The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-16
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


in India, certain regiments with
$50 men were placed under observa-
tion. They were divided into free
drinkers, moderate drinkers and abb
stsiners. It was found that the deaths
Of the former were "A per 1000, OF the
moderate drinkers % per 1000, and OF
the Abs bstainers only II per 1000.
The depth to which the suns rays
penetrate water has been recently de-
termined by the aid Of photography. IT
has been found that ut depth OF 5b3
feet the darkness was to oil intents
and purposes the same as that on q
clear but moonless night. Sensitised
plates exposed at this depth for con.
siderable length of time gave no evis
dence of light action. Amer
lean.
The New York clearing house loan
certificates have all been cancelled. The
frst issue of certificates was on Jun&
II, when 81, $50, 600 were issued. "A total
Of cal 400, 900 were issued, but the max.
lmum amount outstanding at any one
time was s8s, $50, 900. 1t Is said that Of
the $55 $780, 900 of collateral deposited
to secure the certificates issued this
year not single dollar, as far rs IL
known, proved bad.
Arkansas has 100, 900 farms which
produces 100000 bales of cotton, 800,-
900 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1000, 00e
pounds Of tobacco. AZ, ,O00. 900 bushels Of
corn, and 100000 bushels of wheat.
From the Arkansas forests are cut
over $50, 600, 0C0 of lumber every year.
One art that seems to have vastly
improved within the last twenty-five
years is that of annealing glass. The
lamp chimneys Of to-day Withstand
sudden changes of temperature that
would instantly have shivered those OF
three decades ago, and it seeris now
almost impossible to break one save by
blow.
1t appears from the official statis-
tics of the production Of gold in RUS
sia in 1892 that the output of the mines
has been greatly increased by the inn
provement of technical appliances The
production of the precious metal has
reached total of no less than 2,801
puds, as compared with 2,8s2 puds In
1891 and only 2,O41 puds in 1855. TAX
ing the value of the pud on the aver
age at 14,104 roubles, there is thus
total of 36,87O,000 roubles, or upward.
Of s25, 100000
Florida and California fruit is COM
peting successfully with Mediterranean
products in European markets this
year, and the shipments already are
largely in excess of those of previous
years. Successful experiments have
also been made this year with ship
ments of California and Washington
fruit to Japan and other countries Of
the Orient. From a twenty-acre prune
ranch Washington grower obtained
this year forty tons of dried fruit.
which he sold in Portland at s150a ton.
The COW has four stomachs. When
food is first swallowed it undergoes
slight masceration in the first stomach.
In the second stomach it is rolled into
small balls. These balls are brought
up into the mouth again and chewed.
That process is called Chewing the
cud." Being again swallowed they
pass into the third stomach and from
that into the fourth, where final diges-
tion takes place. When about to swal-
low food second time the COW closes
ohAO CilV VI dhCCo W CAC 1lIob duu SECOuQ
stomachs, SO that no miscarriage Is
possible.
The movements of the herring have
long been a sore puzzle to naturalists,
and from the annual report of the fsh-
cry board for Scotland they seem to be
q puzzle still. 1t was originally sup
posed that the herring was bred in
Arctic seas and that, marshaled by
sort of king fish, dense shoals of them
every season came south. 1t is known
now that herring spawn off the English
coasts, but all efforts toward getting
at the truth about the migratory habits
have been unsuccessful. All sorts Of
marking have been tried. Five hun.
dred fish We're captured and released
after piece of aluminium wire bearing
disc had been attached to their dorsal
fin, but not one returned to tell its
tale. They fit about the coasts in the
most erratic manner. The one thing
positive seems to be that they never go
very far away or for very long. If one
fishing town has an occasional lear
year there is always an abundant hars
'eSt for manv others