The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The establishment OF n labor cx
change by the labor organizations o
Kansas CITY is an attempt to carry int,
practical effect the cooperative idea O
Edward Bellamy.
Corn husks boiled in caustic sod,
are being utilized for the manufac
ture of paper. The cooking process re-
suits In the formation OF spongy, glu
tinous paste, which is subjected Il
heavy pressure so as to eliminate the
gluten, the fiber remaining being made
into paper in the ordinary way.--Sok
eutific American.
Recent catalogues show that ents,
mologists have found 383 species o,
spiders in the upper Cayuga lake basin
ST0 In the District of Columbia and 34s
In New England. DR.. George Marx ha,
compiled a list Of 202 species which
have been found in the polar regioni
Of the globe.
OF the 1890 tons Of pig iron which
was exported from the United States
in the last fiscal year, Ia, 700 tons went
to Canada. In that market the fur
naces of the United States were 60
successful in competing with those at
England that English iron was almoat
entirely driven from the Canadian mar.
ket.-Baltimor Journal Of Commerce.
| A physician who has devoted spe-
cial study to the grip says that it Il
easier to determine by the after effects
whether patient Is suffering from
the endemic or the common, non-cop-
tagious form of influenza than it is By
the primitive symptoms. Influenza OF
the ordinary sort leaves no after effect
of any consequence, but grip leaves the
patient with a profound nervous de-.
preston that is as bad as the disease.
THE water spider which spends most
Of it's time under water, carries a bub.
BILE of air for breathing on the under
| side of its body; and, when this air is
| exhausted. it comes to the surface for
more. 1t is enabled 10 carry the air
bubble because the under side of its
body is covered with tiny hairs set SO
close together that the surface film of
the water does not pass them, although
the air does, and thus the air is impris-
oned among the hairs.
The area devoted to potatoes in
New Zealand shows substantial in
crease, amounting to so per cent, in
nine years, while the product has ad-
vanced from 100000 bushels in 1888 to
5000. 900 bushels in 1901, with an export
trade now amounting to nearly 1,5O0,-
600 bushels. In Tasmania the area
planted to potatoes is also steadily in
creasing and now covers more than
10000 acres, which yielded 2,731 900
bushels in 1891, of which /, ,250, 900 bush
els were exported to other colonies.
Since Darwin's Investigations on So
called ''carnivorous plants" great
deal has been written on the habits
and powers of these remarkable organ-
isns, but the question how flies, etc.,
were dissolved and digested seems to
have remained unsolved. 1t is now
maintained that digestion in the case
of carrivorous plants is due to the
activity Of certain micro-organisms,
which are always present in the sap of
the mature plant, and that their secre-
tions are favorable to the development
ofsuch minute organisms
The licorice plant is chiefly grown
on the banks of the Tigris and Euphra-
ties, in localities where for three
months during the prevalence of hot
winds, the temperature reaches 1O4
degrees, and for three months often
registers 80 degrees below at night.
The remaining six months are moder-
ate and healthy. This plant is small
shrub, about three feet high with light
foliage, growing where it's roots can
reach the water, and needing no cult
vation. When the root is dug up it is
full of water, and takes nearly wear
to dry. The rotten pieces are used for
firewood, while the good wood is
shipped to London and America, where
it is used largely in the manufacture
Of tobacco.
1t is believed, according to j. L.
Simmonds, +. l.. S., that there are five
times as many insects as there are
species of all other living things put
together. The oak alone supports $50
species Of insects, and 200 kinds D,alse
their home in the pine. Forty years
ago Humboldt estimated that the num-
Der OF species preserved in collections
was between 100000 and 10000, but
scientific men now say that there must
be more than 900, without taking
Ahco GSCouuI tIlc parasite creatures. VI
the $4,000 species in Europe, however,
not moro than $500 are noxious or de-
structive. There are more than 100, 900
kinds of beetles
For more than century the breed
Ing of canaries has been thriving in
dustry in parts of Germany. In 1850
the German dealers began to ship the
birds to New York, and then to South
America and Australia. The profits
are small, but the industry is god
send to the poor, who make the small
wooden cages. 1t is estimated that
about 100000 canary birds are raised
every year in Germany. The most inn
portant market is the United states,
which takes about 100000 birds per
annum. When the birds are shipped
to this country they arc always accom-
panied by an attendant. On the return
voyage these attendants take American
birds and animals to Europe.
Joweled Hair Ornaments.
One OF the newest arrangements for
head decoration is the heavy ring of re-
pousse gold, through which the hnir is |
drawn, and then twisted into a tight |
Psyche knot. A tortoise shell orna-
ment in the shape of pen, the plume
part of gold, exquisitely finished, is in
tended to stab this little classic ar
rangemcnt through and through. The |
10 g..I.,