The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-08-01

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Prof. Anschutx-Kaempfe OF Austria
81 planning to make the arctic trip In Q
submarine boat. 1t 10 now known that
the ice In the polar seas seldom reaches
more than twelve feet In thickness.
The medical faculty of the University
Of Heidelberg has recently made q re.
port on the effect upon the eyes Of in.
candescent light, whether from an cleo.
tric lamp or from gas mantle. Their
verdict IL that such light 10 not harm.
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Professor Newcomb. In the Astrophy-
steal Journal, has tabulated the periods
Of the solar spots, and concludes that
the mean period IL 11.132 years. The
solar spots will be OF maximum area
In A. D. 10O4.01. 1916.O4,. 1927 II, and at
a minimum in 1011.42, 1925, 1888. 68
The Hungarian city Of Budapest,
noted for Its enterprise, has at present
1000 subscribers to the "telephone
Journal" which was established there
In 1893, and experiments have lately
been made looking to the extension of
the syshem to the neighboring cities OF
Szegedin and Arad. Between 8 q. m.
and ii p. m. the subscribers receive all
important news. an electric bell sum-
moning them at certain hours TO the re-
cedving instruments, which are 50 ar
ranged that two persons can listen at
the same time Stock exchange and
parliament news Ia transmitted every
half hour.
The question, How old II the hu.
man race" receives IN interesting
answer In the latest editions Of De Nor.
dllets ''Origin and Antiquity Of Man"
The total number Of years elapsed
since. according to geological evidence,
men nrst appeared upon the earth, Ii
placed a& 288.000. OF thu $4,000 years
belong TO the preglacial epoch, 100000
pears to the glacial, 44,OOO years to the
interval between the glacial epoch and
the protohistoric and Neolithic, 10000
years to the two last-namsd epochs.
and 5000 years to the time elapsed
since the beginning Of the historic
period In Egypt.
NATURE AND SCIENCE -. -. -.
A writer IN Nature, discussing the
rise Of the new chemical industry OF
producing artificial perfumes, makes
significant remark concerning the sense
OF smell In human beings. He declares
that It =, - yet wholly uncultured. I'm
walking through the country" he sayA
I'VE can rarely identify q particular
oder caught until the sight OF the plant
from which It emanates makes us won
der ct our hesitation" He suggests
that TIE growth Of the perfume indus
try, which results In the continual pro
duction Of new odors, may lead to q
cultivation Of the neglected sense OF
smell. which may be capable Of ~ ar
stistic development az that which color
perception has attained.
Signor Matteucci, who has been
studying vesuvius for many years, says
that from July, 1906, It kept CONSTANT
~ active for more than four years, the
now Of lava ceastng in September. 1899.
The depth Of the crater was then over
six hundred fest Last April the lava
rose to within 240 feet Of the top. when
q SERIES Of explosions within the crater
began. Some blocks Of lava were pro-
Jected 1.SOO feet perpendicularly into
the air. One block weighed thirty tons,
and Signor Matteucci estimates that Il
took 61O.O00-horse power to eject It.
Five hundred thousand cubic yards Of
lava and ashes were belched forth in
April and May. The crater 10 thirty
feet higher than before, % that vesu.
vius rises now 1890 feet above sea