The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-10-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Germany and Russia are both push
ing forward experiments in flying ma
chimes for use in war.
A Few process II shot making Will
do away with the tall towers. \ strong
current of air is forced on the lead as 1t
falls into the water.
A factory in indianapolis makes
100000 butter d.sheS and 10000
step lad !ers year, besides other things
too numerous to mention.
A Cleveland C ncern has gone to
work on new mouthpie e for the tele-
l. ne by which whisper can be dis
tinctly transmitted and perfect secrecy
from bystanders thus secUr- d.-Clere-
IdHd Herald.
Tie petrifed forests of Arizona
have been purchased by n company
vino are making the wood into tables,
and other ornamental articles. 1t IS
said TO be driving onyx from the mar.
ket. being susceptible of n much higher
polish and more durable.-Ch cayo
Her0ki.
The making of wood flour, which
is similar 10 wood pulp, is the chief in
dust Y in the CaIskill Mountains. New
! DIRK, and it DIS IN + to demoraliTe the
forests. 1t was first manufactured in
the CatSkills about ninc years ago. and
now over twenty mills are in full blast
-Alba4g ,jo6rRai.
A German engineer has obtained
letters Tatent on device for building
mine shafts and bridge piers upon
quirksands. His method, says a cor
respondent, is to introduce pipes into
the quicksand and pumo through them
a fleeing mixture by which the entire
mass of quicksand is frozen solid, when
it may be wo ked through with no
more difficulty than a stratum of rock.
The business of making wooden
houses in the I'd States for custom
sale is stimulated by brisk demand
for those products in Brazil. Several
iar1e shipments have been mad TO lilo
Janeiro, and they were all sold soon
after their arrival. Fifteen hundred OF
them have already been erected in the
new ty of Plata. the new capital of
the province of Buenos Ayres.-Chi-
cdyO Times.
Edison, the inventor, has made the
following prediction: ''Asto the changes
which VIII lie effected b. electricity
within fifty years in the city OF New
York, | would say that believe cleo
tricity will propel the cars of the street
and elevated roads. light the city with
in and without its buildings. furnish
power for all purposes, work telephones
and burglar alarms. deliver the opera,
convey parcels, detect and signal fires,
opera ire engines, ana possibly dis
place animal locomotion for vehicles
". I. San.
DIR. Gamgie, physician of Biz
m;ngham. England, is the inventor OF
an artificial sponge which has excited
a good deal OF interest among the Paris
surgeons. Ii is made of cot OH, rem
dered absorbent and treated with anti
septics. A sponge the size of n walnut
will alb. orb water until it reaches the
of n cricket bali. One of
its most important advantages is cheap
ness; this quality makes 1t unnecessary
to use il more than once, so that
''sponge infection" becomes an easily |
obviated evil.
"A committee of sc 'entitic gentlemen |
in Chic has issued an appeal 10 persons |
in that State hav ne knowledge OF pre-
historic earthworks Notifications, |
or burial places in Their neigh
to send information to them, |
that tie places may be visited and ex-
plored by employees of the tthnolog. cal |
Bureau. Ali articles found in such ex-
ploration, they say. will be deposited |
i'm the museum of the Smithsonian In
stitution. and lie ONE the property of |
the United States, and be cessible
without expense to all students of Amer
lean ethnulogy. Fac-Simile casts OF all
specially interesting finds will lie de-
posted in some central museum in
Ohio.