| Show SCIENTIFIC MISCEllANY In taste Imply on the he varyIng Intensity In nerve trana according to 10 Dr and are re by The 11 semis of tAI tite for cans can sugar luar it I temporarily destroyed by holding II tb tongue for tor a minute In wat Water r at al Khol 11 dew 1 Col Oi on Ihl the other hAnd hiss hal Om Ih atlas effect ret all power of lut lutIn being In lost lOll for I a brief tine after did Ihl langl tongue ha lips been n held II in water at al I 1 tr deg to 10 1 60 dI leg Taste I is strongest I be between Iwen tween 1 60 dl deg all and 70 dl Tl This is II all als th the at which are ar most mOil and water at al aboul 1 80 d de II is raly really best helt for tor thirst instead ot of al as Is II usually at al abul about n 15 d Just what the lurra surface of the mon moor mooris is II like I is about whIch a mater matter abut we would b be glad to 10 satIsfy ourselves As tle tile lIght from I it Is not lIp Itt own the lne lines II Ih the spectroscope do nOI tell the of I a as they co do ot ol suni thousands of tint as dIstant 1 but bUI Dr W V J of Cork l out that marvelous instrument ia they give Ulve W us seine after al nil at Al lea leapt t the spectral line line h be displayed more moor or lees le as the Power of dIfferent parI of time surface Ian This should show how very er whether the therk rk ruek of ml tl time great mountains are bas bs alIC attIc And whether time the ireat r at mien I Is time limestone bd bad or of a On or time the sandstone hl of a fr freshwater inland fU sea Alter two years erl of minI the French factories limit Ihal ot 01 II Is I a very er satisfactory ma tor Or matches There ha ben been no norae noale rae ale of poIsoning Ion time 2100 work workPeople ork People lelle anti And time the frequent serIous r and explosions the use us 01 white have ben been avoided A neW new la laboratory ot of the he Nat ural History 1 Is 18 to the biology geology ami mineralogy of French colonies anti And to 10 queries cn con the of animals anti nd cul cui cultivation ot of PlantS In the respectIve countries the material known I si lo loses Mr Ir WIlam William Starling States that though 8 so to It Is II found In the United States Stalls Europe anti China It II a yel el brownIsh er r earth a anI I Its striking I is that Ihal 8 so soft ono friable list Ihal It many he be pw pow I tiered between time fingers I It is II of f such uch firm consistency that alien hen excavations ar are road In I It welts n hundreds of fet feet high wi wIll remain standing like granite though quit quits 11 lIr tides Rr are 1 so fine that lt they are said II tl to on rubb rubbed into Inlo Ih hi pores of the skin In Jima China road b be pre Iome coin worn In It to depths of 70 10 or 1 feet the timo being quie quite lar amid In Nebraska AntI dugout shelters In for formation matlon mation are mint 11 Its great Sit et thickness In and Ind America is Ie 10 to 10 20 feet in ChIna It n a depth ten len times 11 as great reat amid Jt JI Iw Is held responsible for tor this fruent frequent shir lags of the lied bed of river The study of allo alloys promises to yield results of enormous importance II imi the leAr near future up what ha has In been learnel learned alaI Mr Ir J I B Stead a metallurgist states list a metallic alloy Is I R is mix mixture lur of metallic substances that after meltIng to does not separate Into two distinct 11 layers r rIf If uh audi layers do form torm each bOlt becomes I a distinct ala alloy and ant antI zIn zinc Ind and zinc lead Iud mind Ind aluminum I and aluminum soil And I Ind and lre are examples of mIx such separatIon Non Nonmetals Nonmetals metals such as and amid carbon often form definite compounds that lint dIe lve In time character of these mixtures justifying their the metallic aloy alloys An n alloy of two substances ofen often contain mal many constituents not lIot III less tur being found In an RI alloy of eual equal parts or it gohil and leAd These embrace tre tree metals In iii time Iho pure I state tie 1111 of one ene metal In or of a chemical In inan an excess or of metal mixtures mIx tUI tures of wih mIth metals or metals wih car lain anti and forms form Alo Alloys lire are investigated b by chemical analysis b by synthesis b by this ehn 8 In anti ami b by structure al 5 shown In hs A hit bit of ruh country countr ner near Berlin II is beIng In transformed Into a garden In which I mats and train the world to be many parts of are le leIven alny given Iven a elO close imitation of their surroundings The plague of octopus In he l channel hal has caused widespread to 10 the elicIt h 1 fish industry clime ng lh the last year or more is no now at aI In part lit al least leall to 10 the 0 ox heat ot of recent summers ThIs caused rapId In III a to 10 have cu ot of this usually Tre rare creature |