Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-17

pared with ozone. The industrial ami
cations OF ozone will doubtless be conaset
TO processes where maganate OF soda. b-
chromate OF soda, and ordinary air an.
employed as the oxidizing agents. sss
as IL IS easily applied and does not Do.
duce any solid or liquid by-products n.
use In the manufacture OF oils fats al
organic chemicals Is sure 10 increase
An English Photographic journal "a.
cords the fact that cinelnatOgraphs a.
now mounted on wagons and are 49,
carried about the rural districts BY itr.s
rant showmen. The apparatus Is llpri
mated by gas from an acetylene genera's.
and the films are the well-known pctr,ss
that have previously been shown al n.
musc-halls and variety-shows.
In making concrete, burnt clay has "a.
Gently been substituted for the grant,
chips ordinarily employed, and the result
OF the experiments nave been surpusla
success. The burnt clay has been su,
cessfully used for ballast. and this ma.
terial was employed with the cement
AS u result OF thorough tests 10 was
proven that the combination would BE-
durable for any Of the ordinary uses fof
which concrete is employee.
In the discussion OF the theory ot the
| dissemination of the germs Of malaria by
mosquitoes, Or. Grassi presents a note
| 10 the Atu del Lencel, In which he calls
| dtttnilOU
! certain districts where the mosquitoes
are very numerous. lie believes that
/ some varieties OF gnats are closely con-
| nected with the propagation on the dis
/ ease. He regards the common gna..
! Culex pipiens, as quite innoculus, but
/ larger species. Anopheles clay er. known
in Italy as the 'Zanzaroae, or mos
chino" is very prevalent in localities
| where many cases OF malaria occur Hs
brings up the interesting fact that tho
! Anopheles claviger is active only after
( sunset, as affOrding an explanation OF The
( old superstition which held II dangerous
( TO fall asleep in "A malariOus region just
/ after sunset. The indications are tAat
! the interest aroused by these discussions
! will serve 10 bring about active med
sures for the destruction OF mosquito
! larvae in places where malaria aDotlls
Such a practical test would DO Of DE
! greatest value to medical and sanitary
/ science.
/ one OF the most interesting contribg
/ tions to the scientific discussion or ~
/ temperance question is found IN pam
phlet recently published by DIT Archd4
Reid. The author assumes That lnbol
or congenital characters only are trans
mitted 10 the offspring, while acquire.
/ characters are not transmitted. Man z
/ still undergoing evolution at the presan
/ day, and this, in the opinion OF the author
consists in the main OF acquiring immg
/ nifty against disease or the cnect or pow
/ erful drugs including harmful Narcotics
/ AS alcohol is one OF these, man Is beini
! evolved in the direction or decreasin.
his normal craving for alcohol in proc
I of this theory. Or. Reid states that wher
wine is most plentiful, as In Southeu
/ Europe, there is less drunkenness than D.
, countries where stimulants Of alcoh0
nature are more difficult 10 obtain. Th
novel view is advanced that anything thai
tends 70 restrict the supply or alcohol
beverages will tend towards perpet
ating drunkenness The innate drunkart
when discovered by allowing every cnl
free access TO alcohol. must be treliel
as a lunatic and not allowed 70 proeroan
By artificial selection, t2us, tho alcohol
tainted germ plasm" will finally be elm
mated, and we will see the human rae
entirely immune 10 alcohol
A fabric has recently been invented 4
| Germany by DR.. Ferd. Linnenborn, Wnic
when used for undertaking, will ZEE
the skin cool and obviate excessive lsis'
piration. The new fabric IL so Wlll
that the surface which is in contact VIII
. ; the skin is linen, while the wool nsn
! forms the outside of the material. 10
linen threads are first wei DRIED, an
: then STEPPED In a solution OF parahle a..
benzine IL having been found That var
so made does not absorb perspiIaloi
The wool undergoes treatment IN p1t
, of water. spirits Of sal ammonia, soai
, and soda, and then Is immersed
/, spirits OF sal ammoniao and benHn
; These threads are woven together. on
side being entirely linen, while the oth'
I is wool. and garments OF such c0mpos
: ton are said to be both comfortapie az
! hygienic. 80.
1 AT the recent international gcolel
1 | conference held at Stuttgart, ABRAMS
ments were made for the erection az
maintenance OF six stations where y
systematic study OF the variatioh ot 's 4,
n mo will he carried on according 10 U
d plans OF the conference. Ine sta''o
v will be located at Cincinnati. Dover a.
q ijkiah (Cal). in the United states M l,,
1 sawa' IN J Cpp-,nSsort SIN in sicily.