Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-29
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10 protect his chest, heart-shaped
piece of sheet iron riveted to some
heavy leather was Worn by one of the
players in a recent football match at
Denver.
The California State Library is now
ready to issue embossed books for the
use of blind people. A list Of the blind
In the State is being prepared and no
tices Will be sent out telling them that
they can get standard books from the
library.
A new type of engine known as the
claimed. will revolutionize steam loco
motion on railroads. has been success
fully operated on the Southern Pacific.
A train of 1000 tons was run from
Ogden to Wadsworth. New, hauled by
one of the new engines.
In theory there must be lunar tides
on the great lakes, although they may
be too small to be detected in bodies
Of water SO much more affected by
winds and by differences in baromet-
ric pressure. This latter influence is so
potent that in Lake Michigan 1t some
times causes disturbances resembling
tidal waves when the surface of the
water is otherwise quite calm.
To get the eggs of n new species Of
mosquito inhabiting a South Carolina
swamp, DR.. w. c. Coker of the Uni
versity of North Carolina had to bor-
row the aid of horse. The horse was
driven into the low ground haunted
! by the mosquitoes, and when he came
out the insects were found drilling
through his skin. They were care
fully removed. put in tin bucket, fed
| daily with blood from the hand and
after five days, to the doctors great
delight. they laid their eggs in the
water. 1t was to procure and study
these eggs that he had taken all his
trouble. In such homely ways science
sometimes makes its advances.
Consular reports say that California
prunes have been sent to France, re-
packed there and brought back over
the Atlantic as the genuine Gallo pro.
| duct. That is not in the least sur
prising. A great deal of Yankee pea
nut oil land perhaps some other kinds
Of OLD is shipped abroad. and later is
returned to the United States as olive
oil of choice quality. Aud Maine sar.
| dimes go to the Old World and are then
imported as delicious French fish. with
all sorts of foreign stamps upon the
boxes. Moreover, California wines are
exported in large quantities and re-
turned as the products of European
vineyards. And yet the merits of our
own prunes and oils, and sardines and
wines are sufficient to commend them
to consumers, without the glamor OF
exotic labels.
That a polished metallic surface Is
always positively electrified with re.
gard to an unpublished surface Of the
same substance has been shown by
Heschus. a Russian eXperimentcr. ac.
cording to the Revue Scientitique dec
49,. THE same rule" it says, applies
to other substances; for instance, OF
piece. one cut parallel to the tibers is
always positive to one cut otherwise
or two plates of various metals the
softest is positive. while non-metalli,
bodies are more positive as they be
come harder. Sticky substances and
those that give off dust are always pos
tive. Generally speaking, positive
electritication appears to increase di
rectly rs superficial density" 1t is
hoped that these results may lead to a
rational theory of contact-electricity.
Fortunate is the woman who has
L nnn,. conlnluints md fo,,. disnn leo.