The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1888-02-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

~ fndcnlno OF One-nOTSe power
would keep $1,000. 600 watches going
La Nature.
The demand for cottonseed oil con-
sumes about one-half the present p-o--
duction of cotton seed.
Type made from paper is theS
latest novelty. A process has been
patented in England by which large
type can be made from pulp.
1t is admitted by foreign electri--
clans that the progress made in the
United States in the use of electricity
is far in advance of that tf any other"
nation.
I'm a paper on injurious insects.
Prof. J. A. Lintner PLACED the total
number of insect species in the world
at 10000. OF these found in the Uniteb
States 1000 or 5000 are fruit pests, and
and at least 2lO attack tire apple.
Scientists claim that a tide milf
located at the Bay of Fundy WOULD
generate 100000 horsepower twelve
hours day. This distributed eiectri-
cally and sold to every State in the'
Union would save the coal supply.
Sometimes the pressure of an arte--
sian flow of water results from a gas
pressure instead of from I high head
of water. Dakota for instance. has,
several artesian wells 1000 feet deep
with 250 to 2S0 pounds pressure, but.
there are no high places near by to give
this head of water.
The Electrical Rer;eU says that the
usclessness of the lightniag-rOd is be-
coming so generally understood that
the agents find their vocation n trying
one. Fewer and fewer rods are manu-
factured each year. and 'fhe day will
come when lightning-rod on house
will be regarded in the same light as a.
horseshoe over mans door"
1t is said that the big cattle ranches.
of the far West and Southwest are
breaking up. A year ago the Niobrara-
Land and and Cattle Company, which,
has become bankrupt. refused Sl,OOO.-
0O0 for It's property. Instead of the big
companies swallowing the little ones,
it is thought that the tendency is:
toward the breaking up OF the big
ranches into smai;ar ones.
An infant loses from three to six.
ounces in weight during the first four
to six days; by the seventh day it should
have gained It's birth-weight; from that.
to the fifth month it ought to gain
about five ounces per week. or about,
six drachms day; after tine fifth month.
about four drachms dav; at the fifth,
month it ought to have doubled Its
birth-weight, and in sixteen months
quadrupled it.
A chemical explanation of Ire
lands distress is that it Is due to too,
exclusive subsistence upon potatoes
Though a healthful luxury, this food
alone supplies too little nutrition to.
support people other than in half
starved and dissatisfied condition. 1t.
is probable, therefore. that lrelands-
woes would be greatly reduced if the
productive soil and climate were APP
piled to the growth of nutritive cereals
instead of the tubers-
The latest idea in the direction Of
waterproof lOOl-Wedr Is Sloc HldClG'
with Il stout calfskin vamp, seamless
underlying which is vamp Of tlJns
rubber, and between it and the lining.
which is of stout canvas. The bottom,
of the shoe has rubber interlining be-
tween the outer and the inner soles. and
thus the shoe is about as near water
proof as a leather shoe can be. 1t is
said to wear we'll and preserve its
waterproof qualities for an indefinite
period.
"A sound issuing from fog gives
no trustworthy Indication of the direc--
ton of its source. \ recent writer
gives two cases in his own experience
near Newport when the sound from %
fog-horn at Beaver Tail seemed to come
from several directions. each ten Or
fifteen degrees apart, and there is WE'LL
known case where transatlantic
steamer. bound to New YORK. going di-
rect but slow. and sounding her whistle,
finally picked up pilot who declared
he had heard the blast for half an hour
and that the steamer had been sailing:
around him in Il circle.