Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-12

flies, coins, etc. are shoEnln a very real
lstic way, the natural shadows being re
produced. Manuscripts and pictures maj
be thrown upon the screen without prep
aratlon. and the most delicate natural hts
tory speclmens-eyen living organisms
can be safely placed upon the table OF I'M
object chamber, as dark heat rays arr
cut of by water tank.
While the elixir Of youth for the human
race ia stil undiscovered Prof Lucler
Daniel has rejuvenated dying plant It's
sues In very striking manner. His frsl
experiments were designed TO show the
influence OF grating upon the scIonwood
and they resulted In changing tobacco
from an annual 70 q biennial upon the
tomato, and IN producing variety OF
bean that frulted twice In season 10y
grating different beans upon one another
The problem Of rejuvenatl0n was taken
up with the SCopolla CarniOlica, an early
spring plant Of the botanical gardens, be-
longing 20 the same family as the pota-
10. the belladonna and the tomato. After
having borne fruit, the dying shoots were
grated In May upon the young tomato,
when the signs OF old age disappeared,
and the sci0ns put forth new branches
with vigorous green leaves, and actually
blossomed and again bore fruit.
Methyl or wood alcohol Is being much
used as cheap substitute for common
or ethyl alcohol II 10 far more danger
GUS and less than half an ounce has pros
duced total permanent blindness, while
fatal poisoning has resulted from three
fluid ounces. A case of blindness has been
reported from external application alone.
Or. j. A. Deghul reports finding methyl
alcohol In 10 out of 2l5 specimens OF COM
laI unlrii ~ gufunhof and that I'd
specimens had been prepared with this
alcohol only
Renewed interest In the possibilities OF
scaling the worlds loftiest mountain has
been aroused by the setting out for the
Himalayas Of the expedition under Ecken-
stein The highest known point on earth
is Mt. Everest which rises TO 2s,W2 feet
above sea level and the greatest height
to which anybody has yet climbed is the
summit OF Mt Aconcagua In the Andes,
at $3.50 feet, which was reached By two
men i'm 1887 The opinion OF most experts
il that plenty OF time and money VIII en-
able picked mountaineers TO reach the top
OF any peak under favorable conditions.
With provision for plenty OF suitable FOOD,
however, the explorer must go slowly.
adapting himself to the rareiled AR oy
resting weeks at time at different camps
on the road and taking two or three
years TO complete the ascent Even II
Eckensteln or his followers should gam
the top OF Mt Everest some higher peak
may remain to be surmounted. The HIM
alayas have been but imperfeetly sur
veyed, and several mountains are known
TO tower above 5000 feet, while more than
/ ,Ooo exceed 1000 feet.
The aurora borealis, as lately seen in
the early afternoon by an English OBJ
server, appeared as q black arch with
black streamers against a blue sky The
sun was shining brightly. and some
bright white clouds were being driven
rapidly in front of the aurora.
A tropical substitute for the potato.
already being tried In French colonies.
Is Coleus Copplni, a new edible Of the
Mint or Labriste family. Its tubers.
which average an inch and a half In
length closely resemble the potato In
1ayor when prepared In the same way.
In the explorations Of topical waters,
the dehse growth OF aquatic plants often
so obstructs the screw that an ordinary
steam launch Is made useless II was to
overcome this difficulty that Count Yep
Dtlln thISilNtlfu MS launcU WIN nIhlfl-
ers In the air. and so effective has the
new method OF propulsion proven that
he light boat. drawing only 10 inches
Skins the water at "A TO Is miles an hour
Clover with four leaves Is no longer
merely a curious freak. as De Nrles. the
Dutch biologist has produced It as nor
nal variety after long-continued selection
Coherers instruments that respond to
electric waves, are of many forms. That
ly Marconi, a tube of metallic filings
hat the waves make conducting and
'ause 10 pass dot and dash signals, Is
and often unreliable, and
'equlres constant tapping to keep the
separated The Lodge Muir
lead apparatus, requiring no tapping
Is claimed to work regularly In all
Heathers. This coherer consists OF
small fine-edged steel disk rotated by
,lockwork upon a globule of mercury,
rom which II II separated by film
u oil, and It's action depends upon the
down Of the film by the cleo
ric oscillations, which thus close the
ocal circuit and cause the signals to
De given The system Of telegraphy Of
which this forms the essential part has
been In course Of development since
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