The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-12-22
.e,eNcE AND iGbusTRY.

SCIENCE AM ~ 81
An English committee ofsportsmen
q nat,ralists is taking 10 hand the1
PROJECTION Of South Africah mammals
= ths Giraffe. zebra, Gland, gnu, koodooi
ord other antelopes, against tneir
shS..tened extinction. A suggested
nat,'od Of accomplishing this is to
SECURE an inclosed park OF ABOUT io 'ssgo
acres. 49,, fornd
NV n. n. Keyser of soldering ALUMINIUM"
Nv heating the metal and scraping tue
.,,rface so as to remove the oxydizlnR /
ell, mill the metal is sstinned:" me
aIIov used consists of so parts OF tln'
o. ~ silver. 25 of aluminium. and meits
| :. rso DEGREES. Almost any tin solder
will do, however.
| According to some estimates ~ PEI
.ont and according to others as large
as 70 per cent. Of the blind owe tnen
ofi;ction to the negligence OF midwives
and others Immediately after the plrtn
- sucb unfortunates. The blindness
arising from this cause is aosoiu'e,y
preventable by at least two simple
The total production Of whisky IN
tho state of Kentucky for the year
ending June 80, 1894, was 20, 1SS, soS gal.
. 1ons and about 3,OO0,0 900 gallons OF
: this was spirits. OF this production
D there remained in bond on June ~,
1894. II, os5, 900 gallons, being ll,sSl' 80
d Gallons less than the stocks OF June So
: 1903. and 7s5,7s4 gallons less than tne
l. stock on June 80, 1s92.-Bradstreet's.
n As Mars approaches the earth its sa'
tellites appear again on time ana nave
o already been observed by several as
tronomers. The error of the ephemeris
s. Is very small. but it is worth noting
he that our American Nautical almanac
s. in it's diagram of the sateliite-orp, =
u represents the motion in the wrong u
ne rection, an error likely to misleao %
la servers in searching for the LITTLE
IS moons, which can be seen with a nin'
as or ten-inch telescope under favorable
ne atmospheric conditions. a
ad TO reach the north pole an arcni
IN tect. NJ. Hauin, has proposed to the geo
as graphical society of Paris the con
'er strnction of wooden huts one or wv
OF davs, tourney apart. He consider
Greenland the most favorable locait
an for an experiment OF this kind Fac
no. If the huts would become in its turn
an base of supplies for the constructions
rly the next. AS the distance. to be coz
ion .red Is about 900 miles. a score OF hut
DO would be necessary to establth a rou'
!, to the pole.
ly An account of the striking chang
he which the great lava lake in kiiaus
he has undergone this year. appears IN u
be Hawaiian Gazette. The lava steadi
ano rose after the last great breakdown
jecf the floor of the crater in March, lSs
alb when an area Of $500 feet long,
'sti 2. 600 wide. fell more than 500 feet
,air one NIGHT. Toward the end or Ia
res wear the rising and overfowing OF
lake filed the pit thus produce
n in Since that time the activity OF the Ia
on has been intense, as many as twen'
heir three oyerfows of liquid lava havl
/ as taken place in q single day, ana
t all walls surrounding the lake have De
made rapidly raised by continual sovernov
rms -A0neta Park, near Delft, in 4
yiisb land Isl the res,iltof an interesting
time pertinent. in cooperation. a Hrac'
lornt ten acres has upon it $50 houses e.
the with its little garden, and with cert
stan, common buildings and comm
ut in grounds. The houses are occupied
bout the employees of a great distiiiing g
sumo pany, who form corporation wn
4 the owns the park. Each member o.
{ be. shares in the corporation and pays
, the for his house; the surplus after
penses are paid comes back to hin
be 6 dividends. If he wishes to go ava
1857, dies. his shares are bought up by
SIS in CORPORATION and sold to the man
n Ed takes his place.
NIGHT Col. Dulier, of the Belgian e
that neers. has discovered an easy and
e. nomical method of doing away
-, London smoke. The smoke ente
could chimney shaped like the letter
- the bottom of the left-hand leg
"A 70. met by small jet OF steam' W
saturates the smoke and accelel
o,erL the draught; at the top OF the
snrav of water drives down the
IT, and noxious products, allowing
: dra,u almost pure vapor to escape up
- ths last leg. Half the acids and y
4, Co. cent. of the SCOT are thus REM
- thew are sent down into the SCI
s' where they act as disinfectants-
system can be applied to factor
about $3.50, and to q single owe
- o'e house for s1a or SIS. u. es
certain Keen Scent of Animals. =
let for have often asked friends .of
1, Nd x.l IN uov iOl1c DOIY