The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-03-24
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
| MALARIA KILLER FROM CANADA

A MALARIA KILLER FROM CANAD,
More than half IL century ago,
Cs;i ,,lian water p!ant-.An ,clE,ris al
-RaS taken To England,
and thence to Germany. 1t has spread
with gre It rapidliy, and has long been
regarded AS IA great plague, which
chnkes up the rivers and is wholly Use
less. But DIR. Brandes, of Hanover,
has II Nv ,':tilePatie ition t. AN iIifiu-
enceo IF great W! ie that he De ieveS IS
exertr,i 10y the vigorous nrw-c inner. III
the district in which he lives sualaria
and d1,rrllH, for merry appeared yearly
but slnce this plan, Oes.tn t. ill the
neiglboring rivers and marshes these
disorder, have graduAlly diminished.
and hur,u, the Last four 81 live years
have beea Altogether abSeht. d.. Bran
DIES would encourage the introduction
OF tile plant into m.irSil9 districts, and
m-utI0ns ,l,a,, III addition To itseftect
it, >uppr.ssny malaria a.d dIarrll9.,,
IL is n>e1u, Il, Il ps 't-c,iun to yulmg
.iSii, anOi us frr,i,zer.
so.Gru AMERICAN IeJRY. %
The rap'an glowing sc'ircitS of
ivory hts led TOO the osntroduction If
MANY Substitute, \ Il The lease in
p 'pa;i'il at these is that kns ,wIo its
Vegetable ivory, MhIrSi u tllt pr..duct
OF thd IA Tag pam, 20 b.,ut.fs!l
tree al Perd AMI other parts If Soa II
America. Tie frii- Is of gs'eat size,
and is closely filed eviIh II humber OF
nus confusing Cells The nuts, o are
about us large lis Il heL's egs, AMI
when r,i,s arc .x;.. Tag .6sh,rl, WotI
White Kernel that Is 5 SCARCELY 10 ne
distinguished from true ivsry. Tie
lfuts take The place uf ivory 9Jr MANY
Purposes and Already many millions
are used yearly
Evidence that Il copper age exiS,ed
bc;ore the DISC ,Yrry of .uolizr Il /, uea.!
ana ny NJ. B-rahelInt. " p,e.-e vi
.c"iper from MesUp .tamid, taken frun
ruins more ancient than even those of
Babylon. proves to be free from both
tin AMI zinc; while il piece If metallic
scepter, supposed to have belonged to
IA Pharaol, in Egypt some $500 gears
Is. g., is also shown to be nearly pure
copper.
Tie permanently of its stains has
ss,gse,tei that banana Juice shoclld
make Il first class indeIibe lux.
AUSTRALIA VEGETABLE GIANT.
e OF tile eucalyptus tree, which 10 Il
native of Australia and Tasmania,
about 40 species have been described
These are usually named according to
the nistaire of their bark. which they
shed instead Of their leaves. TIE
giant eucalyptus Eucalyptus amyg~
,iSlina), called also the peppermint
Tree, Is pronounced by Il recent writer
to be une of the most remarkable and
Important Of all the plants in the
whole creation. In its full develop.
msnt, in mouutaip ravines. 1t probably
represents the tallest of al trees. 1t
often exceeds 400 feet in height, and
IL specimen at the foot of Mount Baw-
Baw = Victuria, reaches All feet. A
specimen Is known near Mount Wei
lngtOn, Tasmania, which, is a3O feet
in circumference at the base. while
within sqiare mile are not les, than
100 trees al !. asst forty Sect III circUni-
iier-iice. The giant eucal! plus taxes
toi emOSt raI.k as Il hard .uod tree OF
rapid growth, and III the !ieN of
volatile oil ny its foliage it iS ansur-
passed. THIS SIP, cies supplies mnst of
the oil IF commerce.. Much IF The oil
however. is credited To the Eu .aIy Ptus
u !obnIous, or blue gum tee, which
grows nlsre he Hliiy abroad, aud dur
ing the last twenty years has become
fe,,ed III warm climates OH acc,mint
of its influence in subj ,ii s nal rial
eftiuvi;i. The eucalyptus OIL Is fatal
to bacteria a,d all micro orSarIi ms.
FLESH Of ali kinds is us well preserved
b, it rs by cPeo>ote and i Hlay lie
used in dressing & ,Igrame. 90
AN AIRLE WORLD.
Why the noom-unlike most globes
known 10 It's in slaceSsiuuld have no
atmosphere has long been II perpex-
ing question: Sir Robert Ball, of
Cambridge Univei sity, states that this
may NV lie explained as 1t 'necrssar,
consequence of the kineile theory OF
gases. THIS theory teaches that amy
gas is cuinrO>ef If molecules in very
rapid motion. The lsolecules Of hydro
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