Show science A lichine stamps letters an hour I 1 copper is seven times as a durable as lead an interesting phot photograph graph of tho the heavens which ii being made in P iria will show over stars recent calculations show that the eans light id Is slmaa that of the full moon the recent progress la in shows that the wooden ties must soon kiye give away to those made of steel recant recent experiments in queenland have bay shown that amther of paaul shell can b be made to produce pearls artificially A mangrove plant has been successfully grown in taa the university of syl tania hitherto it haq hai baso fall found n d I 1 impossible M to grow this aliat away from trio ocean the asteroids now number the last selea ware discovered bet auguet and lith four oar of them by ON arlois at nico nice and three by at vienna A adreen green point L I 1 man has lo 10 vented invented a machine which la Is expected co to ravo lut ionize the lumber business it cuts up a log in various thickness without ina making k inga a particle of 0 sawdust A new application of electric motors ia Is to for r supplying by means of fans faus dr draughts Aughta for chimneys where very high buildings are built adjoining loir low ones such an an arrangement int ia is in operation in bistod anew A new cement is attracting considerable attention in england owing to eo strongly atron gly to iron wood and atone stone it is made of 20 parts of gs gas tar 75 parts of clay and silica earth and five parts of natural sulphates A valuable antiseptic soap is made by adding twelve parta parts of nate of copper to eighty eight parta parts of any good soap ie it will readily heal sores and and is devoid of any irritating action A florist has succeeded la in producing blue and green roses by an extremely 1 simple in pie process la in order to obtain these r esulis he takes a white roe roia bush and waters it throughout the winter with a plu prussian selan blue if it blue roses are wanted and with a solution of 0 sulphate cf copper peril if the flowers are desired cl cf green color |