An Electrical Disinfectant

Electriclty already Berrea su uany use f ui parpases in luimaii ooonomy tliat the (li-ii'iivi tv oí any new and excelleuit virtue, wihile stlll a sourcc of g-ratifk-atio'ii. no lOBger excites u hiirprine. It will, thereíore, astonisli no one to be told t bat in 1 lie applicatioai oí electricity a.s a. dislnlectaot, tdue loaiu-taiiilhifí municipal and sanitai-y jiroUlcni ol iuakiim" ícwage innocuous, iind oí deetroying the gemía of diBeaae ni wwter, may al last íind a satisfactory t-olutioji. The Kystem of dlsinfection fly eli-ct riciiy was subinitttd to a jH-ai-tk-al test the otlicr day in the town oí P.rewster, X. Y., tai Un' presence oí t(he OommlüBioner oí Public Works, and HealUi CommissiKMier Dr. Cyrua lidson, oí New York ('it y. and, as reportad, with entlrely satiesfactory resnhs. An apparatus consiisting of a mimljor oit nnks, with a capaeity oí 2,000 to 3,000 gallons, a l;oilcr, a IIIieen luorsepowcr entine and a íourlnirsepower dynamo - the whole outfit lesa tlian 95,000 and rnn at a oost of $4 per day- was íound sufficient tor a city oí 30,000 populatlon. The dtelnfectlng fluid eonveyed into a aewer, it i inserted, wID instantly kill tJie gernus oí all contagious discasrs, im;ludin.!í tliiwe oí cholera, diphtheri;i. ,-r.ir! (ever, measlea and typhoid isiad typu.s tover. The prospect 0 m .on witues.-in.u: (mr gewers lisahoirge a limpiii Btream oí crystal purity i.s quite refreeíllng ; lut an experiment of dteinfeettng pntrld mnat, mode at ihe saine time, may ni)t excite suda popular lutereei anaeog boardlng bonee PeeMenta. A pteee o mea.t wtüch had koel some ol its pristtoe íreMhncs-, was innií'rsed in thi' disiníecting fluid, and in less than oine minute It was restorcd to a healihy color, and the oíírnsive odor entirely dcst royrd. - Selected.