Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-12-14
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, Aue uypOu1eSlS LudL mdSnellC blOTLu
aurorae, etc, are due to the passage
, of the earth through denser portions
: of matter elected by the sun is favored
by Professor Schaeberle, the German
astronomer. He finds that the irregu
larity Of period is what should be ex-
pected, and the phenomena Of comets
sustain this view.
In the two new electric fire engines
of the Vienna fire brigade, the accumu-
lators are designed to propel the car
about % miles at 1914 miles an hour.
They are placed In front Of the driver 8
seat over the front wheels. The wheels
are 2A feet in diameter, with 5-inch
rubber tires, and each front wheel has
a 35-horse power LOhner Porsche hub
motor. Five speeds-from SO to 22.4
per hour-are available.
The final report Of the explorations
made in 1903 by the Geological Survey
of the petroleum and coalfields Of Alas
ka encourages the hope that the re-
gions round Controller Bay, Cooke In
let and Coal Bay may become an i'm
portant source Of Illuminating oil. The
petroleum is described as a refining
oil Of the same general nature as Penn
sylvania petroleum. The Bering Riv-
er coal is said to be the best that has
yet been found on the Pacific coast of
North America. 1t resembles the hard
er kinds Of bituminous coal rather than
anthracite.
One Of the principal agricultural in
dustries of the Philippines, which is
expected to be greatly promoted by the
Introduction Of American methods and
energy, Is based upon plant not Of
native but Of American origin-tobac-
CO. The tobacco plant was introduced
into the Philippines from Mexico by
Spanish missionaries. 1t is grown
principally in the Island Of Luzon, and
although the methods Of cultivation
and curing are primitive, Philippine
tobacco has a high reputa ton in the
East. With scientific treatment, it is
believed it may be made to rank
among the finest tobaccos known.
The duration Of sunshine in German I
and other European cities has been
compared by Professor Eichhorn,
meteOrologist Of Jena. Jena and Wies-
baden are the highest places In Ger
many, the former averaging As hours
of sunshine daily, and the gloomest
places are Aix-a -Chapelle and Ham
burg. the latter having a daily average
of only 3.5 hours. In England and
Denmark the average sinks to 3.3
in Padua it is 90. in Rome nearly I,
In Pola and Abazzia it Is rs. Madrid,
with an average of 8 hours Of sunshine
daily, is the cheeriest city in Europe.
power of the microscope, Doctor Koh-
Ter of Jena employs for Illuminating
The object to be examined the ultra
violet rays of the spectrum, which, al
hough very effective in photography, J
ire totally invisible to the human eye. b
Cor focusing and adjusting the image
| kind of artificial eye Is employed, a
which consists Of an eye-lens of crystal
,lass and a ''retina' of fluorescent
lass. The image formed on this retna
" the ultraviolet rays can be examn- h
d visually through an ordinary lens. =
he tluoreScent light, however, is in
urious to the eye, and this method OF
is sparingly used.
The comparatively rare instances in
Ihich the motions of plants. such as
lie opening of buds into blossoms. oc-
ur with sufficient rapdity TO be OBJ
arved during a single brief period of
'atching, always cause much pleasure
, the onlooker. Mrs. Henry Cooper
ggar. in her description Of an In
Ian garden. tells of species of lily
rinum augustum, which opens with
lcommon swiftness. so that she thinks
would be an admirable subject for
by microscopic photog-
ply. Just after shower of rain in
e evening, she saw the pink striped
Ids of one of these lilies, each about
&. Passing the plant shortly after
ard. she was surprised to find the
ossoms wide open. and in twenty
inutes more the petals had curved
emselves backward like rams horns
an hour the points of the petals
d swept over an arc of at least eight
nine inches