The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-03-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

according to the official figures the
.otal quantity of wine produced in Spain
last year was COS, ISL, SOC gallons. the
vineyards being about 4,o76. ESQ acres in
extent This production exceeds that
of France by nearly 5000, 900 gallons.
r About 10, 900 corn cob pipes are
daily manufactured Ia this country, all
being made In three factories at st.
LOFTS, brentwood; Neb.. ind in Kansas
The cobs are all procured in Missouri,
and are all supplied by the Collier va
riety of corn. on which the1grow usu-
ally heavy, woody and hardy
"A great obstacle to thu mdndfac=
ture of lead pencils will soA arise in
the scarcity of soft cedar wool. Al
present the wood used In al the lead
pencils in the world comes from Florida
and that supply is expected to be ex-
hausted within five years.
1t has recently been estimated that
in the world at large 1000 manufac-
turers produce yearly 060. 900, 001 kilo-
grammes of paper. Three hundred mil
lion is used in periodicals, and the re-
mainder in books, brochures, CONNER
oial circulars, etc. The amount used in
periodicals has increased one third In
ten years, and is constantly growing.
Quill toothpicks came first Of all
from France. The largest factory in
the world is near Paris. where there is
an animal product of 20. 00J.0 COO quilts.
The factory started to make quill pens
but when these went out of general use
it was converted into toothpick mill
The number of geese raised by the far
mers in the surrounding country to sup
ply quilts must be very great
1t is calculated that the deficient
crop of last season in New Zealand. as
compared with ordinary seasons, means
a loss to farmers of over S750,Oo0. OF
this total. wheat represents sass, sos.
oats siO9, $50, barley Sl2.5o0. and pota-
toes Ss5, 900. With the fair prospects of
a good season and the high prices. that
will inevitably rule, next seasons re-
turns iiiay possibly almost wipe out
last seasons loss.
Many German engineers prefer ma
sorry to iron for bridges. and they have
revived the practice of building masonry
bridges with lead joints at the key and
points of rupture near the spring lines.
The Romans used sheets OF lead be-
tween cut stones. and in bridges built
In England in 1888 bands of lead were
placed in the joints for two-t thirds of
the distance above the sprirging line.
The use of lead is for maintaining the
proper interval Of Joint and for Uniform
ly distributing the pressures.
Diamonds, according to an experts
classification, have sex as well as other
attributes not known to common folk
Here" said jeweler, lis specimen
that will prove to you that there is a
difference of sex in gems. That is what
is called the female. q multiplying dia-
mond." He held the gem under strong
magnifying glass and pointed to four or
five smaller diamonds clustered about
one of the facets at the edge of the
table of the stone. 1.-THE male GEM"
the jeweler said, lis sharp pointed and
never gathers these embryo gems"
AT recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Sciences, M. Rommier read
a paper on the yeast of wine; the bou-
quet, or aroma. of the wine made from
grapes of the same species but grown
in different districts, being quite dis
tinct The characteristic bouquet seems
to be due to the district, and wine from
shifted vines or cuttings does not neces-
sarily possess the special flavor of the
original when planted in other districts.
1t is known that the best wines are pro-
duced from grapes raised on volcanic
soils