The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-13

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In the very ancient skulls OF Egyp.
tian mummles, the teeth are generally
found greatly worn on their mastica.
ting surfaces. This, together with the
absence OF decay, evidences that the
possessors must have lived on food
that required much mastIcation.
A German inventor has contrived an
attachment to bicycle. whereby the
rider, without extra effort. may set II
musical box In motion. aud thus solace
himself with popular or ~esssslc airs
while traverslng lonely stretches Of
road Possibly such II contriyanee
would find more admirers In Germany
than In this country.
1t Is not an uncommon sight In lab
oratory where experiments with llque.
fled air are being conducted. 10 See
drops of air falling ON lecture table
and running about, exactly like drops
of wateT on n hot stove. In fact, the
table may be regarded as 'red hot" In
comparison with the temperature OF
the hquehed oxygen and nitrogen of
which the drops consist.
According TO an agreement among
scientific men and navigators the world
over the day begins as the sun, moving
westward, crosses an imaginary line
running from Behring Straits south
southwest, east and south Ia very
arbitrary manner. So, as San Francis
GO Is preparing 10 go 10 bed Monday
night, New Zealand is preparing Il
wake up ON Tuesday morning.
DIR. David Gill. whose measures OF
the parallaXes of the stars, by means
OF which their distances can he calcu.
lated, are among the most accurate
known, has recently deduced anew the
results OF his observations Of Sirius
the dog star. which Is the brightest
star In the heavens. He thinks we
may now regard Its parallaN ms satls
factorily determined at OBJ of n second
of an are. This makes the distance of
Sirius in miles 5i,OOO, 100000, In
other words the dog star Is nearly i've
hundred and nifty thousand times far
Their from the earth than the sun Is.
At a recent meeting of the Anthrop-
illogical Society In Washington, Doc
tor Matthews described the snake-wor-
ship of the Nnyajos. \ Navajo, he
said, never kills n snake. II he finds
one coiled In his path he gently lifts
II with stick aud losses 1t aside. The
Navajos think snakes are very wise,
aud understand the language Of men.
At the same time, they believe snakes
are evil, and will employ the informa-
tlon they get by listening to men for
their disadvantage. Accordingly, the
NavaJos hold their most sacred rites
and recite their myths only in winter.
when the snakes are alternating and
cannot oyerhear them.
A considerable increase In the eff
fciency of the incnndescent electric
light IL claimed for an invention OF
Professor Nernst OF Gottlngen. He
substitutes for carbon hlaments such
substances as chalk or mngnesia,
which are noted for the large proper
tlon Of visible rays In their radiation.
He has to employ the alternating cur
rent In order to avoid electrolyt'c ac-
ton on the incandescent substance.
As yet his experiments have not prog
ressed to the point OF practical applica-
tion In producing lamps for ordinary
use, but II the difficulties still In the
way can be overcome, 1t IL said that
the cost of lncandescent lighting would
be reduced two-thirds.