The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-12

| SOLUTION, q Win AOu-A
paper being applied before strippire.
Rolls of paper with brilliant nickel
surface may be thus produced, and
these may have a variety Of applica-
tons Coiored and embossed. they
make attractive Wallpapers and shoa-
cards.
Electricity for stimulating the
growth of cereals. vegetables and other
plants has been tried in many expert
ments by DR.. Selim Lemstrom, the
Norwegian investigator On arabic
land OF medium quality an increase ~
45 per cent in the crops has been OBJ
tanned. but the increase is greater In
proportion TO the care in cultivation.
The effect is trifiing on poor soil The
electric current proves injurious 20
most-if not all-plants i'm hot sun
shine. and such plants as peas, CAB
bages and turnfps are favorabIy In
fluenced only after watering. Esti-
mates OF cost lead DR.. Pringsheim 10
conclude that electricity in agriculture
will pay.
| It was formerly supposed that the
tides of the Bay of Fundy may have
a range of 20 feet or more. but a few
years ago Mr.. W. Bell Dawson showed
this to be an exaggeration. His late
| observations confirm the conclusion.
The range Of the greatest spring tides
at Noel Bay is 50h feet and that y
neap tides is 43H feet; at Horton Blur
the ranges are As feet and 40 feet. The
highest tide on record, the "SaXby
tide" of 1869, rose So feet above the
lowest point to which the water has
been known to ebb out. This tide rose
1924 feet above mean sea level, aId
the lowest level of low water knoN
was 23.76 feet below mean sea level.
Radium, the most active of the three
new elements emitting Invisible radia-
tons has been proven by Pros Geo.
+. Parker to be n cheap and efficient
substitute for X-ray apparatus for
photographing internal parts of the
body. When the hand was placed be-
tween the metal and the sensitive
plate a picture showing the bones as
taken in half a minute. Aside from
this valuable property. radium rays
act like Roentgen rays i'm PRODUCING
phosphorescence and dischargiug cleo
trified bodies. Radium is one Of the
grea test Of puzzles on account Of it's
anomalous expenditure of energy WITH
out appearing to lose any or to receive
any from the sunlight or other source.
Wood sleepers for railways nave the
disadvantage Of short life under the
most favorable conditions. and IN
warm climates they are quickly oe~
stroyed by insects and vegetable para
sites. Creosoting. while adding some
what to the durability, gives iuefeas-
ed risk from fire Iron. stone marble
and tempered glass have been tried.
but all have proven more or less IN
suitable for sleepers. The merits " .
very effective in beams and girders.
are urged by NJ. Michel Sarda. sleep
ers of this material would cost q littie
more than those of iron and three
times much as those Of wood. Int
they would be indestructible wlliie
giving a more stable roadway. and &
is claimed that in so years they would
yield large saving.
The available coal yet stored. in the
earth in Germany is estimated By Prof
Ferdinand Fischer OF Gottingen, at
10000 million tons; in England. Only
$1,000 million tons; in Belgium. Aus
tria-H Hungary and France, about 1900
million tons each. The store Of Russia
is but imperfectly known. North
can produce $4,000 million
tons. and Baron Won Richtbofra has
stated that China has 4 supply nearly
as great. Japan. Borneo ans New
South Wales have considerable coal;
Africa, an unknown quantity Ger
many's coal should last another thou
sand years. but Englands supply viii
begin to show signs of exhaustion
within fifty years. In the United
States the production has increased
from about 100000 tons in 1891 IL
nearly 45,OOO,OOO in 1901.
The effect OF intestinal bacteria up
on digestion continues TO attract tx
perimenters. Combining chickens in
germ-free cages and feeding them with
sterilized food. Prof Schottelius has
found that they ate ravenously and
evidently digested well, but lost
strength and flesh. Other tests gave
positive proof of the necessity of in
testinal bacteria to nutrition. Chickens
hatched in germ-free quarters thrived
on sterilized food for "A week, when
they began to decline in weight and
strength, and they We're then divided
into a group fed on sterilized food and
one given food containing bacteria.
Those OF the first group all died IT. "a
few days, while the others grew rap
idly and We're soon indistinguisha0
from other chickens of the poultry
yard. These results confirm those OF
Mime MetchnikoH. who has recorded
greatly retarded growth i'm tadpcles
kept entirely on steriiized food.
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need it. You can pay me back next
rip. SING
Where the opium is smoked by the
Honolulu Cinnamon I never learned.
heard of only one place in the OUT
skirts Of the town, the entrance To-
which was through a tomb in the Gem
. flV a
over the door. Since the establishment
IF our Government there this place was
aided. together with all other retreats
Il the same character. But the largest
percentage Of the stuff went TO the
on the other islands.-New
York Tribune