East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-17

How long II is possible TO Keep
meats in a frozen state is unknown.
but in chemical and microscopical
examinations of beef and poultry w.
D. Richardson has detected no alter
alton after year and a half As
muscular tissue cools 10 just above
so degrees Fahrenheit the water sep
arates as ice, contracting the fibers
and forming an armor that 1t is i'm
possible for bacteria TO penetrate. The
solution remaining in the iber be-
comes very concentrated. so that bac.
teria already present can not multi
ply or remain active; and 1t is almost
certain-though not absolutely prov
ed for all cases-that all germs arti-
ficially introduced into frozen meats
must lose their vitality and die. Mus
cular tissue returns to its normal ap-
pearance when thawed sufficiently
slowly, though the meats must look
ed changed II the thawing is rapid.
Germs in Upper Aair.
That germs are not absent from the
upper air, as has been supposed. has
been proven by DR.. Flemming of the
German army. In his balloon obser-
vations he has found an abundant
microscopic life as high as two miles
and a half, and noticed little falling
off from the surface up to 1000 feet, |
the organisms averaging S65 per Gu
bic foot. while from 1900 to 1900 !
feet the average was l0.5 per cubic |
foot Duration of sunshine affected |
the number Of germs, though rain
and snow showed no influence. The
highest species secrete pigments this
being probably a protection against
ultra violet rays, like skin darkening
or high mountains.
Ozone for Dislnfecton.
As pure ozone for disinfection Is
likely soon to be produced in the
home. Sir Oliver Lodge gives warn
ing that It should only be inhaled
when properly diluted. It is a pow
erful corrosive, and he suffered from
nasal catarrh for years as a result
OF its incautious inhalation.
Discovers "Nervc Force"
A mysterious new power, called
nerve force" for lack of a better
name, seems to be puzzling French
psychologists The latest of the de-
vices by which it is shown, the biom-
eter comprises a closed glass cyl
inder about 10 inches high and six
inches in diameter, in which a three
inch copper needle is suspended by
single cotton fiber, while a horizontal
degree card just beneath is supported
or a two-inch bobbin wrapped with
alternate layers OF blotting paper and
wooden stand. When either hand is
held for three to five minutes within
ar inch of the cylinder-nO other dis
turbing influence being near-the
needle is DETECTED 20 to go degrees,
but returns to the original point after
a short period. Light, darkness, heat,
cold. noise and quiet seem to have no
influence. The average DETECTION in
health Is AZ degrees for the right ,
hand and 81 degrees for the left but
lessons the effect by degrees
TO the vanishing point, the left hand
giving greatest variation. Neither
heat nor electricity can be the cause ,
Of what appears to be the action of :
some vital force. !
Rivals the Black Art.
A curious and impressive expert =
ment. suggestive of ancient black art, G
is given in new work by DR.. Gus ;
tave le Bon. Calcium sulphide paint ;
is applied to a statuette, which is next .
freed from all traces of visible phos- q,
by several days of alb +
solute darkness, and is then exposed {
to the dark infra-red rays from
lamp completely hidden in an opaque q
box. Though untouched by visible T.
rays, the mixture of darkness with ! 4,
causes the image to flash ;
ur almost instantly and glow bright /
ly. This is almost the converse of .
Fresnel's experiment Of adding light
to- light to produce darkness through 6
the phenomena of interference. G
Lightning's Glass Tubes. r
The glass tubes formed by lightn- p
Ing striking in sand-half an inch or I
more in diameter and sometimes p
feet long-have been feebly imitat-
Ell by powerful electric currents dis s
charged through powdered glass. s
with natures product the n
tiny pipes of darning needle size and