The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-03-15
SCIENCE ANo INDUSTRY.


"A machine of one-horse power
wo,ild keep q, 100000 watches going.
La Nature. 4s@se s
A monument, estimated to cos,
absut $3.50. 900. is to be erected at Mos
COW in honor of the late Gar Alexan-
der II. of Russia gzeseSsA ~
made from paper is the
latest novelty A process has been
patented in England by which large
type can be made from, pulp. s1S
\ lin paper on injurious insects,
Prof j. A. Lintner placed the total
number of insect species in the world
ut 60, 900. OF these fptiiid In the United
States 1000 or 5000 are fruit pests, and
and at least 210 attack the apple.
Scientists claim that a tide mill
located at the Bay of Fundy would
generate 100000 horsepower twelve
hours day. This distributed electri-
cally and sold to every State in the
Union would save the coal supply.
The Electrical Reusev says that the
uselessness of the 1ightning-rod is be-
coming so generally understood that
the agents find their vocation trying
one. Fewer and fewer rods are manu-
factured each year. and 1.-The day will
come when lightning-rod on house
will be regarded in the same light as
horseshoe over a mans door" ~
1t is said that the big cattle ranches
of the far West and Southwest are
breaking up. A year ago the Niobrara
Land aud and Cattle Company, which
has become bankrupt. refused $1,000
900 for its property. Instead of the big
j companies swallowing the little ones.
it is thought that the tendency is
toward the breaking up OF the big
ranches into smaller ones.
An infant loses from three to six
ounces In weight during the Brst four
to six days; by the seventh day it should
have gained It's birth-weight; from that
to the fifth month it ought to gain
about five ounces per week, or about
six drachms day; after the fifth month,
about four drschms day; at the fifth
month it ought to have doubled its
birth-weight, and in sixteen months
quadrupled it.
/ "A chemical explanation of Ire
lands distress is that it is due to too
exclusive subsistence upon potatoes.
4 Though a healthful luxury, this food
alone supplies too little nutrition to
support people other than in q half
starved and dissatisfied condition. 1t
is probable, therefore, that lreland's
woes would be greatly reduced II the
productive soil and climate were ap-
piled to the growth of nutritive cereals
instead of the tubers. q s7 s
The latest idea in the direction of
waterproof footwear is shoe made
with stout calfskin vamp. seamless,
underlying which is q vamp Of thin
rubber, and between it and the lining,
which is of stout canvas. The bottom
of the shoe has rubber interlining be-
tween the outer and the inner soles. and
thus the shoe is about as near water.
} proof as a leather shoe can-be. Ii IS
said to wear well and preserve its
waterproof qualities for an indefinite
period.
A sound issuing from fog gives
no trustworthy indication efthe direc-
ton of its source. A recent writer
gives two cases in his own experience
near Newport when the sound from a
fog-horn at Beaver Tail seemed to come
from several directions, each ten Oh
fifteen degrees apart, and thereis well.
known case where TRANSATLANTIC
steamer. bound to New York, going di-
:, rect but slow. and sounding her whistle,
? finally picked up pilot who declared
he had heard the blast for half an houi
! and that the steamer had been sailing
. around him in a circle. a