Show SCIENTIFIC S C I E NT I F I C MISCEllANY M IS C E L LA In tI the now clon closing accord accordini Ing ini to Pf Prof S 8 1 14 Vloe Vines J 3 R S tb tili number of living species of Cl plants hal ha increased tram the 10 of 01 to made up ot f ma plants ferns terna amid fer feral teCh allies mosses and molke plan plants and al nd mOI fungi lichens and algae 1 Prof estimates that th num br her or of species pelo existing is II mor more Utan twice tho those yet known or about 10 Tbt Tb growth roth In number of ha ba banot hanot not been due to 10 the discovery ot of any an essentIally ten new W tY type of plants and the Ih only f the bun bounds of the vegetable has hae been through the annexatIon of groups formerly U signed to zoology Tb The bacteria 11 dis discovered covered t yea years ago form the mOt most notable or of urh groups having been re larded as anima animals until with lh the fungi was wa 1 by Con Cohn II itt 16 Important as al I our coal I Its formil tion Is I not nt yet et dearly clearly understood Con ton the furnished by 10 ions study r A C 1 F R S elates that the microscope show ordinary low coal to contain spores fragments of tissues 01 contin bacteria and the ground grond sub substance stance of f col coal The Th aD esens ami t also all Include boulders and nd From this he infer that the seams Mm ar are not the reul result of 01 growth In hi ont one pine nor of drifting but of tb the accumulation of debris derived chiefly from grow growing ro roIn In ing on tb the surface lear nest the t edges or at large lare like lake and poolS pool The dead plants were outward by lent gentle cur tents er carie over the entire water ur area Calcium carbide I Is suggested u I a useful In foundries I ft I ii ad added d ded to the metal before pouring ae and Its effect is II increased by wIth a aI I m metallic chloride Aluminum bron bronze may talc be produced by gentle nUe heUn heating a ot of and copper chloride n In contact wih with calcium carbide A I serious rlou tact fact for British stomachs II found b by Major aJor I P a 0 Cragle In the estimate that thaI the United consumption of melt meat ha risen from 11 pounds pound per head bead Jr per annum S 0 yer yero years o to 11 12 pounds pound A curious property b by such uch pe form as a ann ana I is or attraction or repulsion b by various chemical sUb lub I It may be Illustrated b by placing lae In ing the end of a capIllary tube tub ot of weak potassIum chlorate In a drol drop ot of water any of the organisms which mouth of the tube at once nce collect at the I and Ind It doubtless serve to keep lii c cI crea tu turn near Mar food supplies and appears app I to aid bacteria In such U Perfecting an experiment made b bi Paalzow in III Prof Julius U Bernstein of lale Italic has caused a drop of mercury to Imitate In iii a very SIn 11 tular ular manner the movements of the liv living Iv IvIn In ing o In 1 a vessel of dilute nitric acid he placed placeda a small mercury and laid lid a apiece apiece piece of of Ith potash at t a U lit littie tie Ile distance al aay the cirle circle ot of solution from the reache reached the drop the later latter Itne started directly to toward toward ward the crystal It In a few tew tewA A As the crystal receded the droll its Ita followed ha hape Ind and darting forth and nd wIth long lone In exact ut ion an of the movement of livIng amos rOt tae bu Tn moton of this mercury ae aeu are u I as I a result of o of tension 01 on the sIde Ide toward the action acton the experiment con inning th the theory that In forms form I is due to the same m elu cause However weak their foundation tussles luell at tl the age aJI of th the earh earth arl are Ill al waR of absorbIng interest Ta a lint Ih cli aper Prof W It S J Point history with the planet In hi IL a molten state relating lii III to I 4 houra tours about Inclined sine 11 or 12 2 decrees to the ecliptIc and surround il 11 by a atmosphere of reat at depth exerting Ii a pressure If to the square inch The pros prell ure ot of this thle dense denIM atmosphere had bad im effect In the forming of If the thet therit t rit At this tim Irot Pm hili h n mn latel told us u molten Iron with a den its It of U 13 fIlled the earths len Ir an l WU wai surrounded by an oUter envelop e about OO muss thick consisting of o silicates Imet such a as we are re familiar In igneous roe and meteorites with a densIty ot of 30 11 In 10 a great tidal wave ve at 51 this critical period the m oIl waI In thrown off o taking 27 mil miles In of o tIde outer envelope The earth i bab babI I ly soon lOOn after tl this convulsion la its temperature nr r re reduced to shout b ut 1170 1110 C lot tut stil the liquefyIng of th atmos phe of tem steam further i U the third critical stage 11 was Itam team wu was condensed the be being ing so 10 great t that hElfan at degrees C w weter ter flUid the tho hol hollows lows and the Hie were formEd Thee the ht water fresh hf lh at tint lint acted chemically on Ib the sIlicates l more an and more mure charged with lIh It and the rocks de PoSited varying lila loi lt and ancl hate sought to 10 nl a athe till the dat of In III years C O a 11 Darwin minimum is II that thaI the moon was aM thrown off II o mu lions lion of years lao Lord Kelln hat bu placed tb the of the t at 20 to 40 mIllIons of years fan ego 0 Prof J 3 Jol ma estimate of the Ibe Unit since tile the O fan I it 10 0 to te teso so millions million of years These cur Widely yet not more I than one ODe should bould expect Honey dew has bal a subject ot of N ie cent whIch show it 11 to be bea a uary substance obtained from the juke Ju of the Oil as sycamore nIi ati and It I lii found The f that homey bOM des is II 1 b by other insects thas thAil aphides aphid mil me to ho Il founded II as r reports Ort I It 1 ht bat the Insects arl ar pl l Jn 4 that Ihal have been caught by the I to cy tI dew Th Tue made mad b by M C JIH for the Paris Parle exposItion are of I ru r UI pl pink plait covered With glass glassI lau lauw I w were from a natural hill bill 1 show several leYal species nn one with n GratIng noises mad mati by bv the Ii are I by M 16 to 10 toP P A mt Ian language and tim tile c cS crea 1 i S F bearing seam seats |