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reduction of price will be below the cost of wood. No doubt many industries 
will profit from this new progress in the fabrication of glass, and it will be 
greatly appreciated in the household. One will see the time when the metals 
and wood will be replaced by glass, ina great number of implements, utensils, 
and objects of diverse nature, such as stop-cocks, gutter spouts, buckets, and 
even barrels.—L’ Zechnologiste. Joli 
AGUE A POISON. 
T. L. LEWIS, BOLIVAR, MO. 
A French chemist, M, P. Bolestra, in a communication to the French Acad- 
my, some time ago, offered the following theory in regard to ague. In water 
undergoing putrefaction he found a granular microphyte, resembling the Cactus 
Peruvianus. It grows on the surface of the water, and in its young state looks 
like oil, and is ornamented with rainbow tints. In water of low temperature, or 
that containing but little vegetable matter, it grows but slowly, but under the 
the direct solar rays, mixed with decomposing vegetation, it develops rapidly 
and continually disengages small gas bubbles. It is always accompanied with 
great numbers of small spores, 7/5 of a millimetre in diameter, and sporangia or 
vesicles containing spores from ,2, to 73, of a millimetre in diameter, and of a 
very peculiar form. These spores are of a greenish yellow, quite transparent, 
and are often detected in marshy atmosphere. He claims to have contracted 
ague three times from these spores, which he claims to constitute ague potson. 
He says that ‘‘a few drops of arsenious acid, sulphate of soda, or, still better, 
neutral sulphate of quinine, stops its vegetation at the surface of the water, the 
spores become thin and transparent, and the sporangia alter so that they would 
not be recognized. These changes may be seen under the microscope.” 
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WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES. 
From two of the valuable papers on ‘‘ Domestic Nursing,” by Miss E. R. 
_ Scovil, of the Massachusetts General Hospital in this city, we cull and condense 
the following extracts for the benefit of our non-professional readers :— 
In very severe cases of burns or scalds the nervous system is so prostrated by 
the shock that there is often less suffering felt than when the injury is slighter. 
_ The pulse will be small and quick, and a stimulant should be administered with- 
out waiting for the doctor. A teaspoonful of raw brandy, or a tablespoonfu) 
in an equal quantity of water, may be given. 
