| Show SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY I don 01 I tolooollo ur IS UIIITr1 111 IIIroktn w 1 JoUol Wo 10 hl 1I1IhtCar rlrd Throog I rOIl Tho 1orop n In addition to the knowledge that Is I railed skill or art explained < Dr Pyo Smith at UniversIty College Sheffield < there Is I another kind of knowledge that Is I contemplative and < theoretlcal and wo tall this science The abstract ecionera necm to haO arloen out or the need ol tire leful arlsgomtry i out of measuring tIre rising or the Nile arithmetic out of ollntlng the boats of a perslan despot or the gains of an fte in eylender trigonometry trigonome-try out of IIl1g landmailts chemtslry out of the alchmlI search utter gold botany out at mater In me lea and anatomy out or surgei ty Amply lids the debt been repaid At tho present time all the ICcaorete 1 In the useful arts Is I called dentln and lightly so for nil depend uvon nolural dnc Agrieullul e reol air the basis of or ganic chemlslry geology alnd Ineluas novlcatlon on alronOm the worktng or mlof on Ih ahac 1 arnd ehmllry englneeilng on mathematics medlclno on phislolog 1 cant If J ever lire art of governing mankind Is I to b < more than empirical It will rest on profound knowledge < of palaeontotog and neuro phjsloloK On a mall grass plot In tho city of Worcester Tngland Is I settled a remarkable re-markable colon > that seems to te quite new to the localltja band < tof highly high-ly hosphoicecent tarthuoitns This annelid < according to Mr J Lloyd IJczward < In Nature IH I round pellucid about two Inches In length and < apparently appar-ently without segmentation ill la en tlrelj luminous The piiuri horcseence uhlrh In I iindor conlrnl has the bright reenh olor of tin glowworm i light und orhonin glow Ilmeormcihon iclu Imtnou makinA a lumlnou troll cat nbglrt Inrulrllrtg I OIl th crourod or I 1fgl ig slight Inmmctarrcnnnnnnrm th croaluere to an the coefmre n < light up lelcnnf t molMellum steel by a Ht etbulI chemist how th U II ru bombl lungn > u CCI I but Is I made < cOlor by a0l1laling utid iiarde r bj high hentlng I bland llr 1 nd < tcmpctln loIter rho 1110 no nsur ml he lunr In olecl wrv olten < 10 A tew poem ago chmloal analytic I meooro mob on N deboI nIne the BlIoedc of ulr ro drinking nnrt bUlllclent dllntli of poisonous mnt tee cane re gudrd as making It hat FbI Ir t ha-t The Irobhm ha now luokod mono na n Mololeol Blhr than a ehmlool one nnd tIme puIt of Ih wnter It I JUdg1 by Ion a character tIre organlo II Centy conlnln lIen fact belnll nocngniand < that ven tke nlnutest possible nuantlly of foreign natter It It be n disease < rmma 10 suinclent to start an epidemic The d lanter consists not In the quantity of much organisms but In their power ol rowth under < certain conditions T > inlroll te ver cholera and certain forms of dynlery are the chief diseases Whose Infection It li I generally admit ten can live In water but Ur M A Veer of Troy N V states that dur Inc the last ten years lie has main Inlnool Ihut tIne lerm mnlaI moaning bad nlr U I a misnomer and that dl senses of this class are very largely If not exclusively conveyed In vvaler Vdmlttlng this drinking water brings two ciassis of danger Water taken from near human habitations may be contamlnaled with typhoid nnd diar rhoea from excreta and that from vlr Silo soil and undralned districts mOl Inr the germs of malaria Shallow veils In nlluvlal soil alni may ylel < nnlnrlal Infection In many localities life source can only be had l by purl ntlon and for thin an Intermittent nitration taking advantage of a re enlly discovered antagonism between whnt are known ns nitrifying organ Ietemntl IiaoueeeemonncInup be ht ter than sand nitration alone the liter being nllowed to stand In the filler until Introduced nitrifying or onlm mare Imcl tune tn destroj their feet For hoe purification of water Jlllns Is I mot jmenlont a Dr rrdrmm I plan Is I to allow the boiled center to deposit sediment Ir 0 alone Jar then to transfer It to klrtlght i glass fruit Jam nnd store In n cool mel lor or an Ice I chert Such wntei Is I clear and palatable aid keeps long A communication to the rod Mod omy nr Mdlcln tate Ihnt net leen I I than Of per cent of the nollve hlldnn of Peking are affecteil hy thread wormo Other rmn11 Intestinal pirn It are equally common lob adults a o rult t of the are of polluted drinking water ntmh ot race mrgetohiod from ewnte Irrlfrateil Heidi the Furo > an medIcate oe ho u rompnrallelY lure walr onnh rooked srgrtolnien 1lng almost enilrely unaffected TOIeworm nn lIre othr hnml he I toun1 In 20 per cent of the nnropenns while It Is veep rare In the Chlneio Movable buhblei ocr ofln eon In quortz and elheremytaic hal the ap pranre mond < 11appenrnnoe < of tnclu dons or Ihls lelml he I n hIt ot noture male not oltn ohrve An Inlr ulln uIrlenre with erulnn blue oapphlro In I glcma hy Plc W P Heck man In The lIerOArpe ThIs woe a heutlCul gm of nIne enrol hut II 101 n lion nn1 one mornlllg he wa nOlonlh11 10 see II novlng hubbl In IlnIa blow ne he lIekcnl UI the otone I lIe hoIlle nwny to how thlt pheno mnnll 10 n rrlnd Ho could nnd 110 huhhle far Imle trlend nml nl horn 10 oughl II onln III vain then trIed 11 rOBon that It had < In some wny worke < 1 ont at tIme elone Th onrch wa cc turned In the evnlng TannIng on thoUght tho-Ught thero again was the bubble butt but-t MM falling 10 pieces nnd In a fen moments had < disappeared Its vanish leg was 0 trick of temperature He ween E5 and SO degrees rahr which I s tha critical point of carbonic acid when under n nressure of CO atmospheres I atmos-pheres the bubble changed from a liquid 10 nn Invisible gas The Wring of a candle through 0 door or pIne plank will no longer en eile our onder A more striking II < lustration of the penetrative power ot light matter at high velocity has beet furnished by Copt Cooper Key n A no 0 remit or xperlmnt on fimiImg got In mine hor a borhol wWI emplocd q special 1 gun which was charged with high explosive tamped by pressed cylinders of raw dry nay theep Inches long and about two Inches In diameter The blasting acted In vurlomla mlxlllre or aim eonilluot mean rho und to stem the ounneesrof thq plug annI bronk It Into duct 0 ruII ron tnr get plllte one Inch thick WaR 1lncd 25 feet In front a tall angle ot 45 dc glees After three or four shots the Inch Iron plate was penetraled by the clay plug weighing 7 > 4 ounces The beaver appears to be gaining slightly In Norway where fl wn once very nllmeIOu an Prof Collect mc IImnle tho pront number at toe hUOllrrll or bIle Iher were nhout elect In WO A few specimens of the Euro lean cpedlem ore club round In tome districts on tho Rhone the Hlbe and I the Danube The calise ot bloc lrlerlorallon nf paper Is to be Investigated by a com mtllo of tho lonllon RoelIY or ArIB Marl of the paper now mild cannot expected to endure many years |
