Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-11-01

To show the electr icity produced
by the sun and moon, Albert Nodon,
the French meteor ologist, has used an
apparatus including an aluminium
leaf electrometer SO perfectly insulat-
ed that it would retain charge of
1900 volts for a fortnight, and has
proven that the rays of the sun at
high altitude in clear sky induce a
positive charge in we'll insulated
metal leaves. Clouds or damp air
over head cut off or absorb this
charge, though screens of black
card board or insulating material
have no influence. The eIectrifl-
cation is changing constantly, and
striking variations precede wind and
rain storm, while especially violent
ones indicate trembling of the earth.
The full moon produces similar effect.
The changes are barely observable at
sea-level, probably on account of the
electric dissipation by water vapor,
but at the Pic du Midi observatory
they sometimes reach 40O volts per
minute. This suggests an important
new line of work for mountain sta
tiops.
A new era in British farming seems
to be developing from the experiments
at the Cambridge University farm at
Impington. During the last eight
years all known varieties of wheat
have been collected, and, while most
OF them could not be acclimatized.
few have been selected for resistance
to rust, good cropping capacity, free
milling quality, stiff straw, etc, and
have been crossed with British wheats
so SUCCESSFULLY as to promise an i'm
mediate increase in value of ten per
cent OF more. Like impI ovement of
barley and other plants is anticipated.
That Holsters are rigth- handed and
eft-handed is new discovery by Sir
j.. Crichton- Brown. About ~ per
cent have sharp teeth only on the
right claw, but few have those teeth
on the left side.
An example of a mechanical face
is the chef. d'oeuvre of DR.. De-
laire, French surgeon, and replaces
mans chin, part of the lower jaw
and the whole of the upper jaw, part
OF the tongue, and the entire nose, all
of which had been blown away by the
Academy of Medicine, the ingenious
restoration appeared quite natural at
distance Of ten or fifteen feet. The
man is able to masticate his food,
and he speaks without serious diff
Guilty, but his face is taken off daily
tor washing. OF the four parts max
ing up the new feature, the first is an
apparatus of silver :and tin holding
the lower teeth. Nine upper teeth,
are fixed IN plate Of gold and vul-
canite, and this kept in place by two
small protruberances fitting into the
nasal cavities, while at the back is
gold mechanism with hooks to fasten
on the face piece. The third part
comprises the chin and lower lip,
with false beard over the chin, two
small bolts passing through the teeth
to fix the lip to the art ificiaI lower
jaw. An upper lip and nose of paint
ed rubber, with false mustache at
tached, form the fourth part, which
is fixed by two small clasps to the
upper dental piece and jaw.
Tilting of the ground in storms has
been studied by Prof. Omori of Japan.
In October, 1904, q Cyclone, the center
of which passed over the sea to
the east, tilted the ground at Toxic
SO seconds toward the area of low
pressure; and in January, 1906, a
cyclone center passing northeast
ward over the land near Toxic gave a
fitting first to the east and then to
the westward, as the low pressure
moved onward, the total change of
inclination being 2S7 seconds. The
ground rose under low pressure
while in the former case it sank
difference explained by the fact
that the rise of sea-level commonly
more than compensates for lowered
air pressure. SO that the pressure on
the sea bottom is actually greater
with low barometer.
Having noted 16 cases of eczema of
lips or chin from tooth powders or
liquid dentrifices, German physician
has investigated, peppermint oil
proving the common irritant. through
other oils sometimes have like effect.
| The dictograph of M, II. Turner.