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Kunmel. a sweetened spirit import
ed from Russia and Germany, derives
its title from the German name OF the
herb cumin, with which it is favored
though caraway seeds are also useo
for the same purpose.
Professor Loeffler has suggested the
incubation of cancerous patient WIN
malaria as n means of cure OF the ma
lignant growth. He thinks he mas dls-
covered an antagonisn between the
two diseases, asserting that cancer ls
rare disease in tropical countries
where malaria is rife.
The spectrum Of lighting has at last
been photographed successfully. Inc
fact is announced in n circular just
sent out by Professor z. G. Pickering,
of the Harvard Observatory. With
these spectra as data physicists have
an opportunity to analyze the clements
that compose the flash. 1t looks as II :,
the phrase, quicker than the camera,%
would have to be substituted for the
cid, familiar quicker than lightning"
Light from decayed meat is one of
the latest discoveries of science. Pro-
fessor Gorhar, of Brown University,
has found that the phosphorescent
glow comes from bacteria, and de-
pends upon the kind of food which the
little organisms cat. They will live
and grow on almost any kind of food,
but they will not produce light except
on highly nitrogenous products. Pro-
fes5or Gorham Is trying to discover
what chemical changes produce this
light, and hopes, with this knowledge.
to find way to substitute chemicals
for living bacteria.
1t took gu1makers a long time to
find out the right way to make pro-
jectile move in a straight line is to give
1t a rotary motion by rifing the gun.
1t is odd that this principle is instinc-
lively followed by some of the minute
organisms that live in water. There
is the spherical-shaped volvox, for ex-
ample, which always revolves about
through the water, this revolving mo-
tion overcoming, with the utmost nice
ty, the tendency to deviate from a
straight course If it were not for
this motion these little creatures would
merely describe circles, making no for
ward progress at ALL
vi of ha mi
versity of Pennsylvania, in a recent
public lecture on Double Star Astron-
omy' introduced very clever and use
full representation of the comparative
size of our polar system. He said that
If q globe two feet in diameter be
taken to represent the sun the earth
on the same scale would be represent
ed by very small pea, placed in cir
cular path 215 feet distant from 1t.
The moon would in the same miniature
system be represented by small shot
moving about the pea and six inches
from 1t. There would be seven other
particles revolving about the large
globe, the seven other planets, but
these are not considered in the model.
But, and then comes the inconceivable
magnitude of the heavens, the near
est fixed star would be represented by
another large globe placed 5000 miles
away.
DR.. Lcborde has made an interesting
communication to the French Acad-
emy of Medicine on his success in
awakening vitality by n method of
rhythmical traction which he discov-
cred. The system has been tried with
gratifying results in several cases of
attempted suicide by hanging, drown
ing and sufHocation, rhythmical trac-
tion in each case being applied to the
tongue. The successful experiments
described to the Academy were the
cases of two apparently still-born in
fants. In one instance after operating
for an hour the infant came to life as
If awakening from slumner In the
other case alcoholic friction, fagella-
tion and artificial injection of air into
the lungs were vainly tried before the
traction system was employed. This.
after prolonged effort, established res
piration. DR.. Laborde has now con-
structed an electric motor. by means
CT which rhythmical traction can be