The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-06-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DAY City has tho largest woodene
ware factory in the world. I
Moro imam one-fifth of the land Of
tke world has no outlet for drainage to
the sea, and in all that area evaporation
Il greater than precipitation.
Tho total imports of bananas AZ
New York during the year 1889 aggre-
gated $3.50, 593 lunches, to which ia
maica contributed about one-third, or
l.848, 062, while Colon sent 2l6. 52S
Tho bones Of some prehistoric giants
have been unearthed near Anniston,.
Ala. One of the thigh bones was sixty
two inches long, and the skulls averaged
thirty-four inches In circumference.
There is now more boot than cane
sugar consumed. In 1881 tho total of
the worlds production of cane sugar
was 1905, 900 tons, and of beet sugar
LIZA, 600 tons. In 1890 tho total of cane
was Q. GAG, 900, and Of beet 8. 800, 900 tons
When Sir John Herschel was de-
Tending the character Of astronomical
science In Wow OF an error of nearly
100000 miles in estimating the SUMS
distance, the correction was shown to
apply to an error Of observation so small
breadth of a human hair at distance Of
126 feet
Prof. Ponflck, a surgeon of Breslau,
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 more than
it's original size, proving that the liver
has the astonishing power Of repairing
lost tissue.
Prof William D. Parks, Supervis-
ing Engineer Of the Edison Electric
Light Company of Philadelphia, an
electrical expert, says he is willing to
stake his reputation as an electrical en-
gineer on his ability to construct An
electric motor that could take train of
cars from Philadelphia to New York in
thirty-six minutes.
Nine tenths Of the raisins sold in
this country are made in California, and
yet California raisinmakers ship all theiI
best goods to Now York and have them
boxed and marked as If they came from
Spain. They claim that tho public
looks with moro favor on imported
raisins, and for this reason they are OBJ.
liged TO go to all this trouble.
Kerosene vapor is palpable irritani
Of the throat and air passages. and may
we'll have had something to do with the
| 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 fatal termination.
Tho Sanitary Era.
Tho idea generally current that
death, following on disease, most fro
quently occurs during tho early hours
Of morning has been proved by q recent
investigation to DO erroneous DR.,
Burns, of tho Charity Hospital, New
York, has made observations in some
16, 900 cases, extending over twelve
years with the result of finding that nc
| particular hour or period Of the day Il
specially fatal
| Andrew Carnegie will have history
| of the several industrial establishments
10 America with which he has beer
connected prepared and handsomely
printed, to present to the foreign visit
ors who will come to Pittsburgh mex
month to attend the international meet
ing of mechanics and metallurgical en-.
| giueers. The book will be handsomely
| bound and profusely illustrated. The
history Of the works and the various
processes OF steelmaking will be care
fully explained
The San Francisco Chronicle esti-
mates that the fruit shipments from
California to the East this year will
reach 10000 carloads, or zoo, 900. o0d
pounds. 1t says: "At an average price
Of five cents q pound-which may be
considered low, as the above embraces a
vast quantity of dried fruit, which soils
at from eight to twenty cents pound
our surplus for export will bring the
State at least $4,000, OOO This is q
pretty good showing for q section in
which apples and pears sold freely al
$3.50 to IS pound forty years ago. and
which at that time was deemed by most
persons unfit for any other purpose thar
| TO dig gold and raise cattle for theiI
hides and tallow."