Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-04-20
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Recently some glacial scratches
were found on the top of the Palisades
above Fort Lee. on the Hudson, show
ing the course of the ice that covered
the continent down to this point The
general motion of the glacier was
southwark, but these cuttings point to
the southeast. Many powders of trap,
obviously from the Palisades, are
found on the western end of Long
Island
Calculations, based on the observa-
ton of the refraction of light have
caused it to be supposed that the air be-
comes so rare at the height of about
sixty miles that the distance may be
regarded as the limit to it's sensible ex-
tent, but other calculations, made dur
ing the present century, of the dis
lance from the earth at which meteors
ignite indicate that the atmosphere ex-
tends to upward of one hundred miles.
IF a pound of coal is subject to
dry distination, and the products and
residuals treated chemically by the
processes for obtaining the well-known
coal tar colors," says the Age of Steel
of St Louis, 'the one pound so treated
will yield enough magenta to color 500
yards of flannel, vermillion for $500
yards, aurine for 100 yards, and ALTAR
inc sufficient for 155 yards of red cloth. ;"
Tobacco growing in the southern
states has for many years been one OF
the leading industries, but the import
ance has not been fully appreciated.
Tobacco growing during the past year
has received a larger share of atten-
ton than usual, and in almost every
southern state there has been formed q
number of local associations, whose aim
is to provide the necessary warehouses
in which to store the plant and urge
the farmers to cultivate it.
Lines are an important article of
export from tropical countries In
some cases they are packed like
oranges, whole; in others, the ripe
lines are placed in casks, salt water, or
strong brine, being poured over them.
The cask is then made perfect thy tight,
and is exported, principally to Boston.
But the brine has to be frequently
changed before the fruit is properly
picked. The average quantity of lines
taken from an orchard in full bearing
is sixty to eighty barrels per acre. A
barrel of fruit yields from six to seven
gallons of juice.
The amount ot>blood in an adult
averages 80 pounds, or fully one-ffth
of the entire weight. The heart is six
inches in length and four inches in di-
ameter, and beats 70 times per minute,
1900 times per hour, 100000 per day,
SO, 729, 900 times per year, 1865, 440, 900
in three-score and ten, and at each beat
"a ounces of blood are thrown out of
it, IT'S ounces per minute, CSC pounds
per hour, ~ tons per day. All the
blood in the body passes through the
heart in three minutes This little or
gan, by its ceaseless industry, pumps
each day what is equal to lifting 1872
tons one foot high, or one ton 1873 feet
high.
The Illustrated American reports
the discovery in Alaska Of the skeleton
of a whale-lizard, the second of its
kind known to be in existence. The
other was found some years ago near
Oxford, England, but is much smaller
than this one. It is now in the British
museum. The whale-lizard is described
in natural history as ''the king of the
land and sea-" doubtless from the fact
that it was equally at home on land or
in the water. In water its speed was
terrific; it swan with its legs, it's enor-
nous wings serving to keep its body
above the surface, so that it must have
appeared to be walking on the water
An idea of its great size can be formed
from the fact that one bone weighed
794 pounds. The weight of the whole
skeleton is 2, 400 pounds
The vineyards of Europe cover
22,976, 9O2 acres. Italy comes first with
1915, 900 acres, followed by France with
1852, 500, Spain with 4,O12,5OO Austria
Hungary with 1927, 500, and Germany
with 800, 900 acres. The annual average
production of the European vineyards
is put at 1852, 30o,0 gallons, Italy
producing, in round figures, 697, 900, 900
gallons, France and Spain COS, 100000
gallons each, Austria Hungary 2os, OOo,-
600 and Germany 5l,O0o,O00 gallons
Spain exports the most wine, 200, O0o,-
900 gallons, but it is chiefly common
wine and it is estimated as worth only
$50, 100000, while the value of the S.
00O, 900 gallons exported from France is
put at nearly as much. Italy comes
third, with exports of 45, 100000 gal
Ions, estimated at s14, O0O,0 0O while
Austria hungary exports only 16,OO0,-
500 gallons, worth SS,60O.OO0. Many
raisins are produced.