Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-01
SCIENCE


iFuEFt>S lltirf lnt lulilI ali>llff> 81 inc
l>hmiau Canal Commission. the L. :.
Geological Survey. ami the Smithsonian
Institution The plan includes a SySte-
matte study of the Photography. stra-
tigraphy amt structural geology. grolo-
gic history geologic correlation. mime
raj resources including coal. on and
other fields photography. and palr0n-
tolugv M the Canal /unc. and aS much
VT the adjacent areas M the l>thmIaurr-
giun a. VI may hr fr>ihlr tn rNpInrr.
Molrs arc generally regarded u> Igri
cultural pests in this country. and lt
~ therefor interesting ~ learn That
farmers may turn 4 curse into 4 bless
ing by trappmgthr>r animals for their
skins. A present tho mulrskIu> used
for making tar garments DO the lnitcd
States are nearly an imported from
Europe. Tho Biological Survey REPORTS
that the skin oi tho common mulc I'll
the eastern United States h superior
10 the foreign product. Whether thI, \,
also true ~ the large specie, uhahii
me the northwestern rua>t region \, thr
subject ui invest gIt IONS now iu url-
grcS>. Thr last SPEECHES IVY very abundant.
gross. lhr last SPEECHES w, very abundant.
aN NANNY a> hundred individuals tu
the acre being found INV som. IoralIfiu,.
Mercury a> Y plant Grrmiridi.-A
MI" method IN d~'Nit"ylng plant aud
household pests and Tor luugl. dis
ass mas h""n devised hl Ar. Franz
y hlrhcl "i hul>i"m no The Tyrol. ac-
"or'iins Z" q recent number of the Che
mlkrr-IrItung. ln iurl">rd spaces ih,
mercury rs employed 10 ihr form NJ. ta-
I'"l- iH Diner eases m Ms injected n ur-
lalI.' l"rm directly INTO lfr ,Irruiai
ing lIuid~ uI lh" NIarl. iHr growth ut
ih' HIINI N hnl uNl. mot disturbed
hHl \ H mr~i rI~r> actually assist
hrn NJ 'rru i- frtI.i tnr iIu -~ -
.a> follows With stout i-. IIIu.f.r
fn-''r h"lr> arr bored W thr Iur r NHau-
rI'> Irum l tu ! In au direction unI
passing through th" rith Thr~U tui
are then IIIud with mercury Ht means
~ Tu ordinary dfopuur. after ur. y
they ar made a'r-tight with -Ir..
way cor >plIr similar substance. From
F.. o. : erammt> OF mrrcur, ar, r.uu-..J
tor aH mocuIItiuu. Tho effect uf.tI.
ui> rtahlr and continues for ...r .r
more.
control them throughout Piedmont
Smut Fires iu T@hr.>hiuu Y. n...f.f.
N remarkable ~urIr, nr r,.t.rur.
mrl disastrous fires ur -n-rtIt.I ...
ulu>Iun>. occurred .r tHr>hinu ~.r.-
TORS iu tnr great whuaf-grnwiur r..rnu
ui eastern Washington last -IuI..r
This increased u -.r-uu,r,.y tE..
ihrr>hiug season rot under way NINTH
% WAS uu uncommon thing ~ l,3r nr
eight fires "a dav. IA, total m.uL.r~
during the season arnuutiuu -. af L..st
3Ou. As each fire u,rr~,ifat.d n. .n,..
.fiat. rurrl.>. of ..v ..r.. Ia
i cost uf from $1,000 M II 600 mn. NJ.
TAB Iu~~ WAS very serious. pruhahIy
haif y million DOLLAR, m.r.dIur ir.
ri,irutHI damages. TIr fines u~uaTl. .r.
rulrcd tu originate af ur lust t..0. uT
.thr CYLINDER uI th. uarutur rui with
iu two ur three seconds ENTITY. .n.Ir NJ
rHTutur would hr w mass, uI Ifantu~ -u
mt That N prevented thr approach WIN.
Wnrt'dmru md Very soon d,~rrotu dfh.
mach'ur hr sides spreading il most
eases tu thr Straw pile. Oh, ihraShrI
gram. and even the uuthrr>hcd cram
in tn surrounding fields. m several
ra>'> W"rkncn were seriously injured
w these explosive fires. Although fires
unknown. they had rarely numbered
mnr. THAN w dozen iu " season fr tI..
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