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Show IUMII IMI 1111 VII (HUM. Mlltluna of rat aging dlaeuo grrmt aro fostered nml fed In the bacteriological bacteriolo-gical laboratory which 1 nvrnril by the Hon ton board of health There are all kinds of bacilli, from the bubonic plazuo specimen which ha the inner to citlngtilih. a human life In the ahort period of n few da) a, to the dull, bitf-dead bitf-dead niltesi that require ear mid )nrs nt frequent, even coitlnuom, at-tnckH at-tnckH In order to deprive man of the pleasures of life. Them are defendant defend-ant of germ who did their last deadly work In tome remote part of China or India, germa which have caused much rorrow In the very heart of thia city, gnawed off tho lieavliit, bond ot friendship, and brought povVrty Into famlllra that were comfortable end Independent. In-dependent. Maybo there aro microbe that hato trate'ed the country over In futllo queet of lctlina, or ntnlleil the lltlng as well ns the dead on the mysterious bottom of tho tea, liecatue this great collection la gathered at different dif-ferent times from mineral ns well na organic matter. It la an nrmy tint could produce an awful calamity were It att at liberty and given proper direction di-rection lowurd that end, Thcro am people In Iloston who fear thl army to such an extent that they actually loio eight of tho ctfcctlvenoM of tho method whereby It la kept and cared for, and they even nl'ow thl unwarranted unwar-ranted fear to Interfere with business prospects, tayi tho Uotton Transcript Hero la an example: Tho laboratory la located In tho Sudbury building on Sudbury afreet. Ita quarter 'being omowlint unsatisfactory for tho work, Uio board of health rought prcnilaea nearer Die renter of tho city and flnaN ly obtained an option on suitable) room. Preparations wero mado for tho rcmotal of the laboratory to tho new location, hut at tho btt moment the owner of the building changed hit mind in accordance with hla ground-lees ground-lees fcare, and the laboratory had to remain In the Sudbury building, l'oa-albly l'oa-albly It will bo taken Into the ntd rourt house after that structure ha been renovated and enlarged. It may bo useful, therefore, to look jnto the bacterial camp, tho scientific i prison of to many cnemlm of life and liapplncae. Death lurks In every corner cor-ner like a feasting parasite, without hopo and -ulUiout deslro to cccaiw, er-cryvthcro er-cryvthcro watched by the bactcrlolo-irtotairho bactcrlolo-irtotairho handle U, wlUi cnlm and rhuthorlt5?""t'K'dcr the conditions tfiere la absolutely nothing to fear, n tho good hoaltli ot tho doctors and attendants attend-ants -will uttort. I.'iery little group ot gcrrtui kept In stock Ilea Imprisoned In a glass tulio, drenched in scrum or agar, which, wlillo It fcids the mlcroacoplc organ-Ism, organ-Ism, alio prcicnU Its escape even If tho .stopper were removed from the mouth of tho tube, and each tubo Is crid wlUi paraffin. No germs can rise from the media and sail In the air. They rlf-o only when they are dry, and they nro never dry oxcept when tho bacteriologists dry them on a glass slide over n hot fire, which Mils them. All thn material which la used In the tesvnrrlies la doitruyed by flro bs soon n the experiments nre computed, excepting the gla rccep-In rccep-In cltai and Instiuments, which ran be clcantcd by chemical solutions. Animals Ani-mals lnJtrtM with the mora dangerous danger-ous germs nro not kept In open Iron cages during the Incubation period; they aro put Into glata bowla and excluded from nil chancre of coming Into contact with anything which might transfer the disease. Summing the story up In a few words, tho laboratory labor-atory Is as safe to health dm any olBce or dwelling house, kfi'.iii tiii: ri:i,T maiui. The Illustration shows the combined carriage, lamp and foot warmer ro- COMllINATlON CAIUtlAfJB LAMP ccntly patented, for use In cold weather. weath-er. The object of the Invention la to provldo simple and effective means by which a continuous warmth at little expenio may be supplied to the feet of tho occupant of tho vehicle, and In which tho arrangement Is such aa to provldo n light whoto rays may bo directed di-rected on tho road In advance of tho team. This object Is attained by mounting the lamp proper directly underneath un-derneath the body of the vehicle with the oil reservoir located below and at the rear lamp. leading from tho reservoir res-ervoir to the lamp Is a curved tube containing the feed wick, and lu line with the blaze Is tho glais bull's-eye, throush which the rays aro emitted. Directly over the flame Is a vertical tuba leading to a warming chamber untamed Inside the body of tho wagof and a passage for smoke Is furmed b) a continuation ot tho pipe It can li readll) understood that If the wlrk li Ignited and the test aro placed oul the wanning clumber and covered with a robe they will lie perfectly comfortable themselves add also all greatly In the circulation ot blood through uthei portions of ths body. CAMUIIAV MIIIIMI lll.tlfK. The sowing nf gross and other fine grain eicnlj is n difficult task when attetrptrd by hat d and rr ist of th' patent seeders offered for sile aro to costly for the -average farnur to In ust In, especially when It Is taken Into consideration that th'e stedcr w.l only be used once or twleo n year With the Met of providing , cheap nnJ Implo rppsrattis, which will sow thi if cd rapidly and evenly, a Canaiilin In ventor lis designed tho nrpiratu lltustratid abave. It consists of ilotb sack suspended from the shoulder and provided at Its slnglo lower cornel with a funnel leading Into tho dlstrl butlng tube. The funnel his an In tcrnal gate to limit tho amount cl grain passing through. In ths outei end nt the tube Is arranged a series ol deflecting flngeH, which aid niaterl ally In the distribution of the grain which Is nrcompllihul by swing na tho tube from side to side whllo held Ir n slanting position tho grain talllrl OltAIN-SOWlNO AI'l'AllATUS. toward the outlet ns long ns tho end ll held downward and tho gate left open. Owing to tho length of the tube ths area cov cried at each swing Is consldtr-nbly consldtr-nbly greater than could bo seeded by hand, Uluirlr ami llraln. In ono of his recent lectures at Clark University, Prof. 'Angclo MosTiT of TurH nvcrred that "Physical education edu-cation and gymnastics serio not onl) for the development nt tha mutcles. but for that of tho brain aa well M It Is becoming evident, he said, that ai ranch time should bo devoted to mus volar exercise as to Intellectual cxer civ, and children should begin read In end writing only after they art nlno ears old Muscular fatlguo ex hlhlts phenomena Identical with Intellectual In-tellectual fatigue. Nerve cells shi.a on the in crane etery ten seconds I trndonry to rest. It Is probiblo thvt only part ut tho brain Is active at thi time; the various parts relievo each other. The more mobl'e any anlmil'i rxtremrtles nre, tho more Intelligent other things being equal, ho It, -Chin' tWI I'd Mt. China contains soma of tha richest coal deposits In tho world Last fi.l Professor Drako of Tientsin vtsltel tfc coal fields In tho province bf Bhantl which wero examined by Diron vr, Ttlchthofen In 1870, nnd found th 1 they aro of Immenso extent. The cojl area Is said to ho greater thnn that ol rennsylvnnla. and -the anthiaclte coal alono contained In theso fields hat teen estimated at C30.000 000 tonv The ShansI oal beds nro so thick and Ho so uniformly In a horizontal poil Hon that tiie practicability has b en sugreated ut running long lines ol railroad tunnels through tho beds K that tho cara can bo loaded In tb mines all roaly for distant transpor tatlon. To I'ruleet th lrrt tleSwonill. It was reported at tha leicnt meet Ing ot tho American Assoclstlon foi tho Advanrimcnt of Sclenco that the redwood forests of the Pacific coat' are now practically all In the hands cl prlvato owners who hold them fat lumbering purpotca. Elnco (ho red wood rlvalj tho gigantic tequola I J slzo end Interest, It Is deemed a matter mat-ter of scientific Importance that II should be preservod, and tho asiocla Hon npjirgved, the action of Ha botinl ca section In favoring the purchase and preservation at a public park h tho Santa Cruz mountains covcrlm more than 25,030 acres, and occupied largely by tho primeval redwood forest, for-est, VXnnilerlul Wrlahl Mart. In studying tho variations In the light ot certain stars In the cluster known as "Messier 3," Professor Dill-ey Dill-ey has found ono star whoso changes are ro rapid that In thirty minutes It gains moro than an cnUro magnitude, In other words, becomes more than two and a halt tlmea aa bright as It was at the beginning. Several others vary with a rapidity almost equally startling. Their entire period cf variability vari-ability from ono maximum to the next Is about half a day, but they gsln light much quicker than tbey lose It It seems Impossible to regard such stars aa suns In the tense of our sun |