The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-01-21

: SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
lin Great Britain e4.o3s factorie.
are registered, and 50, $50 workshops.
Tho inspectors Of shops and factories
last year made ia. 274 visits to see that
the laws were in forcc. There are fifty
SIX inspectors in all.
The collection Of preserved hum
ming-birds in the British Museum now
comprises at least ten thousand skins.
The finest collection in this country is
that which has been presented to the
American Museum of Natural History
In this city by Mr.. u. G. Elliott, which
contains about two thousand speci-
mens.-N y Ledger.
The remains of no less than fifty
tour species of Towering plants from
mummy wrappings in Egypt have been
identified. The flowers have been
wonderfully preserved. even the delicate
violet color Of the larkspur and the
scarlet OF the poppy, the chlorophyl in
the leaves. and the sugar in the raisins,
remainipg.-Arkansaw Traveller.
"A member Of the Paris Geographical
Society suggests that instead Of de-
posting provisions and other stores for
Arctic explorers in cairns or rocky
structures above ground, they ought to
be placed in subterranean stations ex-
excavatcd for the purpose. By the
establishments of such stations in favor
able seasons the facilities for Polar ex-
plorations might be greatly increased.
~ r Ledger.
-Ono Of the largest-,vind motors in
existence is used for driving Touring
machinery at Great Yarmouth, En-
gland. 1t has four sails, which are 40
feet inches long by IL feet inches
wide. and extend 100 feet from point to
point With wind Of Is miles an
hour. the windmill has IS horse power,
and will easily make 120 barrels Of -four
in "a hours The building containing
the Touring apparatus and supporting
the motor Is of IL stories, stands 90 feet
above foundation. and is IS feet in
diameter at the base. and 16 at the top.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Iowa State University has re-
Gently acquired a fine specimen of the
extinct musk OK of North America.
Tho bones, which are remarkably well
preserved. were unearthed near the
Missouri river at Council Bluffs in the
formation known to biologists as the
loess. This creature. like tho modern
musk OK, is supposed to have been
clothed with long fleece. and the dis
,overy of the remains at Council Bluffs
indicates that a low temperature must
have prevailed in that region during the
period when tho loess was accumulate
ing. SO that Arctic animals have found
the climate comfortable there.-N y
Ledger.
DIR. H0lub. the African explorer,
after being plundered by savage tribes,
has arrived in England with his collec-
ton. This collections wreck only Of |
what was gathered by the industrious
explorer-flls 147 cases. In it there are |
602 skins Of qnadrupeds ready for
stufing, OF which 20 are of animals as |
large as the koodoo-an antelope
heavier than the red deer; Of birds
there are 2.22l specimens. of insects
q, 00Q including 21.OOO beetles and
3. 600 moths and butterflies. There are
also Z. 800 specimens OF plants. There are
! 900 recorded observations in meteor
ology. and more than that number Of
The measurements of elevations.
Paper window-glass is now said to
be an assured fact. As described: "A
is made of white paper,
from cotton or linen,
and modified by chemical action.
Afterwari the paper is dipped in a
Of camphor and alcohol,
which makes it like parchment From
This point it can be nodded and cut
into remarkably tough sheets entirely
and it can be dyed with
almost the whole Of the aniline colors,
he result being transparent sheet,
showing Ear moro vivid hues than the
best glass exhibits. "--Pu6lic Opinion.
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