The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-11-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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DIR. Cathell, in the Maryland Medi-
cal Journal, advances the opinion that
fasting during the long interval be-
tween supper and breakfast, and espe-
cially the complete emptiness Of the
stomach during sleep, adds greatly to
the amount of emaciation, sleeplessness
and general weakness so often met
Prof. Spencer computes the age OF
Niagara Falls at about SO, 900 years. 1t
is now eight Thousand years since Lake
Huron emptied into Lake Erie for the
first time. The land has risen about
the outlet Of Lake Erie, and If the pres
ent rate continues, in five or six thou
sand years the waters of the four up
per lakes win be turned into the Mis-
sissippi river drainage at Chicago
"A scientific authority states that
by saturating bullet with vaseline its
flight may be easily followed with the
eye from the time it leaves the muzzle
of the rifle until it strikes the target.
The course of the bullet is marked by
ring of smoke, caused by the vaseline
being ignited on leaving the inuzzle OF
the gun. 4
"A rainmaker in India has an appara-
tus consisting of rocket capable Of ris-
ing to the height of a mile, containing
reservoir of ether; in its descent it
opens a parachute, which causes it to
come down slowly. The ether is thrown
out in fine spray and it's absorption OF
heat is said to lower the temperature
about it sufficiently to condense the
vapor and produce limited shower
When the horse sleeps it is said
that one ear is directed forward, why
is not known. A writer in the English
Mechanic thinks this is to guard against
danger, being survival of their origi-
nally wild habits. lie says: Watch a
horse asleep through the window of his
stable and make a faint noise to the
front. That ear will be all attention,
and probable the other will fly round
sharply to assist. Now let him go to
sleep again, and make the same noise
to the left. The forward ear still will
keep his guard, with possibly light
ming flick around, only to resume its
former position.
DR. McClintock, of the University
of Michigan, has performed expert
ments which indicate that eggs may
become affected with microbes before
they are laid. A healthy hen, after
repeated washings in sterilizing solu-
tions, was placed in sterilized cage.
As soon as possible after being laid,
portion of her eggs were placed in
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bator. All these eggs decayed and
swarmed with bacteria. The remain
ing eggs were taken as soon as laid,
and cultures were made from their con-
tents. Some of these culture tubes de-
veloped: others remained sterile. After
some days the hen was killed, and
with proper aseptic precautions culture
tubes were inoculated from various
portions of the oviduct. Most of these
tubes developed. 1t would thus seem
probable that the putrefactive bacteria
entered the egg in its passage down
the oviduct and before the shell was
formed
Germany leads the lists of beer
producing countries, according 60 the
trade report for 1898, just published,
with /, Zoe, 1872 ,O74 gallons, an increase
of over "a, 100000 gallons over 1892;
3SN gallons head was the average
for the empire. the product ranging
from G. gallons in Bavaria to, IL in
Elsass-Lothringe Great Britain was
good second with 1,164,752, 992 gal
Ions of malt liquor, over 80 gallons
head. America Including South Amer
ica) came next with 1,0s4, 433, AGO gal
Ions, l6 gallons per head. Then come
Austria with 3s5, 256, 16s gallons, Bel
gium with 2O9,s56,174, France with
1876, $50, 500 gallons, Russia with $685.
S92 gallons; Denmark 5rewed As mil
lion gallons, Holland SO million, Sweden
2sH million, Switzerland 26 1-6 million
gallons The other countries for which
statistics are given all produced less
than 20 million gallons piece. The
total output of malt liquors in Europe
and America was $500 million gallons,
in making which 1906 600 tons of malt
and 81, 900 tons of hops were used.