The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-08-12

fessor Roux of the Pasteur institute
is new put up in the form of lozenge
for the use of convalescents. The pro
fessor has discovered that the disease
is liable to be conveyed through the
saliva of convalescent and the use
of these tablets is said to remove this
menace and also makes preventative
incubation unnecessary.
In his recent paper read at q meet
ing of the Society OF Arts of Great
Britain, T. Morrison gave clear and
useful account of the modern meth
DDS of construction of maps and
charts. Mr.. Morrison thinks that for
the purpose of teaching geography a
projection based, not on any distinct
mathematical rule. but on a system
Of compromise, is on the whole the
best-one, for example, on which the
meridians and parallels are spaced 1t
equal distances throughout.
Professor Brown OF Harvard col.
lege, an authority on the theory CT
the moons motion, announces that
his calculations show that Newton's
law of gravitation represents the mo
tion Ct our satellite to within one-mil-
lionth Of one percent, and that no
other physical law has been expressed
with anything like the precision OF its
simple statement. Newton's law of
universal gravitation, which was for
mulated from scanty data, announces
that two bodies attract each other
with force inversely proportional to
the square Of their distance (their
masses being equaD. Halve the dis
tance-the force is increased four
times; increase 1t tenfold--the force
Is diminished 100 times.
A scientific expedition consisting OF
members Of the faculty OF Johns Hep
kins University and several govern
ment experts In various lines of work,
Is now at work in the Bahama islands.
The surface OF the earth, the life In
the water below and the currents and
temperatures Of the atmosphere will
be especially investigated. Part of
the equipment of the expedition are
kites with a 500-pound windlass for
holding them and glass bottomed
boat for observing the marine life. A
bench mark monument will be erected
near Nassau for the purpose Of deter.
mining the movement of the earth's
crust. The boat on which the party
sailed was especially fitted cut for the
work Of this expedition, and 1t is ex-
pected that a great deal in the way
Of valuable results will be accom-.
plished.
Heat can exist only where there Is
an atmosphere, and then 1t must be
| constantly supplied with fuel to over
come the law of constant repulsion
and diffusion, writes G. w. Warder in
the BocNlovers' Magazine. Cold Is
the absence of heat and exists every
| where. 1t overcomes disintegration
| and preserves the universe. 1t en-
! forces the universal law of the cleo
trio attraction and cohesion of atoms
| and worlds. Cold must predominate
| to preserve the universe. There Is a
billion times a billion more cold in
the universe than heat. There always
has been and there always will be.
The heat Of the sun, compared with
the cold that surrounds It, is as a mus
tard seed to Jupiter. The earth's
heat, in comparison to the cold that
surrounds it, Is as an Grange to the
solar system. Then what folly to talk
of the universe having begun in white
heat, and the earth having been a mol.
ten world, and the suns great burning