The Bossier banner., 1893-10-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

q good stage of water, can take from
ST. Louis to New Orleans a tow of TO-.
900 tor3 of grain; a quantity that Wduld
requIe fifty railroad trains Of ten cars
eath
Eastern Switzerland manufactures
annually nearly sec, 700, 600 worth of ma
ehine=made embfuideries The United
States alone have imported as high as
81, 700, 900 worth of these articles in a
single year, and the business seems to
be increasing.-fnventive Age.
The snake laboratory now being
built under government supervision at
Calcutta will be the first institution of
its kind in the world: It is intended
FOR the purpose of thoroughly iTltesti-
eating the properties of snake venom,
and testing cures for snake bites.
According to the official report for
the past twelve months the American
people drank only $3.50, 72O barrels of
beer in 1875, while last year we drank
s1,474 5t5, and this year SO; s466; On
increase of 2, 45S,5 $40 barrels. The con-
sumption of beer is now half barrel
per capita, and is doubling about every
eight years. At the beginning of the
next century it promises to be barrel
a head. Bfadstreet's
-Rainmakers have a rival in ]. NJ.
Matthews, of San Antonio, Tex, who
is working on new rainmaking pro-
cess. He is building a huge revolving
wheel with which to produce cyclonic
pressure of hot air upon the cold
stratum of air above the earth, and
thus eondense the moisture In the hot
air into raitidr0pss
"A short time before Dr. Charc6t
died he said in lecture that semi
Scientists had for more than fifty years
tidiculed the idea that tho full of the
moon was a dangerous time for mad
people. Better informed men are COM
ing back to that old-time notion, said
DR.. Charcot, as the result of increased
learning on the subject of earth tides,
similar to the oscillation of sea tides.
"A scientific writer says that night
is the time which nature utilizes for
the growth of plants and animalsi
children, grow more rapidly during the
hight. In the daytime the system is
kept busy disposing of the wastes con-
sequent on activity, but while asleep
the system is free to extend its opera
tions beyond the mere replacing Of
worn-out PARTICLES hence the rapid
growth. This is why invalids need SO
{ much rest and sleep.
The Society for the Encouragement
, of French Industries offers the follow
ing prizes, which are open to the world:
For a published work of use to the
chemical or metal trade, $500, to be
awarded in 1894; prize of $500 for an
experimental study of the physical and
, mechanical qualities of one or several
metals or alloys, chosen from those in
, ordinary use, which will be awarded
, in 1894; prize of $500 for scientific
examination of any industrial process
of which the theory reffiaitis ttrtpers
fectly known.
Those versed in plant and flower
lore say that the celebrated plant OF
Calvary was unknown in the fora of
the world prior to the date of the
crucifxion of Jesus. According to
the tradition, the original plant
/ sprung up in the track made by
PLATE when he weht to the cross
for the purpose of placing that famous
/ title over the dead of Him of whom
the Jews said: "Say that He called
, Himself King of the Jews" The
] plant, as it is now known, is a common
trcfoil, resembling the common clover
. in many particulars, especially in the
; peculiarities of growth.
in the case of the sun we can see,
] with the aid of the spectroscope, IN
, about what order some of the coristitlt-
I ents of its shell are placed, but we can
only scratch the surface of the earth,
G and we know by direct observation far
q less of the order in which the deeper
! parts of its crust are laid down. Here,
however, the study of the sun comes in
to help us in the study of the earth.
: On the sun metallic elements abound
: underneath the lighter substances
; forming the upper or outer portions Of
. its incandescent she'll There is reason
: to think that similar order prevails
in the crust of the earth, and that deeI
down beneath the surface, if we coul6
1 penetrate there, we should find mucf
d larger proportion of the heavier metals
g than we find near the surface.
: Flies, though obtrusive in the dog
, days, are in general Indispensable be
t cause, in their maggot state, they &C
as scavengers. There is, however, /;
q dark side to mature and rotant fly
nature in that it may quite uncon
sciously become the bearer of som
grave, contagious diseases, such as car
/ buncle, etc. The English Mechanic i
responsible for the statement tina
Prof. Simmands, of Hamburg, ha
= shown 10y experiments that flies cal
infect eatables-especially sauces
with cholera germs. Hence it is nee
essary to keep flies away from article
r of food when cholera or other infec
!, tious disease is about. The editor add
. that if the German professor has dem
y onstrated the fact, it proves conclu
4 sively the truth of the late Corneliu
= Varley's statements made more tha
T forty years ago.
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