Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

spirit writing by Electricity - Recent
Work In Chemical synthesIs a Magic
Atmosphere How Plant Rows should
Hun-sourcc. of our TIN -- steel Tenn
psred Under Pressure e. A Discovery
Wanted.
a new maEician's slate. for exhibiting
spirit writing" consists Of a grating
Of timed Iron wire. which Is covered
In each side with an Insulating sheet
Of mica. over which Is placed a shoe,
Ok Rusha Iron. which may be given
more slato-like appearance by a cont
ing OF mineral paint. In the usual
frame, fhls cannot readily be told FROM
the ordinary school STATE. Hidden con-
ductors pass from the iron wirc 10
screw eyes In the frame. and the cord
by which the slate is suspended on an
easel IL a mire connecting with other
concealed conductors running from
source Of electricity. II a powerful cur
rent. like one for lighting ~ used. a
safety fuse IL placed m circuit The
magician lays a shoe, " parlr on the
slate, places pen and Ink on a little
shelf directly beneath. closes his cabi-
net about the easel. and In few mo-
mcnia his question OF the splri, IL found
60 b. answered by writing on the
paper. The paper IL prepared before
hind by wnlng the word 90 sentence
rvqulrd with dilute Hulphufic acid,
the writing being Invisible uniii heated.
A. the Cablnce closes ana assistant
switches ON the current. the electric
aiovc in The slate bccnmcl hot Ia thirty
seconds, and on opening ihe cabinet the
spirit wr,lng appears In black
In recent address % pharmacists. a.
Belfast. Ireland. Dr. Charles Syfnea
| mentioned about nifty products OF syn.
thotc chemistry having a mrdlcai i'm.
| p1riancc that have appeared nInce 1890
] gfct progress In a similar line has
/ been made with Hynth silc catcrf aud
cd0ruua substances. Artificial musk and
vanlllin have long been known. as have
ihe amyl butyl and ethyl compounds
/ resembling fruit ntVura. but more re-
cent arc heliotroplnc 1heIiNr0pel.
I iononc and iraidine tVoicO. cumarIne
/ tneW-fuUNn hayl, tcplnc0l .iilicl. brr-
| glmlol tDcrramuD, jafmlue oil. EQra-
| nj truse gcranium). caryol tcaruNay
OLD. etc. These substances arc now not
| only used Tor toilet Fuapa, hut also for
the crsenccs named after flowers
Tho mysterious region 90 which Tesla
introduced ~ In 1891. an cl,ctr,stagin
/ Held Of weird and startling cnrcts. u
/ beng diligently explored. The lack Of
necessity Tor special apparatus brings
/ thu experiments within reach ~ many
/ physicists. Tcala's simple method ~
| producing alternating currcr's ~ great
frequency being 20 connect The second
AIRY terminals u high ttnsion coll.
! with the Internal nrWlturca ~ Ley
den Jar which discharge es.lf dlsrup-
lively. the diHruptivo dlachargs Yield
| ing the desired current. Details nave
been greatly varied ana improved. In a
recent striking exhibition In Paris NJ.
| Radlgut connected rhcuHtut. Vlbri-
Tor. induction coll. D'Afaonval 0acilla-
| tor and Oudin reH0natur. the rhc0atas
being placed directly upon a ii0-volt
curcus. TIE coll, glying a ss-inch
| spark. had condcnaerH " variable ca
paclty. Insulated In papiiiue. The IN
ducri wires we've connected with the
armiturca OF a Leyden Jar. this being
D'Ars1nvara arrangement Tor pivluc-
Ing alternating currents " gfNnt ire
aumcy, ana the external arm1turea OF
the ar wcrc connected with the oudln
r,sonator. The latter was formed uf a
solsn0ld Of 1916 feet Of i-i0 inch unlnnu-
lated copper wire wound on cyllndcr
OF parafiined Wood. Thc c0niactn were
fixed az the opposite sides OF the up
right cylinder, one a iiilie higher man
the other. and tunEuf acrvw oh1ngcd
the number Of splrala In each of the two
parts 81 tic Holcnlol, the lower pari
" which produced the oscillations %
great frequency, while at the upper
part were the currcu,s OF great fire.
qucncy and very hish tension This APP
paratus was a great success. The rvaof-
ator created all round II. within rad
l1us OF Gh feet. a very Intense alter
mating eiectOE,atlc feld, In which ueia-
sler or Cnoksa tubes became luminous
when simply held In tbs hand, rota,.
inr iron wire became a cord covered
with tufts % namo, the ribs OF an ufn-
bralla riowsd brightly and tufts OF yio-
let urht or Inches long stood out
upon the hands, A theatcr dancer
cirrylnE myatorlonHiy lighted objects
Will b. among thl first displays OF thoss
wonders 70 the general public.
The curious fact that corn. potatoes
and oih.r plants thrive better whom
placed In rows running north aud
aouih has been proven by DR.. Wollny.
OF Munich. This reduces the shading By
each other TO minimum. more uniform
AMI regular light, hsat ana moisture
resulting.
While the r5ld fields Of the world