Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-11

plants. Towards the end OF the hlhih
century, when a catalogue OF pooks
IN Japan was complied BY order oil une
emperor. the Impera ! library was
found To contain 1890 volumes IN
40 departments-Hnd this in spite OF
disastrous fire some years before
In more modern times. the long peace
OF $50 years witnessed ereat progress
in natural history. as well as in inter-
allure, the arts and all peaceful indus
tries The present botanical garden
Of the Imperial university was estnb-
lishcd In 1851, and the mastery al ihe
Dutch language In the middle OF inc
eighteenth century gave a great I'M
petus to botanical science as well as 10
Japanese civilization generally 70
ology was more backward. seemingly
to have been comparable to that OF
Europe in the middle ages But one
of the results Of the restoration OF
the emperor to his full power, IN 1865,
which is being followed by such u
social revolution as has been seldom
witnessed, has been established OF ne
modern school of zoology, whlcn
dates from the appointment. in 1876
OF Prof +. $. Morse OF Salem. Mass
to the chair Of zoology at the unlNer-
sity of Tokys.
The first use OF the monograph in
telegraphy seems to have been In spain,
where receiving operators were unable
received by telephone and repeated
the messages into a monograph THIS
repetition, being heard at the sendinH
end, serves also as a control for the
correctness of the message.
Fumigation with corrosive suhlimati
was once suggested to Prof. KONG nA
GOttingen as a means OF freeing MIS-
room from bugs. Finding the remedy
most effective, all kinds Of insects be-
ing killed, he inferred that the sam
process would destroy the microbes %
scarlet fever, measles, and other con-
tagious diseases. He now states that
since adopting this method, he has
disease that could be attributed to
infection left In the room In which
the patient had been confined. The
fumigation Is a simple matter from
AN ounce and half to two ounces of
corrosive suhlimate being put on a
plate over chatting dish, and the
doors and windows being closed for
three or four hours. The person en-
tering the room takes the prcCaution
of holding sponge over the mouth
and nose to prevent inhaling the pois-
onous Vapor. The apartment Is thor
oughly aired. and the next day sui
phur Is burned To ncutralize any mer-
curinl fumes that may stil lingcr.
After another airing, the room Is then
ready for occupancy.
a new laboratory turbine. claiming
great steadiness, noiseless and econ
Omy OF water, has been designed by
II German chemist. and is TO be made
in Berlin by koehler and Martini. a
circular piece of wire gauZe. rotating
in thin cycllndrical space Is at
tached tn the axle. The wnter-Je
strikes the edge Of the gauZe at q tan
gent, escaping by a pipe in the center
opposite the axle. and may readily be
made to give n speed Of 1000 revolu-
lions per minute,
Prof. Eschenhaccn of Potsdnm has
continued his researches on the small
variations of the earth's magnetism
first announced by him last year The
most important oscillations have n
period of about thirty seconds. and &C
cur chiefly between 6 am. and pm,
but on two days since last October
November Z. 1896. and February 4.
lS91-shortcr waves. lasting twelve or
fifteen seconds, We're observed. Groups
of waves have been noticed ON several
occasions, The cause OF the uhen-
omenon is uncertain bur It is believed
to he atmospheric.
At the beginning of recent thun-
dershower after a warm and MINDLESS
day, NJ. Maurice Despres of Cordova,
Spain, noticed electrified drops that
cracked family on touching the ground
and emitted sparks. The phenomenon
lasted several seconds, ceaslng as th'
air became molstened.
The interesting example of cold light
and low temperature combustion made
known by NJ. Malius Otto. through a
report to the French academy by NJ.
F'riedcl, opens new field for research.
peculiar luminescence was first OBJ
served during the aspiration OF oZon-
lied air by means of II water aspira-
tor AS the water issued from the az
pirator, 1t became luminous, and con-
tnued so for five or six seconds.a flask
filled with Il being distinctly luminous
in the dark. The experiments were
made with o2onized oxygen, containing
about half n grain to the quart The
luminosity thus produced by the con-
tact of ozone and water appears TO be
due To the presence In the latter OF
organic matter OF animal or vcgeta-
hle origin, which is consumed with the
effect stated
The eyes Of sailors and marines on
French war vessels are reported Ia
have suffered severely in consequence
Of the use Of the electric light. Eyes
in which the iris Is not heavily charged
with pgmrnts-surh as grey or blue
eyes are found to he more liable to
injury than brown eyes. Two CAUSES
the intensity Of the light and the ac-
| iiou of the ultra violet or chemically
nctive rlys-are assigned for the eve
| troubles. The use of spcctacles that
win intercept the ultraviolet rays
| such as yellow uranium Llass--is rec
| commended by~ ocuiists. Dark blue
| glasses are provided for those who
| operate the search-lights, etc, but
| these do not seem to give complete
| protection In all cases.
\ French scientific Journal condemns
the high Standing collar. declaring that
| the laws % health require that the
neck shall be bare, or nearly 30, and
| that collars should be loose and turn
| down. Cases Of narrow escapes from
| suffoCation by tight collars are not
| rare, and a wealthy American found
| dead on n train. arriving mt Paris. a
| few "ears ago, was proven to have
| been stranEled by his high collar. such
| an accident Is not even unlikely, as
there is a point in the throat close Ia
| Adams apple'where pressure viii
stop respiration at once and bring
| about usphyNia.
| The collection Of palms In Kew
Gardens IL truly aud prob.
| ably much exceed in size any other In
the world, the total number OF species
represented in this collection belng
| now over four hundred.