The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-09-21
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NEWEST NOTES
OF SCIENCE.

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The per capital consumption or cof-
fee in the United States is steadily in
creasing, while that of tea remains
stationary.
Shanghai has a trolley line cover
ing 26 miles of streets, with IS cars,
operated by 500 men, nearly all ma
tive Chinese.
A Georgia man claims to have dis
covered the secret OF producing
black rose, and seeking a patent for
his process.
The monument over the grave of a
once famous Paris automobilist shows
portrait bust of him at the wheel
of his car.
Small quantities of pepsin are be-
ing used in a new process of baking
in England to make bread more d-
gestible without mpairing its appear
ance or flavor.
A mixture of a quart of. elastic
varnish and two pounds of finely
ground pumice stone, flowed on sheet
glass, will make good imitation of
ground glass.
The largest one-piece rug on rec
ord has been made in Austria for a
New York customer. 1t measures SO
by so feet and contains more than
100000 hand-tied knots.
Two new bayonets have been adopt
ed for infantry troops n the German
| army, one carrying wire cutter near
| is base, the other saw teeth on the
back of the blade.
The weight of a crowd is estimated
at about 100 pounds per square foot
in figuring out the supporting strength
for galleries, grand stands and such
structures.
A hogs habit of scratching itself
against post has led to the inven-
ton of an automatic disinfector for
animals, which t sprays as they rub
against a supporting column.
| The date of the invention of gold
leaf, like that of the discovery Of gold,
is lost in antiquity, but gold leaf has
been found on mummies and tombs
of the eighth century, 3. C.
| A German ieweler has designed a
ring for divorced persons, plan gold
affair, with a srpe of silver or plati-
mum inlaid to indicate that the wear
er's marriage tie has been parted.
After test of orange colored I'M
derwear in the Philippines, lasting a
year and a half, the war department
has decided that it fails to repel the
tropical heat as it was expected to
do
The patent office is Assem- bling as
a special exhibit the models of the
first ideas along several lines of n
vention, such as the first telephone,
first monograph and first sewing ma
chine.
By Throwing the rays OF pure white
arc Lights on sheets of white silk over
4 stage, a Spanish engineer has found
the most perfect stimulation of diff
fused daylight for theaters yet de-
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A New Yorker has invented mon
key wrench provided with a detach-
able toothed jaw which may be in
sered and fastened with loop owe,
the head for holding pipes or other
round objects
The agegiven soft appearance and
peculiar sheen of Oriental rugs is sue
oessfully initiated by INSCRIPTIONS
makers by washing with a solution
Oh ClllOTlue or lime TO soften the col
ors.
An attachment for acetylene aut }.
mobile headlights has been invented
by which the gas may be lighted by
short circuiting the regular sparkling
system with a switch from the driv.
er's seat.
For more than a century and a halt
the Cornwall iron minese at Lebanon
Pa, have been yielding ore and re-
cent explorations indicate that there
is practically inexhaustible suppl,
left
Rio de Janeiro will install a pneu.
matte tube system for the distribution
of messages and kilograms about the
: city the topography of which inter.
feres with speedy work by messen.
gers.
Lacking an adequate coal supply
Brazilian industries are finding ar
acceptable substitute in the rovers OF
that country and hydroelectric plants
are being built near almost every
large city.