Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-10-06

The insect Vedalia 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-p ercha tree. The
leaves are ground up and pounded in
Dolllng water. Dry leaves contain as
much as II per cent of sap.
Two Of the largest Ruhmkorff coils
ever made have been ordered in this
country for foreign government, and
W1Il give an electric spark forty-five
inches in length, expanding energy
amounting to three or four-horse pow
er, and having potential of half
million volts. ,a.58taN ez,l.
1t Is said that the nut trees OF che
world alone could, If necessity arose,
provide food all the year round for a
total population three times greater
than the present. I 1t has been pointed
out to the Washington Department Of
Agriculture that Brazil nuts around
Para grow in such profusion that thou
sands of tons of them are wasted every
year; with gcocoanuts it is the same, in
many eenters.aiial .4lnu a5Iol
Every sufferer from nerves knows
that gloomy day affects him unfavor-
ably While the first ray of sunshine
makes him gay again, 1t has been
suggested that the green of vegetation.
the blue Of the sky and the 'bIue-green
OF the ocean, may thus have a powe.Si
tul influence IL calming The spilits.
ParviHes however cautions his readers
against too sweeping conclusions!sxAll
that we can sayRis that colors lGertaipL
ly appear to- affect the organism ana
that the subject WIFI bear further in
VeStga ton. .=IhBD uTIyOT
In winter NOR months t66r6atdoes occur
only in1thel Gulf States But In sum.
mer they occur I'd the North. 81 Ne Ne
braska," South, Dakota, Iowa and Mn
nesotaf The average is twentg-tvega
year. They are. simple examples. of
vortex notion a mass of air rotating
at a low lleyell runs into, a vortex, "a nd
tube Is protested downward. The
velocity Of the lower end, Of the. tube
may reach two hundred miles an hour.
and it Is the partial vacuum caused IBS
the whirf and the. sudden inruah ofstbe
outside air that causes the disastrous
explosive effects. II ,aistoW b9TblIR
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 10
INDICATION of having been transported
by streams otIwater The flakes and
nuggets of gold that have been found
at Cape Nome are not water4w,orr but
sharp and angular, in outline. A vide
ly accepted theory is that they have
been transplanted from a 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-
quire the labor Of nearly 10000, 900
men if produced by hand! In America
the advantage derived from machinery
Is about twice as great as in Europe.
so that the actual population of the
United States is equal In productive
power to 150Q00,00O Europeans. With
labor-saving machinery, one generation
of men can do the work of four or five
generations of hand workers.
SOME EXTRAORDINARY BATTING