The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-02-10
SCIENTIFIC 11son1LAEz.



she process Of sweating to which
tobacco bsgves are subjected in pre-
/ pairing them FOR use gives rise 10 fer
=meutativs changes that are not due to
purely chemical action, as has been
supposed, but ARE effected by micro
| 0rganIsns. Tie species vary ia differ
eut kinds of tobacco. But what is
most important is chat pure cultures
Of the bacteria have been IA AIDE and
with thssa it. has been found to Ds
| possible to transfer the peculiar taste
and arOma of OHs kind Of tobacco to
another kind, and thus to raise the
quality OF inferior grades Other Ger
man Investigations during the last few
months prove that tile character of
wfle varies with the yeast employed.
| As tile qualities OF butter and cheese
depend also upon heterogeneous, is
It got possible TO improve dairy prod
ucts as well by NEGOTIATIONS with cul-
lures Of carefully selected bacteriY
l. THE WEATHER AND PNEUMONIA.
| From statistics of many years. Dr.
/ P. ). Kolski hnds that, though tile
weather may not he the Eaain cause OF
rroupuus pneumonia, as was formerly
| beiieved7 1t plays d not unimpOrtHHJ
part III the development of the disease.
Abnormal weather ia general has an
| Influence. lii MOSCOW the most favor
Fable condition for the prevalence of
pneumonia seems ~ be IL low temporal
4 tue with slight daily variations,
atAlOrmally high barU'netTic pressure,
a north wind Of less than usual force,
and small amount Of rain or snow.
High winds and much moisture, con-
trary to general belief, do not favor
pneImOnia.
Somewhat different physiological
action has been Inscribed to theme from
tea and cigGsiae from coffee, hut two
British chemists have just made expert
msnts that are held TO establish The
} complete identity of theme and caf-
. feline. The observed differences III
effects are supposed to have been due
70 lnpurity Of the ulk.tloid, or TO vari-
ations in. tile animals.
a French cOmpany's plan for light
ing tie Atlantic route from ireland to
Newfoundland consists in mOoFing ten
powerful floating lights 200 miles
apaEt, and connecting them by electric
cables.
i A NEW FIBRE.
1t IS expected that a considerable
quantity of new fibre from Cuba will
be pTOduce,l tiIis year, an experimental
lot OF fifteen tons having sold for about
$3.50 ton in the London market. The
/, plant, which is abundant, belongs 70
the aloe species, and is variety Of
/ the plant which yields the Slsal hemp
OF. Mexico. The leaves Of the Cuban
: plant have resisted 8he ordinary
methods Of decorticution, but in "a new
machine the fibre is rapidly separated
lin a bath OF gently howing water,
which is necessarily applied just after
the leaves are broken up by tile beat
cas-. The Cuban hemp is admirably
'adapted Tor cOTdage, floor coverings.
etc.
\ study OF the records OF the last
ten years has shown uaJenicht, %
3 tiotha, some unmistBzaBIe coinci-
dences between the frequency Of ice
! BeTgs in the Gulf Stream aud t:ie
E weather in Europe six months after
wards, The number of tcebergs re-
. ported has varied from 10 in 1883 TO
sT4 in 1890. Tine icsJsrg minimum Of
: 1888 WAS followed by the warmsst year
: Of the series; and. the remarkable
maximum Of 1890 vas followed by the
coIdest winter and spring known for
twenty gears.
Different authorities, according to
. Prof. Ksrnst, u Victorian engineer,
give estimates OF the average weight
. OF "a crowd ranging from Al to 147. .
pounds per square foot. PFuf. Ker-
nOt's conclusion, from actual expert
useHts, is that dense crowd Of we'll
, grown msD'. weighs between 40 and
l5e pounds per square foot, each man
occupying ab9tt square foot OF space.
ruE LATEST FROM MARS.
A summary OK what ne know about
Mars, 50 far Is ITS physical condition
is concerned, appears in the conclu-
sions drawn by Prof W. II, Pickering
from the observations made lea Peru
during tile recent oluss approach Of our
most e8rth-!lks planetary neighbor
1i1is astronomer huds SC evident that
tils white caps covering tbs poles, aiId
believed 10 bs snow, are really dis
i.tinet phenomenon from the cloud
formations. Clouds undoubtedly exist
They rtiiIer soulcwilas-ellfeIly In dem
zity and Wisitsness-frolh these Of the
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