Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1904-02-25
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London produces ten lunatics per
day: New York nearly as many, with
greater proportlonate increase.
The self-lighting Bunsen burner of
German chemist depends upon the
igniting effect OF a pellet Of palladium
sponge, which is passed over the es-
Gaping gas as the tap is opened,
over-fatigue is regarded by DR.. Bur
ton flaming as the determining cause
Of 10 per cent OF his cases of pulmo-
nary consumption. Even a single ex-
cess-as unusual bicycling, climbing,
hunting. or even dancing or tennis
may bring into activity unsuspected
latent tuberculosis.
The statement IS generally made that
the principal geySers of the Yellow
stone Park greatly exceed in size and
power all others in the world, ]. A.
Ruddiek. now OF Ottawa. Canada, con-
tradicts this. and says that the Wal
mangu Geyser in New Zealand far ex-
ceeds in proportions anything descrio-
ed in the Yellowstone region. Mr..
Ruddick has never himself seen Wal
mangu in action, but has often wit
messed the eruptions Of the geysers
called Fairoa and Pohotu. the former
sometimes playing to height OF more
than 200 feet.
The curious electric heater of NJ. Ca
mile Herrgott consists OF conducting
wires woven into carpets and other
fabrics, and it is designed to give a
moderately high temperature to the
fiber-hemp, cotton, linen or silk. 1t
does not affect the pliability or appear
ance of the material. 1t is claimed
that the heater is perfectly safe, and
that the wires cannot be raised above
certain temperature, The arrange
ment can be applied to many purposes.
Carpets, rugs, etc, can be kept at the
temperature OF the body or higher,
and dry or wet medical applications
can be kept easily at $50 deg. G. In
the industries numerous uses are sug-
gested. as in filters for fatty or gelat-
inous matters, and for warming car
riages or trains, etc.
New materials from which paper can
be made are continually found. Re
Gently in our Southern States yellow
pine waste has been successfully man
ufactured into that universal sub
stance without which so many fea-
lures Of modern civilization could
hardly survive. Fine paper can be
made of corn stalks and OF rice straw.
In addition to spruce, whose useful
ness in paper-making has caused great
uneasiness concerning the ultimate fate
Of the beautiful White Mountain for
ests, marsh pine, tir, aspen, birch sweet,
gum, cottonwood. maple. cypress and
willow trees all contain fiber suitable
for the manufacture of paper. Hemp,
Gotten. jute, Indian millet and other
fibrous plants can also be used for
this purpose, so that there seems to be
no danger Of dearth of paper.
Major Powell Cotton's expedition in
Eastern Equatorial Africa resulted in
the discovery of six tribes of men pre-
viously unknown to the civilized world.
One Of these tribes is known TO its
9eighbors by the name Of the Ma
gicians. The Magicians dwell on the
high lands halfway between Lake Ru-
dolph and Lake Albert. and their viii
lagos consist Of twO-story houses built
Of waffle, and grouped together on the
upper slopes of the hills. They in
.spire great awe among the dwellers
in the valleys below, although the lat
ter eutnumber them a thousand to one.
Their formidable reputation appears to
be based upon their superior inteIli-
gence. None of the new tribes discov-
cred by Major Powell-Cotton had ever
met a white man, and they treated
their visitors in a friendly manner.