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THE LIQUID AIR INDUSTRY.... Liquid air and its oxygen are now commercial products of some importance. A French engi- neer, George Claude, reports that plasts for producing liquid air now exist in several European countries, and the United States has one at Buffalo. The chief product is oxygen usually compressed in cylinders. Germany now supplies yearly 232,500 cabic feet of oxygen by the Brin method, 12,000 by the cleoteolylio process, and 77,700,000 by the fractional distil lation of liquid air, The cost of liquid oxygen averages about a cent a pound. The necessity of compressing in orlinders and shipping makes the price of oxygen, high to consumers, and use at the place of production would effect a great saving. It is possible to utilize liquid oxygen at the same time for three purposes-refrigora tion, cooling, and chemical energy. Of the many actual applications of the cylinder oxygen. the principal ones seem to be in metallurgy for welding and cutting metals by the oxy-hydrogen or oxy-nontylene flame, and it is also used in producing fused quartz vessels. For medical purposes, oxygen must be of special purity.

THE LATEST TRANSMUZATION - The grain and half of polonium isolated by Madame Cario was obtained by treating several tons of pitchhlenda While radium lasts a thousand years, the particle of polonium half disappears in 140 days, the products being helium and what seems to be lead,

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH, 1910.

BECRETS OF A MYSTIC SOCIETY.

In consegnence of a decision of the Court of Appeal on March 22nd the secrete, rituals, and ceremonies of the mystic "Rosicrucian Order of A.0. are to be disclosed today to an expectant publio de

order is a modern zorival of the famous

THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

DOUBLING THE TRACK.

Last September, writes Engineering, wo pointed out that the repair of the Siberian Railway, projected in connection with the doubling of the track, would have to be far more Rosicrucian Order, which is believed to have extensive than had been thought. On the Baikal been founded in the fifteenth century and section, and on the Atschinak Irkutsk section, “Liquid crystals," announced a score of yours which possessed so much infinence in Germany, the line will have to be rebuilt, as gredients and ago by Tohman, scom to have real existance, Coule Liddell Macgregor, of The Avenue, of these iterations said of other alterations in The present order was instituted in 1881 by chrves impodo the traile too much. In spite although it is not yet certain that they are Deckenhaga, who is ite hand; Dr. W. Wynn the eastern and western portion, partly on rally crystals. As first seen, they were

Westcott, and the late Dr. W. E. Woodman. European territory, it is hoped, as wỪ 160 At the time of the breach of promise case from Russian journals, that the reconstruction spheriont drops, with the fluidity of water bat with particles in spasentric circles about axes of brought by Mrs. Eliza Dinah Sheffield-the of the line will be completed by 1912. From

daughter "of a

́s ship's steward, who became St. Petersburg the satual line proceeds vid symmetry, and two or more drops united on West-end bosters in 1905 against the Marquis Wiatko in an easterly direction to Perm tonsbing. Reporting late observations, Maur Townshend, it was stated that Mrs. Sheffield The old line went from Ferm fret north-east

was the high priestess of the order.

and then south, vid Nishay Tagilek, along the. ice Leblanc states that the crystals vary

This section greatly in size, the crystals of soft soap-though Aleister Crowla, an expelled member of the had a length of 310 miles. The now almost

The appeal yesterday was brought by Mr. Ural Mountains to Jekaterinburg. visible only with microscopo-boing much order and editor of the "Equinos" magazine, completed track cuta in a nearly straight coura larger than some others. Alcoholic solution of who was recently ordered by Mr. Justion from Perm vid Kuaza to Jekaterinburg, avoid. ammonium oleate shows elongated diamond. Buckmill not to publish the secrets of the ordering the mining districts which the old line shaped crystals, and these are displaced and a number of the "Equinox" to be issued served, and reducing the length of the section to-day. Mr. Crowley contended that Comte Mao to 244 miles. Beyond Jekaterinburg the old distorted as the liquid is poured, sometimes join-gregor, who obtained the injunction from Mr. track led vid Cheljabinsk and Tjumen to ing as four-pointed stars. The crystals sometimes Jastico Buckzill, had no cause of action, and this Omisk, on the River Irtisol. The new track behave like living organisme. On meeting an vlow was upheld by the Court of Appeal. Praze eid Cheljabinsk and Kurgan (on Asia. tie territory), and Petropavlovsk to Omsk; this section, air bubble, a splierical crystal may swallow it,

100 miles will be saved on just as an ameba takes in its food; buds may A new idea of pellagra, now a terrible form and separate at the side of a flattened drop, scourge in many tropical and subtropical local-as some organisms multiply and two spheres in ities, is held by Dr. Sambon. Its distribution contact may stretch out into a snake-like forin, and prevalence at a certain part of the year The singular formations grow by additions to have suggested that it is a germ disease spread their substance, like living organisms, instead of by blood-sacking insoets, probably sand-flies, by taking new particles upon their surfaces like and a fund has been raised in England to ordinary crystals. enable him to make an investigation in some infected 'region. A time-honoured belief has been that damaged umize produces pellagru.

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FEÉTILIZING BY HEAT.

HOT LONGER LIFE BUT BETTER.

JUDGES AMUSED.

is a man of remarkable

appearance, with

I am the chief of the Rosicrucian Order, It is an order instituted in its modern form in 1888 for the study of mystical philosophy and the mysteries of antiquity. The order is upon the lines of the well-known institution of Freemasonry..

The exclusive copyright of the rituals, care monies, and wanuscripts of the order is vested in me, I being founder and compilar of them; and I claim such un interest in the same as will entitle me to restrain any infringement of my

on

Comte Macgon grey hair, Ho showed which has only recently been taken in hand, signs of displeasure the judges when counsel read the following ex is to be carried on at a minimum average spood of twenty-six miles per hour. Further import tracts from an affidavit made by him

ant changes and additions aro plaaned in the Extreme East. So far, the live cuts through Manchuris, where the railway is partly under Russion and partly under Japanese administra tion, and ends at Vladiçostock, the Russian Bort the Japan Sen, in the same Peking is resched latitude as London. Without advancing the hope of lengthening

from Harbin junction in Manchuria by a

to the south east vidt fuk branch proceeding the span of life, by the sour milk diet of Prof.

don and Heinmintan. In order to connect Metchnikoff or any other plan. Dr. Doyen, of

Poking directly with the Siberian, and thua Paris, believes scuile decay may be retarded,

with the European, railway system, a line is to and the body kept in healthful activity through.

On November 18, 1898, Aleister Crowley be built from Peking north, through Eastern. in Chino proper, from Peking to Kaigan, is out the natural period. To preserve vitality having duly qualified himself, signed the pre- Mongolia. The section of this line, which lies he invokes the aid of ferments to increase the liminary pledge form to which it is requisito already werking; this section has a length of white corpuscles in the blood, which are known intending candidates for membership should 135 miles. Following more or less the great subscribe their signatures. After compliance to work so effectively against parasitic germs with the necessary formalities he became a He has named his energizer "mycolysine," and member, and thereupon ratified the obligation he states that it powerfully stimulates the white of his signed pledge form by a solemn obliga oorpuscles, thus not only leasening the insotition in open Temple of the Order. vity of the old age period but giving resistanca Comte Macgregor added in his affidavit that to various digestive and respiratory maladies, He claims that it nots against colds, bronchitis, and even epidemic diseases.

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Bical," a new French alloy, contains 50 to 55 per cent of silicon, 22 to 23 of aluminum, 2

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COMTE'S INDIGNATION,

Mr. Crowley had committed the grossest pos Bible breach of the obligatione," and had violad ed the oath of secrecy by disclosing secrets of the order in the September number of the Equi- nox, under the heading. "The Temple of Solo mon the King."

raven ronto sercee Eastern Mongolia, the railway is to join the Siberian system vid sowaja; this Mongolian railway will have s Kinohta, south of Lake Baikal, near Mys length of nearly 1,000 miles. When these projects will have been carried out, the journey from Paris to Peking, a distance of about 5,300 miles (instead of 7,500 miles und Harbin and Mukden), will be completed in nize and a half days; at present it takes fourteen days. The longths of the various sections and the avenge times to be taken on them are the following Paris-Berlin, 626 miles, in 18 hours; Berlin-St. Petersburg, 1,020 miles, in 28 hours; St. Petersburg-Perm, 1,076 miles, "is 41 hours; Perm-Irkutsk 2,315 miles in 90 hours; Irkutsk Klächte, about 300 miles, in 12 hours; and

Besides fertilizing the soil with leguminous crops, certain agriculturists in Indin have been accustomed to plough up the alluvial plains to give exposure to the inteuse rays of the sun in April and May, in the belief that this adds. fertility. The ancient practice has been justified by Dre, Russell and Hutchinson by scientific explanation. Partial sterilization of the soil by heating destroys the phagocytes that live on the fertilizing bacteria, with other harm into gray pig-iron, and to disperse gases and Comte Macgregor obtained from old book" Klachta-Peking, about 930 miles, in 40 hours.

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fal organisms and evou the bacteria themselves, but the spores remain, and subsequent moiston- Ang causes a remarkable development of the nitrogen-collecting bacteria The effect on the following prop is said to be quite extraordinary. Throughout the great delta region manures are but littlo asod, but the fertility is kept up by the growth of leguminous crops and the weathering of the soil in the sun's heat. It is anggested that steps to make the weathering practice more general would be one of the greatest possible benefits to Indian agriculture. The old wooden ploughs now in use are not well adapted to open up heary sails, and the adoption of light iron ploughs should give better exposure. In experi- ments now in progress, A. and G. L. C. Howard, of Pusa, are testing the exot affect of this weathering of various soils on both the yield and quality of wheat.

to 4 of titanium, I of claim, 0.2 of manganese, and 0.2 to 0.3 of carbon. It is used as a reduc. ing alley, and is claimed to turn white pig-iron-

prevent blowholes and flaws when added to

steel.

THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF

B'NAI BRITH,

Sir F. Low, KC, M.P., who appeared for Comte Miscgregor, asked the judges to read another article entitled, "The Pillar of Cloud." They did so, and appeared, to enjoy It keenly.

"The article is simply material which Mr. Whately, who represented. Mr. Crowley, confonded. Comte Macgregor can have no oopgright in such material

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But," Sir F. Low argued, "if the initiation ritual is published in the Starch number, as Mr Crowley proposes, the damage will be irreparable

the cat will be out of the bag.” "I think it is a dand cat," Lord Justice For The first edge of England of the Inwell remarked amid laughter.

Perhaps there is a second oat," Sir F. Low dependant Order of B'nai B'rith (the Sons of the Corenant) was installed at the Hotel Great retorted.

The Court decided that the injunction granted Central, Marylebone, Mr. Bergel, of Borlin, representing the Executive Committee of the by Mr. Justice Buckmill could not stand, and Grand Lodge in America, having come from that Mr. Crowley was free to publish the Germany specially to perform the ceremony. secrets.

25 members were present at the installa- tion. At the dinner which followed Mr. Herbert Bentwich presided, among those present being Mr. Ernest Walford, vice-president, and Mr. James Castello, treasurer, of the new Lodge. A number of greetings received from lodges in about 50 towns in Germany were read The Rev. Dr. Gaster, in proposing the toast of" The Independent Order of B'nai B'rith," said it was the oldest order of its kind, and had 425 lodges, The now Hulektron metal of a German firm distributed over North America, Europe, Asia, is a serios of alloys claimed to be fitted for and Africa. It was organized for the protee many nes by their lightness and great strength, tection, elevation, and assistance of the Jewish They consist chiefly of magnesium, but the added people throughout the world, and had borne metale yars in kind and proportions, giving a good fruit in showing how much a Jew in happy eifenmstances could do for the further considerable range of properties. The alloys, ance of the highest aims and ideals, not only of with a speelde gravity of 1.75 to 2.0, are much his faith and race but of the whole of mankind. lighter than aluminum. They possess great! The first lodge was formed about 1842, and for terzolty and elasticity, are easily worked, and the past 70 years the Order had been doing its beneficient work. Jews had different societies bare a beautiful silvery lustre, but in air be to carry on their numerous charitable operations, come coated with a protective film of exide and if they maguißed and multiplied the work It is estimated that by substituting this of all those agencies they would get some idea of the stupendous work represented by that Order. material for aluminum for the frame of a Above all it had been a most powerful instru- Zeppelin airship, the weight would be reduced ment in checking apostasy. The toast was from 12,000 to 7,000 pounds with no loss in drunk with enthusiasm, and Mr. Bergel rea-

panded. strength.

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Generally speaking, a close acquaintance with the working of the jury system in this Colony, such as may be gained from a few years' work! at the Press table, does not tend to increase eno's respect for it. That the verdicts given are not more aften wrong is principally due to the fact that judges here when summing-up do so much more pointedly than is customary in England, indeed one or two may almost be sail to "direct," while the jurymen are usually sensible enough to pay careful attention to the remarks addressed to them from the Beach. At the same time, what with the weary procedure, which often in First, eays the Chicago Evening Post, we volves the interpretation of evidence into three sont missionarica to China-rather soloin or four languages, the heat in Court, which after gentlemen in black alpaca with hymn books tiffin sometimes makes it difficult for jurors of a under their arms. Then it became the fashion lathergio nature to keep awake, and the flagrant to send medical missionaries, a change which perjury which taints so much of the evidence greatly attracted the hard-headed business man. tendered, it is surprising that miscarriages of! It was very common to hear him say that he justice are not more frequent that they are. wasn't rory strong on foreign missionaries, but i these medical missionaries-now they were all right! And now the fashion has changed again and the Occident is sending to the Orient the heat type of college teacher which it has. The change is very significant. The old missionary was on the fringe of things; crowds obsed him off the streets. The now "missionary" holds a strategic position at the centre; he roaches the infinential classes-officials, sons of wealthy families, the new generation of native teachers. It is taking us a long time to re- of alize how wide open China is to Western influence. The appointment of University. Chicago mam to responsible positions in the Imperial University of Peking should hasten this re-adjustment of our ideas of the Son- flower Kingdom.

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