Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-06-12
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A recently invented llfe-savlng raft |
for use on Paris lakes frequented by
skaters is supported by small balloons,
so 1t will not sink should the ice break.
The second largest masonry arch in
the world, recently completed for an
Australian railroad, is 2TS feet, Q
inches long and has a rise of 7S feet
In training its cavalry recruits, the
German army is making use of a ma
chine, driven by electricity, in which
all the movements OF horses are simu
lated.
A New York electric light company
is using a rotary pump, mounted on
the rear of an automobile and driven
by its fywheel, to pump out flooded
manholes.
During a severe storm at Hacketts-
town, n. j., lightning struck the street
lighting system passing through thirty
three tungsten lamps, without burning
them out
For some explained reason 60-inch
searchlights have proved unsatisfac-
tory In the navy, and they have been
abandoned In favor of the 30 and 81
| inch ones.
One of the most interesting and dis
puted questions in American archie
ology is that of the origin and age of
Fort Ancient, in Warren County, Ohio.
The State of Ohio has recently pur-
chased this site, which is to be turned
into a public park. Mr.. Warren X.
Moorehead believes that Fort Ancient
is 800 or 900 years old. He regards
the more modern articles found in
grave in its vicinity as later intrusions
He does not, however, regard the ques-
ton of the age of this most interesting
structure as yet settled, and says that
many years of study and exploration
will be required to clear up the mys-
terry.
A striking indication of the great
stimulus which the cultivation of rub
Der plants has received within few
years is given by the latest report Of
the director of agriculture for the Fed
| tldltu Nluldl Oldlth. III lOJl There
were 345 acres of rubber plants under
cultivation there. In 1900 the area
had increased to 4,G93 acres; in 1905
to 43,33S acres. and in 1907 to 126.235
acres. The fall of the price of rubber
IN 1907 did not interrupt the industry
but simply led to improved methods
of production. Even at the lowest
prices, the profit of the farmers, over
the cost of production. is said to be
more than 100 per cent. The greatest
enemies of the rubber plants are root
fungus and the termites
Prof. Vernon l.. Kellogg describes
in Science, the remarkable skull found
several months ago In some excava
lions made near Chapelle-aux-Sa intes
in France. and exhibited In Decembel
by Prof. Edmond Perrier to the Parii
: Academy Of Sciences. The strata fl
, which the skull was buried are Of thu
Pleistocene age. The skull is describ
} ed as that of "a man Of extremely Low
Z type, an ape man, or perhaps of
? man ape of greater cranial capacit.
than any at present known" Professo
I Perrier is disposed, en- the whole, t
| regard 1t as human skull. 1t has
q marked gorilla-like look, but the brail
cavity is very much larger than tina
Of the gorilla or of any other existin
: anthropoid. The limb bones-for part
!. of the skeleton were also found-ar
curved, and present conformation IN
dicating that the creature Wake
more often on all tours than erecf
= 1.-THE bones," says Professor Kellogs
: 'seem to be fairly intermediate be
. tween those of a man and those O
: the present-day anthropoids."
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