Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-05-23
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Tho Evan Hal1 plAntAtiOa IN L.ouis-
lama has already tasued ouS A0o0, 900
pounds Of sugar, with more than hall
he crop Of cane yet 10 grind.
"A now inseCtioide has boon recon-
mended by Prof. ]. B. Smith, VIZ. pot
ash In the form Of muFiate and kainit
In the proportion Of one ounce to one
pint Of water muriate Of potash do
stroys plant lice, mealy bugs, bark lice
and Thousand legs"
Not only is It now conceded that
new species can originate By hybridf
xation, but new genera also. 6oPhTV-
caticyG Is q new genus recently estab-
lished, which was actually raised by .
cross between SopArontcs and Ost-
eyG-two well known and very distinct
genera Of orchidaceous plants.
Cincinnati, besides making 100000
sets of harness, turns out $4,000 saddles
annually. The saddles are Of rude
manufacture, however, and do not COM
pare with the English Srticle. The
finest American saddle made does NOT
sell for moro than $50, while tho En-
glish make are up as high a. $3.50 apiece,
and they are worth Il, says manufao-
turer.
A well-known manufacturer claims
that the only proper way OF making
ready-mixed paint In which there Is
considerable portion Of white lead and
zinc white present, TO keep indefinitely,
n to emulsify the oil. This prevents
the chemical action which the painter
knows as "fatting"-that Ia, prevents
the formation Of that particular kind Of
lead soap which viii not dry.
Professor Kircho&, Of Halle, In IN
article speaks Of the anxiety with
which scientific mon looked for the
meeting Of the international conference
on degree measurement. for observa-
lions seemed TO Ghow that decrease in
latitude was In process, implying an al
tsration In the direction Of the earth's
ada. The Auctustion observed Ii prob
ably due to minute oscillation caused
by some changes in the internal mass OF
the planet.-English Mechanic.
1T IL not often that lost art Is re-
covered, but Il In said that the chemists
have triumphed in the matter Of the an
cient "Alexandrian blue" This blue,
the ideal Of painters and decorators, was
peculiar and remarkably durable
color. The chemists are said to have
achieved o successful analysis Of the
colorinR ON tho Pompeiian frescoes, and
10 have reproduced the paint, identical
with the ancient coloring In every par
ticulAr.
1t appears from the studies Of Mr..
3. P. Bigelow on the habits Of the Por-
tuguese man-of-war, that this interest
ing jell-hsh feeds largely ON small fish,
which, swimming against N t0ntacles
are caught and benumbed- The hsh
Struggling to free themselves from con-
tact with tho poisonous tentaclss, cause
the latter to contract, and thus the prey
Is drawn up 70 the feeding-bella II the
fiSh does not struggle, the tentacles fall
to contract The feeding-bells spread
themselves over the ASh and digest It.
The Seattle Telegraph puts forth
some useful information about that
smart young city and It's progressive
State. Deattle's jobbing trade last year
was about S8S, 600, 900, gain Of S16, 0oo,-
900 over the previous year. Her bank
Slearances aggregated almost S64, 0OO,-
600. She started I'VE new banks, built
LIST now Buildings, costing over %, OO0,-
900, and dealt In real estate to the value
of 0OS, OO0, 900. The lumber output OF
the State was large; the grain yield
%. 900, 900 bushelA The State exported
90, OOo, 900 more of products than she Inn
ported; mined coal In sixteen counties,
and built ~ miles of road.
The remarkably rapid growth Of
some plants almost equals that OF
Jonah'S gourd Of the olden time. Ithas
recently been noted that in one twenty
four hours of an April day-the East
India summer bamboo made thirteen
inches Of growth. This Is well for the
tropics, but here in temperate regions
are often Rrowths no less remarkable
At q recent meeting Of the Academy %
Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia, q
shoot of Japan plant, Pueraria Thun'
bergianum, was exhibited sixty-Ave feet
IN length, the whole Of which had beer
produced near that city between May
ist and September LIST Six inches
day being the average-nodoubt greater
ut times, Il - good rs the East Indian
case, considering difference Of climate
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And Then He Felt Bad.
''Can you driver" asked q fair younI
East End damsel, as she stood BY tn