The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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The steel pens thrown away liz
schools and Offices are conscientiousiy
gathered, srncltcd and made into tl.s,,-.:,
for pccaet knives, watch springs anG
other articles Of commercial value.
"A careful statistician has found
that o. the working women il Chicago
St per cent. earn just living-not 4
cent moro. Fourteen per cent. save a
little every year and the remaining ,
per cent. do not get enough to lscep
them from running in debt.
"A new method Of treating copper
has been discovered, and a company is
said to have been formed to 1nanufac-
ture it here. 1t can be made so hard as
to be sonorous, and bolls made Of it are
now in use. Government tests of the
metal show that it is not an alloy, but
copper pur. and simple.
1t has keen sta ted in a recent essay
by prominent horticulturist that seed
less grapes are produced by growing
plant from cuttings for several succcs-
sive generations The theory is. thatn
plant becomes accustomed TO this mode
of propagation, and then the natural
process of producing seeds becomes
| abortive by disusc.
"A wire message from New York to
Auckland travcrses length of lire OF
1923 miles, nearly three-fourths Of
which is submarine cable. 1t has to be
repeated or rewritten fifteen times
The longest cable is between America
and Europe. say $500 miles, and the
| longest land line is across Australia
from Port Darwin to Adelaide, ",l'o
miles -Philadelphia Press.
Certain beetles have long been
known to eject or give ont rcpulsive
fluid from joints OF their bodies or
from their legs or from everstblc
glands. NJ. Cucnot has recently studied
the cases of election OF blood from
these beetles. The fluid, however Is
not rcd, as the blood of insects is cithcr
colorless or slightly ycllowish. Lady
birds, oil beetles and other vegetable
feeders are such as possess this habit.
The last number Of the Bullctln Of
the American Geographical Society an
nounces that the recent study OF the
observations on mountain SUBMITS in
the ncighborhood of Mount 81. Elias
shows that Mount Logan is the loftiest
peak in North America. with a height
of 1900 feet, thus being 1000 feet
| higher than Orizaba and 1000 feet
| higher than Mount ST. Elias.
"A sound rcduccr is being intro
t'uccd In Germany, which, it IL claimed,
entirely ovorccmcs the noise Occasioncd
| By exhaust steam The apparatus is
applicable to all kinds of exhaust en-
gines, steam, gas and petroleum en-
gincs. while it at the same time serves
the purpose Of an oil aud waiter scpa-
rator. A large rcducer, fourteen feet
| high, has recently been constructed
for use In connection with Il 100 horse
power winding engine ct q Wcstphalian
colliery.
DR. Y. Harley, in the proceedings
of the Roval Society of Great Britain,
states as the results CT experiments
upon himself that sugar is proven to be
muscle food. Seventeen AMI half
ounces when fasting increased his
working power from 81 to &c per cent:
Ion adding seven ounces to Il small
meal the total work done was increased
from e to 20 per cent. During eight
hours. eight and threc-quarter ounces
increased his working power from -
to Sc per cent.
AT Wingcr, in New South Wales.
there is burning mountain. II i l.S:o
feet in height, and is supposed to be q
large coal seam which has IN some I'M
accountable way become ignited. and
has been burning for many yclr,, Ger
tainiy long before the advent OF the
white man in this portion Of the col
ony. The course Of the fire can be
traced a considerable distance by the
humorous dcprcssions or chasms occ"-
stoned by the falling in OF the ground
from boneath which the coal has been
consumed Smoke is continually issu-
ing from the sides of the mountain,
and in the vicinity of these openings
the surface is hot, and has dry,
parchcd appearance, while sticks thrust
into these openings are readily gnited.
N Y. Tribune.