Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-07-14
SPRAY OF THE FALLS.
lFrom Wednesdays Daily. ]


Robert s. Williams is planning a trip
to the mountains in search OF new plants,
new quartz or anything that is interesting
in science.
The commissioners meet in special ses.
sion on Friday, the 18th inst, when bids
for the proposed new jail will be opened
and in all probability the contract
awarded.
J. and M. Sands and ]. F. Taylor ar.
rived yesterday from Choteau. The
Messrs. Sands are largely interested in
the cattle company of which Mr. Taylor
is the manager.
Among the Park hotel arrivals are G.
]. Mcnamara, Fort Maginnis; T. ].
Phelps, Chicago; Leland Lyon, Detroit;
]. Sands, Helena; G. E. Beal, Box Elder;
S. G. Ashby, Helena; VIM. s. Powell,
Judith; VIM. Ulm, Ulm; DR.. II. B. Moon,
Fort Assinniboine.
A. Kyes, who has so many goveiulnent
contacts IN this secl.,A has ucen in town
several days holding interesting confer
ences with c. j. Mcnamara, 7. Nc une
]. J. Kennedy and others, any of whom
could be induced 10 take a contract Of
his hands on the slightest prevocation. :
Professor Morrison returned this morn
ing from his long trip through the Belt
mountains. He comes back with bigger
ideas Of that country than ever Although
"a leads, he is proud of having explored
and named some streams that have never
yet appeared on any map.
Whenever a sudden rise in the TEMPER
AZURE occurs those Of curious turn of
mind invariably rush to the nearest Their
Mometer to ascertain just how it is. If
the instrument records ninety in the
shade they comfort themselves with the
reflection that after all 1t is not so bad as
they thought. And no matter how boil
ing hot the sun may be tle thermometer
is their guide, and if it only registered
ninety they imagine that it is only moder-
ately warm. Thermometers are curious
things. No two of them register alike.
The best instruments made at the present
time are those of the Fahrenheit scale.
Saussure invented hair thermometer
and hydrometer combined to show the
temperature and moisture at the same
time by means of the expansion or con-
traction Of the hair. This, however. did
not turn out as we'll as the inven.
tor expected The Thermometers in use
today by the signal service are three in
number and kind. The ordinary Their
mometer shows the rise and fall in tenn
perature. The maximum shows the high
est temperature recorded during the
twenty-four hours. At the end Of the
tube there is contraction of the bore
which separates the mercury. The in,
crease of heat in the air causes the mar
2 curry to rise, while the little globules re-
naming below the tube where the bore
is contracted remain stationary, When
the highest point is reached the mercury
remains quiet, the upper end showing thu
maximum reached. In the minimum
thermometer steel index Is inserted IN
the tube, which is filled with alcohol, As
the temperature decreases the alcohol de-
sends the tube pushing the index before
it. When the lowest point is reached the
index naturally remains stationary. as
there is no force to bring it back tn ito
original position. Thus it shows tho low
est temperature during the twenty-f onr
hours. To set these instruments II Il
only necessary to swing the maximum
thermometer in a circle and bring the
two columns of mercury together: wb;ie
with the minimum, by simply inyerting
the tube the index returns to its nronar
position. P'A