Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-16
Ik)nmSCleflCe
V ! sslllveaTltiOrl

ooo~-o~-~o~~~~~
S.+t,ament of the tropics by Euro
ans is pronounced impracticable by
= Hueppe, an eminent authority who
anas that only the strongest become
nanolimatized. and they soon degener-
ate
r,octric incandescent lamps have
haen supposed to be perfectly safe
IN surgical operations, but a recent eX-
rIosion 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 a remarkable
opproach to equality in the petroleum
nroduction Of the United States and
Russa for the year 1902. The United
States was very slightly In the lead.
with SO,S94,59O barrels, against So
b40O45 barrels for Russia. All the
rest of the globe produced only 15,-
1865 barrels.
A reddish ring inclosing a whitlsh
glare was seen around the sun after
the Krakatoa eruption of 1888, and
has been named Bishops ring. Keen
observers have noted a similar APP
pearance in recent months. This ring
had a 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 q fertilizer to the natural,
is now made at Magdeburg, Germany.
The process, that of Herr VOTERS, con-
sists in melting ia a reverbatory fur
mace a mixture of 100 parts of coarse
ly 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 Il. 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 a coating that after
six hours becomes as good and lasting
as oil paint 1t makes the best pos
sible paint for trees where large limbs
have been pruned or sawed off, says
Mr.. Mitchell.
The Mays 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-
Drum are manifested when called into
activity, even the center OF speech
showing it's 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 DURAN,
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
yors of a delicious custard with those
of a fine cheese. ITO eat durians,"
said Mr.. Wallace, is a new sensation
worth voyage to the East to expe-
Renee" American soldiers in Jolo call
the DURAN 1.-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
1t contains cannot be preserved for
shipping abroad