The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
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The Nile Is noted for the variety of
its fish. An expedition sent by the
British museum brought home 5000
specimens.
The hands of female munlmies
found in the tombs of Egypt are liter
ally covered with rings, in many in
stances there being from two to six on
every finger.
The Lafoden Railroad, which crosses
the Arctic circle in Scandinavia, en-
Joys the reputation at the present time
of being the northermost line of rails,
but this is soon to be eclipsed by the
10 degrees farther north. The princi-
pal object Of the new line is to reach
the coal deposits which have been re-
Gently discovered In this vicinity.
The American chronological Society
announces that it Is about to begin a
series of publications of authentic ma
terial collected among native American
tribes. 1t Is pointed out that hlther-
to little has been collected in their
own language concerning the customs,
beliefs and ideas of the natives. Yet
authentic records of information given
by the Indians are regarded as Of
prime Importance for thorough study
of the ethnology and early history Of
the American continent The Indians
are believed to possess much valuable
knowledge not yet recorded.
The difficulty now found In bonding
together new and old concrete has been
obviated by recent patent. This bond
consists of an extract of coal tar, used
instead of water, as the mixing agent
for neat Portland cement. The mix
ture is laid in one-eighth inch to one
quarter inch layers on the old concrete
surface, and Immediately followed by
new concrete or mortar. The inventor
claims the compound to be entirely in
soluble, and to form complete and
monollthic bond between the old and
new works. 1t Is furnished to Gus
toners free, they paying the freight
and cost of barrels, the cost being Gov
cred by certain royalty per square
foot paid to the patentee of the proc
ess.
Reports gathered by the japanese
since the war with Russia indicate
that northern Manchurla possesses
large stores Of valuable minerals, sucf
as gold, silver, copper, lead and iron
Under the operation partly Of Chimes
officials and partly of native companies
and small capitalists the average an
nual output has been about S1O'oOO,
600. But large part Of the deposit
have not even been touched. Gold |
found both in quartz and in placers
The country drained by the Huifah
River is reported to be rich In gold
silver, copper, lead and coal. The mir
eral regions are accessible by mean
of the Yalu, the Huifaho, the Sungar
the Lao and other rivers and thei
tributaries.
As everybody knows, the famou
|, comet of HALEY, the brightest of a
comets known to pay periodical visit
to the neighborhood of the sun, Is e1
pected to reappear in the sky within
few years. Astronomers all over tn
/, world are now interested in the prol
lem of predicting the precise time
it's perhelion passage, or nearest al
proach to the sun. Several prediction
. have already been published. The la
est is that made by Messrs. Cromm'
lin and Cowell before the Royal Astr'
nomical Society in January. Calcula
> ing the probable effects of the inte
: ference of the various planets wit
the comets progress in its orbit, the
. think that the date of the next perrin
lion will fall before the middle of Ma
1910. The last previous perihelion pa
sage of the comet was in Novembe
r.. 1885.
+ They Love the Empress.
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