The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-21

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/ violent taYs W thH spectrum ~ NaUa
/ don has obtained RAYS from sun
liEht without electricity.
The stinripaa bee. ~ which several
| colonies have been discovered In the
Island of Montsetfat IN the West In
dies viii b. an object % much inter
crL 49, " is believed that us honey
producing capabilities ,will be- grea y
improved m modern hives.
Natural granite puiverized and
shaped By pressure and heat was used
az first fut ornamental blocks. II has
been since found Rerviceable for cleo
trio insulation, and It's resistance 90
acids and chlorine have now given a.
"A place for lining sulphite digpstprs Tor
treating wood pulp.
A "leather-solc nuid. proposed by h.
SoNhlpt for preventing slipping, con
slsts Of SO grammes Of thick turpen-
tine, 200 grammcs Of Colophony, 90
grammos OF banzine and 200 grammes
OF alcohol, the mixture being allowed
to stand In "A bottle In warm place
until the turpentine and colophony
have dissolved. The solution is applied
several times to the shoe soles Not
only is the sllpperiness overcome, but
the leather is preserved.
Readings of the winds force are
transmitted electrically to a distance
by new French instrument. The
spindle carrying the revolving cups or
an ordinary thermometer also carries a
small gramme ring, which revolves In
the field Of a strong permanent mag
net, and connection is made between
the coils of the ring and special form
of voltmeter, whose graduations are
adjusted to correspond to speeds of the
wind as measured by the thermometer.
In an examination of the fluids of
S0i2 stomachs DR.. j. II. Kellogg has
found 2SS per cent to contain bacteria.
None exist when the food has been
sterile. Hydrochloric acid seems to be
less important in giving antiseptic
power to the stomach than has been
supposed, but it was proven that
fruit dietary will sterilize the stom-
ach through the action of the vegetable
acids. In some cases of bacterial de-
rangement an exclusive fruit diet for
two days to a week may be necessary.
Any acid fruit may be employed, and
is more active raw than cooked. Ripe
bananas and even ripe olives, though
without marked germicidal power, may
be included in the fruit dietary with
advantage.
The production of cocoanut butter at
the factory in Mannheim, which dates
from 1885, has now reached about ten
tons per day. This material which Is
used as a substitute for butter ana
lard, is claimed to contain 80 per cent
of vegetable fat with only a trace of
water, while ordinary butter consists
of So per cent of fat and nearly Is per
cent water. The price in Germany is
about half that of butter. Cocoanut
butter keeps three or four months in
a cool place, and it's wholesomeness
and digestibilty are giving 1t a steady
gain in favor for baking and cooking.
especially for hospitals and army
camps. The processes by which the
fat of the cocoanut kernel is freed
from free acids and other substances
are mostly secret.
Cowper Coles. London physicist, is
designed to localize sounds rapidly
and to project sounds to great dis
lance. 1t consists essentially Of an up
risght concave mirrow, suitably mount
ed, in the focus of which is fixed one
right concave mirror, suitably mount
piece at this end of the tube being
turned toward the mirror while one at
the other end Is, free. The mounting
enables the operator to raise or lower
the mirror. or to turn 1t toward any
point. To find the direction from
which any sound comes, II Is simply
necessary to listen at the free mouth
piece while the mirror Is moved until
sound reaches Its greatest intensity;
and for sending forth speech or other
sounds the free mouthpiece serves as
a transmitter. Conversation over ali
long distance may be carried on be-
tween operators having duplicates OF
the apparatus.