The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-05
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abandoned farms in New England are
Dslhs used FOR tree cultivation
Spanish is the official language of
tWenty-two nations or states
Inc average life OF a tradesman Is
ABOUT two-thirds that of a farmer.
Inc city OF Durham, South Africa. will
ways. 1910 $500
An English agricultural society il rails
slss q, lund with which TO exterminate the
Nearly every foreign automobile builder
now casts all the cylinders OF his engines
in solid piece
Inc fur seal will not breed In captivity.
rms does not apply to the hair seals.
WhlSh are those so readily trained for
exhibition purposes.
- schooner built in Amesbury, Mass, In
1910 and used in the war of 1872 as a
priVateer, still is in active service intha
Maine coasting trade.
A french scientist has figured that It
Would take a $4,000. O00-candlepoWer lamp
70 signal Mars, and even at that the Mar
Ildhs would have to use telescopes magni-
Tying ten thousand times to see it.
,rhd ne IIst carbon filaments made by
lnOmas Edison for his new incandescant
lamp were made from thread dipped In
idhpDlack and tar and carbOnized at high
temperatures. This lamp was successful
ShouSh TO warrant further investigation.
An ozone generator has been installed
IN the Chicago public library which will
generate ten thousand cubic feet Of air
minute This system not only keeps
pure air in the large reading ROOM but
acts as an automatic deodorizer and dis
fntectant.
Inventive minds have been trying for a
long tune to hit upon some process by
which old newspapers could be reduced
10 a pulp and the ink extracted, and the
pulp made into printing paper again But
me extraction Of the ink has hitherto
peen unaccomplished. From Germany,
however. comes the news that the paper
pup Is treated with alkaline solutions
so as to cause change in the greasy
part of the ink SO that ii ceases to hold
the lampblack and other pigments, and
they are easily extracted from the fiber
by making an emulsion of the pulp with
gelatnOus Silica
Nearly $4,000 marriages took place In
France last year.
Frederick II. Weyerhaeuser, the lumber
king, is German and came to this coun-
try in 1852.
During business hours the southern
most square mile Of Manhattan island has
population of 100000.
over 5000 pounds Of rose petals are
used in the manufacture Of one pound of
altar Of roses perfume.
Aerial navigation as a commercial en-
terprise Is bringing with 1t the solution
Of various problems by the German en-
gineers. One is perfecting for the new
company system of a complete network
Of signal lights for guidance on the night
trips. For fogs there will be added sig
nails by bell and siren.
The Archaeological society has made
five excavations around the walls of the
amphitheatre in King Arthur's round-ta-
bic field in Monmouthshire, England, and
the searchers found the main entrance,
the sand which formed the bed of the
arena and a corner stone. From inscrip-
tons on this stone they trace the date of
the theatre back to 11G0 A. D., or 1880
years.-Popular Mechanics.
A close study OF the water supply for
the operation of the locks under present
plans shows that the available amount
of water on the isthmus is not sufficient
to maintain. at all times. in the canal, the
forty feet OF depth stipulate for by the
law In dry years the modern Dread
nought OF the navy, the large carriers of
freight and the army transports will not
be able to use the canal-Van Norden
Magazine.