The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-11-16

Tobacco gives employment to S0.-
600 persons in New York. Germans.
Bohemians and English predominate,
In France they now use for steam
and water pipe joint gas jets made OF
wood pulp, which are boiled In linseed
oil. They give satisfactory results. and
are not subject to decomposition at
high temperature.
Almost the hardness OF the diar
mond is said to be given by German
workmen to steel-engraving tools. The
tools are made white hot, plunged re-
peatedly into sealing wax until cold.
and then just touched with oil Of tur-
pentine.
I'm Russia there are sixty-seven Inn.
mense spinning mills. employing an
aggregate Of l15. 000. 900 spindles. The
principal centers Of this industry are
the provinces of Moscow and Vladimir.
Russia has 4S8 cotton-weaving estab-
lishments. which give employment to
| $500.
"A Fhiladelphia German named
Kleeman has discovered process for
making sugar out OF s'black strap" the
refuse from molasses. The ''black
strap" is thinned with water and mixed
with Ignite. after which it is purified.
The result is said TO be q fair quality
of sugar.
The objection against making lead
| pencils out of paper instead OF wood has
been overcome. One of the difficulties
has been the toughness OF the paper
covering and its consequent resistance
to the action Of knife. BY q new pro-
| cess the molecular cohesion Of the pa
per Is modified in such manner that
it can be cut as easily as cedar wood.
An Ingenious device for preventing
the odor Of cooking from escaping into
q room hiss been patented. The inven'
ton Is Of the simplest possible descrip-
ton. and consists Of hood with folded
sides or leaves, which covers the sides
Of the stove. The odor passes into the
hood. and is carried directly into the
chimney.
From Investigations carried on by
DR.. Rappoport 10 St. Petersburg. il
would seem that the quantity Of gas.
trio juice secreted during sleep is much
smaller than that secreted during the
daytime or active life. The digestive
power is also less. Pepsin is found u
much the same amount; but chloride
Of sodium and hydrochloric acid are il
smaller proportions.
The Engineer says that among
things that never will be settled are the
following: Whether a long screw-drivel
is better than short one Of the same
family. Whether water-wheels rur
faster at night than they do in the day
time. The best way to harden steel
Which side of the belt should run mex
the pulley. The proper speed Of linz
shafts. The right way to lace belts
Whether compression is economical Of
the reverse. The principle Of thu
steam injector.
Experiments have recently beer
made at Kiel by the German naval au
thorities on torpedoes made of pape
and worked by electricity. The re
suits are said to have been very salts
factory. The torpedo is about clever
feet long by sixteen inches diameter
and is made of twelve layers of paper
fourteen inches thick, compressed ant
vanished. The motor is mounted OF
three paper ribs and driven from tn
ship or shore by cable, the steering
and ignition OF the charge being con
trolled through the same cable.
Ito the progress of invention. NOR
than to all other causes combined, i
due the important sociological fac
that the condition Of women has beel
vastly improved during the last for o
i've decades. Invention has RELOCATED
the coarser and harder work Of womel
to machinery, and has opened up new
and pleasant avenues OF proftabl
employment for them. Witness tn
telegraph. the telephone. and type
writing machines by which hundred
OF thousands Of women and girls ear
their living. The movement IL still
onward and upward. Age