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of the coast Of Scotland, AID Was uB-
der water for week When IDe yes
s. WIS again 60sted, the machinery
was found 70 present. al extraorolnsry
sppesrsDee. Al wrought iron Work De-
ing deeply corrode6, sDd planed cast
iron being 50 soft az 10 D. easily eUt
witt z knife. A. engines ere genet
ally little injured oy suDnerg6Dces
even for q considerable time, Il Nas
evident that there had bseu s0De III
ususl chemical aclion. Tie source Of
this vas found il TIE cargo, burnt or
being the residue from tbe uan9iset-
ure q vitricl from sulphur pyEi'les
and usually contsiuing s9lphates q
corner snd iron. These sails would
reser q tie chloride u sodium # sea
water To form sulpbate Of sodium and
chloride Of copper, either q which -
dissolution solv-s wrought iron q e2st
iron.
Late experience j. sid 10 Rave
shown that concrete can bs entirely
dissolved bv water. Near small
town Il the Ra1ns Province. : basin
Of concrete was built nine years ago,
and stree then bss gradually turned
into q brow nlsb ulod wifh IL alkaline
REACTION. N4sr io4 bottom tnis COL
crete has quite dissolved, leaving tb-
grave s1.us bare. The water l. pure.
bur * highly charged Rlth caroolle
acld
b fractional eHfgsioD through Pc
rous tUb-.. Professor "a Ramsay a4c
J. Norman collie have sepsrstE1 zF-
g0D llto two portions. ore win Gen
sitv gf g. 81. and The otber II o.
Similar experiments ssItb Belluu gave
oensi-fes j ] ~ and -l33. both sl,er-
linens ease Identical spectre suggest
ing thai here < - ysra1ifn u Light
from h-avr molecules ~ he sans SID
stance.
Of IS cssss IF 1yI. hoio fever reported
tv tie medical officer al health u
Brighton. England. abo1T Z third v@r=
tTsc=aDl= u the eatiug u rAw snel 1-it.
II l. calculated that he eyclup- VIZ
begeI ~. DJ0 young q me course d Z
year. states tie London SDsefIt0r, aud
the ceuoeIE lus, II X bale 15Od, = said
even IL tie Firlh II Fartb, u form ~
most exclusively Tie food II Inc her
rings and the ses-iiyIHg salmon ana
salmon trout Their existence i one
Of the greatest economic triuupbs q
nature. They are the creatures which
dispose u tie refuse u tie world II
the So, and Eeep II sweet. Dead veg
etaDIe and animal matter feed these
eDtomOstraca, and they arg converted
without further machinery INTO the
food fishes Of the word, Or Il one r.
move, WHEN these are eaten, ~ food
for other fish. such ~ tb= funny, COD,
aDo tie mackerel, which follow the
herring shoals. Noting short Of a.
EimIlafi0u IL TIE digestive organs q
fish seens 70 xii these euJOuOstraca-
Detached ana self-suppOrting, they
wander over TIE whole ocean, swlLD-
ming mainly upon the surface. Al
times they descend 10 the deeps, and
this, Il IL sUrDlS90. causes the tell
porsry DISAPPEARANCE Of fist which Dec-
essarrily follow them. Their countless
numbers are also recruited by the hi
croscOpic larvae Of fixed SHELLS The
barnacie, for Instance, begius life IL
this form, taking its place II the ingrs-
oleBts Of the +sea soup" as one
eyed swimming crustaceaD, then
growing pair Of eyes and
finally settling down as Z fixture
in proper barnacle style. In rivers
they are almost the sole food Of All
young fish, and probably the same re-
source Of the otDer fish wnen other
supplies fail In early spring the eres-
lures IN every stage-eggs. larva, and
perfect, though microscopic, eDtomos-
trac2-swsrm in the water, on the
mud, and Oh the water plants. At
such times even trout feed mainly on
them.
Infaumable gas was discovered
about forty years ago IN wells around
Harlem Lake, but il had too little illu-
minatIng power " be Of Use Syste-
matte borings are now being made for
this gas. II comes up IN effervescenI
sheet water, which is conducted under
a gas-bOlder, n hence the gas IL liberated.
Each boring yields about six cutie feet
per hour. Tie singular result il that
many North Holland farms, on the
pOlders below sea-ieyel, are, through
the aid Of modern iDcsndescent burn
ers, brilliantly Lighted al night by gas.
Experiments by II. Archbutt iBdi-
cate that iDf5amnlable packing for bot
ties Of strong acid may have led 10
mysterious fires On pouring nitric
ae1o on szwdust Of various kinds, tie
material became red-bOt IL two 70
eight minutes, bursting into fame
when disturbed.
Il was long ago pointed out by He'll
riegei that the nudUles Oh the roots Of
IeguBlinoUs plants contain minute or
galisals which are the active agents IL
bringing the free nitrogen Of the atmOs-
pbere into action for the noUrisbment
Of the plants. Early this year Or. No
bic, Of fbaraud, SaxOBy, succeeded IL
producing fairly pure cultures Of this
species Of organism On a commercial
scale The new preparation, called
s-NltrOgiu," Is LOW supplied ia bottles,
Of which one Is said u be sufficient to
inoculate about half an acre OF land.
Two methods Of use are suggested Ii
may be spFiDkled over the seed IN a
dilute aqueous solution; or, With
more water added, the solution may
be used to mOisten 50 or 90 pounds
Of soil, which on drying may be sowed
evenly over the land and covered TO a
depth Of about three inches Tie fas-
efrgaffessy raOesif3figf5es IF this Flan of gi "