The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-27

plate with mixture of wax and turpeu-
tine to which some lampbiack has been
added and then Rubbing of vigorously with
q clean linen rag The fine black surface
can be etched. engraved. gilded and sill
vered Ike genuine marble. while the polish
and durable as those of the costlier ma
terial.
The illusion Of feeling in amputated limbs
has begun to receive scientific attention. 1t
appears that the victim OF accident is often
more conscious of the existence of the miss
ing limb in it's proper place than of the
other, and accidents sometimes result, in
the case of heavy one-aTmed man who put
out his phantom arm to aid in recovering
his lost equilibrium. and in consequence had
a bad fan. An old soldier VINO had lost
part of both feet would rub his artificial
toes for half an hour at time and groan
over the pain he declared ne still telt In his
ccrns!
A new manure, suitable for grains of ali
kinds, is being made by firm of German
color makers already famous as producers
OF nitragin and diphtheria antitoxins. The
new material is known as admit and it is
a creamy white powder having 25 per cent.
of nftrogenous constituents and found to be
composed of spores or an organism beiong-
ing to the well-known group OF hay bacilh
This particular bacillus IS to be caled Ellen
bachenss alpha. 1T was discovered by
Herr Caron, of Ellenbach, in the course OF
four years Of investigation into the bacteria
of different SOILS. ana MS Experiments nave
shown remarkable effect upon crops. from
ground treated with pure cultures of this
bacillus
Moving pictures offer new possibilities
in scientific instruction and entertainment.
The cinematograph was successfully Gnu
ployed in following the recent solar eclipse,
and M. Camille Flammarion has gone fur
Their by photographing the heavens at diff
ferent times from sunset to sunrise, Sc
curing views by which the spectacle Of
the nightly passage of moon and stars may
be shown on a screen in a few minutes.
He proposes to photograph Sun-spots, eX-
hibitng by their movement the rotation
OF the sun. The earth mas not been for
gotten, and remarkabie pictures of 1t IN
fore a cinematograph large model, illu-
minated by a lamp, giving the effect of the
sun.
One of the most notable gatherings of
geographers ever assembled was the recent
special meeting of the London Royal Soci-
ETY. to consider exploration at the south
pole The Antarctic region is the greatest
unexplored area on the globe, and it is SO
unlike any other that, while it offers no
commercial inducements, light on its mys-
teries is of unusual scientific Importance.
There is almost certainly a continent, which
is completely surrounded by vast ocean,
the reverse being true of the north pole:
The meteorology is remarkable, a zone OF
exceptionally low pressure eAlstlns peyoHu
As degrees south latitude, with indications
that the south pole is covered by a great
permanent anticyclone or area of high
pres sure. The summer is extremely cold.
The geology is of great interest not only
because of our utter lack OF knowledge or
the rocks and fossils, but also because no
where else is there such an accumulation
Of ice and observations of the immense
along the face Of one of which Ross sailed
for three hundred miles and from which
broke flat-topped icebergs loo to l,oO0 feet
thick-nay put to the test our glacial the
orv. The eminent scientists thought the
government should grant f156,O0O for the
proposed expedition.