The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-08
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Nearly every class Of clouds attains
Ioftier altitude between the hours Of
four and eight p. m. than at any other
part of the day, whereas between noon
and four o'clock they fall trife below
the average.
In the United States we have, besides
the turkey four other birds which are
ranked high in the list of the largest
birds. They are the beautiful golden
eagle, the national bald-headed eagle,
the great wild swan known specifically
as the whooper, and the California con-
dor, which is almost as large as his
South American brother.
The Ural Mountains are the worlds
great source of supply for platinum.
Ninety-five per cent of the total product
of that metal comes from the Oral re-
gion. There has been a notable in
crease in the production recently. In
1899 the Urals furnished 1922 pounds.
| In 1890 their total output was only
6,363 pounds. But in consequence of
the demand for this rare metal, the
value has increased, together with the
quantity.
/ Experiments are being made on the
/ Wannsee Railroad between Berlin and
Zehlendorf, Germany, to determine the
precise value of electric propulsion as
a substitute for steam. The train used
consists of eight ordinary cars and is
provided with an electric mOtOr-car at
each end, the advantage of this ar
rangement being that the reversing Of
the train at the terminals of the jour
ney becomes unnecessary. Thus far
the electric power has proved to be
about fifteen per cent cheaper than
steam-power.
According to a recent consular re-
port from Magdeburg, Germany, the
production of beet-sugar in the world
is now twice as great as that of cane
sugar. This victory of the beet over
the cane is ascribed to the influence of
the science of chemistry in developing
the industry of beet-sugar making.
This influence is especially exerted in
Germany, where more than a thou
sand chemists are exclusively employed
in the sugar factories The manufac-
ture of beet-sugar has taken a sudden
start in Spain since she lost her col.
onies in the war with the United States
In this country east of the Rocky
Mountains the lOwermost type of cloud
the stratus, floats at an average height
: of ZOO feet in winter and $500 feet il
J summer. Both in winter and summer
the bases of cumulus clouds keep at g
mean elevation of $500 feet, but the
domes sometimes reach height of nine
thousand OF ten thousand feet. The
nimbus, or storm cloud, varies from
$500 to 6.2OO feet The average height
of the cirrus in summer is thirty three
thousand feet, and in winter thirty
one thousand. But this is occasionally
exceeded by three or four miles. II
September, 1896, cirrus clouds were
seen at an elevation of ffty-six thou
sand feet, or over ten miles.
One of the most striking spectaclei
4 revealed by telescopes is that of thu
: Great Nebula in Orion. In the complex
ity of it's glowing streams, spirals anC
strangely shaped masses, intercepted
by yawning black gaps and sprinkle'
+ over with stars arranged in suggestive
p. groups and lines, it has few rivals il
J. the heavens. The impression of aston
t ishment made by the sight of thi
: nebula is heightened by knowledge o
It its enormous size. The entire solar sys
d tenn would appear as a tiny speck be
side it. Yet this tremendous aggrega
ton of nebulous clouds and starr
swarms has been proved by the re
searches of the late Professor Keele
. of the Lick Observatory to be fyin
away from the earth and the sun at tn
rate of eleven miles in every seconC
But so vast is its distance that one huI
dred years reveal no visual effects q
the great nebula's swift retreat II
= were near by it would seem to becom
rapidly smaller.
THEFT OF A GREAT RIVER.