The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
up to October the Pennsylvania

road shipped this season, from points |
on its lines, G,2O0 carloads of peaches, |
the highest figure ever reached, it rep |
resentng 3, T20, 900 baskets of that fruit, |
According to the census fgures,
| the silk manufacturing industry in
| this country has grown wonderfully in
| the past ten years. In 1890 goods to
| the value of 500. 600. 900 were turned
out, as against s84, 500 900 in 1850. The
number of hands employed here also
, increased from about 81, 600 to 81, ,000
and the number of spindlcs have ex-
panded from sos, 1877 to I, 1,254 T9S. Chi
cago Herald.
The creature most tenacious OF
life is the common sea polyp. One may
be cut in two, and two creatures are
the result. One may be slit length
| wise into half a dozen sections, MAX
ing as many animals They may be
turned inside out and enjoy themselves
Just as well as before; if two be di-
vided and placed end to end, the result
will be "a monster having a head at
each end of its body.
The chief of the bureau of statis-
tics at Washington reports that for the
nine months ending September 30. 1893,
as compared with the corr spending
period last year, the total ue of the
exports of breadstuffs sh I'd de-
crease of $50, ,S92, 617; of II sisions,
decrease of $40, $40, 800; of mineral oils,
an increase of S06, ,s35. The value of
the exports of cotton for September,
. 1898, were S215, ,43O less than in Septem-
ber, 1892.
, The British consul-general at Bang
| Y-x~1 Ia lac 1,-f
] much progress was made with the con-
. struction of the Bangkol-Korat rail
l road during 1892. and the first sod was
8 cut by the king of Siam on March Q.
t The line is 1876 miles in length. 1t is
j to be equipped as first-class line,
e gauge feet SIa inches; weight of rails
80 pounds per yard. There are to be
1873 bridges with abutments and piers
of brick masonry, and superstructure
}, of steel.
Some statistics as to the prevalence
r of morphinomania in France, recently
published by NJ Lacassagne, show that
n the destructive habit finds Il large pro-
e portion of it's victims among members
4 of the medical profession. Of 545 NOR
!. phinomaniacs as to whom he was able
a to procure information, $50 were dot
tors. 1t is well known that several o.
the most distinguished men of the pro
fession in Germany who have died il
recent years were devotees of the fata
drug.-New York Medical Record.
Some interesting experiments hav'
been conducted within the last twelv,
years regarding the durability of Indial
timber. The tests We're made by th'
forest school of Dehra, and out of fort,
different specimens of the trunks fixet
in the ground as posts only three hav,
survived the attacks of rot and whit,
ants These were the Himalaya cy
press, teak and anjan, which have beel
exposed for ten, nine and seven year
respectively.
Among the modern economics o
the iron industry is the utilization o
blast furnace Stag for paving blocks
The manufacture of these blocks ha
become staple industry, and the prod
uot is said to be cheaper than granite
or other natural stone. The blocks are
made and annealed by a simple process
and are coming into favor for stree
paving purposes. About 900 block
per week are being made by an Englis
70 firm. These have a value of abou
50 DCI IOu llClI NluIbD do We
y, as their low cost is in their favor. -Ag
~ of Steel.
From communication read to tn
~ ~ Association of Belgian Chemists,
~ seems that continental bakers are i
the habit of mixing soap with thei
1f dough to make their bread and pastr
,o nice and light. The quantity of soa
,s used varies greatly. In fancy articles
ar like wafiies and fritters, it is muc
larger than in bread. The soap is dis
solved in little water; to this is adde
some oil, and the mixture, after bein
-, we'll whipped, is added to the tioul
The crumb of the bread manufacture
,,, by this process is said to be lighter an
c, more spongy than that made in th
he ordinary way.-Scientitic American.
in "A photographer of Atlantic Cit.
CHI N. j., Mr. Shaw, produces phot'
ly graph at a single exposure which give
five different images of the same pc
son in different positions. This is a.
complished by placing the sitter b.
tween two mirrors placed at an angl
of 45 degrees to each other. The doubl
reflection between these mirrors pr,
duces four images of the person place
in front of them, the principle bein
the same as that of an ordinary llale
doscope. The original face is made i
profile and the reflections give the flu
face, opposite profile, and two ref
views. The result is curious and inte
esting, and, it has been suggeste
would be useful in identifying Grim
nals.-Popular Science News.
"A scientific journal tells this sto,
,se of q frogs cunning: "a brood
NV chickens was fed with moistened me
er in sauccrs, and when the dough soure
,pt a little it attracted u large number
III. flies. An observant toad had evident
ire noticed this, and every day towal
,er evening he would make his appearan
Id in the yard, hop to saucer, climb
ger and roll over and over until he w;
he covered with meal, having done whi(
st, he awaited Developments The file
- enticed by the smell, soon swarmt
around the scheming batrachian, an
whenever one passed within two inch
by or SO of his nose, his tongue darted o
The and the fly disappeared. The pla
as worked SO well that the toad made
rms regular business of it,"
,o,, Rome's Mysterious Name.
he Not few of the old writers on h