tho : .petroleum vapor into the lungs would .probably determine insensibility, forthwith,*, partly by asphyxia arid partly in virtue of its poisonous effect on the bloods' ■' •'■ '>« m \ /

Eemedy for Blistered Feet.—Rub the feet on going to bed with spirits mixed ,with tallow dropped from a lighted; candle into the palm/tfthe hand 1 . ' Tl > ;' ■■ A Croupy Cough.—This can often be .loosed and; prevented by awathing the throat ,witfa> dry, .warm flannels; a thick [pack of them to sweat the' throat and ' chest often helps ipeedily. ■-*»?«* |