Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-07-21
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

II the State Of Maine there are 81, 900
pounds of ground wood fiber and 1se,-
UcJ pounds Of chemical wood fiber made
daily.
4 society has been founded in Paris
for the scientific study of the mouth and
is accessories n their various atTec-
tons.
The National Telephone Company, of
Scotland, has several submarine cables
OF seven, eight and nine miles in length,
which give perfect satisfaction.
In the new process OF making watch
springs the steel wire is first treated TO
an oil bath, and is then brought to the
proper degree of heat by electricity.
With the old method the wire was
heated first and then plunged in oil.
The smallest known towering plant.
scarcely visible TO the naked eve, is
Wolfu mieroscepta, a water-weed of
India. Two species of the same genus.
the larger about one-twentv-tifth of an
inch in diameter, grow in the eastern
United States.
one Of the chief industries of Bull
garia is the production of the altar of
roses. The sheltered valley of kezanlvk.
known as the Vale Of Roses, is the center
OF this production, and the product of
this district was LOO, 90 francs in
1874. Steps are being taken to en-
courage the industry in other parts Of
the Bulgarian territory.
DR., \. \. Randolph, an English ply
stefan. states that minnows which thrived
in brook water, and remained alive in it
without food for many days, died IN a
few hours when placed in distilled water
properly aerated. He holds that one of
the chief dietetic advantages of salads and
uncoohed vegetables IN general is that
the mineral elements have not been re-
moved from them.
DR., Underwood, the customs medical
officer at kin-klang. China, attributes
the comparative immunity of the Chinese
in that region from typhoid tever-not-
wlthstanding that most of the factors
favoring the disease are present in
a~bundance-to the fact that .coid, I'M
boiled water is rarely or never used
when tea can be had" The explanation
is simple: A boiling temperature de-
stroys the typhoid poison.
Poison for some animals is food for
others. Hogs can eat Eenbane or ny
ocyamus, which is fatal to dogs and most
other animals. Dogs aud horses are not
easily poisoned with arsenic. Goats eat
water hemlock with impunity: pheasants,
s~tramonlum; rabbits, belladonna; and
morphia IS said to be %lnnocuous to
pigeons. There is some truth in the
is another mans poison" This is due to
habits and idiosyncrasies.
There has been an official INQUIRY into
the loss Of the British ship Athelstan,
which was burned from the spontaneous
ignition Of her cargo of coal. According
to the account given by a London con
temporary, during the time the fire was
confined below the deck, the Captain and
chief mate were surprised to find flames
issuing from the tops of the iron fore
and main mastS, which were hollow, and
had a number of perforations in them
below deck for the purpose of v%entila-
ton. They operated like two chimneys,
to make a furnace of the ships hold.
\ telephone transmitter by Mr.. John
NJ. Graham, Of Pittsburg. Penn, says
the Sct4nttGc -Amcrican, consists Of two
pairs Of contact springs, arranged to
piCoS opfOS1lt CuQS VI oOcS Cclilctl
by springs bearing on the diaphragm,
one contact spring Of each pair beng
connected with oae terminal Of tie in
duction coil, the electrodes operated by
the diaphragm being connected with the
terminals of the local battery, whereby
the current in the local circuit is re
versed during each vibration of .ae
diaphragm.