| Show d SCIENTIFIC MISCEllANY Tine The protective prot e shawns by IJ many animals are Br n a most boat Interesting phenomenon A study has haR been hlen matTe made by b Dr 11 P F I W IV Iambic l and Prof F W of or these changes chances e III in Is n a prawn that thiat upends spends It its HI lift life firmly attached to seaweeds am anti whom natural colors are arc shades If l green rl 11 or brown often with stripes tripe or spots Slots of or red Jl It diUn dm from rain Its It horne borne It peeks feeks a n weed veed of ot Its ll it own color coit when compelled to 10 take up uin with another It slowly I ow I changes color lor to that of the time now new weed Th The are of ot three kinds hints hintsa n a slow III ow sympathetic R change to the color of or the tine surroundings a 11 rapid change chance due lue lueto to Increase In the Intensity of the tIme light nod antl n a periodic change from the colors of oC day a to n a transparent blue nt at night might fIll Tho blue hille have the depth of or Indi Indigo go 10 with such audi transparency that the tho vi vital t tal tai organs or tinny may be distinctly seen neon Tho The titles tides produce two changes of Illumination illumination tion thorn dally daIly dall nud the tine prawns change chou go cor correspondingly the hue seem peem seeming m Ing to depend more Inore on Intensity than kind of ot light The color changes chan art are now hOW known to result Ic front from n a certain nervous activity Ne ew trees In lit astonishing number have been lately discovered by botanists botanist t In Inthe Inthe inthe the States Since the beginning of this year Prof C S 9 Sargent Inns has made mode known not less le I than twenty hitherto specIes ono one texana growing In the th valley of at atthe the tho river Texas to a height of to feet fl t anti and n a diameter of or 24 21 feet The TIne nineteen others are 1111 new species of oC Crot I II tile the genus which Includes the hawthorn and other oilier flowering thorns Not less ICA than thirteen of ot thorn them are oro from fromn fro the Champlain valley mostly near ur Vt VI the others being seat scat scattered front from Quebec Xo to Alabama rind and as asfar asfar far Cor west as IlS Missouri Thinking over oer tho the largo large casting ot or which he has hae read rend n II modern foundry man recalls that two columns columna of ot King Solomons SolomonI temple were of cast brass 27 2 fe Ce et t high bight 6 feet Ceet In diameter 4 t Inches thick amid n weighted weighed about 44 H tons each To make such castings casting would be b an 1 Interesting of ot work with even eron th the of today The Thc use of at turf fIber liber for or ordinary textiles hun has been heen a subject of ot experiment ment in itt by J Herr Horr Carl Coil Oolite Tho preparation of the Is a in complicated process but Jut tho the product called culled can bo Jo supplied ut lit a in much lower loter price than lint cotton colton or Max flax BO 10 mu It lt h Is t Hinted stated It ID Is perfectly adapted for Cloth ng and hosiery from froll rout n II mixture of off f M parts of ot and ond wool tue found to have the of ot pure Iture wool ool The turf tUtt fiber IH lit little af lit affected iu f ted by dampness can Inn ho bo bleached quite white while cnn earn be he made to absorb ulyes 11 of or nil alt kinds rind Is h n a bail ball con conductor ductor tor of tnt hoC hen t It l is IH and durable to bo be useful for far Ing bands rot for or machinery Oxygen OC f m Inhalation is reported by a n physician to have havo given giten very ver 01 favorable in lit pneumonia It H re roo reduces duces temperature amul often otten has a to ro hypnotic but Jut no mill apparent effect on the lie respiratory system It aids ollIs in iii gaining weight eight by II Increasing tho ito n In In UH its It action on art digestion It causes of ot the thu mucous membranes hut but this Is relieved by draughts of or acidulated nc water In lit external applications to ulcers and tho tue KM gas IH Is used for several hours at rat a n time into day and night might with a n sterilized water dressing at other othor times The Ihie surrounding kIn akin becomes very ery dry ill 11 and amid lanolin Is recommended to pre Iro prevent prevent vent cracking Catechu or cutch ditch has been adulterated atel In Burma Hurma with nn an ex ox extract tract of or the lie than tree Time The adulterant has been boell to bo Lo a worthless material but recent shows how that lint It contains n in proportion of ot I it iti n amid Its production prod U for Coz tanning t a ii iii it g purposes lurl tI C la is likely to become 11 u in legitimate mate and probably Important Industry An Am advantage of IB is that It lacks red and brown biown matter icing adapted for making high chase 1 leather One JIll of or tho the most striking not to say startling or of recent recant dl discoveries l Is III that of oC a slight light loss 1008 of or weight In certain chemical reactions Hut But instead luteal of or proving tho tine of or monitor matter a n later hater view vl w Is III that weight weicht may ma vary lIry with physical and conditions lilt and that this may throw thurow light on tho the nature of lit If It tho thie electrical theory theor of ot gravitation bi hi b true trim for Cor In Instance stance change in III the lie atom Itom might aught be to the tho of oC Its electric ol Influence A novelty In postal po tal card correspond correspondence ounce InN Is II proposed by ity J 1 L 1 I Toner Tanner A sol eel solId Id blur ground Is IH printed on the tho card carll by bythe b bythe the S and caustic potash solution Is used for or writing on om this the tho characters appearing brownish white on urn tIne tho blue card |
