Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-11-03
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
---1n 1850 the property Of Tie Ron.at
Catholics III this country amounted tt
So, 256, s5s. whioh In 1890 had increased
to sl1s,3sl,5le. The Mcthodists hole
the largest total, viz, $3.50, 0iS,O 7O
while the Episcopalians are the richest
ID proportion to their mem bership.
The anti-pork people say that the
eating Of pork is the fruitful cause oil
scrofulous diseases, not to speak of the
deadly trichina. But an eminent ply
sician declares that of all the races III
the world the North American Indians
are the most afflicted with scrofula,
though they eat very little pork.
An anti-carlcer eague has been Or.
ganized in Paris, its purpose being tc
seek means of relieving humanity from
one of it's 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.
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Spain, according to foreign papers, has
discovered a cure for diphtheria which
ne claims never fails. The queen regent
If Spain is greatly interested in the dis.
,overy and received DR.. Grana at court a
few weeks ago. The physician has been
invited to explain his remedy to the
Madrid Academy of Medicine.
"A scientific writer says that if PEG.
ole on the star Sirius have telescopes
powerful enough to distinguish objects
IN this planet, and looking ut it now,
hey are witnessing the destruction of
Jerusalem, which took place over 1880
years ago. OF course, the reason of this
S that the light which the world re-
1ects, travelling as it does, at the rate
If $4,000 miles per second, would take
over eighteen centuries to reach the
nearest 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,
aor 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 and shirt
buttons, and SIGH. A hen is very much
smaller than good many other ami
mails, but they will dig up more tomato
plants than anything that amt a hem
According to the Medical Record
7awning is by no means a useless act,
or it often cures catarrh and other af-
cctiuLs Of the throat, in many cases
giving instantaneous relief. 1t produces
considerable distention of the muscles
IT the pharynx, constituting q kind of
massage, and under this influence the
'artiilaginous portion of the eu>tlchian
,ubc contracts, expelling into the
,EarynX the mucosit:es there collected
According to NJ. Naegeti, yawning is
much more et1icaclous for affections of
The tube than the methods of Valsalva
IT PolitZcr, and is more rational than
he installation of air which is often
lifsicult to perform properly.
The people of this country probably
10 not fully realize the enormous di-
nensons of the losses inflicted upon
A"C1 lSdA plo~'uCkl> u SIGt OiC ClClCS
" the continuous decline of prices.
although the number of pounds Of cot
on exp ,rte~l steadily Increases, the
'alue Of the cotton exported continually
timinishes. In 1891 we sent to other
countries 2,s9a, no, To3 pounds of cotton,
worth 2S7 million dollars. The exports
n 1892 rose to s,9s4,719, sl1 pounds,
While the value fell to 25S million dol
ars. That is to say, we export ~
nillien pounds more of cotton and got
or it about 80 million less dollars
Textile Record. *---
The number of volcanic vents still
'xisting was fixed by Humboldt at 407,
# 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 tLe Island Of Stromboli, in the
Mediterranean, at Sanger, in Peru, and
Iount 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 $50 years. and Etna has a record of
il cruptions since the sixth century,
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