The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-07-20
ec1EMce AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND tNDuSih"
Photographs Of the flight and s "a,
o,osion OF dynamite cartridges s4an.
rroono the achievements OF the inS M
..nso,,s method of photography. nov
'a"o s.srdfathers would have wondered
at such pictures! r,mor
The Electrician reports a run us
from Berlin to the effect that meS41
10 heen discovered Of using electrici'y
for ascertaining the true north, ins'eau
o,.hs maonetic needle; that, IN snor''
~ now means will be superior 10 inc
compass and is likely to superceu sea =.
Fourteen thousand tons Q, 49,
were crushed in the be ct sugar ia0y sa.t
- Clans snreckels in California ias''
ss.son TIE sugar from these oee's
season ss : sso TONS The farmers who
entered upon beet c.'uturS ne Cocoon
average of $35 an acre. NeAs Ill ha
the production of beet s us"' :"
much larger. crr;-
Artificial coffee-beans are q rari-
ositv of the German market. ~
ara made from roasted grain flour, wan
an addition of dextrine or similar
face. and the counterfeit is only
tected by critical examination. Two
establishments offer for sale OUTFITS
claimed to make from 1000 to l.zVo
pounds of these beans each per day.
The so-called s'joss-sticks." the
burning of which supplies incense JOE
Chinese religious ceremoniais, are
made of the powdered leaves OF LIN
dera fragrans. mixed with the pow
dered leaves of Biota. Lindera ira
grams is q shrub of the true laurei
family Qaurac@), and its Cninese
name means '.Incense Leaves. +"
An electrical fire engine, which
can be- tapped for service Whenever
wanted, is the latest invention Inc
advantages claimed are that it can De-
started at full speed; that it is much
lighter than q steam fire engine OIL
equal power; that it costs one-third
less; that it is noiseless in its opera
ton; makes no smoke, sparks nor ashes;
that it is safer and easier to control.
and is economical.
DIR. F. d. Reese, OF CORTLAND, N.
Y. writes to the Medical Record. de-
scribipg the use OF carbolized oil APP
piled to the carbuncle and then covered
with oakum, which had previously
been saturated with the oil. Ofa few
cases of carbt,ncle treated In this way
not one has run over two weeks. The
disease has yield ed to the carbolized
oil and oalxum treatment as by magic
He uses twenty per ce'ut- solution.
m. Ungerer, q French scientist,
believes that flowers and The perfumes
distilled from them has salutary
influence on the constitution, and, IN
deed. may be regarded as thera lOeutic
agency of high value. He says that
residence in perfumed atmosphere
forms a protection from pulmonary
affections and arrests the development
of phthisis. He adds that in the town
of La Grasse, where the making OF
perfumes is largely carried on, phthisis--
is rare. thanks to the odorous vapors
exhaled from the many distilleries.
For several years past fears have
been freely expressed that the box for
ests of Europe are giving out, and that
the engravers would suffer from the
decreased supply. A new species has
been discovered in South Africa, the
wood of which is believed to be equal
to its long-known relative, Buxus SEM
pervirens. The new species has been
named Buxus Macowani by Hooker.
One forest covering fifteen square
miles exists in the Buffalo River Valley,
and smaller forests have been found
near the coast. It sometimes has a
trunk two feet thick
"A very valuable insulating nate
rial, as it is regarded, is described in a
French journal. It is composed of
one part Greek pitch and two parts
burned plaster, by weight. the latter
being pure gypsum raised to high
temperature and plunged in water.
This mixture, when hot, is a homo
geneous viscous paste. and can be APP
piled by brush or cast in molds. It
is amber colored, possesses the insulat-
ing properties of ebonite, and can be
turned and polished. A peculiar adj
vantage it possesses is the endurance
of great heat and moisture without any
injury to its insulating properties.