Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-28
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

CANADA does an extensive businoso in
homemade cheese. In 1850 its exports
amounted to 9,109,021 pounds.
a NEW disease called photo-elcctric
oph Lhnlmia'is described rs duo to tho
continual action of tho electric light Oh
tho eyes.
MORE than o million acres in tho
Northwest arc annually planted with
lax, chiefly for seed, of which somo 49,
100000 bushels arc produced every year
lT is said that tho hop vino is tho best
substitute for rags in tho manufacture
of paper. Tho vino pulp Possesses great
length, strength, flcxibility and deli
cIcy.
AUSTRALIA 10 tho "banncr" sheep
raising country Of tho world. Tho OK
ports of wool last year amounted to231,-
OOo,0a0 pounds, against $4,000, 600
pounds from South America.
lr has boon suggested that tho phon-
oSrarh shall DO used as q cash register
Ivory HuiH tho cashier receives might
be- called in tho photograph, and then
recorded rs q check on tho accounts.
EISiDE1 being much moro expeditions
il its workings. tho electrical tanning
process turns out leather having seven
teen por cent. moro tensile strength
than that tanned by tho ordinary pro-
cess.
THERE is 4 firm in Cincinnati which
each year boats 3l,C00 gold dollars into
i!o!d l"Ac. and rs each dollar can DO beat
into ~ sheet that will carpet two rooms
1JiI feet square, some idea may DO
formed Of its t0nuitY.
Tie principal manufactures Of Boston
in lI06 consisted OF rum, loaf sugar,
beer, sailclotk, co:dagc, wool and cotton
cards, playing cards, pot and pearl
"2hc@, paper hangings, hats, plate,
glass, tobacco and chocolate
il a wafer telephone recently pat
Cn'cd III England tho apparatus cm-
p.oyCu for tho collection Of sound trans
lasted through water between ships has
i'""'! iHprovCd by constructing tho ap-
lAr"tu" so that any pressure caused by
tho increased density Of tho water has
40 riSor5 upon it.
an instrument has recently been or
h:biiCu III London by which q photo
graph car hc taken OF drops Of water in
the CoGrGo' OF their formation. 1t con-
&i't& OF q lantern and lenses, by which
~ wat1r-tr"Urh. the source OF tho droDs,
can DO strongly illuminated. together
Witn hGhinin% camera having 4 re-
N1!THG Dash with one pcrforation.
EXPERIMENTS made in Sweden bv M.
S'"ndhrrE on the strength Of iron rails
during; winter have. shown that stool
rails continuing over four pcr cent. of
c..rbon arc apt to break in cold weather
I'm ,,T J.;
Joints % the uSc OF rails having lcss
tHfHon Than thi3-Say, three per cont
IL countries a. cold in winter as Nor
way and sweden.
NE annual catch Of fish on tho Eu-
rAprhn and North American coasts 10
computed by n German statigLicinr TO
amount ID 80. 900 tons. \ ton of fish
corresponds with twenty-five sheen in
weight. and with twenty sheen in
r"uri@Gi0E power. Therefore, tho total
Ea"o@r2n anil North American catch
equals III NunOCr .:!.UUp.UJJ SuccD and
III nouriShinT power $4,000, 900.
NEW applications OF tho electric
Rotor arc being mGdc daily. There is
flavor OF tho FrotcGquc in tho fact
Tat l. i noW being ugCd for massage.
''ho cnJ2rpriging practitioner is y doc
t" IN Louisville, Ky. who found that.
E0wovrT satisfactory tho pounding and
rA3N ling "f the process mighL bc TO
tho patient, it. was no joke to him. In
hAppI moment no bCthought himself
ot tAG EciarC&n electric motor, and now
vi he has II do Is to hitch on his nd
JA@;mcnt AMI keep M eye en- its ac-
curat9 an" ncvcr-tiring operations.