Show 70 I NIENTIFIC I MISCELLANY X 0 Orthoform Marvelous Tlmelloconllna Safely of ChloroformUJ In star I tiociltr d In A1111OFileTiltA 1 I Bnbmarlno Telescope Aiitomatlo It Pl curdles of Train SW lsA otable I I 8 Poison llodyTha Var nllh Unseen 1 SInln 10dT roes I The ipropertles of orthoform a new compound obtained by DrElnhornhavc Ai been a subject of experiment In dor 1 may by Dr Kcllenberger The material I ma-terial Is a fine white powder nearly In 4 soluble In Water and I pronounced Tii Quite harmless Irgeu Inject Ions having produced no toxic sympto In nm 1 mal I Is I both BneheUe I nd anU Septic While It doe not net through i Wbl I I I the akin or mucous Membrane It hall a marked anesthetic effect on wound elecl t fjj burns I core elc nnd Is not eBly nh burns like cocaine while Its Often Is 11 J 1 more vrolonged having even been veiy I perceptll after 35 hours and more I I J Is I powerfully antlsepllo pieces of rabbits V J rab-bits muscle sprinkled wllh It being qJ perfectly preserved I diminishes the discharge from wounds and may be 11 il applied In ointment to burns etc A 14 suggestion olnimant I I may take the place I of morphine after accidents I The record of the ordinary tuning fork chronograph is I traced on a BUr face blackened b smoke A new and a more delicate chronograph consists of n cylinder rotated whlh a surface velocity of 100 et pr second on wit Ich In photographed a pencil 01 lht blcl I which has parsed through n bole In the end of n rapidly vibrating tunl fig < fork A recent curious record In I that of the comprolon of a copper cylinder by a blow A 33IUI1 weight falling I 35 Inches Permanently Compressed tile cldr 016S Inch and the chronograph b t curve shown Ibe progrs I of the rom I prelon during Its Interval of 030317 of a second t An many as 75 deaths from 110 I I reform In a year bay hn reported In England Dr 1 A Hing however I > onounce I Perfectly are mhen Prop pl oly a dmlnllered Pointing out that the 11 h debd romllon of 18UO proved I that I has n direct action on the heart the thing necessary being to avoid suffocation by property diluting tho vapor with air 11 A ulrown Shetland pony owne1 11 Iy the Mrb Crnno of Mian is but 2i Inches trill being the smallest horo 11 the world Inve ligature hove demonstrated In I vrlou wy tile Influence of Roentgen ry on living organisms In recent I experiment Mer Mldlny and r Thouvenln hvo proven thaI the rays hasten the germination of Bed and i that the result which Is I of tie practical l Value Is I not due In healing of ilia roll 110 01 They conclude also that the rays < I not hten the formation of chlorophyll Dr Edward Schll of the Vienna Vol l verlyhs shown more Important ef I f I fecto having on one hno n1 4 Superfluous hair from the ot without I the slightest Innnmton hle on the other hand he line succeisfully treated lupus by an artificial Innmnton that could he regulated In Intensity at will X In thee two kind of cases at let the Xry may have a real value In medicine Z I I A French paper product the Invention Inven-tion of M Pnhon resembles the bard eat Woods In many of Its proprte I 1 Is I called Eheonle and is I made by I treating fine chip of relnous woods traln lne < with Iyea of oulphaten or ulphle then pounding the softened chip 10 a pulp find treating the latter durlr reqn Inlwlh much chemical or coloring sill stances as will Impart desired luIe 1 I j The Prepared pUlp may he made Intel paper and by hydraulic Ireur Joint 1 up Into thick mo far Working or It ran Ie molded The articles made from Wr proof against ntmopberle chn Ares hot anti moisture find en be rendered Incombustible Anatomical explnton of right handedness ore rejected by Dr 00 M Kellogg lie believes that he child Is born equally expert In both hands I 11 find both Ignd that righthavoledns 11 In I due to careful training lefbnnl I I edness being probably started by one I BIb oeMnt 10 the right hnn1 In babyhood le rromnd the cullv I t ton or nmhldoterly which has ben of great advantage 10 such mn no i Alexander Mol Joseph Ionroot B P JI More Lo onr1 do Vinci and I ciael Angela l Asteroid hunting Is I bomlng more arduous and onlY elhl Z of tile little planets were added to the list Mot yr 11 increasing the total to 433 The aster old Bra no longer nmd hit ore des n I ignored by letecomblnlon the The Slnat1 ovrls of IR97 being known an Dire DI DT DK DL 1m BIT and DO I I An opprln a for seeing tinder water I a kind of binocular with a Jong tube I I has ben devised by Malahowkl an I engineer of Cracow Tb two lenses I I or III fitted Into the mnl end of it tor Inx 2 Inc Who at the other enl of I which Is a tight Iron box About A rot 11 In diameter closed at the bottom with a rubber packed 1Iale of heavy glass and provided oil Phlo with Iron leg to k pop the glass I from Irlklnl against olon The field of v low under the J plate Is lighted by In Incandescent Imp I supported on a bent arm Another An-other lamp my he placed In a branch lube provided a t the shle of the box this branch being required for Intro 1 dnln vnlne to proven moisture I from costing the Inner surface of 11 I glass I The electric wires are carried 1 to the lamps down the Inside of the tube A safety valve or aperture near 4 the top ot the lube allows the water toecap In of hrIae of the gi escape rae Iln 1 4 1 rill it thus prevents 10Jnr 10 the lefam36 or the observers eye The Instrument I which has been successfully tested to I a length of fifty etI Is expected to 1 e prove of much value In studying submarine sub-marine Plant still animal life and In 1 examining hips hulls and bridge piers For Side views 1 a mirror at nn I I angle of 45 degrees Is provided A A simple and accurate method of measuring the speed of trains has been 1 adopted by railroad authorities In Tier Un A makendhrek contact on one tn of the axles Interrupts the current of I a battery at every half revolution of I the axle and registers the breaks on 11 on ordinary tore recorder In one I compartment of the cr The record comprment < strip gives an exact account of the 11 1 train rate of movement during the 4 I I I entire trip 1 Germany Is I preeminently the land q I i of chemistry Its great chemical so cletj the Deutsche Chemlsche Gen 4 ellschift probably the lat scl if entitle organization In till world hv nlfc oranlznlon t t J P Ing 29S9 members over 42 per cent of I born however are from other countries coun-tries All nations are represented tile I I iiiiJ Unld Staten having 35 members and R Great Britain 23 Qj 1 Willie the 11 n1 totally wounld I 11 1 I of the American civil wr he ben P estimated at 97000 the deaths from In I 4ii rlo diseases In the gains 1rlo1 I 03W have ben placed at twice the number 03 Air 194000 A Toodical authority ar 4 11 guei from this that microbe warfare 11 i Is a more Important study for our I 1 I l f eii Schools than military tactics |