The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-04-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The cotton mills of the south. q
well as those of New England, hav
closed one of the most prosperous wear
IN their history. Within three year
there has boon development in the in
dustry amounting to fully 25 per cent
The state of Oregon has SO nurser
les, covering 1876 acres, and containins
about 100000 young trees, and or
chardists have upward of l0o. OO) acre.
OF growing trees One-half of this acre
age is in prunes. one-fourth in apples
and the remainder in various kinds Of
fruits -Philadelphia Ledger
Ordinary grated horssra lish, eaten
at frequent intervals during the day and
in connection with food at the table, il
food is eaten at all, has been found re-
markably efficacious in banishing the
distressing cough that frequently lin
gers after all the other symptoms OF the
grip have gone. 1t can do no harm to
try 1t at all events American.
The moon, whether full or not, has
not the slightest effect either upon the
food, the weather, or the mental condi.
ton OF insane persons The common be-
lief OF the influence of the moon Upon
terrestrial affairs is an interesting SUR
vival OF an astrological superstition. As
far as the earth is concerned, the action
OF the full moon is limited to the tides,
lovers and poets
The longevity of trees is much in
nuenced by climate. The same trees
which will in England live for thou
sand years, would not live three hun:
dred years in tho climate of America.
The English oak lives in England for
many centuries; experience in America
SHOWS that they pass their prime at one
hundred years. The English oak
planted by John Bartram in his famous
garden has been dead these twenty
years 1t is the same with the Euro
pcan chestnut-N. Y. Independent.
The stems of grass and oats arc usu-
ally hollow, and the knots and nodes
which occur at intervals, and which
have a peculiar degree of firmness, de-
rived from the interlacing of fibers, give
them a firmness and strength which
they would otherwise lack. If the ma
terial OF wheat straw were in q solid
form it would make but thin. wirv
stem, which would snap with Great
ease, but in the hollow form, with the
intervening knots, the necessary sun.
port is afforded.
Prof. Leo Lesquereaux determined
before his death that the fora that ex-
isted on portions of our continent years
ago was different from that now cxist-
ing, but that the existing fora partakes
OF the characters of the old, and SO GER
tainly was not fora imported from
some other region. In other words, the |
present American fora came into exist
ence on the spot where it is now found.
ana it is new creation following the
DID, which also came into existence here
N It's day and generation also. The
manner of its introduction, whether bv
iirect genesis from the old, or by spe-
nal formation, was once a question,
'ut the evolutionary view is now gen.
rally accepted. Monthly.
There is no city in the world that
Ieeps such accurate records of the entry
Il food and fuel supplies within its
'orders as Paris This is due to the
act that a high import duty is levied
n almost every article of domestic uso
which is brought to this city. During
sol the total amount of coal consumed
Paris was s,279,Ooo gross tons, of
mich 1,512, 600 gross tons were brought
the city by river and canal; 1, 767, 600
ross tons were of French origin. CAT.
~ gross tons came from Belgium, 41s.-
W from England, and 1879, 900 from
ermany. The small amount of char
BAL used as fuel in Paris will bring the
'tal consumption of fuel to three and !
se-half million gross tons The yearly /.
of coal in London is twelve
iiiion tons.-Engineering and Mining s.
Deaf and dumb asylums, according
DIR. A. M. Tanning, are filed with
'rsons who in early childhood COM
eteiy lost their hearing, and conse-
'ently their ability to talk through "
gicct OF their ears during an attack =
measles, scarlet fever or diphtheria =
ne great majority of all forms of deaf =
IS result from affections of the nose y
d throat. and many cases reach an a
vanced stage before being noticed. =
nong long residents in the vicinity Of y
wv York it is a rarity to find a per =,
lily healthy nose and throat, and in =,
sent experiment in a large eye and :.
hospital not more than five out of 81
enty-five patients were found to have III
RECT hearing. Care was taken to A.
ect only those who had never suf. -
ed from any defect of hearing, vet ~
!r-fifths OF these patients were par. =.
lily deaf without suspectinQ it. =.