The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
One poamd of mercury converted
into illuminate is sufficient to charge
5O.OOO percussion caps.
The sugar mite is estimated to
number 1901 per pound in most un-
refined sugars. 1t causes the growers"
itch Of those handling the raw sugar.
The system of delivering milk in
glass jars is o in Use in almost every
city in the United States. and is the
only clean and healthy way to handle
milk.
"A Nevada ranchman shot, trapped
and poisoned 400 rabbits in four
months. and then figured up that about
5000 new ones had como to I'LL their
places.
More than loo. OOO tons Of flax
straw are burned or left u rot every
year in the Western States. IL manu-
featured into linen cloth i: would be
worth so. 900. OO0.
Electric rifles ara the latest. In
stead of the ordinary percussion firing
device. Il dry chloride Of silver battery
and u primary coil will. SO it vas lately
stated before the American Institute.
fire the rifle 81. 900 times without re-
charging.
An Oddly-patterned door has just
been made for u Bar Harbor. Me. cot
tage. 1t consists of 81 separate pieces
Of best pine and cedar wood. The main
portion of one side is Ornamentally
shingled. and other parts have carved.
raised panels.
DIR. Worms. Of the Paris Academy
Of Medicine. has a~scertained that bees.
ants and wasps show a marked dislike
to the new saccharine. To the human
palate there is no difference in the
taste between it and sugar. 1t has
been shown. however. that its use dis
turbs digestion.
Professor Schmidt. of Gatz Uni
versity. has hit upon the plan of cut
ting off pieces of living sponges and
planting them in asuitable place in the
sea, as If they were willow twigs. In
this way he has succeeded at the end
of three years in producing four thou
sand spOnges It a cost of fOrty-five
dollars.
Asbestos is being used As a cover
ing for locomotive boilers and dOmes.
It is claimed that it is not necessary to
remove it when the boiler requires re-
pairs, a the leak easily shows through
- md an vSn<.o nun I'm ,,,t pn,t tkx lnnE
repaired and replastered. 1t is better
than wood and also fire-prOOf.
Physicians in Germany and Sweden
have sought to cur cases Of lancer
that had got beyond the known rem
edies. by inOculating the patient with
the virus Of erysipelas. In several in
the person thus inOculated was
attacked by erysipelas. which seemed
to overcome the cancer for a time. but
50 reduced the patients vital powers
in every case the experiment ended
in death.
"A German company has patented =
process for producing surface cOlOra-
upon articles made of copper.
zinc or brass. On the first-named metal
it is possible to develop all the colOrs of
the rainbow; and upon zinc the coating
formed Of such thickness AS to per-
nit of chasing the surface. The most
important application Of this invention
seems to be in the imitation of antique
the results in this direction be-
ing very satisfactory. both in the mat
ter Of durability and resemblance.
Although glass pipes Of large
diameter have not as yet been uccess-
Iully produced. the opinion has been
expressed by those engaged in the
Of glass ON u large scale
hat the time is not far distant when
,ome method Of casting such pipes
and cheaply will be de-
vised; and it is believed that. made in
form to the present cast-irOn
pipes, with some suitable mechanism
'Or q joint. and Of malleable glass. u
water pipe would thus be formed to
which there could scarcely be An Cb-
Strong, tough. smooth and
ndestructible. and made Of a material
hat is found almost anywhere. it is
not improbable that. in time.
Thenever q large quantity Of pipe is
in any One locality. a furnace
sill be erected and the pipes be there
made