Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-10
The GasrR,scups --Annrican dvs-

= PeS~ WIN nc Interested III learn
something al, mt flie "Gas,rnss:npc. .
an apparatus for Illuminating aud H.
speeding the inside Of the living hu-
man stomach. The INSTRUMENT is the
Invention Of Or. Micolicz, Of Vienna.
The London Telegraph states that o.,
the 9th Of last mouth il Was exhibited
To the leading professors If the mrd;-
cal faculty at the Polyklinik, and the
doctor perf"rnned some interesting ex-
perime''is with il upon female hos
pi'al patent suffering from ci,remic
dyspepsia. II Consists of = tube, fit
lrd with set Of minute. hut power
f'i' rrfiecturs ut one end, and c,.nnect-
ca a. the other with All electric bat.
teay, by which brilliant light is pr,-
lecied INTO the stomach requiring in
spection. This tube was passed
down the Subjects throat, and re-
manned there fully twenty inmates,
during which time the Vieanese pro.
lessons were enabled to diagnose The
Condition Of every part IL the mnc,,ns
membrane thus lighted up and revealed
to their gaz". The ga>trost,,pe is con-
sld-red likely to render val,,able SER
vices IL the Cause If eIectroendroscpp
&c investigation. wh,cif fur some ii me
past has been prosecuted W Il, ardur
oy eminent Austrian pathoIugisls. A
number Of ingenious coitrivaucrs for
examining the interior OF the body
have been invented within a few Years
nut owing to their great cost, but few
ri them have ,lne into use.
BREAD FIR M BARK 1T is well known
to the bo,anists that mary plants be-
sides those c,mn,onIy used for food,
contain nutrilive elements. nearly all
plants contain starch. Tie barks ut
several aspen and pine trees contain
50 much Vi THIS substance that it can
be extracted from them as from puta.
toes by trituration with water. lex
SITS also III the roots and other parts
"f perennial plants t. such IN extent
as to have BEEN empluyed in the prep
aratio:' uf bread in iamines. In illus.
tra'ion Of this we quote the following
directions, given by Professor Auteu-
Ilclh, for preparing a palalable and
nutritious bread from the beech aud
other woods destitute OF tnrpentlne:
Every thing soluble in water il first
removed Ivy tEcanent maceration and
boiling; lie is then to be reduc.
ed 10 mlnuGeh. vision, not merely in.
To fine filters, tut actual powder; aud
alter being repeatedly suffice ed 10
neat III all oven, is ground in the usual
manner OF corn. Wood thus prepared
according to the author, acquires the
smell aud taste OF corn-Hour. 1t ia.
however, never quite as white. 1t
agrees with colnfour in not feru,ent-
ing without the addition of leaven, and
IN this Case some leaven of coru -four
is found to answer best. With this it
makes perfectly uniform and spongy
bread, aud when it is thor ,ngLly bak-
I'd and has much crust, it has much
better taste OF bread than what in
time of scarcity is prepared from the
bran aud husks of corn. Wood -four
also, boiled in water, forms a thick,
ough, trembling jelly. which is very
nutritious
A New WHEAr.--A correspondent
Of Hayward's Journal says: There
is species of wheat havegrown Oh
my place, situated about 81 miles east
IF Haywari's, Eden township, Alamo
Ia county. California, the like of which
IN account of its size and prolificncss,
have named the "World Wonder