The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


yielded thirty-five boxes.
Wood pulp is rapidly becoming on
of the most universally used of manu-
factured articles. Not only is it found
available for making many of the nee
essaries and conveniences of mans life,
aside from newspapers, but 1t is also
appearing in artistic collins in which
to bury him.
If child cries because he goes to
bed in the dark he must be humored
and given light, according to the
latest scientific theory Modern psy-
chologists have discovered that chill
dren are subject to hallucinations, ard
that their imagination that they ''see
things is very vivid and real.
Florida shipped her first phosphate
in 1889 and in 1891 mined 1S1. .44S tons.
Algiers and Tunis have newly found
phosphate deposits away from rail or
water communication estimated Mt 49,
100000 tons, and Nelson county, Vir.
ginia. has small area of high grade
phosphate ten miles from rail.
Some notion of the vastness of the
western forests may be had from the
fact that new logging camp just es-
tablished at the headwaters of the
Slagit river, in Washington, is under
contract to turn out an average of
about million feet every month. Five
camps on the Stagit will turn out 25,-
600, 900 feet of fir logs alone this year.
livery province in China contains
coal and it is really one of the first coal
countries in the world, but it imports
almost 81. 600 900 worth of it every year.
1t has also valuable iron and copper
mines and Japanese engineers are now
teaching them modern mining in place
of the ancient methods the Chinese
still employ.
South Carolina is the largest pro-
ducer of phosphates in the world. lead
ing with her 600, 900 tons; France and
Belgium next each 400, 900 tons: Florida
next, 200 900 tons: Russia, $4,000 tons;
Spain and Germany, $4,000 each; Dutch
West Indies, 10000; English West
Indies. 10000; North Carolina, 1880;
Algeria, $500.
The sponge is an animal. 1t will
shrink from the hand which tries to
seize it, and if viewed undera lens may
be seen constantly drawing in water
through the innumerable canals which
form it's digestive organs. and having
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the fluid, ejecting it again through
some other channel
Charcoal is valuable as fuel, but it
has other uses which make it one of
the most serviceable of articles. When
laid flat, while cold, on burn, it causes
the pain to abate: by leaving it on for
| an hour the burn seems healed when
the wound is superficial. Tainted meat
surrounded with it is sweetened Strewn
over heaps of decomposed pelts, or over
dead animals, charcoal prevents un-
pleasant odors. Foul water is purified
by it.-Age of Steel.
--Pleuro-pneumoniah has been stamped
out by the bureau of animal industry,
according to the report of Secretary
Rusl1 on the operations of the bureau
for the year just ended. The United
States. he says. is the first of the large
nations of the world which, having
been so extensively infected, has been
able to completely extirpate it. The
time required was about five years,
and the total expenditure little in eX-
cess of S1.5O0,OO0.
How water, commonly called sap,
necessary to the life of tree, passes
from the roots to the topmost leaf and
evaporates is problem not yet solved
| by botanists. 1t is known that the
ascent is made chiefly in cavities in the
sap wood only. the heart and bark
serving other purposes. This is the eX-
tent of our knowledge of the matter.
Beyond is mere conjecture, and every
theory yet advanced has failed to stand
the test of experiments.
do hraa ha fbrp11rrh fha
nose and mouth. Down the body run
two main pipes. These pipes send out
branches to right and left like IA net
work, extending to the eNtremities,
even to the ends of the antenne and to
the claws, Each main tube receives
the external air through nine or ten
spiracles or breathing holes, placed at
intervals along the sides of the body.
The spiracles are made water-tight
and dust-tight by strong fringe of
hair, which completely guards the en-
trance.
In England 10000 velocipedes are
turned out annually. In Coventry 49,
900 worl1men are employed in the busi-
ness. In France, where the machine
first appeared, its use was limited
through prejudice; people laughed at
it. Now there is an sarmy of 100000
proprietary wheelmen in that coun-
try, without counting the immense
number of amateurs who hire ma
chimes In 1892 the Paris police author
tiles issued IL. 1000 licenses to wheelmen,
+, now the number of velocipedes is esti-
mated at something over 10000. In
1928, 10000 machines were sold, and
it is believed that at least one-half OF
, them are used in the city alone.
, Her Mistake.
5 "Well,' queried the Third street wo-
5 man, as she opened the side-door about
, an inch and peered at the man on the
, steps,
/, 'You are making a sad mistake,
t ma am" he answered.
l slow so?''
"Why, I'm not your husband, as has
been out on spree all night and is
I just getting home to promise never to
do the like again, but sober, respect
t able gentleman, who wants to know il
e you can spare him cup of coffee and
e a crumb of bread to stay his stomach
I till the mayor invites him to dinner 9
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