The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-11-17
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Butter with fshy taste bas o,.
ed complaint In Australia, whore -
vestigation has shown that tho 4
has no connection with fish hu, :,
due to one or more of four m,o..
organisms. The rusty iron of cane n.y.
found to have a bad effect on m,,
and cream.
Inc newly patented electric ON.
Ing stove Of Prof. Elihu H'homnson =.
heavily jacketei outside with a l,r..
or asbestos. fire clay or mineral w.,
and Is provided with lid of tho 9. w.
character. Inside is place MACS -.
refractory substance, with which i.
embedded a granular resistance ma
terial. Silicon is recomn ended q,
resistance material, as il his b,,s
specific resistance, and acouiros
suitable temperature witht ut fusinp q,
oxidizing. The whole int erior Of n.
stove can be kept red hot, and II !.
anticipated that the RUM ng cost FL,
cooking through the day will not no
excessive.
The British Museum authortt,o.
nave decided to make collection Of
Photographic records pre- serving Tho
voices of great living orators, singers
and actors, and the instrr mental ron.
behring's Of famous musicians. Tho
master records will be of aickel from
which molds will be taken. But for
the sake Of posterity the records win
be very sparingly used during the life.
time Of those whose voices are record.
ed. A similar undertaking, is on foot
IN Italy. Imagine, if there had been
monographs when Demoathenes de-
nounced Philip, when Cicero prescott.
ed Verres, when Mirabeall addressed
the French reTolutionists, and when
Webster answered Hayne!
The danger Of explosions in mines
Is not entirely confined to infammable
gases, carelesSly managed fuses and
neglected charges or cartridges Il
has been observed in the Derbyshire
lead mines that some Of the great
rocks are liable to burst on being
scratched with a pick. The explosion
Is supposed to be due either to gases
enclosed in the rocks, or to melecu.
lar strains. Last December a severe
explosion Of slate rock occurred in a
mine at Hillgrove, New South Wales,
and the shock was felt for a mile or
two over the surrounding country. In
this instance it Is believed that the
rock wall where the explosion oc-
CURED was subjected to mechanical
strain.
The best results yet attained in the
various attempts that have been made
to produce a wearable cloth from
paper are gaid to be those produced
BY patented process employed in
Saxony. Narrow strips of paper are
spun into yarn, which may be woven
% form cloth. Better results are OBJ
aimed by spinning paper and cotton
:ogether, and still better clcth Is made
~ a combination of paper and wooden
7arns. The fabrics do not possess
he strength and durability of ordt
nary cloth, but useful clothing ID
made of them at a low price. They
nay even be washed without injury.
Yarns are also made from wool-pulp
although their manufacture has not
yet attained commercial importance.
One of the sights of the Great Salt
Lake Of Utah, developed by the pro-
yress of scientific industry, is the sys-
tenn of immense salt-making ponds
IN the shore of the lake. At Saltair-
he lake water is pumped into great
settling basin, where the impurities
fall to the bottom, and, containing
much iron, form a reddish deposit
From this basin the water Is drawn
off into Harvesting ponds" averaging
10000 square yards in area, and n1
Inches in depth. The ponds are kept
supplied with water, as the evapora-
ton goes on from May to September
when the salt harvest begins. Inc
water having disappeared, dazzllnE
layer Of salt, two or three incnes
thick, is found covering the bottom Oh
the ponds, which is broken up WIN
plows before being conveyed to tns
mills, where the final crushing anu
are done.