The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-10-26
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The insect Yedalia cardinals, intro
duced to California to feed on scale in
sects, has succeeded so well in its work
that there is nothing left for food-and
they are now in danger Of disappearing
through starvation.
The earth within the Arctic circle
supports considerable population. but
the Antarctic circle is without trace Of
human life. Upon eight million square
miles surrounding the south pole, the
loot of man has never trodden.
In the islands near Singapore a new
Industry has been developed, that Of
producing pure gutta-percha from the
leaves of the gutta-percha tree. The
leaves are ground up and pounded in
boiling water. Dry leaves contain as
much as Il per cent Of sap.
Two Of the largest Ruhmkorff coils
ever made have been ordered in this
country for foreign government, and
VIII give an electric spark forty-hve
inches in length, expanding energy
amounting TO three or four-horse pow
err and having potential of half a
million volts.
1t Is said that the nut trees o. tAe
world alone could if necessity arose.
provide food all the year round for a
total population three times greater
than the present. 1t has been pointed
out to the Washington Department of
Agriculture that Brazil nuts around
Fara grow in such profusion that thou
SANDS of tons of them are wasted every
year; with cocOanuts 1t is the same in
many centers.
Every sufferer from nerves knows
that a gloomy day affects him unfavor-
ably While the first ray of sunshine
makes hiin gay again. 1t has been
suggested that the green of vegetation.
the blue Of the sky and the blue-green
OF the ocean may thus have a power
iul influence in calming the spirits.
farVllle, however, cautions his readers
against too sweeping conclusions. All
that we can say Is that cOlors certain
~ appear to affect the organism. and
that the subject will bear further in
vestigation.
In winter months tornadoes occur
only In the Gulf States. but in sum
mef they occur in the North. In Ne
Draska, South Dakota, Iowa and Min
neSota. The average is twenty-five
year. They are simple examples of
vortex motion. A mass of air rotatIna
at low level runs into vortex. and
a tube is projected downward. The
velocity of the lower end of the tube
may reach two hundred miles an hour
and 1t is the partial vacuum caused nv
the Whirl and the sudden thrush of the
outside air that causes the disastrous
explosive effects.
The black sands containing gold
which are spread along the shores of
Norton Sound. near Cape Nome Alas
ka' are said to differ from similar
sands found on the coast of California
and elsewhere, because they show no
Indication Of having been TRANSPORTED
by streams of water. The flakes and |
nuggets of gold that have been found
at Cape Nome are not water-worn. but
sharp and angular in outline. A wide |
ly accepted theory is that they have |
been transplanted from great dis
lance by glaciers, their original source
being yet undiscovered.
The report of United States Commits
sioner of Labor Carroll d. Wright for
1899 on Hand and Machine Labor
sets forth some very interesting facts.
Aided by machinery, 100000 men
turn out a product which would re-
luire the labor of nearly 4O.OOO.OOO
men if produced by hand In America
he advantage derived from machinery
S about twice as great as in Europe.
80 that the actual population of the
United States is equal in productive
nower to 15O,OO0,OOO Europeans. With
abor-savlng machinery, one generation
IF men can do the work of four or five
of hand workers.