The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-07
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are nearest the sun. Aphelion means
when the planets are farthest from the
sun.
The flow of sap is caused principally
by Transportation OF leaves and osmosis.
Its course Is the xylem woody portion)
of the vascular bundles. Sap obtained
in tapping naples flows, under certain
conditions, both ways. but more up
than down.
In the Century Magazine, John Bur
roughs writes: II have never seen the
snake swallowing its young. 1t Is a
moot question whether or not the snake
does swallow its young, but II there
is no other good reason for II, may they
not retreat into their mothers stomach,
to feed? How else may they be nour-'
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When pure water becomes slightly
turbid by extremely finely divided
white or colorless particles floating
therein, they reflect, even in the case
of ground mountain crystal, a yellow
light, which unites with the natural
blue into brilliant green color, such.
as is exhibited by the Neuenburg and
Boden lakes.
e. A. Martel, the French explorer of
caverns, whose discoveries under
ground have attracted much attention
within the past few years, reports that
he has found In the department of
A ia in ho fr<rt, of n
natural WE'LL" whose depth exceeds
that of any other known. He has
sounded 1t to the depth of about LOTT
feet, but he believes that the actual bot
tom has not yet been reached.
French engineers have lately made
successful tests of wireless telegraphy
between the lofty observatories on the
crown of Mont Blanc and the Valley Of
Chamonix. 1t had been feared that
the absence of moisture In the frozen
Surface might interfere with the earth.
connection, but no such trouble was
experienced. The only difficulty arose
when the alternating current dynamos
of the electric light system Chamonix
were at work. At such times the wire
less messages could not be transmitted
nor received.
The meridian of Greenwich Is gener-
ally accepted as the starting line from
which to reckon longitude and time all
over the earth. But objections are,
from time TO time, raised against the
universal adoption of the Greenwich
meridian for such purposes. Recently
Italian savants have emphasized these
objections by pointing out that on the
meridian of Greenwich clouds and bad
weather are frequent interfering with
astronomical observations. They sug-
gest that the civilized world should
agree to adopt the meridian of Jerusa-
lem as a common reference line, be-
cause there the skies are clearer, and
the possibility of making Palestine
neutral territory would eliminate polit-
ical objections.
The coast and geodetic survey has re-
Gently completed some very careful
leveling operations which show that
the surface of the Gulf of Mexico lies
perceptibly higher than that Of the
Atlantic Ocean. Between the surface
of the ocean at st. Augustine on the
eastern shore of Florida and the sur
face Of the Gulf at Cedar Keys on the
western shore there is mean differ;
ence In 'evel of nine-tenths of foot.
This Is considered to be sufficient to-
account for the outpouring current Of
the Gulf Stream, which, In the narrow
er parts of the Strait of Florida, touch
es bottom. The surplus Of water which
raises the Gulf above the level Of the
ocean is apparently received through
the Yucatan Channel, being driven In
by the prevailing equatorial currents
from the east.