Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-12-03
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Tea Is a germicide according to Bos-
ton physician, who claims 1t Is an es-
peclally rank enemy of the typhoid
bacillus.
Missouri led in the production OF
lead In the United States In 1907, push
ing Idaho, the leader In 1906, back to
second place.
Although the house fly lays eggs, the
flesh fly, better known as the blue
bottle" produces living larvae, about
fifty at time.
A $4,000 plant for the production Of
ozone by electrolysis, the largest In the
world, has been completed at Pitts
burg hospital.
A Norwegian factory receives power
for six turbines from water that falls
3,2S7 feet through tunnel from lake
seven miles away.
Peru has officially adopted as Its
standard time that of the seventy-ffth
meridian, the same as eastern time
in the United States.
The electrical equipment Of the Gu
nard liner Mauretania includes over
$50 miles of cables, and more than
5000 16-candle-power lamps
Three parts by weight Of boracic acid
to one of powdered borax makes a good
compound for brazng steel. 1t should
be applied as a paste with water.
On the west coast of India Is found
a species of oyster. Placuna placenta.
whose shell consists of a pair Of rough
" circular plates about six inches in
diameter, thin and white. At present
these oysters are collected for the pearls
which they often contain although few
are fit for the use of the jeweer. But
in. the early days of English rule In
India the shells were employed FOR
window-panes. Cut into little squares,
they produced a very pretty effect ad-
mtting light like frosted glass. When
the Bombay cathedral was built, at the
beginning Of the eighteenth century. Its
windows were paned with there oyster
shells. In Goa they are still thus en-
ployed.
Prof. Arthur o. Lovejoy, as the re-
suit of an inquiry into the origin and
meaning of fire cults so common
among ancient nations and among mod
ern savage and harbarous tribes sng-
gests that many races conceived the
sacred fire" not as n practical con-
venience or an ancient custom or a
means of frightening demons, but as
a vehicle Of life. or magical energy.
the prosperity of the household or tribe
depending in part on the perpetulty,
vitality and purity of the fire. II was
thought Of as subject to a tendency to
grow old and weak. like all natural
forces-hence the custom of periodical
" renewing It, This conclusion is based
partly upon the statements made by the
Iro1uois Indians and the MaorIs.
DR.. Robert f. Colier writing to Sci
ence from Lima. advocates the protec-
ton Of the guano-producing hirds-the
"guanae." species OF cormorant. and
the "alcatraZ." a species Of pelican
In order that the Peruvian deposits or
this valuable manure may be In part,
renewed. The great ancient deposits.
he SAYS. are now almost non-eXistent
Only the lower grades Of guano are left
But the birds annually make fresh de-
posits on their nesting grounds and II
they were properly protected. he be-
lieves that the annual supply Of fresh
deposits would be largely increased
The birds. he says, should no longer
be treated as wild animals. They should
be regarded as valuable domestic AMI
mails. At present they are decreasing
in number, but this decrease could be
checked They are also driven from
their haunts during the season when
they should be allowed to remain there
When driven away by the presence or
man during the nesting season, they
spend large part OF their time upon
the water, or on small slets and cliffs,
where the deposits are either lost en-
tirely or are rendered less available.