Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-11
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"A machine which threads a thou
sand needles a minute is at work in
Swiss factory. The purpose of the
machine is to thread needles that are
placed afterward in loom for max
ing lace. The device is almost entirely
automatic. 1t takes the needle, carries
1t along, threads it, ties the knot, cuts
the thread off a uniform length, then
carries the needle across an open space,
and places it in rack. The work of
threading these needles was formerly
done by hand.
When submarine boat becomes dis
abled beneath the surface Of the water
and cannot rise it's crew is in bad
Ipredicament. To remedy the difficulty
an inventor has contrived an auxiliary
boat to be carried in the submarine and
to be a part of it, practically, until
needed. In time of accident the crew
of the incapacitated submarine would
enter the little craft and when the con-
tanning chamber had been flooded the
bolts would be withdrawn and the YES
itself and rise to the surface.
German observers recorded as long
ago as 1747 that a luminous emanation
of variable shape will appear in the
dark at points on the surface of the
earth below which there are extensive
ore deposits. Immediately before or
during thunderstorm these phenom-
ena are said to be especially striking.
Similar observations have more re-
Gently been made in North Amer
lea in the neighborhood of ore de-
poSits. The electric emanation given
off from the surface of the earth has
been repeatedly ascertained photo
graphically.
A new theory is advanced by hard
wood experts as to why wood which
has been carefully kiln-dried often
warps. 1t is now believed that when
the sap is dried out various foreign
substances other than turpentine, pitch,
etc. remain in a more or less solid
state, and when the wood is mostened
swelling. cause warping. A process is
announced for removing the objection
able substances, the inventor claiming
a piece of oak so treated can be soaked
in water all night without swelling
perceptibly.
Sir William Crookes has discovered
how to get nitric acid from the air, but
the discovery has long been looked for.
Il have before me-" writes CORE
spondent of the London Chronicle, "a
manual of chemistry in which | find
eulogy of nitrogen and its compounds,
such as nitric acid and the so-called
lcompound ammOnias. Whoever says
the inspired chemist, succeeds in pro-
ducing those bodies in abundance from
the nitrogen of the atmosphere without
the use of organic materials will not
only amass princely fortune but must
rank as one of the greatest benefac-
TORS of the human race, inasmuch as
such a discovery would open up an al
most infinite supply of matter for the
fertilization of the land"
The fondness of cats for catnip Is
we'll known, but it seems, from re-
cont experiment at the Arnold Arbore-
+um in Boston, that cats have other
favorite plants, and more than that,
are pretty good botanical investigators
for their own purposes. few plants
,,f q new vine from China were set out
in the greenhouse. Presently it was
found that some animal was eating
their tender shoots. The depredator
turned out to be the dollhouse cat This
was. perhaps, regarded as only tenn
norarv alteration of that particular
cats appetite. for In the spring 100
small vines Of the same plant were set
ont in a cold frame. But the cats Of
the neighborhood flocked there and de-
etroved the entire bed, eating the
nIants clean to the ground. 1t has
become necessary to protect these vines
Inv wire nettings against the inroads Of
cats An interesting question is, How
did these American cats find out that
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