The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-06

The Ie>ldent at he equator say N'i"
Allen, has a year Of two winters anu
two summers The sun passes south
to the Trupic of Capricorn on Dec. -
wien it is winter; comes ovelneau ~
Mach, when it is summer; tra'els
north to the trOpc Of cancer III June
which gives winter again; and Is over"
head once more in Septembef, the
second summer. The temperature
change is small however. 1t Is always
hot, yet the plants and trees have uen-
n'te seasons 10 flower aud frult-a fact
explained by The wet and dry periods
A wax resembling that of hees has
been extracted by NJ. Ranvier from the
human epiderms, this result causing
him to remark that the body is pro-
tected by a coat of varDi-h against cor
lOsive agents
Having observed that in certain forms
Of cancer the lymph glands are not al
fected at alf DIR. Herbert Snow, an
English cancer speci dist, has been led
to the interesting and important con-
ciusion that it Is the function Of these
glands to resist and actually destroy
the cancerous growth. This takes
place up to Il certain point. The gland
is eventually oyerpO"ered by numbers
but the contest is still! an obstinate one
and the number of infective PARTICLES
killed must he very considerable. Sup
tossing natural secretion to he the
active agent, DR.. Snow had made an
extract of fresh lymph glands, this he
administered to certain patients, with
apparent benefit and never any bad
symptom; ami IN the case of a gentle
man with advanced cancer of the
stomach, whose death was eXpe cted
not later than November or December
| 1897 life was prolonged until last April.
[ Competent medical men are asked TO
/ continue the ilve,tlgation
Electric power has been transmitted
los nile, with 10 pr cent. Of deficiency.
Much more is possible, and Prof George
Forbes, speaking in London the other
day expressed the opinion that
the poser OF the Victoria Falls
on the Ximbesi might be econ
omir.lly carried 800 miles for the de-
/ velopmeul of mining IN Rhodesia He
htd considered p!an- in New Zealand
and India for transmitting power $50
mi -, miners in some eases being pre-
/ pared 10 pay 1000 aud even $500 per
annum Ter each horse power. Many
other industries might be benefited
/ hN tappi . distant sources of power,
/ such as irrigation III Egypt, and he
/ has touud that the electric lighting of
/ Cairo could be done cheaper by power
/ generated 400 miles away, at the First
/ ataract, than ny steam engines in that
I city. In all cases the serious outlay is
tor copper.
Among other Effects Of hysteria upon
nut itiOn, DR.. Paul SbliIer, of PATS,
notes the rapid decay of the teeth,
beginning with erosion and atrophy of
1 he enamel. The teeth are very pain
I ful and the extraction is the only REM
| ely, as not even removal of the cause
of the hystelia will arrest the disease
| process waen wei established
A most original recent engine Is the
| Dawson rut ,ry gasoline motor. In this
al attempt i nIade ~ TO away with
valves as we'll as valve gear, and there
are no delicate parts exposed IL cXplO-
slons OF g Sollhe Vapor and air through
the four-perod cycle. The chief novel
" rests i'll the piston, which has the
form of long steel tube, and which
assures the itierent phases Of adn!>-
sion, explosion and escapement by re-
volvlng during It's stroke and, through
an aperture in its side, alternately open.
ing aud closing distributing ports suit.
! nj nll hn ~
| its rotation, the piston makes four
strokes aud causes the crank shaft to
make wo revolutions. The rotary mo-
ton tnds to reduce los, by friction
ana the length of the p ston diminlshts
loss by leakage aud prevents direct con.
ttct of the gases with the walls of the
cylinder. The cylinner stands uplight
on closed box or drum containing the
ny-Wheel crank and shaft.
The so-called earthquake or tidal
waves that are frequently noticed al0u.
the coast near Sydney, New South
| Wales, are lOuud by Mr.. III. G.. Russell
TO be mostly trdceable To low atmOs.
pherc pressure. Their period, about
70 minutes from crest to crest, is that of
earthquake waves. Mr.. Russell has
proven, however, that only per cent.
are produced by earth disturbance.
while 80 per cent. are due tn low pres
sure areas, which cause the sea level tC
rise, with currents along the south and
east costs that meet ia Bass SLl.lt
Producing waves that affect the Syd
ney and Newcastle tide guages.
Heaped up leaves, spontaneously de
Veloping heat by chemical change. are
among the hitherto unnoticed causes o.
forest fires pointed out by NJ. Iabarie.
de Grandsaignes.
THE MONKEY BREAD TREE.
Its Fruit Is Used to Prepare the
AcidulOus Drink to Cure
Fevers.
Cape Verde-that is. the Green Cane
is said to owe its name in part to the
foliage of the Adamsonia digitata
which adorns the whole of Senegambia
and Guinea with its green elliptic