The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-19
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Recent discovery In Jerusalem proves
that the ancient %aqueduct which
brought water from Bethlehem through
the Hlnnah Valley. thought to be the
work of Herod, was built by the EN-.
peror Severus, 1875 A. d. Inscriptions
to that effect have been found.
Electric lamps are to be substituted
in the place of gas jets In England's ia
nous abbey. 1t is ayerred that gas has
proved injurious to the great church by
setting up chemical change in the lime
stone Of which Its walls, arches, vaults
and carvings are composed. thus has
tening the disintegratlon of the build
ing.
Signor Ceserole, Of Padua, has discov-
cred the existence of more than fifty
noxlous microscopic parasites and mi
crobes In the washings OF vegetables
from market gardens. Among the M
cro'organisms found by him was the
bacillus Of tetanus ana another anal
ogous to that which produces typhoid
fever. He ascribes the infection large
~ to the contents of watering pots.
y. simple device has been put into
practice for "truing up" or restoring the
original symmetrical shape to railway
carriage wheels, and it Is sad to have
been attended with considerable sue
cess. 1t consists Of a brake shoe. which
is formed with pockets filed with a
grinding material. When a wheel be-
comes tiattened it is necessary only 10
the regular shoe and replace it
with the "truing' shoe, run the carriage
and do the braking as usual.
The French chemist Balland has re-
Gently analysed an nnual food-plant
'alled woandsu, growing in tropical
AFRICA and introduced in Southern Asia
Brazil, and his conclusions are in
eresting. 1t is, he says, the first fruit.
Il the natural state, that he has ever
which shows all the chemical
properties of a perfect nutriment. Two
ounds of it would supply the daily re-
ulrements of the human system. Like
peanut. it natures underground IFS
ataDle Kernel is shaped like an egg. II
a very white -four whose
avor' after cooking, resembles that Of
hestnuts.
count Posse, of Sweden. has invented I
apparatus for stopping the Roadway
ooats' which, he thinks, will be use- 4
Il III preventing collisions between =
ssseis of all kinds. The apparatus q
men has recently been tested IN a
rye steam-launch, consists of steel. 7
ATE shutters, applied on both sides Of :
{ Vessei about one-quarter Of its r
lgth from the stern. These can no =
and shut by the helmsman with =
{ Hlu OF a lever. When the launch
Is gong at full speed, nine knots an
ur, II was stopped in fifteen seconds.
nalf Its length, by reversing the b
and extending the shutters.
some of the most useful products ~
r planet are confined to small areas m
It's surface, situated at a great die. tie
zee from the main -centers of nonuIo. JC
and Industry. India rubber 10 ono tn
lnese, and according to a report from tn
iSul General King at Bangkok. teak
most valuable ship timber in exist on
e. Is another. Extensive teaw for gu
> he says, are restricted to Burma as
Il ana Cochin-China There are onIv no
&c ports in the world from which W;
Is exported: Rangoon, Moulmeln co.
Bangkok. 1t is a beautiful darl WI
red wood, taking a high finish, and .
'alue IN ship-building depends mon pr,
trength' Its durability, its resistance tw
'oth moisture and drought. its non wa
1ity to be attacked by BORING IN. to
Its hghtness in the water. ana ,ts VII
'tanee to the influence of iron when &c
Ignt In close contact. In this las, an,
OF excellence 1t has no substitrto sol
backing for armor plate. 7
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