The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-04-15
aolENog AND lNDUsrRN.


1t is not generally known that the
light of the sun and the moon exercise
a deleterious effect on edge tools
Knives drills, scythes aud siclzles as
sumo "a blue color If they are exposed
for some time TO the light and heat of
the sun; the sharp edge disappears and
the tool is rendered absolutely useless
until il is retsmpered
On the estate of the Marquis de Ia
Laguua, in Spain, "a water wheel OF
twenty horse power runs a dynamo
Flowing by electricity has been proPoB-
ed, and the current is to be transmitted
to a field three miles distant, where
motor on pillow is TO be operated The
cable TO be attached 70 the pillow is 20 be
wound on "a reel and drawn over the
field
Cyclones Of grand dimensions are
generated in the zones where the trade
wind of the opposite hemisphere Pene'
trates. They are caused by an aug
meutation or swelling in volume OF air,
proceeding from the opposite hemi-
sphere, attending unequal distribution
of the normal limits of the atmospheric
circulation, and determined by the re-
tardation which the trade wind or mon
soon meets with in following the sums
movement
Professor Won PettenlSofer has been
studying the Iser River, which flows
through Munich, carrying the city e
sewage. He says that i've miles below
the city there is not trace of the pol
luton which finds its way into the river
Some observers have thought that thu
seIf-puriEcatiou of rivers is due to de
position of sediment DIR, Won Pettsn-
l1ofer, however, maintains that the real
agent at work in purifying the EseE
River rs the oxygen OF the air which is
absorbed by or dissolved in the. water,
"A course ofseSperiments continued
through several years, in Germany, has
resulted in producing q breed Of silk
worms that eat salsify and thrive on il
rs well as other breeds thrive on the
white mulberry. This will enable the
Germans to enter probably upon silk
culture. AS the climate of our eastern
and middle states is about the same as
that OF central and south Germany,
American agriculturists can avail them
selves of the resultsof these expert
meuts
-Raisiu raising and pruue growing
are two comparatively new industries in
California that are attaining very large
proportions, and the domestic products
have almost driven the foreign goods
from our markets During nine months
ending September SO, 1891, only $50
735 pounds of Faisins and 8, 500 $50
pounds Of prunes were imported as
against 10, T6s, O55 pounds Of raisins and
IS, G98, $50 pounds of pruues in the same
period of 1890 -Four or five carloads of
raisins are leaving San Diego daily for
the east at this time.
Some recent experiments in light
house signalling 10 England have shown
some remarkable results from directing
the light vertically to the sky, instead
of horizontally across the water, When
all weather conditions are favorable the
light of the Eddystoue lighthouse, as
teen and 20 half miles at sea, but Il was
found that beam of light OF much less
power directed vertically was visible
exactly twice as FAX. uud could be well
discerned through an ordinary fog.
The number Of locomotives in the
United States is about 3G,OOO-ou8 to
every hvs miles of railroad and of cars
Of all kinds 1.I09, 0CO, OF which 81 900
are passenger coaches The locOmo-
tives cost $3.50. GOO, 600 the cars $780,
600, 600. making the approximate cost of
tine rolling stock 81, 900. 600. 600. Each
Z year q freight engine hauls IS, coo tons,
and a passenger engine pulls 10000
{ passengers These railways employ
Z g25. 600 persons nearly all men, who
provide q living for nearly 5000, 600
I people, or about oue-tweutieth of the
whole population
One of the theories with regard to
! the so-caIied Druidicai rocks at Stone
henge is, that they were erected with
an astronomical aim, and one Of the
| legends states that the sun rises on the
| longest day OF the year Immediately
/ above the top Of an Isolated mouolith.
l The latter statement has been proved
I by Mr. Bacon, who made q trip there at
Z the time of the last so.sJice, Eccom-
panied by Mr. Howe. O phoJograp her,
Who succeeded i'm getting a 6ae view OF
| the sun. as it rose above the point Of
l the rock ia the manner named 10y the
legend