The Bossier banner., 1892-08-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

sarths crust. It Is the bedrock of the |
world. It shows no evidence of animal |
or vegetable life. 1t is from two to ten |
times as thick as the united thickness
of all the other rocks. 1t is the parent
rock from which all other rocks have
been either directly or indirectly de-
rived.
AT meeting of Berlin paperhang
ers It was shown that only $4,000 out OF
the 300, 900 German journeymeh 1oiners
belonged to the Joiners' Trade Union.
The Bricklayers' Trade union numbered
barely 5000, the total of the shoemak-
ers was hardly worth mentioning, and
only the printers and potters have
strong unions.
1t is impossible to fill a glass coin
pletely with any liquid, from rim to
center. The most common fuids-such
as water, milk, or spirit-arc attracted
from the sides of the vessel into which
they are placed, SO that they arise
around the brim, leaving a hollow in
the middle.
The longest cataleptic sleep known
| to medical science has been attracting at
tention in Germany. The latest report
states that the man-a miner Of Siles1a
had been unconscious four and half
months, with no unnatural appearance
except absolute rigidity Of the limbs.
During this time the patients hair has
grown, but his beard has remained
stationary. Food is given by tube.
Lime water has a tendency to make
| IL -A nt,sino
the drinking water is heavily inpreg-
mated with it the men are apt to
be tall 1t is now used very extensively
In the milk for children, but 1t should
not be restricted~to children. For
perfect sanitary diet alkaline water is
needed for every person who eats heav-
lily of meat, and this means nearly
everybody excepting the vegetarians.
A letter from Alaska contains an
account of several projects for the de-
velopment of the Alaskan coal mines,
and it also says that gold-mining will
be actively prosecuted there this sum-
mer. The Alaska fisheries are growing
in Importance, and there is an immense
supply of Alaska salmon, for the can
ming of which a trust was recently
formed. The Alaskans have petitioned
congress for ad appropriation of S25, 900
to build pack trail across the Chilkat
Pass.-N. Y. Sun.
The four largest paper machines in
the world are under construction in
Worcester, Mass, for the new paper
mill at Rumford Falls, Me. One is 135
inches wide, two 125 inches each, and
one 112 inches. More than a thousand
mechanics and laborers will be employed
, this summer in building up the new
!, manufacturing town of Rumford Falls,
! and the factories now building will,
when completed, furnish employment
. for !, 200 hands
While the pine tree is no longer the
I backbone of Names lumber industry,
| there is surprising quantity of that
3 timber in the state About $4,000, ,00C
a feet of pine are surveyed in the docks Of
s Bangor every year, and although much
\ of it is second growth or sapling pine
b. there is liberal sprinkling of the old
: time forest monarchs. Even along the
4 coast are patches of good merchantablc
pine, and Portland box-maker, wh<
10 | "
d ply from within ten miles of that seaport
# The burdens put upon German in
d dustry as the result of the wor6men'
r Insurance are heavy. In the mining
e industry more than 100000 of mark
d were paid into the sick fund during 1890
e IL, 900, ,0O0 being contributed by the mas
- ters, and the contributions for 1891 ar
;, still greater. In 1891 about $500, 90
u marks were paid into the accident in
IS surance fund The old age insuranc
n fund required $500, 900 marks, the own
:, ers being obliged to pay half. The EN-
r ployers, therefore, have to subscrib
l. more than S., 900, 900 for the benefit @
a the workmen, or s13 head.
l. I'm discussion on diphtheria, pull
10 lished in the British Medical Journa
% DIR. Russell cited several instances i
r which steam had seemed to be an actiy
factor in the propagation of the diseas'
Hot water and steam from brewer
10 were introduced into some old cesspoo
10 and evidently wakened into activit
n germs which, if fundisturbed, would hay
n remained dormant. An epidemic
in diphtheria soon developed in the vicinit
81 and was not checked until the stea
ne was turned into other channels, whe
to it quickly ceased. If, as we now b
hit lieve, the bacillus of diphtheria d
a. velops with special rapidity in the pre-
ne ence of warmth and moisture and a
Id sence of light, it is not unreasonable
n. suppose that the introduction of h
he water or steam into cesspools or sewe
tic may be a most dangerous procedure.
10 Scientific American.