The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
SCIENCE AND INDUaTaI.

1t is said that some ~clothespin box
packers can pack 1900 Il day. Thy
are paid one cent for packing Gox
of four gross. At this rate they make
five dollars a dag.
Iron is a constituent OF most solids
and is found in food crops. Oats. o.r-
lev and rice contain much morc iron
than wheat. corn Or beans. Nra~,v
four pcr cent Of the ash Of ths oit
grain is iron.
Prof. Peel. OF ST. Pe.ersoI--. has
found fifty per cent. oil petroleum in 10
cod liver oil sold by n dru%sis.. the
adulteratei article having th- tI,;,.
smell aud appearance OF tn gsauin~.
Mineral Oil is also frequently fotIa4 III
olive oil.
"A very dcnse graphite carbon f3r
i~ncandescent electric lighting Is now
produced by passing the electric dis
CHARGES from an induction coil betwt-a
two electrodes inclOSed in q vessel con-
tanning Illuminating g;ts; the crHph.t,
forms ut the negative elect-rla. @nl
gradually elOnsatcs toward the posi-
tive pole.
"A new process Tor preparing beans
for food has been devised. The bans
are reduced u -four. which is boiled
until it attains a certain consistency.
and the name of ''cU:d" is given 20 il.
The article is simple. cheap ana vcr;
nutritious. and is much rclishcd by the
Chinese. 1t has alarge percentage of
caseine. and is q good substitute for
milk.
Many experiments in burning brick
with oil in place of wood are bein.
made by manufacturers of brick along
the Hudson river. II the new method
proves to be practical it is estimated
that there will be a saving Of forty per
cent. effected. The main difficulty is
in the ''drying OIL process. One re-
suit of using oil instead Of wood will bs
the preservation of thousands of acres
Of forests in the counties affected.
both in China and Japan Soapstons
has long been largely used for protect
Ing structures built of soft stone and
other materials specially liable to at
mOsphere influences. 1t has been found
powdered sOapstOne in the form Of
paint has preserved Obelisks formed OF
for hundreds of years. which
unprotected. have long ago
away. For the inside paint
ing Of steel and iron ships it Is found
10 be excellent. It has no a~nt:-fouling
but is anti-cOrrOSive.
AT n recent meeting of the Acal-
,my Of Sciences, in Paris. NJ. Chevrea
communicated. in the name Of NJ.
Arnaud. Curator at the Museum VI
History. a very interesting
lOte on the toxic substance which the
cOmalis employ to poison their
This substance is the ''OuabajovIy
md from this wood NJ. ArnUad has ex-
a crystalline mAsg endowed
With terrible venomous properties. In
and i~ntravenOuS injecx
ions three One-hundredths of u grain
Il the poison sufiices to kill u dog.
Death rapidly occurs by an arrest of
he hearts action.
M. PerrOtin. u French astronOmcr.
las discovered that the planet Mars.
'esides being inhabited. has u number
gigantic canals connecting her seas
md, what il more remarkable. tina, (
ONE OF the canals are still in course
2 construction The theory of i'm
nense canals In Mars-from eighteen
Iundred to two thousand miles in
sngth and from twenty To fifty mills
n width-has already been put for
'ard. but positive knowledge on the
nbject has been lacking. II these
anals be the work of arti:ice on thu
art o the inhabitants of the planet.
3 NJ. PerrOtin states. then i: will be
easOnable to believe tina. it is psopled