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Show BLUE GLASS. A .Salt Lake I'liysiriau an A'l-t(rattj A'l-t(rattj of tlm Tlirtory. lit IjK. J. M. liYSb.MCT. Tl,o other day 1 aav in 11 rner-chant'i rner-chant'i wii.ddw ot UAd town a large piateof Lluo K-'Mw't marked "Misiar-ino "Misiar-ino or I'leaKunton iilue," and tiioii?;iit 'that perhaps an explanaiiua of il-i u.ift niilit bo of interLtt to your many r(:aiif;rd. 'J'lie uno ot blue, or more properly violut colored light is nut by any mr-aiis a ni.-w idea; but (ji-ncral l'li;a.-.anton haa brought it somewhat into nuluricty by bid recent experi-tncuti experi-tncuti btli upon ve'ttablo and an'i- u'lal life, fkins an educated man, (a graduato of Wt'ht l'uint, and a lawyer by profesnion) ho began, upon liid farm, a few miles from Philadelphia, in lfiOO, to experiment iiiiuii bid theory regarding the different differ-ent colui'rt o( thu Bolar apectrnm and their effecU upon vtgtablca and animftla. Experiments made in Europe Eu-rope had already demonstrated that tho darker rays of thu epeetrum had greater chemical powers than tho utliers, and violet tne greatest of all. It ia unfurluiiato that ut the outset tho wrong tirrm for tho color haa been uni:d, aa the blue ray id not the most powerful, nor ia tho glass used blue iu color, although so termed. It is a viofet colored gia;a and corresponds corres-ponds in color to tho moat powerful chemical ray of tho .mectrum. It ia not, tbcruforo, the fifth ray of tho solar epectrum nut tho laat or euvonth that is used. Willi this introduction I give you tho general's own words regarding the results of his experiments. "He built a large grapery covered with glaas, overy'eighlh row of which was blue. 15y this arrangement the sun iu making its rounds CAST A fiLUE KAY OF LIGHT unon every plant and loaf within tho grapery. In April, 1801, ho set out t.venty varieties ot grape vinci in his Rrapary, all of tho cuttings being one year old, tho size of a pipe stem, and ' cut cluao to tho ground. The vines ' noon began to show a most vigorous urowlh, and in a few weeks the 1 grapery was filled with vines and ioliage. By September or five months after setting tho seedman ' who had lurr.iahcd tho cuttings made measurements, and found that tho 1 vines had growu forty-livo feet iu I- length, and wero an inch in diameter a foot above the ground. These vines attracted great attention in the neighborhood, neigh-borhood, but it was predicted that, owing to this unusual growth, they would not bear fruit. Next year, huwuvcr, tho vines displayed the same vigorous growth, and, in addition, addi-tion, boro ovor 1,1100 pounds of luscious grapes of unusual size. This was more astonishing to horticulturists 1 than the growth of the- vines; but from that day to this the vines have 1 kept up tho eamo vigorous growth, being entirely free from disease and destructive insects, and bearing with proportionate prolilicness. How re-markablo re-markablo this result is will bs appreciated appre-ciated when it is known that in grape crowing countries the vines do not bear Iruit until the fifth or sixth year. Having been bo suceeijslul in his experiment ex-periment with vegetable lil'o, General i'leasontuu next tried the oiled of It LITE LIGHT UPOS'ANIMALS. His tirst experiment wa3 with a litter of pigs, which he placed iu a pou which was lighted by blue and p fa in glass inserted in tho roof iu equal proportious. TI113 litter gained wonderfully in weight, size : and strength, and at the oud of a few luuulA.a noie louud lo ww'(;i uiutih more than a similar litter raised in i the usual way. He next experimented 1 with an Alderney bull calf, which was r do puiuiy and weak at its birth that , the manager ot the firm said it could , not live. It wns put under blue glass ' and in twenty lour hours it wts ablo to stand up and was taught to drink , milk; iu four months it was a per- fectly developed bull, strong and vigorous, and was turned in with the herd ot cows and has since fulfilled every expectation regarding him. Subsequently other experiments gave him confidence, and now all hiscattlo are raised under blue glass, showing great vigor and most eurpriaiug precocity. pre-cocity. A heifer becomes a niothor wheu fourteen mouths old, and the cows and their progeny are healthy and'stroug, and tho former aro great milkers. It is geuerally held that heifers should not bear young before they aro four years old, but under. the iutluonca of blue glass they do so without injury when eighteen months old, thus saving the expense of keeping keep-ing them through two and a half years. The beneficial e fleets of the associated plain and blue rays of the sun's light upon vcgetablo and nui-mal nui-mal life having been demonstrated to tho wonder and amazement of all who had observed the experiments, their c fleet was tried upon', VARIOUS SICK PERSONS. 1 lho most astonishing results have been obtained, which are certified to iu such manner as to leave no doubt regarding them. Commodoro Golds-borough, Golds-borough, who had read something regarding General rieasonton's discovery, dis-covery, relates the case ot a lady who prematurely gavo birth to a child, which was weak and puny, weighing but three ana a half pounds at birth. There were blue curtains to the windows win-dows of the room iu which the child was reared, aud these wore arranged , so that tho light entering the room eamo about equally through the blue curtains and the plain glass of the windows. The child began to thrive, developed a tremendous appetite, while the lacteal system of tho mother was greatly exeiud, and her Bupply ot milt greatly increased. The child grew rapidly in health, strength and sue. and at the end of four months weighed twenty-two pounds. Com-mutoro Com-mutoro G.M.Isbornugh experimented with two broods of chickens, placin" 3:: under bine glass, and the other in m ordinary coop. Tne former is.-ou showed the stimuUiiug elTecis of tho blue slas, their growth being almost visibie from day to day, aud teir saengta, sizj au.t vigor tar ex-cfiediiij; ex-cfiediiij; that of the chickens ia the ordiaary coop. This is testimony ;:.t.i a gentleman of high standing, who is in iha habUo: carefu'iy weiga-his weiga-his words, lae wife of a riiiiaJ-.-Ipbta phvslj-lan phvslj-lan was suffering t'rem a complication oi : disorders, and the medical fratern-i:y fratern-i:y ot New York and ToiLuieipai eou.d do nothing fur her. Her hus-Lu-.d, Dr. Beekwita, writes tuat she w.ii suffering from nervous irritation and exhaustion, which resulted in severe neuralgic acd rheumatic pains, depriving her of s.eep and appetite f- r food, producing great debility and a w.te-:;r.g away of the bedy. Te i-.jy and her husband had abandoned hopa ot her recovery. General fieas. i l;;.. u recommended tho trial of the nlue glass, and accordingly Dr. Beck-r.'iia Beck-r.'iia arranged one sash ot" a window w;:h alternate panes 01 blue and com-v.on com-v.on 'lass. 11:3 wife I jen exposed to l.octl'ectof lho associate J ray a of .'lac and plain llch: those portions of ;jr bedy which, wire atfected by xural-'a. Ia tare? minutes sue ex perienced relief, and in ten minutes j the paint disappeared. With each up plication of tne associated lights her pains bee a qi e Itei, her appetite and strenglii returned, ar.d in three weeks she wai restored to her normal health-; tul condition, 'lids lady h-d bten !,:-ii:g h'r hair in cuiiucqueiicG of her sii.k ;:..;.-, thtro bei:; eeveral bald plai.'frH on hr;r had. Under the etini-: uiat:iig elS'cts of tiie blue giasa, liie hair began to grow vi'oroiialy, and t::e bail places were soon covered with a luxuriant growth of iiair. Ur. j Heckwi'.h, in relating this ca-e. say-s: I '! roui my ol.st-rvatioiis of tho blue and BiMihght upon my wife, I rcgi.rd1 it us the greatrMt stimulant and most powerful tonic that 1 know o! in nifi'-leitLi). nifi'-leitLi). It will bo invaluable ii1 typhoid casen, cics of debility, iu-r-vuus depression, and the like." (to us continued. ) |
