| Show SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY por ivor some time it lias has been apparent that japanese students who are sent abroad to pursue their studies axe are not received in foreign commercial circles with ith the cordiality with which their desire to inspect and learn the give eive methods of the west formerly was met not long ago public schools factories tories and workshops were placed freely at their disposal tor for inspection and to facilitate their scientific studies it to Is said that this hospitable mood on the part of foreigners has entirely changed since the wax war with china there is good food reason for the change what this reason is can cabbe be told very well by AZIe american rican houses that have tried to open up business with japan but it to is defined with great clearness by the late prime minister of japan the marquis ito in on an address in which he criticises criticizes sharply the ways of his countrymen and gives them the benefit of his experience peri ence cS in america and europe he s ays first of all that the japanese must stop the tide of public and p private private extravagance trava gance that has set in with their new prosperity and ancl find out what their income B s before launching out on wild and nd danding schemes he then tells them that their paltry policy of going out into the world and receiving the and attention of the foreigner and then giving him the cold shoulder houlder when they think they have no further use for him to is as bad in bustness business as it Is in in ethics they must live ftc let live and drop forthwith many df W the insular prejudices which they till entertain notwithstanding all the Oro progress greas which they have made against foreigners in europe he said aid each nation invested in the others securities curi curit ties les all thoughts of race being dropped out of sic M so go it should be 16 japan but at present foreigners of modified symptoms similar to those they developed one of the drugs he employed was strychnine which he found so active and efficient that he administered an injection of strychnine so lution to the sufferers from the poison the experiment was completely successful cess ful the wounded men so treated recovered IVL in EL a couple of hours where as previously people struck by poisoned arrows always had died should this rm remedy edy prove efficacious generally one of the chief risks of savage warfare in africa will have been removed filbert roth points out teat that the threatened exhaustion of our great staple in the wood market white pine easily can be averted by the judicious action of the owners of pine forests abe conditions call for negative rather than positive measures the remedy consists in putting less obstacles in n natures a way in starting a new growth by cutting with due regard to the young atter growth and giving it the needed protection let everything be cut that is over twelve inches and there still will remain a heavy body of pine which within thirty to fifty years will renew our supply if it be protected some years ago the lumber found no inducement to invest their money in the country not only axe are they not welcomed but the japanese wha keep aloof from them seem to fear that something dreadful would follow if they entered into business or other combinations with them he urged that japan should at once take steps toward perfecting its laws so that the foreigners would find the most security for their lives their capital and their property by which they would be attracted to the country to settle there and invest their money he protested against a narrow shoddy patriotism being instilled into the hearts of the rising generation and he insisted that the anti foreign feeling of the last few years must be eradicated and foreigners received with cordiality according to J L saunders the heating of english houses is being improved greatly and this class of work is patterning more after american practice every yar at one time there were but few radiators in use in great britain the heating surface being usually of cast iron pipe and cast iron coils but now the public la is beginning to desire them and the architects to specify them but adds mr saunders the briton has little desire for decoration it generally to Is his request that the radiators rada tors be put out of sight eight as much as possible mr saunders quotes the general belief that the effect of climate on the human system creates a greater dependence on artificial warmth among americans than among englishmen the blood seems in this country th ft become thinner when he first came to america he could endure cold well and the temperature of 70 degrees usually maintained in buildings in winter was far too warm for him As years went by he grew more sensitive to cold and on returning to england he at first felt the temperature of 60 degress degrees which in english houses is thought healthful and comfortable quite too low in a short time how however dVer he became re acclimated A pear shaped glass of artistic appearance pe arance has been designed in germany as a substitute for chimney and globe with incandescent burners ventilation ti is afforded afford id by a circle of holes near the top of the glass which resembles in shape the pear like bulb of an electric incandescent lamp in the new shade the glare of the light is tempered by frosted glass and if necessary the burner parts can be hidden completely by frills and saucer like screens of glass it is said that this shade will prove a powerful auxiliary to the incandescent gas light in its competition with electricity tor for the artistic lighting of rooms one of the english officers who took part in the late fighting in ug uganda has brought home with him a piece of good news for african travelers it is well known that one of the things most dreaded by bv explorers of the inner lands of africa is the poisoned arrow of the savage native tribes the points of which are dipped in the deadly curare juice during the operations of the recent campaign against the camasta tribe many of the english soldiers were shot by the curare tipped shafts one af the army doctors who devoted himself to the of the symptoms of the patients decided to attempt the production in the healthy subject men of marinette and menominee agreed to burn the tops and thus avoid forest fires an imitation of this wise and legislation would put an end to more than nine tenths of our forest fires where nature now succeeds in stocking one acre a dozen would be covered and for every young seeding now there would be the pine seed ling of today will be a most welcome i log for the pulp man in thirty years av and for the saw man in sixty years some woods can be replaced without difficulty but it is hard to conceive jl a 1 good substitute for white pine it to Is 1 in demand for everything where wood is wanted that is light soft easy to 1 l work and to season that shrinks and checks little is not eaten by ins insects al 1 gives no odor or taste glues w well 11 a ans T f takes lakes paint oil and stain the remeda sa for thle falli falling fig supply of w white I 1 e pt nine is not in trying to find a substitute S beti tute but in forming new and perin permanent ent tors f ests A chamat has thrown a curious lightn the methods which on by certain stiles are prepared for the adornment aua ans utilities of feminine dress being re quested to determine the value of a qt piece of black dress silk of medium 1 quality he found that the material s contained a large quantity Auant ity of sub J stance that was not silk at all b belac considerably weighted weight td 11 when rk ou suba ejected to heat it would not burn bum WIN with flame but smoldered away like tinder 7 1 and left a great deal of ash the wind isal pal ingredient of which was oxide at t tin of real silk there were only twenty eight out of Birt faer or analysis of store samples led to the 13 conclusion that silk dresses worn bar h t ladles ladies daily promenading the most moat fashionable streets of any large alt taken together torether ther would represent ahto output of a very prolific 1 tin mine these analyses however a method of determining the of silk ordinary wearing silk la is baw M matted mated to last about three months trtat Is 18 it should stand good wear for thag that length of time without becoming iati zi terly shabby greasy looking and showing the threads it is said h however that the public prefers the ch cheap ead product that makes a brave show but lasts no time because the fash mashlor lor change so ao rapidly that for their duts r poses it would be useless to buy as of better quality fl rowton hou house IM london which established by ird i lord rd rowton for was the convenience of poor lodgers is a 8 profit 11 able investment paying 6 5 per eini cent this to Is a very satisfactory result of i social experiment that was attended 4 4 at first with a good deal of uncertainty r everything about the place is clean and attractive A man can stay two da days and one ona night for sixpence he may go 0 hobed tobed to bed at any hour he likes in the even ing but he must be down stairs by ft 9 the morning there are tea alne bathrooms A bath hot or cold with towel and soap costs a penny tea or coffee costs a halfpenny half penny for a small cup and a penny tor for it a large cup A slice vt of bread costs a halt half penny penn v eggs a penny each bloaters and kal pers the same pudding costs a penny hot joints cold joints three pence and bacon the price of a shave is a halfpenny half penny there Is a lodgers washroom a room tor for blacking boots and a library containing s standard works |
