Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-19
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The wives Of Siamese nOblcmen
have their hair cut in pompadour style.
1t is usually about Ia inches in length.
and sticks up straight, like the hairs
in backing brush.
1t is estimated that between the ages
Of twenty and thirty man loses OH an
average only 51a days year from i'll
ness; but between Atty and sixty he
loses twenty days yearly.
The cnnarics of Germany excel all
other canares rs singers. One has
been known to continue single thrill
for y minute and quarter, with twen-
ty changes of notes in II.
The globe of the eye is moved by
| six muscles. The wrist contains eight
bones. the palm five. the fingers four
teen. The roots of the hair penetrate
the skin about onetwelfth of an inch.
| Hair is very strong. A single hair will
bear Il weight of about $50 grains
| The dwarf trees which the Japanese
80 skilfully produce are becoming pop
ular in Europe for the construction Of
miniature landscapes. etc. 1t may be Il
fine art to produce an oak or apple
tree five hundred years old and only
two feet high. yet to Occidental ideas
! ii appears sort of torture. A race
so skilled in the use Of paper and col
ors could produce artificial trees which
would have quite as much appearance
of life and serve every ornamental pur-
pose quite as we'll
A recent chemical examination Of
the black deposit, resembling boiler
scale, that has formed to thickness
of three-Quarters of an inch under the
coping of the balustrade surrounding
! the "StOne Gallery" at the base of the
dome of st. Paul's Cathedral. reveals
| the curious fact that ii is essentially
calcium sulfate collected from the
air In two centuries the smoke and
gases from London chimneys have
charged the rains with sufficient sui
phuriOus and sulphuric acids to cover
the stone with deposit that striking
~ resembles calcareOus tufa. 1t Is
thickest on the under side of the COP
ings because Of the dripping of the
rain.
The scientific culture of potatoes is
nowhere practiced as in Germany. In
that country, states Consul General
Mason, dozens of skillful and expert
enced growers give their whole time
and energy to the propagation Of i'm
proved varieties. and the conditions Of
soil. exposure or purpose for which
each Ia best suited are well understood.
Certain varieties excel for food, 9TH
ers for starch and dextrine, others for
alcohol, and yet others for stock feed
ing. Many of the best sorts are new.
but not more than twenty varieties are
included in the crop of practical grow
ers, although about one hundred are
listed by dealers. and as many as five
hundred were catalogued as long ago
as 1868.
The United States geological survey
say that the most powerful river in
New England is the Androscoggin.
Yet the surprise abates when the facts
are recounted. There are nine or ten
developed water powers along the
river. and it appears that they furnish
total power equal to seventy-three
thousOnd horses. The falls at Bruins
wick yield 100 horse power: at Lis
bon Falls. 1925; at Lewiston, 1900;
at Livermore Falls. 5000; ut Otis
Falls. 5000: at Jays. 300: at Peter.
sons Rips, 5000. At Rumford Falls
there is potential of thirty thousand
Eorse power. when the resources at
that place are fully developed, and
that is altogether the greatest water
nOWnI in Nnxx,