The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-18


SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
-Stecl ties are the next thing In rail-
ways. The Carnegie works at Pittsburgb
are turning out one . minute.
1T will require 60, 900 bales Of cotton
for the mills of the Amoskeag Manufac-
turing Company at Manchester, n. H.,
for the coming year.
"A French chemist believes himself
able to tell whether a soil is deficient in
phosphorus, potash or nitrogen by the
shade Of green Of the vegetation. The
leaves become yellowish when nitrogen
is lacking.
There are four products of Cali
fDrnia," says . Pacific Coast journal.
which will shortly command the market
of this country and Will seek outlets
abroad. These are raisins, figs, prunes
and olive oil"
DIR. Dornill, of Paris, says infectious
diseases are often transmitted by ice.
especially typhoid fever. He advises
the use ofartiflcial ice, made from boiled
or spring water. and condemns ice OBJ
tanned from ponds or rivers liable to
contamination.
1T Is stated that In one establish
ment in Cincinnati the large number OF
81 900 gold dollars are annually beaten
out into gold leaf-a statement not
more remarkable than the fact, IS Is
also asserted, that As many - 1,4o0
thicknesses Of the gold leaf are required
to equal . sheet of thin paper and $780,
900 to form IN inch.
The weight that can be lifted BY Z
screw, or the tension that can be given
. bolt or stud by using wrench to the
nut, can be determined by finding the
distance moved by the power or the
hand In making one complete revolution
of the wrench. Divide this by the pitch
or the screw, and multiply the quotient
by the power applied. There will be
from 20 to as per cent. deducted for fric'
tion.-The Jeweler.
"A congress was recently held In
Paris to protest against the abuse OF to-
baccco, says the Pharmaceutical Era
Explaining why the German, who
smokes more than the Frenchman, poi
sons himself less, NJ. Ortolan said thai
the percentage of nicotine In tobacco Il
loss when the stalks grow close together
and when the leaves are numerous and
placed low on the stalk; hence in Ger
many, where tobacco growing is unre
stricted, the amount Of nicotine is les
than In the French tobacco, where thu
industry is regulated by governmen
and the number Of leaves to the stalk Il
limited. French tobacco contains o
much Is six per cent. Of nicotine.
An archaeological discovery was re
Gently made in German Altenburg OF
the Danube, in curious manner. Aftel
weeks study, from an elevated poin
Of view, of an extensive corn-held
whose colors showed great variations
Prof. Hauser declared that an ancien
amphitheatre must be buried under
meath. The corn was quite ripe owe
the centre of the ruins, where the sol
was thickest, and elliptica1 lines Q
green growing paler the higher the
rose, showed the seats. Subsequent ez
cavations confirmed this theory, an
brought to light the structure, with
paved road leading to the camp Of Cal
numtum.
Experts estimate the total value 9
ladies' cloaks produced in the Unite
/ States at "a, 900. 900 to =, ooo, 900 . veal
About threo-fourths Of the manufactuI
!. ing Of these cloaks IL done in the city Q
New York. Chicago comes next, Cleve
land next. Boston, philadelphia an
Cincinnati do still smaller business. I
the last seventeen years cloaks hsv
driven shawls steadily out of the maj
ket, until they have almost disappeared
| There is about 80, O0O, 900 capital II
vested in the ladies' cloak business I
i the United States. About $1,000, 900
year is paid in wages to the workmel
! To make $50, O00, 900 worth Of cloak
uses up about $25, 900, 900 worth of d.
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