Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-10
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The beautiful and delicate colors oh
served on the eggs Of birds are not very
fast to light more especially when they
belong 70 the lighter class Of color.
Four Of the Montana willows. with
one from the island Of Unalaska. are
the smallest shrubs Of Salicaceae In the
world. One Of these growing often only
half an inch high, 10 believed to he the
smallest species Of willow ever known.
II the land surface Of the globe were
divided and allotted in equal shares to
each Of It's human Inhabitants. It would
be found that each would get q plot Of
twenty-three and one-half acres. but
much Of 1t would not be worth having
A now method Of preserving wood
ess, is being tried on q large scale In
England. Instead Of Withdrawing the
sap and injecting creosote or some 9th
Or antlseptic substance, as II usually
done. Mr.. Haskin submits the wood to
superheated air. under Q pressure Of
fourteen atmospheres. Under this proc
sss. II is averred, the sap Is chemically
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ture. which. by consolidating with the
dber. strengthens as we'll as preserves
the wood.
The live" electric wire is said - -
used with great success by lion-tameEs
In impresslng upon their savage pupils
the utter hopelessness Of an attack %
the master. When lion is In the early
stages of education II sometimes starts
for Its tanner when the latter's back =
turned. Formerly the only security for
the man was in keeping a sharp outlook
over his shoulder. Now he can have Q
charged wire stretched across the cage
In front Of the beast. and II the latter
touches the wire he gets q lesson which
makes Q deeper impression than the cut
of a whip.
The Los Angeles Ocean Power Com
pany has, at POtencia Beach, Califor
MIA, a metallic pier $50 feet long. at the
outer end Of which are three floats ten
by ten feet in dimension. which rise and
fall with the incoming waves. BY
means Of pistons the floats force water
into q reservoir on the bank. The up
per part Of the reservoir contains air.
which, being compressed, forces the
water through nozzle upon . PeltOr
water wheel. which Is thus driven at Q
high rate. The water wheel supplies
power to . dynamo. Each float devei-
ops between two and three horse-pow.
er. The managers Of the enterprise are
represented a. being wen satished With
the results.
On the Grand River near Moab In
Utah exists q remarkable natural
bridge" Of which photograph was re-
Gently made by a Moab photographer.
NJ. Arthur Winslow, Of Kansas City,
In forwarding the photograph to Sci
ence. says that the span Of the bridge
is estimated to be 500 feet, and its
height $50 feet. Mr.. Winslow thinks II
is n product Of erosion by wind. He
has himself made photographs Of sim
liar formations, on a smaller scale, IL
the same region Of country. The ex-
cavating agents are the grains Of sand
whirled by the wind. Starting with .
depression in the friable sandstone
rock, the blasts Of flying sand rapidly
excavnte pot-holes in comparatively
fat surfaces, and windows" In stand
ing walls and isolated buttes.
Danger AWheel.
No matter how stout mans courage may
be.
There are times when he's certain to
quail,
Though the blazing Of battle he calmly
may see.
In peace all his frmness may fail.
Though bullets which sought in his being
to lodge,
Serenely he often defed.
He'll tremble and pant az he struggles to
dodge,
The girl who Is learning to ride.
A marksman afar will perchance miss his
aim,
When the dynamite deadly 10 fred.
For cen mathematical skill cannot claim