The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-06-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


and clouds. Lambert suggests that the
color of the vegetation on Mars may be
red iustead ofgrccn.
The production of pig iron in Ger.
many is reported, in metric tons. al
4,79l ,O56 for 1892, against 4,452,6l0 ia
1901. The increase in the total was I'll
per cent, but the production of basic
iron increased lT.7 per cent, while that
of Bessemcr pig increased 1873 per cent.
baltimore Manufacturers Record.
Prof. j. Simms NJ. D., says there is
undoubtedly "a faculty in the human
mind which gives knowledge of i'm.
portant events before they transpire,"
and he gives over three closely printed
columns of the San Francisco Elevator
to prove it. The doctor is close oh.
server OF the workings of the brain and
has earned wide reputation as u phys.
iognomist.
Some idea will be formed of the
amount of traffic in Rio when il is
stated that it is harbor of the first
class, and that ON an average 5000
steamers and other vessels touch at it
every year In its small stutfy ware.
houses millions of sacks of coffee are
accumulated in the course of every
twelve months-in fact Rio is the CHIEF
Office mart in the whole world.-lIar.
per's Weekly.
mo living germ of disease can re.
sist the antiseptic power of essence OF
cinnamon for more than few hours"
is the conclusion announced by M.
Chamberland as the result of prolonged
research and experiment in NJ. Pas.
tours laboratory. ltis said to destroy
microbes as effectively. if not as rapid.
ly, as corrosive sublimate.
"A horticulturst says there is nc
plant so universally detested by the
animal world as the castor oil plant.
that even the goat will starve before
biting off n leaf, army worms and
locusts will pass it by though eating
every other green thing in sight, and
there is no surer way to drive moles
away from lawn than to plant few
castor beans here and there.
| President Diaz in his annual mes.
sage to the Mexican congress says: In
| the last six months 205 miles of rail
way have been constructed. and there
are now 6,S31 miles altogether. Plans
have been presented by five new rail.
way companies. 1t is hoped that the
Tehuantepec railway will soon be com.
pleted. The harbor works at Tampico
and Vera Cruz are in a satisfactory
state. Mexico is able to meet all her
obligations.
Murray (of the Challenger expedi.
tion) states the greatest depth of the
Atlantic Ocean at 1886 feet Pacific
Ocean, 80, 900 feet; Indian Ocean, IS, $50
feet: Southern Ocean, %, 200 feet; Arctic
Ocean, 5000 feet. The Atlantic Ocean
has an area, in square miles, of "a, $780,
000 Pacific Ocean. SO, 800, 900; Indian
Ocean, 17,Os4,O 900; Arctic Ocean 4,7s1,-
900: Southern Ocean, sc, 80, 900. The
| highest mountain is believed to be
Deodhunga, one of the Himalayas, 29,-
O02 feet.
The following are the lowest baro-
| meter readings on record in various
parts of the globe: In London, a read
ing of 27.93 inches on the morning OF
Christmas day, 1921; over the British
islands generally a reading of 27.33
inches on January 26, 1854: in India, a
reading of 2712 inches at False Point,
near the southern mouths of the
Ganges, on September %, 1885, this
being the lowest authentic reading OBJ.
served in any part of the world.
| Suppose a human being migrating
from globe to globe and spending 80
years on each, he would require 1OO,.
| 955, ,000, 600, 900 years for the round. II
he stayed only one hour, he would save
much time, but still need 23O, 400, ,O0C
years for the task. Yet these nebul;s
are only part of the universe! Out
side the nebulm limits we know Of
other nebulte not resolva sc into stars.
Fhey appear to be primitive nebulm,
pure unused world-stutf-matter for
new creations.
An incident related recently in the
Trinidad Field Naturalists' club goes to
indicate that the bite of the tarantula
is not especially poisonous. A laborer
was badly bitten in the foot, and was
much frightened. He was taken to
the infirmary, hopping all the way Oh
the other )ot A fermentation of water
and spirits of ammonia was applied,
and he was given dose of ether mix.
ture. He ate his dinner heartily about
two hours later, and slept well at
night. In the morning he complained
O. 40 pain and went to work as usual.
No local swelling or intiammat tion was
observed, and but little pain at any
time. Fright was the only i'll effect
Philadelphia Ledger.
Previous to the appearance of the
phylloXera, France exported about
SO and imported only G,000,O00 gallons
of wine; her imports for the first eleven
months of last year amounted to 204,-
600, 900 gallons, and her exports for the
same period fell short of $4,000, 900. In
Algeria. too, owing to the unfavorab BILE
state of the weather, the vintage
amounted to only Cd, 900, 900 gallons, as
against more than 30, 00O,0 900 gallons in
1891, and the only subject upon which
the official report dwells with satisfac
tion is the cider crop which amounted
to $40, 900, 900 gallons, being about &C..
900. 600 gallons in excess of last year
and half that in excess of the average
OF the last ten years.
Christening Baskets.
Very pretty and convenient for Other
purposes are the christening basket,
which are now SO popular. They ar,
shaped like the basket in which Phar
roh's daughter discovered little Moses
They are lined inside with futed mus
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