The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-12-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


All the species Of shellfish draw
the carbonate of lime of which their
shells are formed from the sea- After
the death of the animals the shells
accumulate at the bottom of the ocean,
forming lofty mountains and vast beds
Of chalk.
Among solids, sglass is apparently
perfectly elastic. A plate OF glass bent
under pressure and allowed to remain
under stress for twenty-five years,
when released and carefully tested for
any permanent set was found to have
returned to exactly its original shape.
1T is estimated that more than
200, 900, 900 bushels of corn will be hars
vested in Kansas this year, and that
Its cash value will be 600, 600, 600. This
will be the largest yield since 1889,
when 274, 600, 900 bushels were har-
vested. The crop that year Melted the
farmers s51. 600, 900.
The bluebottle fly discharges q not
unimportant duty as q natural scaven-
ger. Its larvm of maggots must deyour
large quantities Of putrefying and de-
cayine matter, and must therefore re-
move from the earth's surface much
material offensive, II not disease-pro-
ducing, In its tendencies. =
The carpenter bee lays her eggs In
q hole she bores In suitable wood. AS
the eggs are placed in several cells and
the labor requires many days the grub
In the lowest CELL Is Matched first, and
q way for his escape without injuring
the rest is provided by means OF back
door entrance to the long gallery. as
| "A projected canal from Marseilles
to the valley of the Rhone is attracting
the attention of French engineers, and
they are at present engaged In seeking
an outlet on the Mediterranean coast.
| This scheme would place port which
absorbs one-third of French commerce
in communication with the canal and
river systems of the continent-N. \.
Engineering News.
"A chemist computes that at the
present market value the average hui
man cadaver contains something like
| s1s, 600 worth of calcium. But, like the
| fabulous values of aluminium In, clay,
or of gold in sea water, the cost Of ex.
traction at present prevents all profit
to the would-be enterprising manufac-
turers, and the schools of anatomy will
have no immediate cause for alarm as
regards commercial competition.
AT the north pole there is only one
direction-south. One could go south
In as many ways as there are points on
the compass card, but every one of
these ways Is south. East and west
have vanished. The hour of the day
at the pole is paradoxical conception,
for that point Is the meeting place OF
every meridian, and the time of all
holds good, SO tina. Is Is any hour one
cares to mention. Unpunctuality is
hence impossible-but the question
grows complex and its practical solu-
ton concerns few.
Trout will not thrive-indeed, will
not live in ponds where the tempera-
ture of the water gets as high as IS de-
grees. That degree is reached in sum-
mer In many of the trout ponds in
Connecticut that have boon made with
fgreat care and at some expense, and
the owners have been puzzled to ac-
count for the failure of the trout. A
temperature of 80 degrees does very
well for trout, but he can't stand the
tepid water of GUNNER in even the
clearest and most carefully made artif-
cial pond where the temperature OF
the water reaches 70 degrees.
in the whole German empire on
May last there were 27,540 miles Of
railroad, of which 8, 40S had double
track, Is miles three tracks and 81
miles four tracks. The length of mar
row gauge lines was 7sS miles. The
increase since April 1. 1892 Us months)
had been 437 miles, 80 miles of it mar
row gauge. OF the whole mileage only
2,s94 miles (101f per cent?, was worked
by companies. though 205 miles more
worked by governments, was owned By
them Besides the above, open to pub
lie traffic, there are 1904 miles of rail
road in the empire in mines, factories
yards, etc.. not serving as common
carriers, and of this sos miles is narrow
gauge.-N. Y. Railroad Gazette.
THE EEL KILLED POOR mig"
Now Tommy Hopkins Mourns His Cal
Who Died . Glutton.
Old Tommy Hopkins, the eel catche
J of Pleasure Bay, is mourning his pc
! cat and life companion mig" who ha
died from the effects of an encounte
with big eel last Sunday.
The tide was running favorably 70
J cells, Saturday night and Hopkin
and his partner, Bill Archer. planted
wire pot in the surf near their house
. After putting piece of liver in it +
attract the game they. went to bed, In
, tending to visit the snare the mex
, morning, when the receding tide woul
} leave it high and dry upon the sand.
} mig" who had reached the age Q
= eighteen, was noted for being as fon
. of fish and cells as q cat brought mp o.
/ the seashore could be. He had ofte
rone out in the boat with his maste,