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Show X-lt.llil'HT. Only a few weoke ago lha announcement announce-ment waa made that Profeaeor HjouU tan of Wuariaburg bad dltovered prooea whereby obcU within eur-face eur-face geuirally oonaldared opaque could b photographed, Kxparlmenta are now being mad by prominent eolenllitaou both aid of Ih Allanllc wllb alarlllng raeulte. Th prlnolpl on whlcb tba dlaoovery reel will be underalood from Iba following fol-lowing aummary of no accouul given In lb Weeer Zillung, and reproduced lo tba Open Court, a periodical devoUd to religion aud aolano aod publlabad In Chicago. A longtime ago Uelealerandaaielolt oonalruoled cloaed tuba tilled wllb rarefied geeea, In Ih and of which platinum wlree ware wldered. After-warda, After-warda, rrofaaaor Illtlorf attached lo the electrode through which Ihe Beg, live eleoiilolly enien, a flat atrip cf metal. Thla aleolrode I railed Ih oalhoJa. When lb gaa la quite rarefied rare-fied tb la atrip ramalua dark, while oppoalle lha cathode, on th lube, a pot la vlilbl which glow aooordlog lo lb ooiupoollluu of 111 gaa, with a yellow, green or bluiib light, Tbla la lb tlunraaoenl apol. A body wllblu lha lub Intercept thai oatbod raya and throw a thadow on the wal'. ol Iba tub. Tbe lubea la Iblaoountry are known aaCrooka'a lubea. Crook origin ited Iba bypolbeale thai th cathode raya are malarial particle! emitted from Ihe maial atrip In rectilinear palha, Uer-man Uer-man eoholare, however, took the view that lha action waa uudulatory and bore auma reaamblanca lo Ihe raya ol light. At tbla alago of Iba luvaatlgallon 1'rofaeior lloautgen planned bla exparl-menu.. exparl-menu.. The ruom In which ho waa workiug waa darkened. The tub wai ou:el.j.oJ In a caalcg of wood, Impenetrable Im-penetrable to tb vleolrlo light aud tbe raya of tb aun. Near by waa a acraen covered with a euoelauu commonly uied In duoreeuent experiment!. It emlia a bright while glew whan 11 la truck by violet light raya or cathode raya. Thla loraau waa Immediately Illuminated Illum-inated whenever lha eleotrlully waa uied tu paia through the C'Tuoki'a lube, altbuugb tbe latter waa euoloaed lu an abaolutvly opiiua oailn ud waa totally luvulb lo tin .) The oonoluilon waa lui.viut.ie that the ruya frum the lube actually I emed llirough the black oaalug thuugn thla an uaiuu to ordluary light. The raja In queatlou uiako t.o ini, roiLi. ou th retina ot Ihe ry.; that Ir, Ihey produce no aeaiatiuu of light. Tuay laaue Ir. m the part of the Im a white tboglata wall la etiuuk by the callioJ. raya. II 'M further found, If in object wero placed between lull apvt and the acraen, a dlallnot, but not icrieotly dark abadow of the body waa vlilbleon Ih acraao. Tuoraya, ouuiaiuently,paiaad through eiich bodlea, hot Impair waakeriel or ebi.irt.od In prop.riti.ii li. thr thlcknua of lha body penetrated. Hclentlale are Inollut I to th opinion that Itieolgen'a dlaoovery la nothing lera lhan that of an aollrrly new phyalral agency, lb long.aought-for longitudinal wavea i.f Ilia ether. Com-ram Com-ram lUhl-wavia are tuppoaz.l to t Iraiiavar.al, originating In a alfullar way aa th wavea In walor euiiok by a atone thrown Inio It. The preiicof longitudinal wavia In the hypothetical ether haa long been auapacled but without aotual ilemon-Iratlon. ilemon-Iratlon. The practice! aide nt th new illinov-ery illinov-ery al one beoeme apuareul. II waa found peaelbl lo photograph, for In-atance, In-atance, tb akelelon of living peraolie, ihe new raya ponctrallng Ihe covering olaklu and fleih. The Open Court re. pr-ituoea a iibolourarh by I'ro- fcaior Hchubarf, uf Uarahiirg, lo which lli Interior ot a hand la laid Lara. Tl.a raya bava pa.ar-d through Ih flefhy pal la, which are l.ut falully aim on the ph luie, while Ihe bjfie parti are mor dlitlnotly vial-bla, vial-bla, and Ihe gold ring encircling on finger atauda out aa a comlderably dark ol luot. Th plctiir la really a photograph of tba aliadow of lb ol.Jiat rather lhan of Ih object Ihem- aalvaa, and th proceae by whlcb It la obtaloed la o lar knewa aa x-igrapby. Mr. Edlaun la now at work trying to ohiala a picture of the brain, aud bla experiment ere watched wllb much Inlereet, lu Chicago, Chi-cago, aa will u aean In a dlipatch from Ibal place Merere. Horlbuer and Hurry, lb latter a phyaiclan, have already enllaied th new dlaoovery In the aervloe of th medical art. Tbay have aucoaaded lo locallog la a mau'i band a buck-abol lhal for two yaari had cauaad pain bul eluded all tUoite lo Oud II. There I praotloally no limit lo th uiefulneia of lha new x-taye, aa Ihey ara called, whan their nature shall La fully underilood. If by their aid tbe abadowB of hidden thlnga oan ba ma lerlallaad, their dlaoovery n.uil b Ihe algnal ot a new revolution In buruao aria and punulla. ily their aid, at a no dlalant future, Ih vary Interior of Ihe mountelna may b mad vlalbla aud lb earth llaalf become, aa II ware, a cryatal, a eea of glair. |