The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-05
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Tho world annually consumes atSul
4 40, 900 toms Of coffee. Estimating cofees
ss being worth shout e400 per to4
whieh is about . good average, thh
represents IN outlay of soo0, 200, 900 for
this one beverage each year.
Tho state Of Wyoming sbounds IN
mineral riches. Gold, tin, soda dopos.
It's, some OF these being actual lake
beds of soda copper, lead, kaolin, IRE
clay, mica. graphite, magnesia, plum
bsgo sulphur, gypsum, white marble,
granite, sandstone and petroleum. are
among the minerals found. --Philsdel.
phia Ledger
AT the last meeting Of the Ornith-
ological society in Berlin DIR. Reiche-
now communicated some particulars
of the finding of remarkable remains
Of gigantic birds in Argenvina double
the height of the ostrich, which repre-
sent our living cassowsries and o.
trichesl
The largest asting ever made In
India was the anvil-block for new
steann-hammer, which was recently cast
At the Jamalpur shops OF the East In
dian railway. The block was cast close
20 the spot where it will be used, and
weighs about thirty-eight tons. The
iron used was mixture of Indian iron
and imported (English) pig.
Flame from nagnesia powder Is to
be tested in lighthouse experiments at
1 New Haven, where the visual range OF
seventy miles may be obtained If neces-
sary. Neither oil, gas nor electricity
has proved satisfactory to the light
; house board but the new process,
which is of German invention, is ex-
pected to solve the problem.
One singulsr property of all ami
NAL bodies is that of maintaining with
in themselves an equable temperature.
The blood of the Arctic explorer re-
mains nt normal temperature, though
he breathes air that will freeze nfer~
curry, and in India, where the tempera-
ture of the air is 115 to 100 above zero,
the temperature of the blood is still 90
degrees Fahrenheit.
Paper tough as wood is said to Be
made by mixing chloride of zinc with
the pulp in the course of manufacture.
1t has been found that the greater the
1 degree of the concentration of the zinc
:, solution the greater will be the tough
!. ness of the paper. 1t can be used for
, making gas pipes boxes, combs, for
roofing and even, it is added, for mas-
ing boats
"A French vegetarian society, like
ancient Gaul, has become divided into
three parts. One wing calls itself
cerealite, to indicate that it believes
only in eating cereals: another will be
known as fruitarian. because it thinks
, fruit the only proper food, and another
! has been dubbed tuberile, because it
j, believes in eating roots. Each wing
! thinks that the happiness and stability
of the human race depends on the
adoption of its views.-N. Y. Tribune.
q Mr.. Glaisher, the aeronaut, asserts,
' after long and patient investigation.
< that the ninth day of the moon is the
a most rainy of the whole twenty y-eight,
!. and Chat in the first and last weeks OF
n the moons age the rainfall is less than
!. the average. The records kept by Mr..
!. Glaisher also indicate o'clock in the
n afternoon as the rainiest hour in the
|. day.
During the past year astronomers
IS have discovered 30 new planets. OF
/. this number two were found by Palisa,
UuC NcUcIdA dSUtTOlu VI VI
'. enna." The remainder were appraised
}. by means of photography. During the
n three opening months of the present
e year % planets have been added to the
e list The total number of asteroids
d known on April is 374. Astronomers
n are confident that the number will be
e 400 before the close of the year.
s, Snakes do not bite" says New
Y. Orleans physician who has studied
snakes considerably. They can't, he
le says, because their jaws are connected
ID only by a cartilage, are not hinged, and
70 cannot be brought together with any
in force. The snake simply hooks the
al fangs in its upper jaw into the object
70 aimed at, the lower jaw not figuring II
"a the act at ALL The act is very simila,
lg to that of a man striking a cotton hool
into bale of cotton, or boat hool
70 into a pier.
.. AS long ago as 1888 years befor,
I'D Christ, Alexander the Great employed
IN mirrozs to convey signals by the ligh
or of the sun. Since the time of the grea
,h warrior the idea has been reduced to
he science and called photography. Th
p heliostat, an instrument invented il
SAA AlOiAduu ChIiy al ChC CiSIlUCChuu CCu
IN tury, and the heliograph, invented b,
ne Manse in 1876, have both been used b,
i'd the British army in their eastern cam
al paigns. The instruments mentione'
differ somewhat in construction, bu
76 the results are The same no matte
MT which instrument is used. In bot
y. signals are produced by causing re
"a fiected ray of the sun to appear an
in disappear alternately at distan
nd point, the intervals of appearance an
observation being carried in lengths s
-st as to produce the combination Of lon
I'm and short signals known as the Mors
IN. alphabet. In these instruments tn
in rejecting body is u glass mirror, whic
lal varies in size according to the distanc
,e- to which it is desired to signal. A fvs
inch mirror has given under favorabl
ne atmospheric conditions distinct signal
en- that could be read sixty miles away
gh The heliograph has also been found
in be of great service in defining distar
points of large surveys, and was used
de fine advantage for verifying the al
IN of the meridian Sy the astronomers q
,y. the Cape of Good Hope few years az,
The Kick OF an Ostrich.
IA The strength of the ostrich Is som,
thing prOdigious. We have all reas