The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-06-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
An the species of shellfish draw
the carbonate of lime of which theif
shells are formed from the sea. After
the death of the animals the shells &C
emulate at the bottom of the ocean,
forming lofty mountains and vast beds
of chalk.
The beautiful shellfish called murex,
containing a purple dye. was first dis
covered about $500 b. c. by the Ph9nl-
clans, They travelled westward in
search of these fish, had large fishing
colonies. and became world renowned
for the purple dye.
The northwest is sending immense
quantities of shingles to the east just
now. Fifteen to twenty carloads
day was the average freightage OF this
commodity passing through Seattle in
the first half of the month, and one
day a solid train of thirty carloads OF
shingles left that point for the east.
There are now in Norway eleven
sulphite and four sulphate manufac-
tories. Several of these are also cons
nected with paper mills. The exports
during 1892 of chemical wood pulp We're
about 20, 900 tons dry. as compared with
II, 800 tons in 1891. and about $500 tons
wet, as compared with $500 tons in
1S91.-Scientific American.
Georgia ranks as our first state in
the production of watermelOns. second
in that of rice and third in that of cot
ton. The melon acreage last year was
2S,54O acres: this crop is estimated as
netting the farmers about s4S9.OOO, and
giving the railroads gross revenue OF
81, DOC, 900. The cotton crop was about
$4,000 bales.
Some of the revelations of the cen
sus will startle a good many people
For instance. there are now more than
SOC. 900 almond trees bearing in the
United States; there are hundreds Of
thousands of bearing cocoanut trees
there are more than $4,000 olive trees
producing fruit equal to the best Med
iterranean varieties. There are more
than 500, 900 bearing banana plants. 200.
600 bearing lemon trees, 100000 or
ange trees and q. OOO. 900 pineapples.
"A French scientist writes the fol
lowing concerning the large arb-weav
ing spider of Madagascar. He finds
that the spider furnishes the most Sill
after she has laid her eggs From one
spider there was obtained in % days
nearly 1000 metres of silk-Over three
miles. The silk was of a golden yellow
color. He gives the plan of an appa
ratus for winding the silk. which, how
ever, as he says, is imperfect. Nothing
however, was done as to the raising
and keeping of the spiders in large
numbers, undoubtedly the most serious
question.
The export of frozen mutton is be
coming one of New Zealand's chief in
dustries. The export of frozen beef ha
been declining of late years, but tina
of mutton has largely increased. There
are now twenty-one freezing establish
ments in the colony, with capacit!
not far short Of 4,OOO,O 900 sheep year
Nearly all the frozen meat exported
from New Zealand and Australia goe
to England. A new stOrehOuse recent.
built on the Thames in London has
CAPACITY of 200. 600 carcasses. New Yea
land exports about twice as much NUT
ton as does Australia
"A new smokeless powder, calle'
Apyrite, has given remarkable result
in trials at Stockholm. The powder
claimed to burn without flame O
smoke. can be handled and Transports
without danger. and is unaffected b.
moisture or heat. Nitro-cellulose
supposed toenter largely into its compt
sition. Fifteen shots with ordinar
Swedish powder. or 10 shots with nitro
glycerine powder, did not heat the gu
so much as 20 shots with Apyritt
AfteN 500 shots the gun was still clear
The manufacture of the powder is sal
to require no special appliances G
buildings
The eleventh international COZ
press of medicine will meet in Rome
September "a to October 1, 1898. an
will be divided into nineteen sections
The price of membership for physician
and men of other professions int
ested in the labOrs of the cOngre:
will be SIS. The official languages {
the congress will be Italian. Frencl
English and German, and the offici;
bulletins of proceedings will be pu
lished daily in those languages. Pape1
and communications for the congre
, must be announced by June 30 and a
stracts must be sent to the committt
|, by July 81. DIR. a. jacob. 40 We
Thirty-fourth street, New York,
chairman of the American commits
!. to the congress.