Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-03

ter equipment OF feld-glasses for study
ing the enemy's position and locating
Entertainments. The scientific Germans
have now supplied every battery Of
their artillery with kind Of long dis
lance stereOscope, called the scissors
telescope" whose object Is to give relief
to the images Of the field-glass, thus
bringing TO view slight ridges and de-
pressions that are liable 60 escape de-
lection. The apparatus opens vertical
~, like pair Of scissors. and the OBJ
tect-glasses may be thus brought az
much as five feet apart, separating the
planes Of an object five miles away as
much as ordinary vision would do at a
quarter Of mile. II may be noted
further that this wide separation OF
the lenses makes It possible for the
operator TO use one or both tubes OF
his glass, while he Is himself shielded
in a trench or behind tree.
a remarkable cure OF confirmed STAN,
merlng In a boy OF thirteen has been
brought to the attention OF the Paris
Academy Of Medicine by Prof. Jonnesco,
Of Bucharest His theory being that the
defect Is often due to flattening Of the
left side Of the head, preventing de-
velopment Of the skull over the part
Of the brain 10 which Broca assigned
speech, his operation consisted In cut
ting tissues 10 relieve the dura mater
al this point. His success leads 20 the
inquiry whether the mystifylnR trepan-
nings by surgeons Of the later stone age
may not have been performed 10 relieve
stammering.
Thuringian peasants. according 10 a
consular report, protect seed potatoes
against rot by spreading them out In
a sunny place. with frequent turnings.
until they become thoroughly green.
They ore then placed in a cellar until
February, when they are removed to
partially warmed room until planting
time. The potatoes not only keep well
but do not sprout until planted, larger
and better crop resulting.
A history Of Rome's waterworks has
been preserved In two books by From
tinus, water commissioner In " A. d.
A recent translation shows that nine
aqueduets had been built. and that the
daily consumption was about 80 gallons
per person--although cyclopedas give
this as 800 gallons or three times that
OF American cities.
The tTecial flavors, doors. conslsten-
cies ard colors OF salt-presarved foods
ate FOL nd by Or. a. Peterson to BE-
chiefly produced by various mlcio.or-
g9nlsms.
The great preservative powers OF
formaln have met with little favor In
museums The substance is Of special
advantage. however. for hardening AMI
keeping llahby animals. such as Jelly
fish. and Il Is convenient TO the field
collector on account OF its small bulk,
as the commercial fluid requires dilu-
ton with 25 times its volume OF water
before use. while specimens can be
packed IN Il much closer than In alco-
hol In Mauritius NJ. Camille Sumlere
has been experimenting with an APP
paraius using constant currents Of for
malin yapor, as lately proposed by DR..
G. De Richter Of Brussels. For this
method is claimed the advantage Of
preserving specimens as al death, fea.
lures uninjured In texture or color
color In the trials made. gulnea-plg
was IN perfect condition after twenty
days In the apparatus and eight days in
lhe uDen museum II Is declared that
the process not only Offers great pos