The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-02-14
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During the nineteenth century fifty
| two new islands rose from the sea by
volcanic action and sixteen disap
peared.
According to an expert in phrenology
the average adult head has a circum-
ference of fully twenty-five Inches
The average adult hat Is fully 6A
size. The sizes of mems hats are ga
aud 61s generally. The professors of
Scottish colleges generally wear rs to
8 sizes.
new variety of cigarette has been
put up for sale In the French govern
ment tobacco shops. 1t Is guaranteed
free from nicotine. Opinions vary as
to the merits of the new weed. Many
inveterate smokers declare that it con-
slsts merely of ordinary tobacco boiled
to get rid of the nicotine. They add
that with the poison the aroma has also
vanished.
The peddlers with carts who supply
the occupants of villas in the environs
of Paris with cherries and other fruits
frequently carry for sale few small
turtles They are purchased by the
inhabitants of the villas to be placed
in their gardens, where they are be-
lieved to serve as very effective aids
to the gardener by preventing the raw
ages of the insects and other small
creatures which are accustomed to do
much damage to the flower beds and
borders.
An electric lamp inclosed In a pretty
little cage formed of fine metallic chains
almost touching each other, and held
rigid by metallic rings above and be-
low, is the very latest thing In lethal
chambers. Its destined victim is the
By this ngention-recentiy
shown to the savants of the Paris acad-
,my by NJ. Chaulin-the insect is pleas
unity attracted to its doom. An unseen
electric current passing
through the chains kills II as 1t endeav-
,rs to investigate the attractive lumi-
nous object inside.
According to the Investigations of
Monsieur Seurat among the Pacific ISL
lnds, there is a slow elevation going on
here, which, by lifting the reefs grad
Tally above the waves, preserves them |
rom erosion at the top, and enables |
'egetation and certain animal forms of |
terrestrial character 10 exist there. |
This is quite in opposition to Darwin's
dea that the atolls were formed by the |
.radual submergence Of small Islands,
hat the coral-insects built up enclrcllng
eefs as the islands sank. Monsieur
,eurat shows that the elevation of the
stands Is general phenomenon. but
ariable In amount, some islands, like
,ukena In the Gambler archipelago,
Using rapidly, and Others very slowly.
10th the flora and the fauna OF these
stands are confined to very few species,
Though seen from a distance some OF
hem appear very rich IN vegetation.
The Danish government has recently
egun. under the direction OF Mr.. Pc
,rsen of the Biological Station at Co
enhagen, an interesting effort to aid
lie fishermen OF the Baltic by prevent
lg the migration Of cells from that sea
Ito the ocean. The means employed is
barrier of light" formed by placing
fly electric lamps along a submerged
lble between the island of Fano and
lie coast of Funen. The effectiveness
such a barrier depends upon the fact
rat the cells migrate only during the
ark hours. Accordingly, as soon ds
arkness begins, in the season Of mi
ration, the lamps are Illuminated, and {
lus a wall of light is interposed from