Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-03-08
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A faint luminous mist In the bull
and on the fingers has been noted by
Professor Sommers on rubbing electric
light bulbs that have been not long II
use. No satisfactory explanation has
been given.
The layer Of the sea taken up by the
clouds each year is now estimated a,
fourteen feet In thickness. The winds
carry tho clouds to land, where the
water falls a. rain, to lnd Its way
In due time back to the ocean.
Late statistics show that a Spaniard
lives less than two-thirds as long aa
Norwegian. The average duration OF
life is, in Norway, 30 years; England
As; Belgium, ~; Switzerlnd, ~
France, 43; Austria, 80; Germany, 80
Italy, 80, and Bavaria, 80
A remarkable effect Of pile-driving
was lately observed at Rotterdam. On
withdrawing some piles that had been
rammed through Quick-sand by $50 to
two hundred strokes per minute, the
points were found to be charred by
friction and they ignited spontaneously
on contact with the air.
A new sugar plant from South Amer
lea, which has been named eupatorium
rebandlum, Is pronounced by Beroni,
the German chemist, to be Of great in
dustrial value. 1t grows from eight
to ten inches high and Is found to con-
tain from twenty to thirty times as
much saccharine matter as sugarcane
or the beet.
A physician writes Of the effect Of
London's smoky atmosphere upon the
human lungs: THE coal miners lung
Is black, the lung Of the Eskimo is a
pearly white, the lung Of the Londoner
Is rich gray. Natural selection
evolves beings adapted to meet all sorts
of natural circumstances-amo which
a carbon-laden atmosphere Is not in
cluded. Such an atmosphere Is a prod
uct Of mans own stupidity and nature
has had no chance Of protecting him
against Its consequences"
Birmingham, England, Is having
trouble with its new water supply. The
water Is soft" The city's health
board has warned hardware dealers
and manufacturers that galvanized
kettles and utensils are dangerous, as
the zinc coating is quickly dissolved by
the water. Birmingham plumbers say
that their business has increased Inn
since the new water arrived.
1t seems to have no great effect on
brass taps, but leap pipes and cisterns
are eaten away much faster than be.
fore.
Readers Of the late Paul du Chaillu's
travels still recall with many a thrill
vivid descriptions Of encounters with
the gorilla In Its native forests. But
none Of the monsters seen by him could
be compared with a gorilla recently
shot on the shores Of the river Sangha,
u French Congo, which measured no
ess than seven feet six and three-Quar-
.er inches In height The substantial
accuracy Of this measurement seems
% be established by photographs that
lave been sent to Europe Prof E. T.
1amy, the French anthropologist,
links that this specimen indicates a
lew race, II not new species, of
gorilla.
Gradually all the great rivers are
'eing harnessed for the great advance
hat the mechanical powers under the
control of man are destined to make
Turing the twentieth century. In the
lature Of the case, those rivers whose |
upper courses are marked by many |
possess the greatest avail |
BILE power. Recent calculations by |
}avarian engineers show that the |
Danube is capable Of developing, to-
ether with Its Alpine tributaries, a
title less than 100000 horse power.
his applies only to that part Of the
ivers course lying In Bavaria. Only
10000 horse power could be effectively
tilted and only $4,000 has as yet
cen developed. The principal Uses
ound for water power In the Alps are
Or mountain railroads, and for electro
hemical and Observation-Disclosures In
ustrles.