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true uniter intense conmnons of BMt
and temperature, differences In the
rate of expansion and contraction of
Published every Thursday at Her tbe diamond and Its Inclusion would
miston. Umatilla County, Oregon by account for the shattering.—Washing
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Raymond Crowder, Editor and Man
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Entered as second class m atter, WATERWAY NOT NEW IDEA
December 1906 at the postof/lce at
Project of Connecting the Oceana
Hermiston, Oregon.
Through Canal Acrooe America
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THEORIES AS TO DIAMONDS
Many Causes Put Forward for the
Breaking of th . Hardeat Stone
Known to Exist.
Much attention has been given to
the question of the origin of the
numerous broken fragments of dia
monds found in the Kimberly mines.
One hypothesis is that these frag
ments owe their condition *o violent
eruptive outbursts that shattered the
rocks In which they occur. Another
common belief is that certain classes
of diamonds frequently break spon
taneously. One authority states that
light brown, smoky diamonds often
crack on exposure to the dry air, but
the)' will remain intact if kept In a
moist pluce. In accordance with this
notion there Is a popular story of
South African diamonds being scut to
England inside potatoes.
Another authority seem» to at
tribute the fractures to the sudden
lowering of pressure in the space sur
rounding diamonds and speaks of
consequent explosion. He states that
he has met persons who have heard
of the bursting of smoky diamonds,
but none who ever witnessed tills phe
nomenon with his own eyes.
This Idea of the bursting of dia
monds Is of great antiquity. Albertus
Magnus says that a diamond Immersed
In the fresh, warm blood of a goat will
hurst, especially If that iinlnml had
previously browsed on parsley or drunk
wine. Pliny vouchsafes a similar notion.
The majority of modern authorities be
lieve that. In most cases, the breaking
of diamomla lias been due to the energy
exerted by the mineral inclusions
which they so often contain. These
are most frequently garnet, but som e
times zircon, llmenlte. Iron pyrites and
possibly chrysolite. The thermal ex
pansion of nearly all crystals, except
those of the beryl family, at ordinary
temperatures 1» much greater than
that of the diamond, ft the same is
As early as 1522—seven years be
fore the Panama canal project was
first talked about—«11 Gonzales Dlvala
explored Nicaragua in an effort to find
a natural waterway or to select a route
for a possible canal. In 1680 Antonie
Galvao, a Portuguese navigator, pro
posed four routes for a canal across
the Isthmus—one by Lake Nicaragua
and the Sun Juan river. The latter
route was surveyed for the Spanish
government In 1781, by Don Manuel
Galisteo. About fifty years later John
Bailey, an American, mapped out the
route, and In 1872 the American gov
ernment became Interested. President
Grant particularly favored a Nicara
guan canal. A company was formed
and a construction expedition actually
arrived on the scene, but the firm
went into the hands of receivers.
The French started the Pnnama
canal scheme, but because of rotten
, politics at home and yellow fever on
the Isthmus, It ended In dismal failure
j for them. The United States bought
out the French Interests and dug the
1 Pnnama canal, but only after it had
waged a strenuous battle agnlnst dis
ease in Panama and reclaimed that
country to heulth and sanitation.
Suggestion for Painters.
Painters have painted the first long
pants, the first step, the first love, the
first snow, the first violets and the
first dance. But no one has ever
painted the first shave.
Tlic first shave Is a dramatic and
profound adventure. Sometimes It Is
for the sake of a girl and sometimes
It is undertaken out of a growing
admiration for the sandpaper on
father’s cheek.
It is also secret. With father's
brush and soap the fare Is lathered
behind closed doors nnd with father’s
razor the countenance Is harrowed,
raked and scraped. Disappointment
ts great that there Is no loud, rasp
ing sound as the down Is harvested.
One young man. now known to his
few friends as a modest, manly and
simple-spoken citizen, went so far as
to shave Ids forehead on this occa.
sion lung ngn.
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Reader Has One Gueea.
Uncle John was an ardent supporter
of the local football club. As a re
spected follower of the team he had
Ills own private niche. Aunt Martha,
long puzzled nt his regular absence
from home on Saturday afternoons,
decided to Investigate.
On the following Saturday Uncle
John did not turn up In the stand
alone, Aunt Martha was with him.
"John," she asked, soon after the
game started, "what are those eleven
fools In white doing?”
"They are trying to put that bit of
leather between those two posts there,
iny dear," he replied.
Tliere was a short silence.
"And what are those eleven other
fools In red doing?” was her next
question.
“They are trying to prevent the
other fellows from putting the ball be
tween the posts, my dear.”
Another silence.
“And what are these other 20,000
fools doing?” was her next question.
"They are all enjoying themselves
except one, dear."—London Answers.
Fighting Insect Pests.
A new method of control of “scrow-
wortns," “wlrewonns" and sod web
worms which attack tobacco and sim
ilar crops has been discovered by the
tobacco Insect laboratory of ttie Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
It has been found that these worms
are very greatly attracted to nltrohen
zine, nnd by flavoring poison with this
-hemlcal a mortullty of from 80 to 90
per cent of the larvae In heavily Infest
ed fields is produced. These larvae
are very Important pests of tobacco
and a large variety of other crops, and
up tn this time fall plowing and other
Indirect methods were the only known
ways of combating them.
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Nature made a hen to lay eggs. She
will lay in winter and summer, if
you’ll only give her a chance.
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