| Show scientific miscellany baths of hot air have proven ery bucce a ful ai n recht r beit medica patice ax tice they are applied by means oz or a metal met il cylinder en casing the leg or toy b y a body of A dietel section about 30 inches long with a closed canvas extension for the feet and a canvas curtain for the end from which the head protrudes and they have been found especially advantageous in rheumatism and gout but also in bronchial and asthmatic alm land and even for sprains and bruises the ter ranges from froim degrees to deg the bath lasting about an hour the skin and kidneys are stimulated circulation Is i restored sleep return to the sleepless and the general economy is rejuvenated one physic physician lail states that the more one works with this useful therapeutic measure the more enthusiastic he to is likely to become among remarkable results reported is the cure of senile gangrene in a man 79 years old oad who was discharged in two weeks although his left toes had been badly ulcerated and practically dead and hot air had been tried as aa a last resort another striking cure being that of a western college professor who was obliged by gouty disease 6 to sit with his legs straightened out cnut and for a year had bad been unable to feed or dress himself but who after twelve baths rode a bicycle six miles evidence of industrial quickening in spain may be the suggestion in madrid that incandescent liAti nig by petroleum be developed it has been pound that the heaviest oils which give a very bad red light in ordinary lamps afford in incandescent lamps a far higher illuminating power than do light oils bituminous and inferior coat coal are well adapted to yield by distillation the heavy oils needed for incandescent lighting A tantalizing tact pointed out by an english Engl isih astronomer is that herr witts new planet plane t between mars and the earth was in january 1894 in a more favorable opposition for observance than it will be again until 1924 A scientific account of the great indian earthquake of june 12 1897 which was the largest and possibly the most violent on record was given at the british association meeting by mr R D oldham the shock was felt over an area of not less than square miles while the focus occupied an area miles long and 50 wide landslips Land slips on an unprecedented scale were produced in the garo and khaila hills and in the himalayas north of lower assam A number of lakes have formed in the depressions caused mountain peaks were moved both vertically and horizontally and stone monuments ts and forest trees were broken across by the violence of the shaking communications of all kinds were interrupted bridges were overthrown and in some cases thrust upward 20 feet while rails ralls on the railways were twisted and bent earth fissures were formed over an area larger than the united kingdom and solid streams of sand and water were forced to a height of three to five feet a bove above ground from countless sand vents the buran or snow hurricane of the is a meteorological phenomenon of great interest A work by seven hedin states that even in midsummer the temperature during a snow buran frequently falls to 14 degrees F while in the winter of 1892 93 it dropped to 45 degrees below zero at the end of january and snowstorms snow storms were am aai everyday every day occurrence the buran comes with startling suddenness the atmosphere growing dark with whirling snowflakes where scarcely a minute before the sky was perfectly clear it is impossible to see a yard ahead and separation from ones caravan by even a few paces would mean almost certain death for to shout to is useless and even the report of a rifle would be drowned in the awful roar of the hurricane the color of natural waters has ban been speciale spec ialy studied by prof W spring of the university of liege in a recent address to scientific men he showed experimentally that the true color of pure water is blue and that this to Is a characteristic of the water itself and is not due to ref reft lecton ecton from the surface nor from suspended particles lake geneva to Is an example of the blue of pure water when pure water has a very slight cloudiness cloud ineis due to finely divided whitish or colorless particles in suspension even when these particles are of pure rock cry crystal a yellow tint is imparted to the water which with the natural blue produces a green color as in lakes neuchatel Neu chatel and constance various observers have noted that green lakes have occasionally become absolutely colorless this was shown to be due to washing into the water of fine mud tinted reddish with oxide of iron the green color being thus neutralized and the water rendered for a time perfectly colorless next to palms ferns are the most conspicuous features of tropical vegetation and nicaragua is described by mr B as the worlds fern paradise no other like area is distinguished gui shed sheck by such a number of species by so many peculiar to itself or hy by such variation in form size structure and habits of growth the topography of tropical america giving within narrow limits every degree of moisture and temperature explains this in size this species vary from those a fraction of an inch high to splendid tree ferns or vines with single fronds 80 20 feet long in texture some rival the flimsiest flims iest lace while others develop k leathery fronds and in habit the range is as great some ferns of western rn nicaragua enduring parching draughts on bare volcanic rocks while other in the moist and shady eastern jungles develop delicate or gorgeous ferns under the conditions most moot favorable to them inoculation against plague bids fair to become universal in india one town of a population of about having only about while many have been inoculated twice the results justify the practice a a report for week in september showing only 69 attacks among inoculated persons and attacks among |
