The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-10-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Bay City has the largest wooden
ware factory in tho world.
More thar one-fifth of the land of
tho world has no outlet for drainage to
tho sea, and in all that area evaporation
is greater than precipitation.
The total imports of bananas at
New York during tho year 1889 aggre-
gated 1886, SOB lunches, to which ia
maica contributed about one-third, or
1,346, 062, while Colon sent PIG, 52S.
The bones of some prehistoric giants
have been uncarthed near Admission,
Ala. One of the thigh bones was sixty
two inches long, and the skulls averaged
thirty-four inches in circumference.
There is now more beet than a II
sugar consumed. In 1881 the total OF
the worlds production of cane sugar
was zoos, 900 tons, and OF beet sugar
LIZA, 900 tons. In 1890 the total Of cane
was 2,246, 900, and OF beet 3, 1850, 900 tons.
Whom Sir John Herschel was L.
Tending the character of astronomical
Bcience in view of an error OF nearly
1000, 900 miles in estimating the sun
distance, the correction was shown to
apply to al error of observation so small
40 wv w OI"i wv bh'
breadth of a human hair at n distance of
1875 feet.
Prof. Ponfick, n surgeon Of B%reslau,
Germany, has succeeded in removing in
rabbits portions of the liver amounting
to one-half, without killing them, and
has subsequently, found that the dis
sected organ grew again to moro tina
its original size, proving tina the liver
has the astonishing power of repairing
lost tissue.
Prof. William ID. Parks, Supervis-
ing Engineer of tho Edison Electric
Light Company of Philadelphia, an
electrical expert, says no is willing to
stake his reputation as an electrical en-
gineer on his ability to construct an
electric motor that could take a train of
cars from Philadelphia to New York in
thirty-six minutes.
-Nine-tenths of the raisins sold in
this try arc made in California. and
yet California raisinmakers ship all their
best goods to Now York and nave them
Spain. They claim that the public
looks with more favor on imported
~raisins, and for this reason they arc OBJ
llRed TO go TO all JnlS trouble.
kerosene vapor is a palpable i~rritant
OF the throat and air passages, and may
we'll have had something to do with tho
alleged fact that in a recent epidemic of
diphtheria, in Hartford, Conn, tho only
fatal cases occurred in families who
used kerosene lamps, while the families
who used gas or candles for light in
sick-rooms escaped a fatal termination.
Tho Sanitary Era.
The idea. generally current that
death, following on disease, most fire.
quently occurs during the early hours
OF morning has bee proved by a recent
investigation to he erroneous. DR..
Burns, Of the Charity Hospital, Now
York, has made observations in some
Is, 900 cases, extending over twelve
years, with the result of finding that no
particular hour or period of the day is
specially fatal.
Andrew Carnegie will have n history
of the several industrial establishments
in America with which he has beer
connected prepared and handsomely
printed, TO present to the foreign visit
ors who will come to Pittsburgh next
month to attend the international meet
ing OF mechanics and metallurgical on.
~gineers. The book will DO handsomely
bound md profusely illustrated. The
history OF the works and the various
processes OF steelmaking will be care,
fully explained.
The San Francisco Chronicle esti.
mates hat the fruit shipments from
California to the East this year will
reach 10, 900 carloads, or 2OO,O 900, OOC
pounds. 1t says: "At an average price
Of five cents a ~pound-which may be
considered low, as the above embraces q
vast quantity of dried fruit, which sells
at from eight to twenty cents a pound
our surplus for export will bring the
State at least $40. 900. 600. This is q
pretty good showing for a section in
which apples and pears sold freely a
81. so to $3 a pound forty years ago, anC
which at that time was deemed by mos
persons unfit for any other purpose thar
to dig gold and raise cattle for theil
hides and tallOw."