Every shipmaster who has strained fils eyes through iqisfc for rqcks, which in dirty weather giyo no sign except tho sign of striking, will support the agitation for a lighthouse on tha Poverty Bay coast. The Ariel Books, fjfcoqt a dosoq mile? °r so from shoro, are a terror. A light on the shoro will enable the sailor to hug the shoro in safety. Let us have tho light.
The possibility of transmitting disease through tho instrumentality of books has recently been the subject of investigation by French scientists.
The experiments showed that the diph theria bacillus might fie 'carried by this agency, put that tho bacilli of typhoid foyer and tuberculosis were pot so cqn yeyed. The best disinfectant was found to be f umigasiqu with formic aldehyde, but it ha? an'iujqridqs effect qn thp binding. The only plan ' reoqmmeqded as sqfe qftpc yolqiqfis have beeq exposed ■fo infection was tha burning of tfia'hpofis.
Special attention is being given by tha French military authorities to the ques tion of succouring tho wounded on battle fields when night comes on after a great battle. Experiments have been made with powerful electric arc lights, but tho ap paratus has been pronounced cumbrous and practically unavailable under the con templated conditions. At length it has been practically determined that the am bulance corpsmen shall wear little incan descent glow-lamps in their hats, just like tho ladies of the ballet in a spectacular extravaganza. Each man is to carry a little primaiy battery in bis pocket for the production of the current. The wounded iq need of succour Fill look out for the little moving lights, and it possible drag fhemsslves towards them.
