Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-18
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From an account of large fungi
found in France in 1902, it appears
that lycoperdons twenty to twenty
four inches in circumference were not
uncommon. Three were much larger
even than this, and one from Imfre-
vile is reported by NJ. Maurice Touze
to have been twenty-six inches high
and nearly eight feet around, the
weight being twenty-five pounds.
The climate summary of the British
Empire for 1902 presents some inter-
esting facts. The highest mean an
nual temperature was S3.2 degrees at
Madras. the lowest being 31.6 degrees
at Winnipeg; the greatest mean daily
range was 25.5 degrees at Coolgardie
West Australia), and the least was
SO degrees at Hongkong. The high
est shade temperature was lila de-
grees at Adelaide in February, and
the lowest was 36.1 degrees below zero
at Winnipeg in January. The highest
temperature in the sun was 1T de-
grees at Trinidad. Colombo had III
inches of rain, and Coolgard.e only
14.7.
1t is said that Great Britain is now
endeavoring to overtake France in the
development of the submarine branch
of her navy. The admiralty has de-
cided upon a submersible torpedo
boat. which can travel for long dis
tances on the surface at a high speed,
and can, at need, dive entirely below
in about six seconds, and can reach,
, if desired, a depth of 100 feet. These
boats are to be of 200 tons displace-
ment. The French are about to con
? struct two new submarines, each OF
! 400 tons displacement. During the
, present year the French navy will have
4 80 submarine boats in commission, ant
t Great Britain expects within a shor
{ time to complete nineteen.
q A discussion is now going on of thu
e ACCESSIBILITY of teaching children t.
: use both hands equally. In some ar
s schools ambidexterity is taught as ia
t as possible, but William Hawley Smitl
: questions the value of such teaching
e and saws that in most cases 1--WE shal
|, fail to secure real skill with eithe
n hand if we strive to train both to q
S the same work" He thinks it wise
to follow natures lead in this respec
T. d. A. Cockerell suggests that Their
4 is an advantage in specialization wit
4 the hands. He himself, while "righ
i handed" always draws with his lei
= hand. having done so from earlies
q childhood The question is also raise
whether the extra muscular activit
81 necessary to train two hands instea
81 of one involves similar increase
mental activity.
a In his presidential address at IL
81 American Association meeting in :
81 Louis Prof. Ira Remsen discusse
u among other things, the question
Il the artificial production of foodstuf
a by chemical processes. NOtwithstan
n ing the brilliant pictures of the futu
a that had been based on the recent a
81 yances of chemistry in this directio
81 Prof. Remsen did not think that 4
real outlook is promising. The gref
est advance has been with regard
- sugars; but. said the speaker, It
1t task of building up a sugar from t
lief raw material furnished by nature, tn
IN is to say. from carbonic acid a
N water, presents such difficulties tn
ice If may be said to be practically imp'
lal sible." AS to the other chief consti1
Ire ents of foodstuffs, there is not 81
gestion of the possibility of maxi
is starch artifcially, and the same is TT
AN of the proteids."
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