The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-01
In the
Scientific
World.


Biography have been bringing the moon
nearer to US us each year. until now 1t Is
regarded with much the same Interest as
out that the existence OF the cities mag
ined by Schrotter,3 has been already dis
proved and we seem now on the verge
of acquiring q start In lunar natural his
tory. At any rate changes h9ye been
noted In the tint OF certain reeons that
suggest the development and disappear
ancc of some kind of vegetation. keplcr
long night of 1854 hours. and 1t Is now
argued that the air itself-probaby not
more than a sixth as dense as that of
BY the Intense cold, This idea Is confirm
ed by indications of an atmosphere In
places that have been lighted by the sun.
long enough to change the solid air into
atmosphere could not be easily detected
a. cur distance, as Its average depth would
be only orr feet. the earth's atmos ];
ocean OF only a bout IS feet in depth.
Coal Workings around Cheadle, in North
Staffordshire, Eng, have been traced
back as far as the reign Of Richard III
The early m,dng Is exph hn py lura s
in other parts Of Eng were brought
to notice through, dark streaks turned up
by the plow.g "A late discovery Is an old
level that must have been driven at least
800 years ago for draining coal tract.
A cold loving earthworm. ( Melamenchy-
traeus solifugus-has been brought to no
tGe SY RaEse ana n1p and nis ut
swarms on the snow OF the MaiaspiIla
glacier, but when the sun shines burrows
under the surface to depth OF 10 lnches
or more.
Tidal power has met with little favor,
on account Of Its inconvene ncu and coat.
1t is directly available only IN two snort
periods daily, and the ordinary worrying
head is so small, not more than six feet,
that great expense Is necessary to pro-
provide storage ponds Of suitable capaclty.
An engineering writer points on ~ tha at, g
make this power ,protltable: The = most
conspicuous example Is the Bay OF tunoS,
where the tides run normally forty rect ,ct
SQUARE miles through channel less than
three miles wide. Tho damming Of this
channel should yield more Than .V1. ..s ,NN
horse power hours daily The utllizatlo D,
some future time. but the engineering feat
viii be vastly greater than anything YET
attempted.
A special malady OF sponge-tlshers IS
due to on Actnium, n small eoe ,a.t ~
TINT lives on the sponSes at depths o.
SO to l5O feet. DR.. Skevos Zervos, Greek
physlcian. states that this parasite Is Is
from half an inch to an inch ana nahl
stance secreted by it's tentacles produces
deon sloughng sores on the naked bodies
Of OFT the sd divers. The Actin!um Is also well
t',nmt we mixing It with bread or meat
to destroy domestic animals. The toxic
principle has been lately founa ups
Ghapes R Bic Of to Intense
Congestion and hemorrhage.has been
named "congestion," while the other
giving rise to violent, Irrltation--.s to DO
known as "thalassin
Astronomers themselves seem TO be
tending now to n belief In some connec-
Professor ott, sW W. II. Pickering has concluded
that thunderstorms are really more M
Inn IL the a th rst u ssf las to the
storms being greatest between. new moon
and first QUARTER and least between tull
moon and last Quarter.
With an open gauge in central part part
| of Edinburgh, Or: w. G., Black last ye' aI
| collected dust and SCOT indicating tu!mt
| tall OF twenty-four pounds per :" s0uA'e
tno ney qFs.aIarm systsmt Of s Rms
usS rap II rso OF the mercury in
thermometer ACTS upon q relay, and sets
breaks the electric circuit by series OF
contacts, a series OF Impulses Is thus
sent through an Induction coll and tho
usual trunSlnittlnE apparatus, The re- 20
house, includes air and earth eondurtors,'
conerer, battery and Morse instrmmsnt,
of transmitters In different places. and
as the contacts on the wheel can he va
ricd, the exact location OF the IRE can
be Indicated,
A relation between tho character OF
dreams, and the Intensity OF sleep hhs
yaschde; In profound sleep ,he 5on are enast
events and matters seemingly having
no connection with the present. h PVT, ' hv
dreams of light slumhcr are inspired py
recent occurrences and eScitsinents, anu
are sometimes connected Win Wllal Is
transpirlne around the sleeper
In recent test Of the duraiblllty OF
woods stakes two feet long ana an men
and a half square were driven lnto tLe
ground nearly their entire length. AZ the,
end OF five years. OAK elm, ASH 1ec Tn ny aSa
Larch and hard pine. were deeayed on