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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

CANCER PROGRESS,

The recent British work of cancer re- search, as stated by Dr. Bashford, seems to have been chiefly a comparison of incoulated cancer with cancer appearing epontaneously. In the offert to set up preventive reaction against the trans- planted tumor, the only success has bean with treatment with living tissue of the same species, and the resistance induced has been an active immunity. Of the reality of a passive or starvation immunity, in which a mild tumor with- draws the substance feeding a malignant one, there has been little evidence. The natural healing of transplanted tumors is much more frequent than that of |«pontaneous tumors, and only one per cent. of the spontaneous cancers diminish naturally. The healing of the introduced tumora is aided both by the power of the transplanted cancer cella to set up active resistance in fresh animals and the susceptibility, of the tumor cells to this resistance. The healing of spontaneous

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action than this breaking down of cells through resistance. To induce this action by drugs has been a hope, but it is not yet realized.

NEGLECTED WEATHER SIGNS."

Through the initiative of Louis. Besson, the Astronomical, Society of France is reviving a study of the many forms of halo appearing around the sun and moon. These formerly attracted much notice in a haphazard way, and it is now urged that their systematic observation should he of much importance in meteorology, In Holland they are already being given much scientific attention.

IIKUMLESS COFYEE,

A coffee free from caffeine grows wild in Madagascar forests south of Fort Dauphin. A consular report states that the so-called mantasks tree is usually 1 to 20 feet high, with smaller leaves than those of the ordinary coffee tree and a yellow instead of red berry. No attempt to use this coffee has been made.

POISONS OF PLANTS.

The part played by the powerful the chemical substances secreted in various parts of many plants is very imperfectly understood. Free prusac acid in some plants was the remarkable discovery made not long ago, and now Peche has concluded that in the cherry laurel this poison is produced by direct carbon-assimilation in the green leaf-cells under the action of light, and is stored in various tissues as a reserve plant-food, Other German biologists have been acck- ing to prove that various plant poisons give protection against enemies, tinuing investigations begun by E. Stahl, results have been obtained by W. Peyer, tending to show that the various acids, oils, alkaloids, glucosides and other chemicals of plants are poisonous or offensive to rabbits, nails, insects and other ercatures. In the pastures, the plants vielding medicinal oils are avoided by both grazing and wild animals. The acid-bearing plants, such as are used for human food as salads, are poisonous to nails and slugs, and are protected nearly as effectively against rabbits. Beans, peas and lentils contain some unknown poison that causes rabbits and mies to refuse the seeds until the active principle has been removed by several washings.

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that had not grown because beyond the range of action.. The positive effects were obtained only during the winter rest period of plants--in late November or in December. The action was easily carried too far, and then the plant was killed, and of the species tested a little more than half have no response to the stimula- tion. More marked results were obtained with radium emanation applied to the plant under a bell-jar, instead of with direct radiation.

·DIRECTED - WINELS43.

In the wireless experiments made with the device of Prof. Zehnder, of Berlin, telegrams have been not only transmitted several hundred miles without the use of any antenna, but the sending apparatus has been of very small-size, and there has been some degren of control of the direction of transmission. An ordinary telegraph insulated wire supported poles, with connection to the ground at each end is the substitute for the antenna, its total length being less than half of the wave-length of the wireless radiations used. This conductor wire is excited by a vibratory circuit near its centre, and the waves tend to travel farthest in the direction of the wire.

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APTENDICITIS: IMMUNITY.

That lunatic asylums are lacking in appendicitis was the surprising announce ment made by Dr. Briscoe at the late psychological conference at Gloucester, England. The evidence was abundant, and physicians present confirmed it from their own experience The inference, however, was that insane in institutions have special care taken with their diet Thoy have their food regularly, in rational quantity and quality, and with out the mud haste of so reany individuals.

ULSTER'S REWARD::

An acid product of seedling, roots such What is tho wage the faithful eara as maize, oats and rye-repels snails, as What is a recompense fair and meet?

do hairy stalks and sticky surfaces; and Trample their realty under your fees; plants having bundles of calcium oxalate That is a fitting and just return. crystals are offensive or poisonous not Flout them, bufist them over them ride,

Fling them aside. only to rabbits and snails, but even to

man.

·BEX-OHANGING. GRÙSTAUEANS. Sex that may change with diet or ether! variable conditions is the singular dis- eovery reported to the Paris Academy of Sciences as having been made in the oyster by M. Danton. Without apparent cause, a male oyster may become hall male and half female, and then female; but the male is weaker and inferior, and when badly nourished the female will degenerate into a male.

A BRICK-MAKING DISEASE,

Attention to a creosote-disease of brick- makers has been drawn in the British House of Commons. The creosote used in lubricating the brick moulds often gets on the bands and arms, and in at least one case the injury has resulted in the loss of a limb. Prompt washing is all that is necessary to avoid harm, conveniences for washing being required;

BADIUM PLANT-FORCING.

Ulster is ours to mock and spura, Ours to spit upon, ours to deride; And let it be known and blazoned wide That this is the wage the faithful ear Did she uphold us when others defied? Then fling her aside.

Oh, when has constancy firm and deep Boon proven so oft yet heid so cheap She had only zsked that none should sever, None should divorce us, nothing divide; She had only asked to be ours for ever, And this was denied.

This was the prayer of the heart of Ulster, To them that repulsed her And flung her aside::

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PHILATELY.

THE ROMANCE. OE STAMP-COLLECTING. ·

Philatelists from many different coun- trics will assemble in London in the week beginning October 14th, says the Globe, the occasion being the Jubilee Exhibition at the Horticultural Hall of the Junior Philatelic Society.

Fifty years ago stamp collecting began to be taken up by a few enthusiasts, and now votaries are to be found in every civilised country of the world. King George, it may be noted, possesses the finest collec tion of British postage stamps in existence.

its

There will be about 250,000 stamps on show at the Exhibition, worth approxi mately £250,000. One exhibitor alone- Mr. H. J. Crocker, of San Francisco- will have a collection of Sandwich Island stamps worth £15,000 to £30,000, which, by the way, narrowly escaped being lost in the San Francisco Bre, in which some valuable collections belonging to Mr. Crocker were destroyed. Many of thes stamps, if placed on the market, would casily realise £1,000 apiece, but the most valuable stamp in the show will probably Many curious faked stamps will be be a Mauritius, valued at £3,500. shown side by side with the genuine article, including the famous "Stock Exchange forgery," of the shilling belo graph stamp which was issued in 1885. After a lapse of 20 years it was discover ed that among these shilling stamps was a large proportion of forgeries, alt used on July 23rd, 1872, at the Stock Exchanga. Telegraph Office. For more than twelve months these forgeries were in use, during which time the Post Office must have lost about £50 a day.

The per petrators of the fraud were never discovered-and-but-for stamp collectors- the forgery would probably never have

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VESSELS EXPECTED.

THE AMERICAN MAIL. for this port vis Manila on the 2nd The P.M. str. Mongolia left Yokohama October, between 10 a.m. and noon. Her mail has been transferred to the E. & A.

Mr. F. J. Melville, the president of the Junior Philatelic Society, will show a uniqué collection of original designs sent to the Lords of the Tressary in 1839 in connection with a competition for this best suggestion for a method of prepay mont by postage stamps. This collection has never been exhibited before, having only just been brought to light The price of rare stamps," said Mr. Melville,atr. St. Albans. in conversation with one of our repre The T.K.K, str. Nippon Maru arrived sentatives," is constantly going up, and at Yokohama from San Francisco and the only difficulty is to find them. Honolulu on the 8th October, and is! Sometimes & rarity is found in the most expected here on the 18th October. unlikely place. Thus a Post Office, The T.K.K. str. Tenyo Maru oft Hono- Mauritius, was discovered among & lulu for Yokohama on the 3rd October, schoolboy's collection, and sold at auction and is due to arrive at Hongkong from to King George for £1,450. I myself Manila on the 28th October. bought at a dealer's for 4d. a Barawak The P.M. str. Persia, with the Ameri stamp of which the only specimen is in the British Museum. It kong, via Honolulu, Japan ports and can mail, left San Francisco for Hong. price if put on the market would be Shanghai, on the 5th October. considerable. Another lucky find was a stamp for which I gave 30s, and which sold for £10."

The L.G.M. str. Coblenz loft Sydney Of course, one has to be on the 21st September, at 11 a.m., and wall up in the subject of philately to

other

THE AUSTRALIAN MA

14th October.

The str. Thongwa from Shanghai and Kobe left Moji on the 8th inst, and may be expected here on or about the 9th inst

4.1.

Tho. "Ben Line" str. Benledi from Leith and London, left Bingapore on the 3rd October, for this port.

The N.Y.K. str. Kamakura Maru (Bombay Line) left Kobe for this port posted here on the 11th October. via Moji on the 4th October, and is ex-

The N.Y.K. str. Sado Maru (American Line) left Kobe for this port via porta co the 4th October, and is expected here on the 13th October.

The N.Y.K. str. Toru Maru (Calcutta) Line) left Calcutta. for this, port via ports on the 25th September, and is ex- pected here on the 14th October.

The Swedish East Asiatic Co.'s str. l'eking left Buez on the 20th September, and is expected to arrive here on or about th 23rd October.

The "Barber Line" str. Wray Castle tailed from New York on the 18th August for Hongkong via the Straits.

The Barber, Ling atr. Muncaster Castle left New York on the 25th August for Hongkong and the Far East.

The B.L. str. Egremont Castle sailed from New York on the 12th Sept. for Far East

recognise at sight a genuine raro stamp. may be expected here on or about the Forgeries are still being largely manu- factured, especially in Italy, France, and The E. & A. str. Eastern left Sydney Switzerland, and they are becoming more on the 25th September, for this port (via and more difficult to detect. In this Queensland Porta, Fort Darwin, Timor When in the world was such payment ton connection the demonstration of the and Manila).

The str. Glenstrae passed the Snez The N.Y.K. str. Nikko Maru (AustraCanal on the 17th September for Hong- whole process of postage-stamp making For service rendered?

from the polp to the printing stage lien Line) left Sydney for this port vin kong via Straits. which will be one of the attractions of ports on the 2nd October, and is expected the exhibition, should prove useful to here on the 21st October. collectors.

The C.P. CANADIAN MAIL die left the 11th October, in from Manzanillo on A portion of the exhibition will be named Birchin-lane, after the Stamp Vancouver, B.C., for Hongkong (via Exchange which existed in that narrow usual ports of call) on the 28th Septem- City thoroughfare in 1880. "There ber, a.m. youngsters used to meet and exchange THE ENGLISH MAIL

Her faith had been tested, her love had been

tried.

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And all that she begged was with us to

**abide,

She proffered devotion in boundless stere, But that is a thing men priza no more, And tossing it back in her face they cried "Let us open the door, And fing her outside."

still

The sprouting of plants under the Where on the earth was the like of it dous uction of radium has been among the In the gaze of the sun? researches undertakeh at the Vienna She had ploaded and prayed to be counted As one of our household through good and and with scorn they replied: Jeored at her loyalty, trode on her pride; Spurned her, repulsed her Great hearted Ulster- Flung-her aside..

Radium Institute, which controla the chief portion of the world's stock of two ill, or three ounces of radium. Reporting the botanical results, Molisch has given illustrations of sprouts of lilac, horse chestnut, ete, that have been made to grow by this new stimulus, and of others

The Times

WILLIAM WATSON

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The T.K.K. str arrives at Honolulu

19th November.

Hongkong Maru

INDO-CHINA STEAK NAVIGATION CO., LÍÐ.

their stamps," said Mr. Molville, "and The P、 & O. str. Delta left Singa were frequently joined by their elders pore for this port on the 5th inst., at 6 Foothing, from Guaymas (Mexico), is Later on the police intervened, and then.m., with the outward English mails, due in Hongkong 21st Octobor.

less surreptitiously in the neighbouring face ange bait to be carried on more or and is due here on the 9th inst., at 5 p.m. | Hangsang, from Shanghai, dus in alleys. The habitués included a Cabinet The 1.G.M. str. Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Minister and many fashionable ladies carrying the German mails with lates who, album in hand, carried on a lively from Berlin of the 18th of September, left barter."

Colombo on the 5th inst., p.m., and may he expected here on or about the 16th

In connection with the exhibition a Philatelista' Club will be installed at the Horticultural Hall, and if the iden meets with approval it is proposed to establish a permanent club in London for the benefit of stamp-lovers,

inst.

· MERCHANT. STEAMERS, -

The I.G.M. str. Indien left Sabang on the 1st October, and may be expected here on or about the 9th October.

·

Hongkong 13th October.. Fonksang, from Calcutta, is due in Hong-

kong 18th October. facity, from Sandakan, is due in Suing, from Weihai-wei, is due in

Hongkong 9th October.

Hongkong 9th October.

SHIRE LINEJ

Flintshire, from London, is due in Hong-

kong oth October..