SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
ETRINIDAY FROM LIGHT-RADIUM-COLORED RUBIES A COLOR PRENOME ON-THE COMING SHIP-A New AFRICAN WAX A MUSHROOM SCHо SISTPLIFIRTS FIRST AUTRE MAARIA FIBH-MANGANESE MANDRE
Two kinds of partial blindness due to light
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 1908.
In the efforts of the Belgian State Agricul- rulers of Manoharia; and early in the 13th | (1900) appointed's local governor. But Kores tural Institution to improve farm plants,century a certain: Yi. Ano, who had deserved did not acquisses. She, too, regardleer of manganese salts bave given such surprising and amaricable results as a manure for potatoes that this erop seems to have been made very profitable. The effect of manganese on beets however, proved quite different,
JAPAN AND CHINA.
Chins's protest, sent an "inspector" to the region, and subsequently changed his office to the duties of protesting Korean subjects, volleet- that of "administrator" obarging him with
ing taxes, and organising a losal militis.
·3% reouguizel by Dr. A. Birah Hireohfeld-Japan to bear all the expenses of the Manine of Sovereigns by whom the throne of military basis. This onloial, proceeded to
A few years later the Rumo-Japanese war broke out, and the Weet-Tumen region foll strator existing Japan's enemy to levy son- entirely into Russian hands, its Korean admini- tribations and otherwise atilize the district
has not since been heard of publicly. The Vladivostok on the restoration of peace, and
suffer much oppression at the bands of their Korsan inhabitants of Chentan now began to Chinese fellow resklenie, as well as at the bands of Hungbutage brigands. Accordingly, in the antmt of 1906, they went delegates to Seoul, praying that Korean officials might be despistoned to protect them, which request having been transmitted in due order by sident-General he lost to time in despatching the Koroan Government to the Japanese Ro
The primary object of this step was to protect to the seons Colonel Saito with 90 gendarmen. Korean life, and property, not in any sense to assert a territorial title, Japanese statesmen are understood to have fully appreciated the compli bated nature of the Chentao problem, and have foreseen that time would be needed to solve ang misapprehension on Peking's part, they it. Deoming it necessary, therefore, to avort addressed to the Wal-wa-pu, simultaneously with the despatch of Colonel Saito, an official. communication; setting forth clearly the pur
to
wall of the then Manoha Sovereign, received a loual appointment which placed under his control the West-Taman ares, The office given to him, being hereditary, was held by his descendants, to one of whom the King of Korea, in a fateful moment, entrusted the government of the Korean province of Hangyong-do, on the The Tokyo correspondent of the Times wrote administrator's son Yi-Sonke, overran the pastarn (Korean) bank of the Tumen. This on December 15
When the Portsmouth peace condemned whole of the Korean peninsula and added
it to his original domain, thus founding the a cased by inminous rays and the other by churian campaign there wors onlookers who Korea is now oosupied. When history, next ultra-violet rays. Looking at the nun with the with Chipa in order to obtain from the latter how they were invaded by the Manchu Aiolin predicted that she would soon pick quarrel siludes to the West-Tamen regions it describos naked eye injures the center of the retins, ofton part, at any rate, of the indemnity which the Chailse, subsequent conqueror of China, whore permanently, and this is due to Inminous rays, Ruins had refused to pay. No one acquainted | he established the present Manchn dynasty other rays being nearly all sifted from sunlight with Japan's sentiment, or observant of the This great general led the West-Tumesin by the atmosphere. The night blindness of mints asured by her fly hollande habitants mthward, making Lian-yang his fatigued and ill-nourished persons results padiction. Nevertheless, it certainly was
with England, could have sariquely uttered such temporary capital and ultimately pushing on to Erpen slow recovery of the retian neffen uttered, not once only, but often, nor did the Peking. Thereafter the region now in dispate after exposure to strong light. The electric course of events fail to suggest a possibility of treated by China and Korea alike an aontral remained entiraly without population, being are, electric spark, nagusium light and Manchuria's restoration to China, the diplomatic favor. Kanghai, u Jesnit, Pore Regis, was sent its being verified, For, from the moment of
territory: Bnt in the days of the celebrated Em. mercury vapor lamp emil a large proportion atmosphere of Paking and Tokyo grow thick from Paking (1709 A.D. to survey the Chinese of altra violet rays, and these produce with questions which, eight at buy moment auch effects as snow blindasss, clestric have become acute since their collective number and Korean frontiers Thie Padre compiled a Tight blindness,lightning blindness, and tended to exaggerate their separate importance, P, which is still extant, showing that a range of mountains on the west of the Tumen and grythropsin or seeing red." The know blind friend to diepste matters is why words, ponestly parallel to it was the boundary. He also
waitére that Japan, whose noss usually occurs in Ligh altifados, where prowo-exercised largely in her neighbour's line on the map represented the eastern limit profa & memorandum explaining that a dotted aralight is rich in altes violet raga, Smoke- behalf-bad anggested to the latter of a neutral zone, which the Korean sove colored glasse give the best protection against estimate of Oriental potentiality, should be reigns sad the Matchn ralari bad agreed to feminous rays, but thickness of the glass is precisely the State to experience the first effects leave uninhabited. In short, if the novarasy of more important than color as a shíold from the
his enrvay be admitted, it ie olearly proved that ultra-violet rays. The eyes of the weak, would be needed to catalogue the numerous
protested, and asked that Colonel Saite should nervous and fourished especially need guard questions which bare Briarn between the two period (1712), however, Kazgbei arbitrarily was based on a more spae diet that the Tamen was at that time neutral territory. At a later be immediately recalled. But as this protest ing fruta intense light.
Powers during the past twelvenceth, and decided that the Tamen and the Yan riyors River constituted the frontier, no distinct whiok might have been settled daily and should be the boundaries of Korea and China, reason being advanced, Japan asked for speedily bad they not hears complicated by the and that the dominions of the latter should statement of China's case and added that, until among all classes in China. The trouble began
rights-recovery mood" now
include the "Long White Mountain"
the problem of ownership was solved; things with a fishery dispute which culminated in the Chanpsh-shan), which was stored as the birth must remain in stata que, Not until December aassination of a Chinese subject who had place of the Manchu dynasty. He sent 7 did Peking admit the necessity of marshalling. commissioners for purposes of delimitation, and its arguments, and the matter will soon enter proceeded from the leaged territory to Kai there, being met by Korean floials, erected on the domain of practical discussion, Yuan Shih- the arrest and conveyance to Mukden of ping for
purposes of negotiation, ✨ and in
the Long White Mountain a monolith bearing kai acting as China's plenipotentiary and Baron Japanese subject who accompanied him. The isoription The Yalu is the western Hayashi as Japan's Possibly a solution may strange affair was followed by the posting the west of the monolith, at a distance of but sach a speedy result seems doubtful,
boundary the Tamen, the eastern." Now, on have been found before this latter is in print, of Chinese troops in the neutral zens northward of Kwantung. Then the Mukden some year, the Falu River actually has
Ultimately the question is between China and officials, in the interests of the State's alta source, but at a similar distance on Kores, Japan being interested only as the mooopoly, attempted to impose an almost towing eastward for a distance.
the east there risen: a river which, after latter's proxy, and it may be confidently asserted prohibitive tax on theexport of that staple from es miler, taros northward to in the of the Tokyo statesmen that they desire nothi ́g | found by Marekwalds in a very few substances. Kwantung, whers its manafeqture constitutes Sangari, and, consequently, is not the Tumen more than an amicable settlement. The number Of possible value in photography, the discovery vehement protest against the working of mine far from settling matiere, introduced in the Tumen and opposite to Mnsan, Hodryong,
the chief local industry Then followed at all. Thus the Chanhpoh-than- ntono, possible direct conversion of light waves into slong the Mukdes Autung line ofly was written with ideographs used to designate entirely by Koreans. In the Lactaukan region,
Exposure to radium for a month, in Prof. Fordas' experimente, seems to have changed light red corundum to ruby rud, violet to sapphire blue, and blue to emerald green, while white became topaz yellow. Au exper pro- nounced the changed specimens genuine precious stodon, the ruby of large value, and tus ruby and sapphire appear to differ in se respect from the natural gems.
Phototrophy, or change of color in light and restoration to original color in darkness has been
is especially interesting no representing s
chemical energy;
or that estimate.
Half a column of The Tinica broad sheet the district subsequently called Chentas" pose of that step. The Wai-wu-pu nevertheless
prevalent
SUDIO
although such a concession seems to be
element of perplexity, especially as "Tomen" guaranteed by the Peking Treaty of 1900. not the Tawan itself but the branch of it which, Then the Chinese essayed to invalidate Japan's right to exploit the coal mines if Fu-shup and under the name of "Toxon" (or Demon"), in Yen-tai from which the Russians had retired. boundary of Chentes, Kanghei made no attempt now regarded by Kores as the northern Then Feking proposed such conditions that the to administer these regions on the apper waters timberfelling enterprise in the Yalu Valley, of the Tamen and the Yalu, and, what is more, practically impossible. Then the Chinese began
Electrical engineers foreses at least one more stage in the evolution of Atlantic liners. The steam turbin is most efficient at high speed which the propeller slips without doing full -work when driven beyond a comparatively low though definitely provided for by treaty, became | whan goma Chinese inbjects settled there, be Chinese subjects. The Korests are said to be!
draw,
of Korean settlers in Chentao is 140,000. approximately. All the districts lying beyond and Chyongsong may be said to be inhabited where Colonel Salto and his gendarmes are stationed, there are 26 Koreans for every one is foar to one, and even in Chuiszchich, where Chinaman; in the Taotaoksu region the ratio the Chinese administrator has his yamen, there are more than four Korea's for every thres exceedingly lead by the Chiles. They are compelled to supply not only provisions, but also pay for the latter's troops, who number Things remained thus for over a century and some 500; and if they demur to these a half, China not taking any step whatever to exactions, beating or imprisonment followe. administer the region, mail not even establishing Frequent disturbances of the peace Bra osused post-stations there, though she organized these by mounted bandits also, who have killed in all the surrounding districts. In 1874, how several Japanese anbjects and held others ta ever, Korea's north-western province being range. In such biroumstances it is difficult to visited with a sharp famine, the people began to see how the Residency General could have cross to the left bank of the Tumen and to settle declined to Korea's application for the protes- largely in the comparatively fertile regions lying tion of her people's lives and properties in the fallow there. This went on year by year anfilTracs Tamen region. The Chinese Tave not a tonsiderable number of colonists had fecked displayed a conciliatory demasnour thus far. At into the valley of the Hailan River, spreading the autast, the Governor Kilio made hasty throughout a region which then first received arrangementé to despatch ★ military foron, so the name of Chentro In 1882, China, who numerous as to suggest fear of a Japanese these events, ontored a protest; and Koras esten by strong repesentations from Tokyo. Then seems to have hitherto remained ignorant of invasion. This dangerous measury was averted
Ribly complied, hat took no atsp givs iffant followed a marked access of lawless violanes on to her compliance. On the contrary, the Seoul the part of the Chiness soldiery; then the Government advanced a alaim that, secording closing of a mine at Tienpso shan, where to the evidence faraisked by the Changpebahan Japanese sad Korean subjects were working in monolith, the Demon liver, not the Tumen, co-operation; and then a raid upon a Karoan was the true boundary of Korna. In the sequsi school with forcible shaving of "ll the pupils' of this dispute the two Powers sent (885) com- beads in accordanes with Chinese fashion." missionara to delimit the frontiar, but they Faking's attempe to avort discussion were not found it imposible to agree. It was then for unnatural; but on the whole China's present the first time that Chins established a bureau | mood does not sondnos to the "amicable settle- of communicatione in Chentao, and thereafter ment
nt pfinternational questions.
rate, and gearing down is impracticable with to talk seriously of building a railway from Heindled the justice of a protest by the Korean the great hors-power of large vessels. With mintun to Fakumen and thence into Mangalia, Government and ordered the settlers to with
urbines like those of the Latania, made large
which road would have competed direct with the South Manobarian line and would, therefore, for a rate of only 180 revolutions per minute, have been contrary to the Peking Protocol, much steam reaches the condensers without giv. Then there were difficulties about poste and ing up its full energy. A suggestion that is.telegraphs; and while all these complications being worked out already is the use of turbines refused to yield to negotiation owing, apparently, to China's peculiar temper, there ensual another to drive electrio, generators, which would pro problem which is now cocupying attention in pel the vessel through electric motors, and it is Faking and Tokyo, and which balks much more believed that the gain in employing high speed largely than all the rest Inasmuch as it concerns Larbines would more than balance the loss in the ownership of territory. Doubtless this last transforming mechanical energy into electricity in will prove historical, and it-therefore
deserves attention. and back again. The re-arrangement of The region now called "Clientao (middle machinery would leave there room for cargo island) is a presqu'ils, washed in the vast by, the Tumen River, on the north by the Domon It is predicted that the coming fast passengers tributary of the Tumen, and or the weit by ship may be given a spoed of thirty knots by the Hailan, a tributary of the Domon. Having mirturbo-generators of 20,000 horse power length of 200 miles and a general width of 50, 1s each, one to be used only in case of break down isas spacious se the Japanese Ishad of the Nine with four propellors each having six motors of Provinces (Kiushu), and its area consequently invests it with importanos which its strategical 6,000 horse-power, one to be kept in reserve for position enhances. In ancient times the regions instant use in emergency. The motors could contiguous to the Tamen on its left (wastoro) beravorged almost instantaneously, while the bank formed part of the kingdom of Koma, one navigation cfleer, would control the vessel of the three principalities into which the Kore direct from the bridge instead of, through of the present time was then divided. Sub-e- quently this district fell under the away of the sigrals to the engineers.
A material for which not much use as yet boon found in the wax of Myrion cordifolia, a shrub originally planted in Cape. Colony tq bind drift sanda. - The Caps berry, as the fruit is known, is sbont as larga as a pen, and thres bushels produce ten to fourteen pounds of wax, which is now valued in London at 3275 per ton. “The war segwa to be adapted for making map,
and possibly for candles,
A novel institution of Tarare, France, is a mycological laboratory; where expert judgment is pronounced upon mushrooms. The fungi aro abundant in the locality, and the examiners have found that excollent edible qualities pro possessed- by sa astonishing number of varieties that had been avoided as dangerous.
Oxygen has become the almost universal remedy in cases of poisoning by gases auch ni * 666lgar," 'Restylane, foul air from -sewarı,- after-damp of mines, etc.,—but its application, is sometimes a difficult matter for the inez- perienced by stander. A now apparatus by Mr. Brat, made in Westphalia, is designed to clear the lungs and act more or less automatically in giving artificial respiration. The portable form -consists of a fair-sized-oxygen-oylinder, a-chest. containing a small air-pump, lovers and other parte, and the usual face mask for the patisat When able to do so, the patient breathes the oxygen without'leep. If necessary, the miton- dant gives a rhythmical motion to the pan p valas, and the liberated oxygen actuates the pump withdrawing air from the lungs, Respiration is thus restarted or supported.
The "blue eye," so-called on account of the brilliant blue of ita iris, is a small fish, 1 to 9 inches long living in shallow Australian waters but the creature has been made very big in importanon by the discovery of Count Birger Noerner, Swedish consul, that it subsists on mosquito larvae. After some diffully, enough of the fishes have been captured and sent to Naples to test their posible irinence in altering the condition of the malarious swamps and marshes of Italy. To soionee the fish is known as Pseudongi signifer, and it belongs to the family, of Athorinides, represented in different parts of the world by 14 princips! kinds and 65
sabraretian, which will be eagerly investigated if the Italian experiments succeed,
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