The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-11

Mixed Sonso1@9Eov1totiou ana HleCtr1oi-
ty-A Beetle Dragon-A Tooth Destroy
er-Souuds Of Eishes-F1oWer Beds Of
Ice-A Portrayed Musical Instrument
"A New Type Of Heater.
That the crossing Of the nerves Of sight and
hearing would cause thunder to give light and
lightning to be heard as sound was declared By
Du Bois-Raymond, and has been confirmed by 3
recent strange experience. Wilhelm Braun de-
scribes Berlin operation in which many nerves
were cut in removinga large brain tumor, mis-
take being made when the auditory and visual
nerves were then Joined together. After some
months the medical men have been able to COM
municate with the patient, and they now UNDER
stand that the man sees all sights as sounds and
hears all sounds as colors. The shining of the
sun yields deafening noise. A blue sky pro-
duces loud, high and clear note. and q gray sky
is heard as gentle humming. A room Is recog-
nized by It's sound. Equally strange are the eff
fects Of sound, shrill locomotive whistle being
violet. while the clang of gong is orange. and
the dropping Of rain is green. Many persons
can be recognized by the colors of their voices.
Music is especially pleasing, and gives c0lors
more beautiful than were the corresponding
sounds under normal conditions
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The novel theory that gravitation is closely
allied to natural electrical phenomena, IL not
actually associated Herewith, is deduced by
Capt. Hugh Stewart, of New Zealand, from GER
tain meteorological observations. The contin-
ouous electical discharges between sun anc
earth. visible is aurora, may act bonds to keep
movable objects from being whirled tangential-
ly into space and storms are ascribed to rup-
lures or collisions Of these streams Of electrified
ether. such as may be produced by the passage
of planets.
The tar coating under test on the streets Of
suburban Vienna is claimed to fix any dust fall
ingon It while itself yielding scarcely any debris
from the wear Of travel.
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A miniature dragon. projecting FIRE from both
extremities. has been brought to notice by N.
lie Cointe. French entomologist. It exists in
the Amazon region, and is species of coleop-
terra Of the genus Cfcfndela, with thorax and
legs of light brownish yellow. black forewings
marked with yellow, and total length Of about
two-thirds Of an inch 1t hunts mostly at night.
A dark lantern shows the individuals running
about the garden in all directions, and on at
tempting to catch one slight noise like escap-
ing steam is heard, while Jet of smoke is forci-
bly, eJected-usually from the abdomen, but
sometimes from the mouth. This smoke has q
strong odor Of nitrous gas. 1t gives strong
feeling of heat to the hand. any insect that may
be caught feels hot, and the hot smoke stains
the skin an indeliabe brown. It would seem to
be very caustic substance projected with vio-
lence in an impalpable dust. Other animals pro-
.ject liquids or odors in defense, but the power
full character Of this smoke shows a special
chemical talent and special resistance of the
intestines that are quite remarkable
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The decay of teeth is not yet well understood,
and recent evidence tends to show that bacteria
play a less important part than has been sup
posed. newly discovered substance in the
saliva, belonging to the group Of engines or un-
organized ferments, proves to have the power
of setting free acids from certain compounds.
The saliva of persons troubled with rapid ero-
sion Of the teeth is found to have unusual acid
freeing power. and it is assumed that the new
ferment is q leading agent in the destruction Of
teeth. The acids freed by this substance have q
marked solvent effect on cement filings.
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Disease from sea-spray Is a rather surprising
possibility. NJ Busbuet, an Algerian physician,
has found that the spray may be carried in
storms high in the air and to distance inland
of fifty yards or more, and near the place of dis
charge of the sewers of Algiers the spray-leaden
air showed three times the usual number Of
germs. including virulent kinds. The necessity
Of protecting shores from pollution by sewage
is thus made evident.
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The life of fishes in the sea is not one Of abso-
Lutte silence, as is proven by the telephone of
Norwegian inventor. A microphone in her
metiCally sealed steel box is lowered into the
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an ordinary receiver in a boat or other place
above the surface. When in large numbers,
herrings or other small fishes make piping,
whistling sound cod being indicated by roar
ing noise. When Individual fishes are near the
apparatus their movements may be heard, the
pouring of water through the giIs sounding like
the labored breathing of huge beast, and the
action of the fms giving a rumble like the beat
ing of surf on beach. Even the crunching of
teeth and rustling of scales may be distin-
guished
The ''ice flowers" of many of the lakes consti-
tute curious feature of Alpine scenery. In
little lake at Davos Platz for instance. beds are
formed every year of these strange flowers"
which are not flowers at all but radiating patches
of soft ice from an inch to eight inches or more
across. In shape and design these masses Of ice
crystals are str1kingiy like some rare blossoms.
They glisten with rainbow colors. and at dis
lance give the perfect illusion of beautiful
aquatic plants.
The armonipede of Sig. Dell Ora, European
musician, is wind instrument played by the
feet. and the pressure of the foot on each of the
n keys serves also to depress the whole key
board and so I'LL the bellows. The tone is dis
crfbed az round and pleasant though the range
is limited to loud and soft. The inventor not
only pedals it with both feet but at the same
time manipulates huge accordion of no notes
and double keys.
A new electric radiator consists of four-cor-
nered, concave-sided porcelain tubes wound
with resistance wire. and contained in casing
giving rapid calculation of air. without burning
or deterioration. Each tube is a unit, and the
heat is regulated by switching on seperate units.
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