The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
The largest Marble quarry n the
world i, thai OF the Georgia Marble
Company in Pickens County
A negro farmer in Doughertv coua-
~. Ga. has succeeded IN making exc
ceiLeu: strip from wate1nelou>. and
thus u new Use is devised for the SUP
plus crop.
Hard wood cut IN June. July or
August and lef, Untrimned until the
leaves have drawn the sap from the
trees. MAKES the most solid and lasting
timber. 3
Among 4 recent mechanical iu-
v~entions Is d rail machine which cuts
either a wire or q cut nail with equal
facility. The construction OF this ap-
paratus is quite simple, 10 compared
with ordinary wire nail machines
With Il. cut nails OF square section
with either adiamoud or = chiSel point.
may De produced a. easily as the COM
non nail. and the change from wire 10
cut nails may De accomplished in q few
minutes.
Extended observations at Paris
and at Munich indicate that the sani-
tary condition of a locality depends on
the mount Of water contained in the
ground. The-years IN which there has
been & large quantity of grOund-water
present have invariably been the
hAAiYhi.-~ -rhTla .hA-1 ~ uhiah
there has been smaller quantity have
invariably been the Unhealthiesc pc
riods.
The Lancet defines the disease
which Is known as The Sightseer's
Headache" as natures tax levied
on the comfort OF that great body Of
busy oilers 20 which We all a: sorue
time or other belong. 1t is endemic
among the t~reGuenrers of museums.
picture galleries. and exhibitions. vary
ing somewhat perhaps in different
cases II is precise cauSation. bu. as>o-
ciated always IN a MI significant
OF its origin with the habits of the OBJ
servant loicerer.
1t Is claimed TO be proven. beyond
all doubt. that waters which circulate
orstand IN leaden pipes or vessels. not
only take UP particles of lead through
mechanical action due TO friction. bu:
attack the mental. the result OF this
being generally lead carbonate Ac-
cording 20 the most eminent authorities
in this line. minute quantities Of lead
thus introduced into and accommodating
in the system. must rank among the
causes o: anaenia and defective nutri-
ton in large towns.
1T "a not De TOO widely known.
writes a medical man. that cream
separated by machinery from pure Few
milk. before il mas cooled. is a full sub
>titute for cod liver oil and that if. dur
ing the cold weather, those who have
delicate constitutions which need con
centrated nutrition but who can not
overcome the nausea associated with
cod-liver oil. will take this description
OF cream they will find in most case-.
immense and lasting benefit. In se=-
eral hospitals it has already quite
superseded the seo oil.
Some remarkable changes have
recently been noted by VI Perro.iD on
the planet Mars. In a letter to .he
Academic des Sciences. he reports that
the tract Of land on both sides Of the
equator. which has been named Lydia.
seems TO have been submerged by the
sea 1t vas distinctly seen by him two
years ago. when it Wa bounded on two
sides by a sea and on the others by one
of the streaas q which NJ. Schiaparelli
gave the Name OF canals. but now does
not exist. A drawing made by him n
1882 shows the same appearance. which
leads him 10 the conclusion that the in
undation. if it be such. is periodic.