Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-12-29

the surface of the sun would melt Mt
tne rate of three hundred million cubic
miles OF solid Ice a second, and Its heat
is estimated to produce force of about
ten thousand-horse power to every
square foot of its surface.
OF the children born alive one-fourth
Gle before eleven months, one-third be-
tore the twenty-third month, half be-
fore their eighth year, two thirds of
mankind die before the thirty ninth
year, three-fourths before their fifty
nrst year, and of about 10000 only one
survives whole century.
A good test for gold or silver is a
piece of lunar caustic fixed into a wood
point like pencil. Slightly wet the
metal to be tested, and rub it gently
with the caustic. If gold or silver the
mark will be faint but If an inferior
metal, 1t will be quite black. jewelers.
who purchase old gold and silver use
this test.
They are now cutting hair by cleo
tricity. The apparatus to perform this
reat consists of a platinum wire stretch
ed over comb. By pressing a button,
the current is applied to the wire bring
Ing 1t to a white heat. The comb Is
then passed through the hair, and as
the wire comes in contact the hair is
burned off. The end of each hair being
cauterized when cut, prevents loss of
the oily substance Of the hair The ap-
paratus is attached to an ordinary lamp
socket by flexible cord and can be
used by any barber of ordinary SKILL
Frank w. Very Of the Ladd Observa-
tory, Providence, R. l., has made some
curious observations on the flight of
migrating birds seen at night crossing
the face of the moon. He watched
them with a telescope of four inches
aperture. magnifying forty times. The
observations were made In the latter
part Of September. The great majority
of the birds moved from north to south,
and travelled In little companies. Their
average speed, as calculated by Mr..
Very, was sixty-seven miles an hour,
although some appeared to travel at
the rate of more than 100 miles an hour.
Within the past few years reindeer
have been introduced into Alaska under
appropriations from Congress, and the
number of the animals now there is es-
timated at about 1000. They were or
iginally introduced mainly for the ben
eft of the destitute natives, but they
have proved themselves more useful to
the white inhabitants than was antici-
pated, and now it is thought that they
can be employed to great advantage in
transporting freight to and from the
gold mines on the Upper Yukon River.
Commissioner Harris thinks the rein
deer may solve ''the difficult problem
of winter transportation and communi-
cation In Northern Alaska"
The new power house which is being
constructed for the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company In New York City
will contain, the Scientific American
says, "the largest aggregation of mo-
tive power ever gathered together In
single plant" Most readers will prob
ably be surprised at the statement that
this distinction has hitherto belonged.
not to any of the great manufacturing
or industrial establishments, but to
ocean steamships, such as the Cam
panla and the Lucania. each of which
has developed in Its englne-room $4,000
horsepower. The New York power
house will, however, more than double
this record, for its group of eleven en-
gines will have an aggregate Of $4,000
horse power.