The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-07-17
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Pack thread or cord is given extraor-
binary strength, according to a Ger |
man authority. by laying in a strong
solution of alum, and then carefully
drying.
A tropical substitute for the potato.
already being tried in French colonies.
is Coleus Coppini, a new edible of the
Mint or Labiate family. Its tubers.
which average an inch and half in
length. closely resemble the potato in
flavor when prepared in the same way.
The cradle of the human race is still
being sought The widely accepted
theory of Max Muller, based on Ian
guage, teaches that mans early home
was in India; but some ethnologists
are now inclined to agree with Prof.
Hirt that the Aryans first lived in the
territory north of the Carpathian
Mountains. near the boundary line be-
tween Austria-Hungary and Russia,
now occupied by Let's and Lithu-
anians.
Ozonizing apparatus for vitalizing
the atmosphere of the sick chamber
physicians outfit. DR. ]. E. S. Barnes
an English medical man, reports hav-
ing used the ozonizer in a severe case
of pneumonia complicated with pleu-
risy, and the result was an immediate
and important change in the air of the
room, which was followed by rapid
improvement of the patients condition.
Ozonizers are being used also for bet
tering the air of factories.
There abounds in Paraguay a tree,
growing to the stature of an ordinary
chestnut tree, from which a kind of
vegetable silk is obtained. Consul
kuffin at Asuncion, says he believes it
can be woven into threads, but the
chief use at present suggested for it is
in stufting cushions and quilts, for
which purpose it appears to be well
adapted on account of its extreme
lighmess. When removed from the
bolls. which are six inches In length
and about four and a half inches in
diameter, the substance resembles a
glossy down.
When balloon passes over a forest
it descends, and ballast must be
thrown out to keep it up. This is ex-
planned by Prof. Mouillefert, of the
French National Agricultural College
of Grignon as being due to the exist
ence above every forest of a prism OF
cool, moist air. produced by the abun
dant transpira ton of the trees, and ex
tending to a height of from 1900 t
5000 feet above the treetops. Prof
, MOuillefert also says that while for
, ests drain the soil underneath them
they keep the upper layer. to a dept
of four or five miles, moist
From seven diamonds-weighinl
from two to twenty-one carats-tha
have been picked up in Wisconsin anC
adjoining States, Prof. William II
Hobbs traces the diamond fields O.
North America to the volcanic region
Of the Canadian wilderness, south O.
Hudson bay. The only known matri,
Of the diamond is the black shale-o
blue grOund"-around the necks O
burned out volcanoes. The loose stone
found seem to have been transporte,
by glaciers. and on following up tn
probable courses Of these ancient ic
rivers the lines converge in the bar
rem territory stated.
The Carnegie Institution has locate
its Desert Botanical Laboratory o.
the shoulder Of a mountain two mile
west Of Tucson. Arizona. The Tucso
Chamber of Commerce has given tn
site, and will install a water suppl
and an electric plant for the labora
tory. The object of the undertaken
is to study the plants characteristic G
arid regions. The mountain on whic
the laboratory is to stand and the &C
joining mesas possess a splendid rel
resentatiOn of these forms of veget,
ton. Proposed sites in Texas. Ne7
Mexico, Arizona, California, Chihu,
hua and Sonora were examined befor
the location was finally chosen.