The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-16
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The ocean contains about 2.lss
grains OF salt aud other solids per gal
lon. and the Dead Sea about 1900
grains per gallon.
Glass bricks. a German product. are
translucent bat not transparent. and
possess the advantages Of being acid
proof and Of harboring no disease
germs.
mobiles give great risk OF nre. Very
me copper gsuzs il said 10 have proven
a satisfactory substitute. being easily
seen through and n-lnnammable.
while IL does not crack like ceiinioid.
The lo~ sfneleney OF the steam en-.
glue sempts inventors with great posi-
bllires of saving fuel. NJ. Cantor. =
Ruropean engineer. has hlf upon an
altogether new form Of heat engine.
and proposes 70 use for power The ek-
passion OF the sas produced By the
burnins OF liquid fuei-like petroleum.
and sieoh0i-~hen sprayed upon
white hot oxidlrinE material. ike
oxide Of copper. The oxygen removed
from the copper orids would he 70
stored By an air Jet Pending praeti'
cal fcss. u l. claimed that the highest
possible rate Of expansion would b
produced Ia the working gas. aud that
a greatly Increased shersnoydynalnic
smcieaey would be secured
Professor ". X Ayrfon polnis out /
fhsf the common expressions buying /
slscfrieig-' aud consuming electric /
current are misleading. No slectrici-
" 10 sssd up Ia ilxhunx buildings.
drfvfns machinery. and prcgsllias cars
sna trains. Just "a much electricity /
ns~s away per msnuts. through the
return condpcter. from Jour slectfse-
siiy urhfsd house a. 1ovs 20
fhroaxh the cominx conductor. The
electric currens 10 like Butchers cart
carrying rsaas mext-you no more
coasuns curr~nf than you ccosums
cart. IL Ia rot the vehicle bot What it
leaves bshlnd thst the ecnsumsrs bug.
meat IN the case Of the butchers cart
and ~n~rxy IN The case OF The s'ectrse
eurrwnf~
ne censtruesson Of an creiasry tsss.
rrsph line b~sws<a Lima. on the Pa
esn~ aide Of the Andes In Peru. and
isustos. near the Amsson. bsinx al
bot lrupo~slhs<. because sf the density
81 the for~~ts and the snlsnc<iu Of
ne Ignorant natives. the wireless
method y TO BE- employed Already
By wireless tslerrsphy ,
~xtsts between Lima and Puerto Bsr-
nsdes. and this line viii Be extended
10 fqulfos. q distance Of about 600
miles. with three intermediate stations.
n the enterprise succeeds. u IL the In
'~ntion 10 extend the wireless com
nunse.t,on across the whole width Of
pra.sl 20 Msnsos aud Para. thus Ink
mr. the Atlantic and Pscine oceans
,cspss the Andes and the great Bra a
lillian plains
The romelo. sometimes called the
rbtn~~e bresdfruit. . citrus.fruit
~Alch msy be ds-cribed a. cross be
ws~n the oronGr ana the grapefruit.
,omblninx Tie Gpod points Of both. 10 I
he subject OF N tHtets@a"& trt~sff W
ar. Anderson. the United States con-
al AZ Hsnxchow. Mr.. Anderson re-
ards ~ as the finest fruit grown In
he FAR East. lie believes that Il
night be introduced with preft iato A
he southern United States. Already. &
IL understood. few persons In this r
ountry are cuitivsting the pomsio. a
ut not upon = commercial scale. In
,hins. Il IL believed. this fruit has y
cen cultivated for At least 2.ooo years.
he beat pomelos IN the world are said :"
. come from a little valley near 81
.rxc Chinese city named Chang Chew. 81
ling inland from Annoy. and not Jet
pencd to foreign trade. The sum- a
,srs In this valley are hot and rather m
amp. and the winters are without 80 II