Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-02-16
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According to chemical analysis, If
teen partsof the flesh of fish have about
the same nutritive value as twelve parts
of boneless beef.
Protein (nitrogenous matter) Is the
name of group of substances contain
ing nitrogen. Protein furnishes the ma
terials for the lean flesh, blood, skin,
muscles, tendons, nerves, hair, horns,
WOOL casein of milk and albumen Of
eggs, and is one Of the most important
constituents Of feeding stuffs.
1t has been found possible to make a
thin, smooth and strong paper of asbes-
tos. which can be employed In the man
ufacture of paper lanterns and other
articles which need to be at the same
time light and f1reproof. The asbestos
paper can also be made waterproof. 1t
Is prepared with the same machinery
used for making ordinary paper.
1t has been clearly ascertained that
the carbon which, when other elements
are eliminated. we call charcoal. and
which enters SO largely into the struc-
ture of a tree, Is taken from the atmos-
phere through the medium Of the
leaves; but how 1t is sent down the
structure SO as to add to the size of the
most distant root, is yet an unsolved
problem.
The latest calculation Of the velocity
and direction of the SUMS motion in
space is by Prof. Simon Newcomb. He
estimates that the solar system Is being
carried in a northerly direction at the
rate of 1615 kilometers-a little over
ten miles-per second. The point to-
ward which we are moving is within
very few degrees Of the extraordinarily
bright star Vega in the constellation of
Lyra.
According to the Medical Record fair
haired people possess. commonly, be-
tween 100000 and 16O, 600 hairs on the
scalp. the number being about the same
for man and woman. Dark-haired peo-
pie have, on an average, about los, 900.
while redshaired people are said to have
only 10000 hairs. But the latter appar-
emily possess one great advantage In
the fact that they retain their hair bet
ter, seldom becoming bald. Their hair
Is much coarser than that Of dark or
ralr-halred persons.
The discovery of the remains of a
mastodon near Newburgh. N. Y, last
summer, recalls the fact that the best
preserved skeleton Of one of these huge
animals now to be found in our muse
ums was also discovered in a marsh
near Newburgh. That part of the Hud-
son valley appears to have been a IA
vorite haunt for these American ele-
plants. Inspection of the place where
the latest discovery was made empha-
sizes the fact that beavers were con-
temporaries Of the mastodons, and that
beaver-dams were as perilous as quick
sands for the massive beasts who ven-
tured to set foot In them.
The curious green circles in fields and
pastures, appearing both on level
ground and on hillsides, have given rise
to many superstitions and called forth
plantations. The famous DIR. Priestly
strongly advocated the view that they
were of electric origin. The real cause
of their formation has long been known
to be the growth Of species of fungi.
which. starting from a single seed,
spreads circularly and makes a broad
disk on the ground. The fruit and seed
form only at the outer rim. The soil
In the middle is exhausted, and conse-
quently, as the ring grows larger the
grass in the inner part withers. One Of
these circles near Stebbing, England,
attained diameter of 120 feet.