The Red Cloud chief., 1888-01-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

y hiftti US saAO SVus
, On the 18th inst the citizens Of
Athens. Ga. organized u company to
build a five thOasand-spindle cotton
mill mt Barnett Shoals. ten miles from
Athens.
There are now in use on American
railroads o. AIS locomotives. 19.252
passenger coaches. 6.325 baggage cars.
845. 914 freight cars Their value is Cs-
timated at 500. 900. Goa
-Wood-6ber capable Of being spun
is now prepared in Germany. The
preparations of the fiber of pine leaves
as u material for carpets is another
promising new Observation-Disclosures
Troceier.
The shoe factories of Portland. Me-,
have done 3 $3.50. 900 worth of business
the las, wear. the local factories contrib
u;inr S1,355.00D. The factories have
turned ou;Sil. 600 pairs OF ladies' shoes
The factories employ AZ males and 35S
ieMlahs.
We have read n good deal about
rehabilitation of the mound builders,
and we have seen the mounds. Pnin2
I'D 4 million tons of dir. over \ dead
Indian and Il few stone hatchets don't
Indicate an advanced state. of enlight-
eminent. The mound builder was only
an Industrious savagc.-Mariha's Ene-
gard Herald.
BY means Of improved appliances
the Germans are now able To extract
1l.3l per cent. of beet sugar and o-G5
! per cent. of molaSses. or total of ll.96
pounds per 100 pounds OF beets. The
cost Of this sugar is only two cents per
, pound. The sugar is J4Oiuced in
enormous quantities.. suli for the
home supply Al ~ trade.
Boston BssNa1
-Qiill ton rom France.
The largest fad sorld is near
! Paris. where the |annual prod
uct of twenty million quilts. The fat
tory was started to make quill pens.
but when these went out of use it was
Turned into Il too,hpick mill. Wooden
tno,hpicks are male principally in
Michigan. Wisconsin. Indiana and
OHIO.
During the past two seasons Mr.
f. Il. Poulton has made observations
which prove that the silk of at least
three species Of English moths is great
" affected in color by environment ut
the time OK spinning. The cocoonS
were dark brown when the Larvae had
been placed i'm Il hi ,ck bag or anon"
green leaves. and white when they had
: been freely exposed to light in the i'm
mediate neighborhood Of white sur
aces-ArEaHsaW Tirareler.
The question As To the best width
for waTon tires on vehicles used for the
transportation of heavy loads over dirt
roa.i> and farm fields. has become Il
subject Of scientific investigation. As
the density and hardness of the earth
over which the tires arc to roll enter
largely into the problem. it vii. take /.
wide range Of experiments to enable in
vrstiyators to fix upon that trecise
width of tire which will be most nai-
fOrmly advantageous on all the varie>-
ties of dirt roads and farm soils. But
that the tires should be much wider
than those in general Use seems tn be
conceded On all sideS.-N. J. Ledgcr.
The scientific relation of colorS To
nerves and temper is attracting atten-
ton. Physicians sometimes find that y
certain color will throw = patient into
Mysteries or spaSms. In other cases. u
person is made sick to the stomach, or
! afflicted with headache. mt the sight of
a color that, for some reason. is obaox-
iOus to him. Others. again. are thrown
into spasms of i'll temper by colors. tlss
offending color sometimes being blue.
sometimes yellow. but oftencr red or
scarlet. Animals are affected i'm u
similar way by colors. Everybody is
familiar with the fact that the sight If
4 red garment or cap will drive II bull
frantic with rage. and the red juice of
berries is said to have 4 similar effect
upon IN elephant. ". Y. Ledger.
Ole of the SIMPLEST of barometerS
is a spider web. When there is pros
pet OF rain or wind thu spid.r Shortens
the filaments from which It's web is s,s-
pended, AMI leaves thin,s IN this state
10 w. 10 tnC WclLI!sI - NtTltDiP. II
the insect clCngateS its threti it is u
sign Of fine. calm weather, the duration
of which NAV be jri,.d of by the
length to which the threads are let Out.
Il the spider remains inactive it is i
sign of rain; but if, on the contrary. it
keeps ut WORK durin. the rain the lat.
ter will o last long. and will be fol-
lowed by fine weather. D her observa-
tons haze taught that the spider makes
changes in its web every twenty-four
hours, and that if such change, are
made in the evening. jas. before sun
set. the night will be clear aud beauti-
ful.-La Nature.
"A celebrated physician has re
marked that every house ought to be
pulled down at the end of the sixtieth
year. as it has by that time absorbed
1 all tho AiSouSn. cf tb,.o -tu 49, I;,ol