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exposed by the surgeons. and the rent in
rs walls repaired by suture. About half
the patients have lived for more than "a
year after the operation and the sur
viv0rs are In good general health The
heart evidently completely recovered from
les accident
"A curious effect OF a bullet wound mas
just been observed in the Boer war An
English soldier in the storming Of a po-
sition al tho beginning OF February last
was struck In the face by a Mauser bull
let The proiectile lodged IN the head
somewhere. but an attempts to reveal is
precise position ny the X-rays were futile
The soldier was discharged from his hos
pital as cured. and participated IN several
other battles The only IN effect he ex-
perienced from the wound was a slight im-
pedimcnt Ia his speech. Some time ago
he was seized with a violet attack Of
sneczing, and during his exertions dis
gorged what proved 10 be the missing
bullet. Il had been firmly imbedded point
downward In the lower part Of his Jaw.
DIR. C. T. williams In a recent address
before the Life Assurance Medical or
fcers Association OF England, gave some
interesting details as 70 the mortality and
expectation OF nfe in the various Euro
FNah NLAtfa 4HklIE an ANffhEf OF - re-
cent consecutive years, the deaths per
thousand Of the population in the several
countries are as follows: Norway. 16S.
Sweden. H3 Ireland lSl: Denmark. ISIS;
England. 1876: Scot hand, -. Belgium. q
Switzerland. 1.7; France. 22.6. German
empire. 25.2 Italy. rs, Augstia, 29.9. Hun
gary. 35t Norway has the lowest death
rate. los. and Hungary the highest. 35A
With regard 10 the expectation OF life az
- years the figures for America are 1919
years: Britain, i2lo: Germany. 59.6s. and
France. ass
DIR. William r. Brooks. director OF the
Smith observatory NJ Geneva. n Y has
succeeded IN photographing objects solely
by the light from the planet Venus The
experiments were conducted within the
dome o. the observatory. so that all out
side light was excluded except that which
came from Venus through the open shut
ter OF the dome. The time was tho dark
est hour OF the night after the plane,
had risen. and before the approach OF
dawn. The actinic property OF the light
from Venus was much stronger than am
t!cfpated. the Photographic plates being
remarkably clear. intense. and fully
timed The experiments will be coutln-
ued every clear night Dr. Brooks was
an early worker In Photography and has
used i for many years Ia his Astronomical
researches.
AT the recent interna tionai engineer
ing congress on methods Of testing con-
stfuction materials an address On me
corrosion OF iron and steel was delivered
by u. NJ Howe. the honorary president.
Mr. Howe. as the result Of long series
81 experiments. arrived ~ the following
conclusions: First that despite the COM
GERS that soft steel corrodes much more
rapidly than iron. there Is really very lit
he difference between the two IN this re-
spect except where they are exposed to
the action OF salt water. n the corrosiono Of
wrought iron be taken as 100. that OF steel
would be iii in salt water: in fresh water.
Fgl. and where the exposure g. simply 70
the atmosphere. 1903. In per cent uickle
steel the corrosion Is about 50 per cent
Of that IN wrought iron: in - per cent
nicklc steel. about 20 per cent. Although
the latter metal has an enormous advan-
tage over wrought iron. 90 cannot be- call
ed a non-corroiing metal, but, rather.
slowly corrodlng one.
1t was only twenty years ago. notes a
Boston paper. that the oscillation OF the
pole was detected ana only two years
| 4lve passed since steps were taken Tor
us Nlthn w A'EfAeAts ANY aAMh Oh rAsAtAAfihaH
az the pole would. Of course, affect every
parallel OF latitude Il became necessary
therefore Tor navigation purposes a. fcr
no other. 90 determine precisely the ex-
tent and law OF this oscillation To as
certain this. it was found desirable 20 To-
cate four stations on the same parallel
and endeavor. by observation q the
heavenly bodies. 20 learn how much that
parallel varied. or Oscillated. and tnat
would give data for measuring the roar
liberation. As this work required the CO.
operation or several nations. II was in
trusted to the international Geodetlc As
ISOLATION. That scientific body studied
long 10 find the parallel on which these
observations could be located. SO that they
might be 10 direct telegraphic communlca-
lion with each other and have similar
atmospheric conditions. They finally
chose. two years ago. thirty-nlne de-
gress eight minutes. ten seconds rorth
AIS the parallel and located one station in
California. one IN Maryland, one IN sar-
dlnla. ard the fourth In Japan. The Rus
sian government. al its own expense. has
established a fifth on the same parallel
Il has not yet been announced when the
problem Will be solved.
Not long ago says the Chicago Nd
vance 81. Louis was frightened almost
into fever over the rush OF water Gown
the drainage canal. II was feared that
whole fleets and navies OF microbe out
OF Chicag0's sewers would sail down the
new water way and make war upon the
inhabitants But now comes Prof. Willis
Moore OF the Weather Bureau with the
opinion that II will be quite safe 20 use
tho water 10 further than Lockpori
which Is hardly beyond the reach Of Chi
cago's smoke In fact. says Prof Moore
the canal Is going 10 improve the water
Of tho whole Illinois river. Prof Moore
10 the same connection advances a rx.her
curious theory regarding the waters OF the
lakes lie says that there must be Sc
cret outlets as well as inlcts In no other
way. he thinks. can we account for the
continued presence OF these bodies OF
water. Through channels unseen hy the
human eye they are running in and run
ming out Hence a much larger flow
through the canal would hardly make n
perccpuhe difference The assertion Of
the scientists that the whole lake basin
is slowly tipping over this way has again
been made The movement is very grud-
ual. but by ana ~. say $50 years from
now the waters viii all he flowing heav-
hy this way. and Niagara viii be play
ing 10 an empty channel
The proporiionate heating power Of
coal AMI woods. says the Rural New
Yorker. Ia answer 70 an inquirer. has been
settled by experiment. u has been found
that one poumd OF charcoal heats seventy