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•J22 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [August,
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HARTFORD, AUGUST 15, 1893.
J, M. Am.en, Editor. A. D. Risteen, Associate Editor.
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Sir George Tryon, the unfortunate admiral -who went down with the British war-
ship Victoria, stood six feet four inches and weighed between eighteen and twenty stone,
from 253 to 280 pounds, without an ounce of superfluous flesh upon him. With his
uniform and decorations he bore a majestic appearance.
Miss Mary Proctor, oldest daughter of the late Professor Richard A. Proctor, the
astronomer, is raising funds to build a monument over her father's grave in Greenwood
Cemetery. Professor Proctor left little property at his death. His daughter lives in
St. Joseph, Mo., of which State Professor Proctor was a citizen at the time of his death.
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The filthy water of the river Nethe is purified for use in Antwerp by being passed
through revolving cylinders containing small pieces of iron. Fifteen pounds of metallic
iron will purify 1,000,000 gallons of water. The water thus treated is said to be completely
free from germs, bacteria, and other objectionable matters. English and French
chemists find that the contact with iron reduces the organic matter by from 45 to 85 per
cent., and albuminoid ammonia by from 50 to 90 per cent., and all free ammonia is removed.
The process has been applied with success to the w^ater of the Delaware river,
in Pennsylvania. It is simple and cheap. From all of which it may be inferred that the
passage of drinking water through iron pipes does not injure it.
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Baltimore American.
According to a doctor who numbers many babies among his patients, the little folks,
whether well or sick babies, whether babies fed on the bottle or fed naturally, may have
water to drink in moderation if they want it. The water should be boiled and covered,
not very cold, even warm, if the child prefers it so. " So thoroughly," he says, "have I
become convinced of the great benefit derived from giving water to sick babies that I
now order it in nearly every case with fever, and it is astonishing to see how the restless-
ness and many of the symptoms we are apt to attribute to the pain and fever disappear
when it is freely given. By freely I mean from one-half to two ounces immediately
after or between the feedings. If given immediately after the feeding, a smaller quan-
tity will, of course, be required. Time and again I have seen infants with measles,