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Show MTES ON SCIENCE. . CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY 1 AND INVENTION. Ikimv !a .lil- liirorn.allun In ll Vmim of A..ll...ll,. An Invention for liihlm mill (leaning Km lis 'riming ntan Mum of 1 .11 nil I., 11.. One aim of the mi,.,. cm of modern 1 thin s Is to ellnilu iti' from wounds nil I traces of flirt ami of germs. Tin; . growth Of g Til S IT. dun "(II t" of til : most harmful nature, altue the ab- ! sorption of the niiteilaU thrown 1 If l i the coiinr- o.' thflr groWS'i nrcaMoti-symptoms nrcaMoti-symptoms r. s.-mbllng acute i .. . I - 1 1 i n 4 Tli wnr,, antl-eptlc nnd nnt'-v-" arn almost synonymous with v....l.i of old-tlmo virtue namely, clean and rlf-nnlllii-HM. A perfectly c!.Min w id heals niililly nnil wltliuut tlm discharge dis-charge of fluids. In order to sccuro this moil desirable desir-able result tin- sun-con goes to ox-tronie ox-tronie lengths to eoeiire uh-oliiln clean-lllioss. clean-lllioss. The itc of tho w .mini. the ur-goon's ur-goon's hnn.ln biiiI nntls. the Instruments Instru-ments employ. .(I must ea.h be icndo ed absolutely free from tlio least trace of germ life. Unbroken surfaces of tlio skin ami mucous membranes are themselves resistant re-sistant to germ life. Ilrcaks In the continuity of the skin or mucous membrane, mem-brane, or Inflammation, form avenue" by which germs of discern frequently gain entrance to the system. It la therefore dmlruble that even Inslgnln-cant Inslgnln-cant woumla anil Inllameil conditions should be frequently bathed with cleansing aolutlona. 1 Blight core throat, the enlnigrul ton- .-' alia of childhood, whether they are of abort or long duration, ahoulil. In the light of the present knowledge of the disease, be dully cleansed with mll.l antiseptic an-tiseptic aolutlona In order that more serious disorder bo not tbn outcome. Bolutloita of the kind 'termed antiseptic anti-septic are "healing" becaiisn they op-' op-' p poao the growth of germ life. Nature " I hsraolf heals, hut progress In healing la more rapid when the process la un- hindered by th. microscopic forma of Ufo. I - Borne of the methods In voguo long before the modern term c.nno Into uso are nevertheless In line with the aclen-tlflc aclen-tlflc nppllcntlon of the prlnclplea of antiseptics. The old-time use of the lye of wood-ashea for wounda caused by Unclean Instruments la an example. Where antiseptic drugs nro not available, avail-able, clean wood-ashea, formerly at ( band everywhere, anil bulling water form an antlaoptlc solution ,not to be despised, von yet. 1 ',.. During and arter times of Illness a process of cleansing must be Instituted which will render everything antiseptic antisep-tic on which tho germs of disease may have lodged. Ezposurs of contaminated article to sunlight and air Is an easy way of obtaining ob-taining excellent results. , ; When (loom nn.l the like are to be cleansed, carbolic acid freely diluted with water Is the beat of all the easily obtained substances. Lime Is an oxrnllcnt absorbent of moisture anil la rapidly fatal to germ life. It has a wide ranee or uicfulncss, both Indoors and out. It la a valuable deodorizer an well 111 ail autlseptlc. uauiiiauk run Mtirn.i:. As an aid to cripple, who are unuhle to walk about from plitee to placo, but who have the free use of their arms, Justolle II. Cummliigs. of Maine, hns designed tho mechanically propelled vehicle hero shown. Its especial advantage ad-vantage la that with no other aid than the two hands the rl.lnr may guide the carriage In any direction from a straight line to deaerlblng a small circle cir-cle or may turn completely around without moving the vehicle forward or backward. Tbn mochanlBni la exceedingly exceed-ingly almplo, aa a glance at the cut wll show, the wheels being pivoted on 1 the frame which carries the seat, with '1 a crank geared to the hub of each 1 MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE. VE-HICLE. wheel to rotate It In either direction. Aa the carrying frame la loosely suspended sus-pended from the wheels It la posalblo for the rider to tilt the scat Into any comfortable angle and a canopy may be placed on the frame overhead to ehut out sun and storm. As each wbeel Is Independent the rider has but to turn one crank alone to make the adjoining wheel deacrlbe a circle around the other and It Is an easy matter to guide and propel the vehicle. CLEAN STAMPING af ACIIINKB, We would not like to dispute the "wise man" who aald "there was nothing noth-ing new under the sun," but as be did not say there was nothing new In furm and design we venture to name the 5 'Tad Cleaner and Ink Distributor" aa f "A New Thing." And It seema to ua one of the mo-t useful things ever put on the market in this line, says Chicago Chi-cago Stamp Tra.le Journal. The following Ileus will fully explain ex-plain this new liivcullnn to the trade. Kver.lone di sire, to obtain 11 g"od Impression Im-pression from a s'an.p To do thH . no H'lUliite li to C,;, n,,,i ;1 a good prlntliiK condition. This In more Important limn many suppose, as a llnty an. I Kumiiieil stump will always be iluuby and blurred. The llhntnitinn p'pnventa this in w cleaner. If you w.li , x.in.lne nur rubber rub-ber minima dl.s after a proloti.'d use of them you may tlinl lln ul ItlWd wll-i l"t. diit or lint. TMs s.i.ntinc -leaner Is Ji-st the thlim to i.- nil these exiTesc-iu-.'S. It Is a combination combina-tion of a brush h-ivlnsj h-xn ;on-hnped ;on-hnped t-eth on one side and a three. Mj.io sc.apcr on tbu utbtr ildu. uu.li: ntinly of ru'li'T. Into which Is Ij-'crtr Ij-'crtr l a h.ind omely finished wooden 'ntndlc. The Invintors say that It will not irnr or cut the nlcmt atatnp. but will rfoctuiilly le.nove nil foreign aub-italics aub-italics from It. The dry biiii-h Is all bat will be need'd to clean the stamp unless the dirt should be caked on the surface. Then It la necsa'ary to use soap anil wnter. which, applied and nibbed with thla brush, will do the work. Do not use benzine, turpentine or gasoline. This brush thus becomes .in Indispensable arllrie tfi vry oner of a rubber stamp and will be a great taker for tho trade. After the stamp hsa heea rlenned or la kept rlinn It will be nectary to have a clean Ink pad. To clean them the scraper side of the cleaner Is used. Hub bil-kly the INKEfl AND CLENi:it. surface of Ihe'iuid. until nil pjrtloles nf dirt or Jlno sr reinovivl. Ily rublilng tlm cleaner after caMi, application to tlm pail with n small piece of rubber Jam or Unci cloth -you will always have a clean Implement to do clean work. Dirt nn.l lint will accumulate fast, but If your stiimpa and pada are looked after once or twlra a week fur only a few moments at a time with thla cleaner, you will und thut ihe work done will be much better.' ' XKKI'lNII A aTHAKlllT LINK What man hsa l-arned by dint of thoOKht anil experiment some of the lower animals appear to know through Instinct. An li.Btimco Is furnished by the "spiral swimming" of certain. or--..r.lL.na. such aa the spherlcal-ahaped o'v..j( and several elnniuttod Inlusort-Ji Inlusort-Ji As they revolve about the axla of progiessloo aa doea a projectile Bred from a rifled gun, the cmxequrnca Is. as Dr. H. fl. Jennings points out. tbnt they are able to travel In a straight line, as they could not do otherwise, tho revolution compensating with absolute ab-solute precision for any tendency to deviate from a straight course. Without With-out Purh a devlco many of these minute creatures would almply describe circlet making no forward progress. , A t.DPTV n.M.I.OUS AKCKNT. ' On the last day of July Dr. Ueraon. the Oerman aeronaut, accompanied by Dr. SuiTlng. made a balloon ascent from Iterlln. and nttnlned tho enormous enor-mous altitude of gbuut 3.1,000 fe?t, or six and a quarter nillea. Then they lost coii' lousness. so that, althouKh they descended safely, they have no record to uhow what the maximum height attained may have been. The minimum temperature recorded by their thormometnr was 40 degrees Centigrade. Cen-tigrade. Their experience In losing con-sclousnesa con-sclousnesa at a critical point recalls that of Mr. (Ilnlnher and bis companion compan-ion during their ascent In Engluud many years ago, whon the height attained at-tained was supposed to have been about aoven mlloa. KNDUHANCB OW IIACTKI AN CAMKM. Travelers in Siberia have noticed with much aurprlso the ability of the native camels to withstand, without protection, the greatest extremes of cold and heat. In winter the ther-motnoter ther-motnoter on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to 40 degrees Fahrenheit, Fahren-heit, yet the camels wander about with no evidence of suffering. On the o'her hand, the Russian explorer, I'rejeval-skl, I'rejeval-skl, found the temperature of the ground In the Gold desert In summer to be more than 140 degreea Fahrenheit, Fahren-heit, but the camela are apparently as Indifferent to this degree of beat as they are to the winter cold. NKW HVHTKM or Hdl.DINO. Tho postal savings bank building In Amsterdam, Holland, Is being constructed con-structed by the "Mouler system," a new method of construction. A steel framework, like a bird cage In appearance, appear-ance, la enveloped la Portland cement, which pruventB the steel from rusting, while the cement Itself la rendered elastic. The steel acts entirely in tension ten-sion and the concrete In pressure. Thla construction Is said to be strong, fireproof fire-proof and waterproof, and to be growing grow-ing In favor In Europe for government buildings and factories. |