Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-03-03
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The migration Of birds Is being
studied In a new manner by German
ornithologists Hundreds or thousands
OF crows are being captured at Rossit'
ten. in East Prussia, and. after being
tagged with a number and date, are
again liberated. 1t is requested that
/ when one OF these birds is killed, the
tag and date and place of killing shall
be forwarded for record,
Some mysterious deaths OF cattle in
Alderney have been traced to Curl
GUS source. Mercury was found In the
dead animals, and also in many mead
ows and gardens, and the presence OF
the poison is attributed to recent ex-
ploslon of factory for illuminate Of
mercury. The fumes from the explo-
sion were carried to distance by a
strong gale AS result of the inquiry,
the manufacture of explosives in the
island las been prohibited.
A stin unexplained effect of the elec-
trio light somewhat resembles mild
sunburn and sunstroke. The heat OF
the electric arc employed in the re-
ducing furnace Is so concentrated that
1t melts steel like tallow. but the ther-
mometer dozen yards away is scarce
ly affected. Even at this distance from
the heat, however. persons experience
q burning of the face and other ex-
posed skin much like that produced by
intensely hot sunshine The skin be-
comes deeply bronzed, and there is
temporary blindness In natural light,
with pain in the eyes followed by
headache and insomnia.
There Is now in operation. on com.
mercial scale, at Port Chester. n. Y.
an artificial camphor factory. the prod.
uct of which is intended to compete In
the market with the natural substance.
1t is maintained that 1t does not differ,
except in the manner of its origin.
from that extracted from the camphor
trees Of Formosa. Artificial camphor
is made from essential oils derived
from turpentine. Chemically the only
difference between turpentine and
camphor is the possession by each
molecule of the latter of one atom of
oxygen which is lacking in the former.
BY chemical process the needed oxy-
gen is supplied Three-fourths of the
whole supply of camphor Is used in the
arts, and onefourth in medicine.
The people called the Todas, living
In the Nilgiri Hills, India, have a curl
Gus religious ritual evolved out of the
ordinary operations of the dairy. The
priest, says DR.. W. II. Rivers, is the
dairyman. and the temple is the dairy.
Only the milk Of the sacred buffalo is
churned in the dairy temple The milk
of buffaloes that are not sacred" Is
churned in the front part Of the huts
in which the people live. The dairy
temples are of different degrees of
sanctity corresponding to the differ
ent degrees of sanctity of the
bufaloes tended in each. Even
the vessels used In a dairy tenn
pie vary in sanctity, those that con-
tain the milk being more sacred than
those that only receive the products of
the churning.
The N-rays of r. BIondlet should in
terest US especially because they are
SO common about us. They were dis
covered while the light from a Wells
bach burner was being concentrated
by quartz lens on a sulphide of cal.
cium screen, the lens causing the lu-
of the screen to persist after
the light was removed. They are now
known to exist not only in the incan-
descent gas, but also in the ordinary
gas fame burning without a chimney,
and In the radiation from a red-hot |
plate Of silver or tale, and they excite |
radio-activity in various substances.
such as plate of lead. The Invisible |
rays can be detected by the slight in |
crease Of luminosity of a phosphores-
cent screen or Of very small gas |
flame. These rays seem to be given of |
Dy the human body, and D'Arsonval |
has shown that a screen of platino-
cyanide Of barium, made slightly lu-
ninous by radium, lights up on ap- |
)roach to muscle. and is so sensitive |
hat it can show the course Of a nerve |
1nder the skin.