Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
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A small fraction of an ounce Of ra-
dunn, properly employed, would pro-
vide good light sufficient for several
rooms, and would not require renewal
during the present century.
Henry Fuchs, who died recently at
San Francisco, was the inventor OF
barbed wire. 1t is said that he made
fortune from his invention, but lost
it all in Alaska when he went in
search of gold.
Every man, woman and child in the
United States took, on an average, six
ty-three rides on the street cars last
year, according to a recent report of
the census bureau. That was thirty
one rides more than they had taken in
1899.
A Russian physician is talking Of
establishing a sanitarium for consump-
tives in the polar regions, He thinks
that it would be a success, because
he has observed that the members of
polar expeditions who succeed in get
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This is SO because of the pure air and
the absence Of all microbes.
Instinct is defined as any action
which the bird does when there is
choice. The inherited instincts are as
necessary to life as the inherited struc.
ture. The instincts are all ready for
them as soon as they are Matched
Many Of the instincts come later. Birds
that are fully clothed and have their
eyes open have the instinct Of fear as
soon as Matched, but to Others the in.
stinct of fear does not come until they
are able to fly.
European scientific journals remark
that the great storm of red dust that
swept up from Africa over Europe not
long since performed a service fol
which men Of science should be crate.
full, by coloring the glaciers of the Alps
on grand scale, and thus producing
a stratum in the vast ice streams, the
red hue Of which will render it recog.
nizable for many years. The impor.
lance Of this consists in the fact that
by noting the position of the dust.
stained layer the movements of the
glaciers can be studied more accurately
than would be possible without the aid
Of so extensive and distinct a marking.
Admirers of goldfish as house pets
and ornaments for aQuariums and arti.
fetal ponds may be able to show that
their favorites have something besides
their beauty to recommend them. Prof
W. l.. Underwood of the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology reports that
mosquito larvae are favorite food for
goldfish. He has made many expert.
ments that prove the fact, and he sug.
gests that the introduction of goldfish
In many small bodies of water where
mosquitoes breed would be preferable
to the use of kerosene in destroying the
pests. Goldfish, he finds, will thrive
In our natural Northern waters, and
can easily be bred in any sheltered
pond, where the water is not fed by
too many cold springs.
The Cape to Cairo Railroad has
reached the Zambesi river, pretty near.
ly two thousand miles from Cape
Town, and that tremendous stream is
about to be spanned by the highest
arched steel bridge in the world, to con-
duct the road forward into the At
rican wilds, soon to be the home of
new and prosperous civilization. The
width Of the river at and above the
falls is about n mile, and it broadens
again to similar dimension below, af.
ter pouring through comparatively
narrow rock gorges through forty or
fifty miles. At food it carries twice
as much water as Niagara, and it's
falls divide honors with the American
cataract as a world show and wonder.
The bridge will be 420 feet above low
water mark. It's foundations are fin
ished, and the material for the struc-
ture is arriving SO that the American
tourist is likely to have a chance to
cross it in a year or two.