The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-01
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n oui eiealest crop, that ;,
1908 being valued at s1,s1s,Ooo,ooa 0'
Nine days sickness per ANN.
the average for the human beins
The highest track-laying reoo.,
the Western Pacific railway is IN W
feet day. '''oe
It has been estimated that -.
England do damage to the evtas 49, 10
100000 annually. OF
The figures of the London ~,
courts show very decided INV p''cs
during recent years in serious o,;s
The salmon output of Alaska oon,
the combined catch of British GU saa's
bia. the United States proper o
Japan. "na
The greatest cotton crop in ~,
United States was that of 1903 vhi ,a'
on the farm, was valued at $500 00o
900. '00''
Irvine King, of Grovetown O. b..
a turkey gobbler sitting on about sns '
dozen eggs, three dozen of which a.'
guinea eggs.
Cats are subject to a form of nau
enza which is communicable TO bnm..
beings, and they can catch it from mo-
just as readily.
Cigar boxes of glass are comm,
more and more into use. Thew .ro
cheaper than the wooden boxes ona
keep the cigars fresh a longer time
OF the Lightweight millions of NOM.
lation of the United States, one.third
speaking in round numbers, are found
in the thirteen original States,
The amount of blast furnace gas
power lost each year approximates
100000 horse power, although this is
being reduced by the installation Of
gas engines to utilize the power
During the fall and winter season
of 10000, which ended March q, 221
persons persisted by shipwreck and
vessels met with disaster
Off the New England and British North
American coasts.
In 1889 Velpeau, one of the greatest
surgeons of his time, wrote as follows:
'The escape from pain in surgical
operations is a chimera which 1t Is
idle to follow up to-day. Knife and
pain in surgery are two words which
are always inseparable in the minds
Of patients, and this necessary associ.
alton must be conceded"
There will shortly be opened in
Switzerland the Wieser viaduct, on the
route from Davos to Filisur. 1t Is
entirely constructed of stone, at a
height of 80 meters, or 1921 feet, and
has a central arch of 55 meters and
six others each of 20 meters, the en-
tire length of the bridge being Us
meters. 1t is, according to Paris
contemporary, the most beautiful
bridge in the world.
The extension of prohibition through.
out the United States has caused
largely increased demand for soda
pop" as indicated by the great demand
for bottles. Two big factories at the
Alton (Ill.) glass works have been
working since last fall, night and
day, manufacturing soda pop bottles
The prohibition wave has also caused
a big increase in orders for all kinds
of large bottles.
The Institute of Marine Engineers
in London recently discussed the SUD-
ject, and H. A. Mayor, of Glasgow, SAID
that the prospect for electric propul'
sion for ships is very hopeful. Leaa'
ing shipbuilders have been considering
it for some time. w. P. Durtnali Salu
that in the all-electric Paragon me'n'
cd of driving vessels, the electric mo'
tors are coupled direct to the proper
lers, and run at equally high efhclenc'
in either direction. Since the sleam
turbine can run in only one dlrecllon'
the new method saves the expense VI
a reversible turbine.
A minor drawback connected Will
the use Of the electric fatlron na'
been found to be in the fact tnaI wv
temperature varied considerably d. ~
was passed from one piece OF "oin
to another containing more or '''s
moisture. This has now been o''l
come by an automatic means ol 'on
troll by which the temperature Is na4.
tanned at one point within 1rac''o -
of a degree. When the fatlron - -
use a large amount of current is pel
mitted to pass through the hea'ln;
coils, but whenever the heat rises -.
duly a switch automatically 1ntrouu.s,
the resistance necessary to cut do"A
the current. .,
Chief Engineer Burgess, of the Hou
duras National Railway, giving ad'l.'
to engineers working in the trop, ~,
says emphatically, Don't get ioss.
He adds that a man should no Nv,
think of going out into a tropical ~ ~,
est without a compass than OF gun
to sea without one. Without cou,
pass one has no way of getting - !,
d,rao+;or Tn few minutes ne
turned round. The sun can Only
seen, If at all, when directly ovefne .r