Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-02
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sycamore. A statue made from 1t now
In the museum of Gizeh at Cairo. Is
known to be nearly 5000 years old
Notwithstanding this great age. 1t ID
asserted that the wood Itself Is en-
tirely sound and natural In appear
ance.
A new fuel is being manufactured
In California which Is made from
twigs and leaves of the eucalyptus
tree mixed with crude petroleum. 1t
is said to burn freely and give good
results Piles made from this tree are
immune from attacks by the teredo.
and last longer than yellow pine. The
demand for them Is greater than the
supply.
An innovation in the line Of railroad
telegraph service has been put into
use on the New York Central Railroad
between Utica and Albany. BY the
means of the apparatus single wire
can be used for telegraph and tele-
phone messages at the same time
While the operator is ticking away
q telegraph in Morse code another per-
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the slightest interference.
In a recent report on the results or
extended measurements OF mental
traits In the two sexes, Prof. Il. l..
Thorndike said that In the measure
ment of abilities the greatest differ
ence found was the female superiority
In the tests of impressibillty, such as
the rate and accuracy of perception.
verbal memory and spelling. In these
matters only about one-third OF the
BOYS reach the median mark for girls.
In general the girls were found to
be mentally less variable than the
hoys.
The War Department, cooperating
with the Sheffield Biological Labora-
tory at Yale, has detailed 20 men from
the Hospital Corps of the army to
go to New Haven under charge OF an
assistant army surgeon, and submit
to experiments Intended to determine
whether physiological economy in
diet cannot be practiced with distinct
betterment 10 the body, and without
loss of strength and vigor. Profess
sor Chittenden of the Sheffield Scien-
tifc School says there Is apparently
no question that people ordinarily
consume much more food than there
is any necessity for. and that this ex-
cess Is. In the long run, detrimental to
health, and defeats the very objects
aimed at.
electromagnetic promise to come into
common use for lifting heavy pieces
of iron in factories and rolling mills.
Instead OF the present hooks and
pended above the iron or steel object
to be fitted, a current is run through
this, rendering 1t magnetic, so that II
simply picks up the object and holds
1t until the current Is turned of. A
agnet weighing $50 pounds can carry
load OF five tons. The time required
for fastening load to a crane by the
resent one-half the cost OF handling
the material. so that great saving In
handling material is apparent There
Is a number of these electromagnetic
now In use at different steel plants
II we must have mosquitoes at all
people will regret that the new species
of these insects which DR.. William L
Underwood has discovered Is a natdv,
Of the Maine woods instead Of NOR,
popuious parts Of the country. Fol-
this mosquito does not bite, although
1t Is 30 large that IL 1t were giveI
to biting 1t would be terror; ant
moreover. its larvae feed eagerly .upoI
e the larvae of other species of mosqul
I. toes. For this reason experiments ar
e being made to determine II the new
Il mosquito will thrive in the climate o
s southern New England 1t has recely
e ed the name of Eucorethra Under
e wood. Its manner OF disposing o
E. the larvae of other mosquitoes is ca
t. culated to make sufferers from recen
e mosquito bites gleefuL 1.-THE victir
K Is caught" says Doctor Underwood
8, shaken violently a few times, an
L. swallowed"