Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-11-17
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The average height OF man is found
By A. Dastre to have continued the
same for Thousands OF years. as shown
In primitive man. prehistoric man, and
historic man. The great siss Of anci-
ent man is imaginary,
Several uranium minerals have
shown radium directly proportional In
quantity to the amount OF uranium.
which tends to confirm the suggestion
that radium 10 formed by the breaking
down OF the uranium atom.
One Of the most angular Of the many
curious fossils yielded by the famous
opal fields at white Gins. n 8. w.
is an opalised ahark. II is 81 feet
long and eighteen inches In greatest
circumference and is encircled from
tip TO tip with thin veins Of purple
opal.
Experimenting on the influence OF
metal containers on the fermentation
OF liquids. Leopold Nathan has shown
that German silver. copper, sine, brass
and bronEe have a decidedly strong
inhihitory effect while tin and lead
have moderate action. Polished iron.
silver. gold. polished tin. aluminium,
nickel. 40 well as eelluloid, glass and
hard rubber. have little or no effect.
The smoothness OF the surface Of
metals seems to have decided influ.
enca.
Sir William Crookes has discovered
that the emanations OF radium are able
to improve the tint OF off-color dia-
monds A yellowish diamond, after
being enclosed for seventy eight days
In tube Of radium bromide. was en-
tirely freed from Its Objectionable
color. At arst its surface was dulled
with q aim Of graphite. but this dis
appeared In en- acid bath, and the dia-
mond came out bright and transparent.
with Its color changed to q pale blue
green. Sir William Crooks thinks the
effect is due to an internal chemical
change. and suggests that the discoy.
cry may prove to be Of commercial
importance In the treatment Of or.
color gems.
1t has generally been assumed that
the diniculty in respiration experienced
by aeronauts and mountaln-climbers
was due to the diminished supply Of
oxygen at great heights, and to coun.
teract this effect various devices have
been employed to supply the needed
oxygen. Recent experiments by Pro-
fessor Mosso Of Turin indicate that
the diminished supply of carbon dioxld
also plays q part In the phenomena OF
dinicult respiration on high mountains.
Professor Mosso found that q mixture
Of oxygen with 20 per cent Of carbon
diOxid, which caused giddiness and
vomiting when inhaled at Turin, could
be breathed with ease and q sense Of
pleasure on the summit Of Monte Rosa.
In Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentine.
the Brazilian States. and to a less sx-
tent In Chile. peculiar kind Of tea
is largely used By the native popula.
ton. II is obtained from the roasted
and pulveriEed leaves Of an evergreen
forest tree. the Hex Paraguayensis.
The outer branches of the tree are
cut Oh and passed rapidly through the
flames Of large firs. which wits the
leaves and tender stems. which are
afterward dried and thoroughly smok.
cd over a slow fire. Then they are
ground to powder. and thus prepared
for the making Of tea. The beverage
10 said to be more gently stimulating
than either coffee or ordinary tea. but
It has . smoky favor, disagreeable to
the unaccustomed palate.