St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-01-07
SCIENCE AND 'NDufTRv.

SCIENCE AND 'NoufTRv.
Tho home consumption cotton in
this country reached 2.977. q bales Of
400 pounds during the past ear, gain
Of over six per cent. ]
There is no historical lct in the
world better established thsnf hat Amer
lea was discovered by Icelss1lers in the
year A. d. 1O0l." writes Prq Majuans-
sun. Of Cambridge Univer1 y in En-
gland. and he adds that III is not a
learned body in Europe that ever
breathes . doubt about iks
MIR. Claus Spreckels. he great
sugar-refner. is reported to e contem-
plating the experiment OF gr9wing beet
root sugar in this country L one OF the
central Western StateA I 10 claimed
that the climate Is simila9{ Ito that in
Germany and Austria, wle1e beet-root
cultivation is . most imkcrtant in
dustry. Opision. :
Great Britain decrease in coal out
put during the past twelve ponths was
l0O, 900 tons. The Midland transported
the largest quantity. about 10. OOO. 600
tons. The export Of coal q 4 coke last
year footed up 2l. 2SS. SSs' hs. or lit
tie less than one-fourth OF Dur prodnc-
tion.-PMb!ic Opinion.
"A scientific journal. ia4n attempt
to prove that mankind colA not exert
mechanical force enough 6 their own
to produce the amount Of 1eat needed
to raise the 4crops necessary 0aily to
feed themselves. states tbAt ''the me
chanical equivalent Of the 3ertical sun
shine received upon . sqaare mile OF
the earth's surface is cor Puted to be
5. S23. 900. 900 pounds raised a foot high
in second. ."-Bostos Bwd3ek
I'm behalf Of the AUSTRALIAN colony
Of Victoria, Sir Graham rry has re-
quested the British govern 6ent 20 con-
tribute twenty-five thousand dollars to-
ward the expenses Of IN expedition for
the further exploration Of |ths regions
about the South Pole. Nd advance in
Antartic discovery has bee made since
1912, when Sir James Rosa reached the
highest southern latitude sser attained.
scyenty-eight degrees. nine minutes
and thirty seconds.-N y. Ledger.
Prof. A. III. Sayce. I'M his address
before the British Associatlation for the
Advancement Of Science. paid that the
Highland costume, now .distinctively
associated with Scotland. kas once also
worn in Ireland and Wales The scien-
tific bearing Of this fact. when stated by
itself. may not be apparent but the
speaker insisted that study Of tho his
tory Of Dr.. vuaA thr1w light on
many ptd ss'st,ef E The origin
parts OF tho WORLDLY. I. Ledger.
"A striking fact deduccd from OBJ
servations recorded BY the late d..
PARROT is the rapid growth Of the
brain in the first half year oS life as
compared with the increase in height
and the growth Of other organs Taking
the total growth between birth and six
years Of age as 100. tine weight Of the
heart increases II. 43 in girls and 11.8S
in boys during their first six months Of
life; tho height increase 2O.8 in girls
and 1A4 in boys; while the weight in
creases 27.41 in girls and 1851 in boys.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
From 5000 to 10000 gallons OF
blood day are used in making but
tons in . large factory In Bridgeport,
near Chicago. About 100 men and
boys are employed in the factory. Tho
blood must be fresh beef blood. A Mr..
Hirsch was the first to introduce the
business, some years ago. and is now
immensely wealthy. Much Of the blood
evaporates in the process of drying.
but the pure albumen remains. Blood
sheets are used by cloth manufacturers
for setting" the color in calico goods.
These sheets. broken up. will make
buttons. earrings. breastpins. belt
clasps, combs and even door knobs.
There are 4 number Of ''blood'' util-
izing factories in England. and blood
door knob factory in Trenton. N. j.
n 7. Sun.
M. Faye, the well-known French
astronomer. has drawn attention at a
recent meeting Of the French Academy
Of Sciences to the apparent geological
law that the cooling of the terrestrial
crust goes on more rapidly under the
sea than with land surface. Hence
lie argues that the crust must thickcn
under oceans at 4 more rapid rate, and
so give rise to . swelling up and dis
tortion Of the thinner portions Of the
crust-in other words, to the formation