The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-11-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In 1850 the property q tho Roman
Cstholics ia this country amounted "a
eo,25e, 15s, which in 1890 had increased
tos4lls, 3e1, SIG. The Methodists hold
the largest total, viz, Sl3O;o1S, O70,
while the Episcopalians are the richest
IN proportion to their mem bership. 4
The anti-pork people say that the
eating OF pork is the fruitful cause Of
scrotulous diseases. not to speak of the
deadly trichina But an eminent phy-
sician declares that of all the races in
the world the North American Indians
are the most afflicted with scrofula,
though they eat very little pork.
An ant!-cancer eague has been or
ysnized in Paris, its purpose being. to
seek means of relieving humanity from
one OF its most dreadful scourges. Fl.
nancial aid is asked from the public,
and Psychologists, clinicians, hi tolo-
yists, nicrobiologists, veterinary prac-
titioners and even geographical explor-
ers are expected to cooperate in the
work of investigation.
DIR. Grana. country physician In
Spain, according to foreign papers, has
discovered cure for diphtheria which
ae claims never fails The queen regent
ofSpain is greatly interested in the dis
:overy and received Dr.. Grana at court q
lew weeks ago. The physician has been
invited to explain his remedy to the
Madrid Academy of Medicine.
"A scientific writer says that If peo-
ole on the star Sirius have telescopes
powerful enough to distinguish objects
IN this planet, and looking at it now,
hey are witnessing the destruction of
Jerusalem, which took place over 1900
years ago OF course, the reason of this
s that the light which the world re-
1ects, travelling as it does, at the rate
II 1855, 600 miles per second, would take
over eighteen centuries to reach the
7earest fixed star:
"A boys comp sition on hens reads
IS follows: "Hen's is curious animals.
They don't have no nose, nor no teeth,
1or no ears. They swallow their vittles
whole, and chew it up in their crops in
side of them. The outside of hens is
generally put into pillars and feather
busters. The inside of hen is some
lines filled up with marbles md shirt
buttons, and SIGH. A hen is very much
smaller than a Eood many other ami
nails, but they will dig up more tomato
plants than anything that amt hem"
According to the Medical Record
7awEinG is by no means a useless act,
or it often cures catarrh and other az
:cctioEs OF the throat, in many cases
,ivin:; Instantaneous relief. It produces
considerable distention of the muscles
IT the pharynx, constituting kind OF
massage, and under this influence the
:artillagimus portion of the eustachian
iubc contracts, expelling into the
okarynx the mucosities there collected.
According to NJ. Naegeli, yawning is
much more eficaclous for affections of
tho tube than the methods of Valsalva
n Politzer, and is more rational than
he insuHation of air, which is often
lifficult to perform properly.
The people of this country probably
10 not fully realize the enormous d.
nensions of the losses inflicted upon
American producers of staple articles
~ the continuous decline of prices
Although the number Of pounds of cot
on exported steadily increases, the
'alue of the cotton exported con tinually
liminishes- In 1891 we sent to other
countries 2,s92, ITO, 7o3 pounds of cotton,
worth 297 million dollars The exports
n 1892 rose to ,934,719,Sl1 pounds,
While the value fell to 25S million dol
ars- That is to say, we export 40
million pounds more of cotton and got
or it about 80 million less dollars
Textile Record.
The number of volcanic vents still
Existing was fixed by Humboldt at 4o7,
# which 225 have been active within
he last century; it has since, however,
'een estimated that the Indian Archi-
>elago alone contains more than 900.
The most active VOLCANOES known are
hose on the Island of Stromboli, in the
Mediterranean, at Sanger, in Peru, and
dount Etna. For more than 1000
'ears the Stromboli mountain has dis
:harged lava constantly; the one in Peru
las been throwing out masses of Gin
lers, attended by terrific explosions,
or 150 years, and Etna has a record of
i cruptions since the sixth century,