The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Pig iron production increased IN
November to nearly 100. 600 tons week
ly, nearly IS per cent, and nearly 50
per cent. since September 1, when ca
pacity of furnaces in blast was lowest
about $4,000 tons. Present produc-
ton of pig iron A per cent. less than it
was one year ago.-Bradstreet's.
"A pound of rice is shown by chem
ical analysis to contain SO. 90 per cent.
of nutritive matter. The same guam
tity of wheat contains LISA per cent. j;
rye, 50. 10 per cent oats, 742 per cent;
corn, s2.97 per cent; potatoes, 1924 per
cent; fat beef, 1908 per cent; lean
beef, 26.s3 per cent
Late photographs of the moon de-
veloped by the astronomer.photo.
grapher of the Pesth Academy exhibit
some unaccountable peculiarities. The
plate shows hundreds of walls or en-
bankments seemingly about 200 feet
high and from 125 to 200 yards in width
on top. They run parallel to each
other and appear to be from 1000 to
1900 yards art.
Add a half-ounce of ammonia and
half-ounce of alcohol to a cup of sea
salt, and mix these ingredients with a
quart of hot water. Bottle the whole
and let It stand for a day. When you
wash use little of the liquid with the
water in the bowl. sponge your skin
well, and you will be surprised at the
revelation, however clean, apparently,
the skin was before.
Vice President Hartshorn, of the
Lehigh Valley railroad, has prepared
estimates to be submitted to the board
of directors showing the losses occa-
stoned by the strike. He estimates the
total loss at from s700. 900 to $500, 600,
while Vice President Sayre fixes the
loss to traffic alone at $1,000, 900, in adj
dition to the damage to property, which
is variously estimated at from $400 600
to 5000, O00.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Traffic through the $780, canal in
creased enormously this year, although
the season was twelve days shorter
than in 1892. Fewer vessels were locked.
Going east are recorded I, 4sO, 674 barrels
of -four, gain of 81 per cent; 4S, 4S1, $50
bushels of wheat, a gain ofS.5 per cent. !;
6Ss, 545, 900 feet of lumber, a gain of Is
per cent; 81, $50 net tons of copper ore,
o gain of "a per cent Coal went west
to the extent of 9,00s,O00 net tons an
increase of about per cent. over 1892.
The experiments made by the
United States fish commission have
established the fact that forms of sea-
life inhabiting the upper waters may
descend to about 1900 feet below the
surface. Below this level for from
300 to $50 feet is a barren zone in which
no manner of life is found. But still
deeper there he found an abundant
and varied fauna, new to science, liv-
ing under conditions of tremendous
pressure and paucity of the life-sus-
tanning elements of oxygen.
The modes by which moths escape
from their cocoons vary. Mr.. Latter
finds, according to Nature, that the
puss moth produces, probably from the
mouth. solution of caustic potash for
the purpose of softening the cocoon.
The solution was obtained for analysis
by causing the moths to perforate arti-
fetal cocoons made of filter paper. In
commenting ON these results Prof.
Meldola said that the caterpillar Of the
same moth secretes formic acid, and
that the fact that any animal secreted
a strong caustic alkali was new one.
Two French scientists say that =
current of electricity does not always
kill when it appears to do-so.- 1t sim
ply produces an appearance of death,
from which the subject may be re-
stored by artificial respiration. In COM
menting on this statement the Worces-
ter Gazette suggests that this may be
ecuted by electricity in this state, and
that they are really killed not by cleo
tricity. but by the doctors who after
ward make an autopsy on them. It
seems that rabbits have been revived
after receiving shock of 1850 volts
and twenty amperes, shock more
powerful than is given in the execu-
ton of murderers.
Interesting psychological expert
ments by the aid of mechanical APP
paratus are in progress at Yale. Here
tofore all the experiments performed
have been upon persons laboring under
Authorizations, confined to the sense of
temperature. As soon as apparatus
can be provided persons subjected to
Authorizations of hearing and sight
will be experimental upon, and thus q
new field for original investigation
opened. Again, people under abnor-
NAL conditions will be treated, such as
persons thoroughly hypnotized or
asleep, or insane persons, the latter in
Guiding those suffering from mono
mania and kindred mental states,
which have always baffied medical sci
ence. DIR. Scripture and his corps Of
assistants will continue their investi-
cations in this line throughout the year.
Riding Down . Wolf.
1t has been often noticed in India
how fast wolf travels by means of q
lounging, Looping trot that is by no
an -. - ex1ooa vVbilo ana