The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-09-29
SCIENCE ANU iNDUsfs1

Denmark. s,OOs; Canada, i.b0O; Russia
l,soo; Rsumania. i.l5O; Spain I, 100 /
Franse. 90; sweden, $50; Argent 4
Rcpahhc, $50; Australia. 80; GermaA
700; Belgium, dO0s Portugal, $50; Ire
land. 800, Scotland 4el; England $40
--Colorado's farm products have al
ready run up to O000, 900 year, its
cattle prolact 10 Sal.OlO,OoQ. its coal
product, 70 s5a, O0a OO0, and its nanutae-
turing product To S5a.OO0 Oo1, though
buta tenth Of the land is under culti-
vatiou while the entire metal output
OF the state, according to the last cen
sus, was only s5O,eaa,OoO boston Her
Md.
The idea has been suggested that
in certain wcll-known conditions of
hysteria judieiously administered
pinch of smut nigh, have beneficial
effect. Familiar To every one is the
perverscucss with which such hyster
zeal attacks resist ordinary remedies,
and it seems not improbable that some
OF them might be curtailed by period
OF vigorous sncezing.
The growth Of the orange industry
In Florida has increased from produc.
tion Of 10000 boxes in 1855 20 3,o0O0Oc
for the season Just closed. and aecont
ing TO conservative estimates the com.
ing crop will be fully 5000. 900 boxes, OF
which over 100000 viii be marketed
The average price received by growers
the past season was st3l per box
Jacksonville Journal of Commerce.
1t is announced that remarkable
new Medara, or Jelly fish. has been
found to occur in Lake Tanganyilta,
Africa. 'fresh-watcr' lake, though
we believe, thewater is slightly braek
ish. II is entirrly different from tn,
jelly fish foundlliving few years age
in the Victoria l.ily-tank Of the Kew
Gardens, at London, and represents a
distinct family, whose exact position
is unknown
Analysis OF. the air, water and sol
of Spitzbergenihas brought TO light tn
extraordinary poverty Of these region
in bacteria While the air Of tn
streets Of Parisicnhtains ON an avcrag,
81, 600 bacteria. that Of the Arctic Sea
contains only three per cubic meter
As 10 the water of Spit2hergen, no.
only is II drvnidi Of any pathogeniC
micro-organismS whatever bnt all ba
cilliare absont.-'popular Science News
Another most valuable series Of in
designations in regard TO the metal
best adapted for the construction OF
bridges has been made by the Austrian
Society Of Engineers Some ZIG me
chanicai tests were made by the com
mittee having the natter in hand 10
determine thcquaiity Of wrought iron,
Of basic, Bessemer and basic open
hearth steel. 1.-THE conclusion being that
the latter excels all the Others III re-
sistnnce TO mechanical attack and dis
tortion N. V. sun.
In the human body there is said 10
he more than 1000 900 perspiration
glands comm jnicating with the sur,
face by ducts thaving total length of
some ten mlts The blood contains
millions Of million. Of corpuscles each
structure in itself The number of
rods in the rctina. supposed to be the
ultimate recipient OF light is esti'
mated at 10000. OO5. A German scien
fist has calculated that the gray mat,
ter Of the brain is built Of at least 900,
900, 900 cells
The cough or puff Of railway
engine is due totthe abrupt emission OF
waste steam up, the chipney When
moving slowly lthe coughs can. OF
course, he heanNfollowing each other
quite distinctly, but when speed is put
on the puffs come out one after the
other much more rapidly, and when
eighteen couYhsla second are produced
they cannot be separately distinguished
BY the car A locomotive running AT
the rate Of nearly seventy miles an
hour gives out twenty pulls Of steam
.very secon,l that is, ten for each OF
its two cylinders
Nocturnal creatures are generally
supposed noyt 60 see well in the day
light. but fafss collected arr gradually
lispcling tac idea It IS well known
that fcliues.iwhich see wen by night,
seem 10 b. able 70 nee quite rs well by
day, and this Is being found true Of
many other clratures The bat secs
admirably by daytime, as any one can
ascertain by threatening II with n
twig. The OIL. also, has frst-rate day
sight Nighi-nying Lepidoptera, when
disturbed in their places Of refuge dur
ing the day. have no difficulty in seeing
at once where lis the nearest and best
places for temporary refuge. N. Y.
/ Independent
'Septic tonsilitis," sort OF diph.
thcritic sore throat. has been very
prevalent in London just lately, ann
/ the suggestion is made that the wood
pavements are the cause Of the dis
ease. TIE vegetable ib r OF the wood
absorbs great deal OF matter that no
surface cleaning can remove and the
water carts produce on the streets a
1 solution Of manure and other irnpuri-
ties. In the recent spell of hot weather
4 this has been converted into dust and
blown into the eyes, noses and throat,
of the public. The only suggestion Of
a remedy is to sprinkle the streets with
water and disinfectant-
III we look intently at bright stai
we notice that the color and intensity
Of the light is constantly changing
from brilliancY 90 almost total obscur
ity, and from bright red to blue
orange yellow etc. This is the phe
nomenon usually spoken of as tbs
"twinkling" or scintillation of tn,
stars. The "twinkling' will be no
ticed more plainly when the star i,
near the horizon. and will diminish il
intensity as il rises until II is near tn,
zenith, at which time ths twinkling it
scarcely noticeable. 1t must he con
fessed that this iwinlSling has never
been explained TO the satisfaction o
all investigators However il is gen
orally believed 10 be due to controlling
causes within the earth's atmosphere
That the cause may be looked fo
within the belt of air that surround
our planet (ta particles Of vapor, dust
etc,) may BE- inferred from the fac
that the planets never exhibit thu
characteristics twinkling so noticeable
in the star One reason for this is thu
size (apparentl of the planets Tn
planets each show n sensible disk ever
to the naked eye, while the stronges
instrument in the world only show