The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-02-04

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The homo consumption Of cotton
TINS country reached 2.O77, 5s7 bales ,
sw pounds during the past year, . gal
OF over six per cent
"A new source of error IN marin
cnronometers has been discovered /,
Germany. This is the great dsmpnes
~ sea AIR 1t causes variations Tx
Inoee produced by changes Of tempera
ture.-M r Ledger.
There l. no historical fact IN IN,
world better Established than that Amer
'ca was discovered by Icelanders in thu
year A. y. 1901. " writes Prof. Majuans
sun. OF Cambridge University in En-.
gl"oc- and he adds that there is not q
,e' med body in Europe that ever
'-Heathos doubt about it
Mr. Claus Spreckels, the great
sugar-refner. is reported to be contem-
plating the experiment OF growing beet
root sugar in this country iu one Of the
central Western States 1t is claimed
that the climate is similar to that in
Germany and Austria, where beet-root
cultivation is q most important in
dustry. Public Opjnion.
"a scientific journal, in an attempt
70 prove that mankind could not exert
mechanical force enough Of their own
10 produce the amount of heat needed
TO raise the crops necessary daily to
iced themselves. states that ''the me-
chanical equivalent of the vertical sun
shine received upon q square mile Of
tne earth's surface is computed to be
o'ozv ,OO0. 900 pounds raised q foot high
IN = second. Potion Budget.
In behalf Of the Australian COLONY
OF Victoria. Sir Graham Berry has re-
quested the British government TO con-
tribute twenty-five thousand dollars to-
ward the expenses of an expedition for
tho further exploration of the regions
about the South Pole. No advance in
Antartic discovery has been made since
5SAs. when Sir James Ross reached the
highest southern latitude ever attained.
saventy-eight degrees, nine minutes
and thirty seconds.-N y Ledger.
IN Faye, the wcll-known French
astronomer, has drawn attention at
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
l'c argues that the crust must thickcn
under oceans at moro 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
OF mountain chains - Engineering.
Prof A. H. Sayce. in his address
before the British Associatiation for the
Advancement of Science, said that the
Highland costume, now distinctively
associated with Scotland, was 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 the his
tory of dress would throw light on
many problems relating to the origin
d particular races of men in various
parts of the world.-N Y. Ledger.
"A striking fact deduccd from OBJ
'ervations recorded BIZ tho. late DR.. i
Psrrotv Bsthe rSpid growth d the
brain in the first half year of life as /
with the increase in height !
Ind hegrowth of other organs. Taking /
he total growth between birth and six ]
ears n age as 100. the weight Of the 8
leart increases II. 43 in girls and 1l.88 /
n boys during their first six months of q
lie; the height increase 208 in girls
nd IA in boys; while the weight in
reases "a. Al in girls and 1851 in boys. =
-Aykansaw Traveller.
From 5000 to 10000 gallons of
lood day are used in making but
pms in large factory in Bridgeport Il
ear Chicago. About 100 meu and Il
oys are employed in tho factory. The v
lood must be fresh beef blood. A Mr.. 81
[irsch was the first to introduce the a
some years ago. and is now G
wealthy. Much of the blood n
vaporates in the process Of drying. n
ut the pure albumen remains. Blood p
ieets arc used by cloth manufacturers =,
n setting the color in calico goods. Il
hese sheets, broken up, will make Of
nttons. earrings, breastpins, belt il
asps, combs and even door knobs. 9,
here are number of 'sblood'' util- il
ing factories in England, and blood ii
'or knob factory in Trenton. N j. re