Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-23
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Settlement of the tropics by Euro
peans is pronounced impracticable by
Is. Hueppe, an eminent authority, who
finds that only the strongest become
acclimatized, and they soon degener-
ate.
Electric incandescent lamps have
been supposed to be perfectly safe
in surgical operations, but recent eX-
plosion of ether vapor was traced to
the spark made at contact in turning
on the light
The report of Mr. Olyphant, of the
Geological Survey, shows remarkable
approach to equality in the petroleum
production of the United States and
Russia for the year 1902 The United
States was very slightly in the lead.
with S0,S94,590 barrels, against 3d.
540,045 barrels for Russia. All the
rest of the globe produced only TO-
797, 800 barrels.
A reddish ring inclosing a whitish
glare was seen around the sun after
the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, and
has been named Bishops ring. Keen
observers have noted a similar APP
pearance in recent months. This ring
had u diameter of 20 degrees in Au-
gust, 1902, but had diminished to 20
degrees in December. 1903, although
settlement of coarser dust was ex-
pected to make it larger
Artificial phosphate. claimed to be
superior as fertilizer to the natural,
is now made at Magdeburg, Germany.
The process, that of Herr VOTERS, con-
sists in melting in a reverbatory fur
mace mixture of 100 parts of coarse
Iy crushed phosphorite seventy parts
of acid sulphate of soda, twenty parts
of carbonate of lime, twenty-five parts
of sand and six parts of cinders. The
melted mass is poured into water,
dried and crushed to fineness.
Mr.. Guy 70. Mitchell tells Of
strange use for milk. He and others
have used it for painting barns and
outbuildings. Into gallon of milk are
stirred three pounds of Portland ce-
ment and enough pigment to give the
proper color. This mixture, spread on
the wood, makes coating that after
six hours becomes as good and lasting
as oil paint. 1t makes the best pos
stbie paint for trees where large limbs
have been pruned or sawed off, says
Mr.. Mitchell.
The N-rays of Blondlot are not only
emitted by the nerves and muscles
of man and animals, but 1t appears
that they increase with activity in the
body Continuing his experiments,
Augustin Charpentier has found that
the whole spinal cord increases the
phosphoresence of the test object.
Contraction of muscles is indicated,
and the "motOr-centers" of the cere-
brum are manifested when called into
activity, even the center of speech
showing its location by extra N-rays
when the person is speaking.
Among the productions of the Phil
ippine islands are two delicious fruits
entirely unknown in the civilized
world. One of these is the DURHAM
whose remarkable qualities were de-
scanted upon by Alfred Russell Wal
lace during his explorations in the
Malay Archipelago 1t grows on
lofty tree somewhat resembling an
elm, is about as large as a cocoanut
has tiny shell, and contains a creamy
pulp which combines some of the fla
vors of a delicious custard with those
of a fine cheese. ITO eat durians,"
said Mr.. Wallace, is new sensation
worth voyage to the East to eXpe-
rience." American soldiers in Jolo call
the DURAN ''the vegetable Limburger
cheese" The other rare fruit spoken
of is the mangosteen, said to be the
only fruit that Queen Victoria never
tasted. The eXquisitely favored liquid
it contains cannot be preserved for
shipping abroad.