Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-23
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Cremation makes slow progress, and
Sir Henry Thompson gives the num-
Der of bodies disposed of in 1902 in the
crematoria of the world as $500.
A Kentucky woman has discovered
a new use for the telephone. Wish
ing to visit a neighbor, she pulled the
baby's crib up in front Of the tele-
phone, opened the receiver, and told
central if the baby began to cry to
call her up at the neighbours.
After studying and photographing
more than forty thousand pairs of ears
of persons, including those Of two thou
sand insane and eight hundred crimi-
nails and those of three hundred ami
mails, an English Grimm Jlogist is forced
to conclude that the ear gives no clew
to personal traits.
A section of cable in the Caribbean
Sea was recently raised from 1850
feet of water, where it had lain for
thirty years. Tests showed its core to
be in perfect electrical condition and
the rubber insulator uninjurCd. a fear
that sulphur from the rubber might
injure the copper wire had no founda-
ton.
There are about 80 species of fish
known to possess electrical organs
capable Of imparting shock. spe
cial study of some of them has re
Gently been made by Professor Nc
Kendrick, f. r. S., of Glasgow Uni
versity, with the purpose of ascertain
ing the source of their peculiar power.
He finds that the electricity is gener-
ated in specialized organs, which are
either modified muscles or modified
glands, structures which in all animals
manifest electric properties. In econ
omy of production these electric organs
far surpass anything yet contrived by
man, Just as the light of the glow
worm excels in similar sense our best
efforts to produce cheap illumination.
In each case there is a secret yet to be
discovered.
In preparing for the construction OF
a tunnel to irrigate the UncOmpahgre
valley in western Colorado, it became
necessary to make a topographic sur
vey of the bottom of the grand canon
Of the Gunnson River for a distance OF
about 1900 feet. But the walls of this
canon, approximately 1000 feet il
height, are sheer precipices, and it is
impossible 10 90 through in boats. \
descent to the bottom was affected by
means of a narrow assure erOdod II
the granite cliffs, but in order TO reacl
the opposite side of the river, with thu
aid of a similar fssure, the surveyin.
party had to make a detour of abou
100 miles. In all, four extremely peril
GUS descents were made to the bottom
of the canon. In places 1t was neces
sary to let the men down over cliff
several hundred feet by means of ropes
That taste is reliable guide to on
food needs is the theory of z. I. BoT
issOw, a Russian physician. Such Gu
riosities of taste as the craving TO
chalk. coal, acids, etc, result from rea
necessities. and children often ca
earth, wall plaster and the like at a
age when the growth of the bones
most energetic and an extra supply o
mineral matter is demanded. TIL
strong appetite of children for sweet
and farinaceaus foods is explained b
the requirement of carbohydrates dul
ing work and the production of an
nal heat To verify his theory, tn
author experimental on chickens, an
found that roostors, which lay no egg
have less craving for mineral sui
stances than hens, and are indiffere1
to plaster, egg-shcll and small stone
The lime foods. moreover are sougl
ing season.