The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-09-15
SCIENCE and INDUSTRY.


"A combination of gas stove manu-
facturers has been formed under the
name of the United Vapor and Gas
Stove Company. The concern has been
Incorporated in Illinois, and is capital
lied at IS, 500, 900.
BY actual experiments it has been
ascertained that the explosive power OF
a sphere of water only one inch in di-
ameter is sufficient to burst brass yes.
sci having resisting power OF $4,000
pounds.
Recent statistics show the United
States stand third on the list OF wool
producing countries, Australia being
first with yield of 550,0o0,0oo pounds,
Argentine Republic second with about
400. 600, boo pounds, and this country
next with 800, 900, 900 pounds:
The first really intelligent expert
ments made with view of ascertain
| ing the conditions of dew formation
were by DIR. Wells, London physician.
though native of Charleston, S. c. His
book on the subject appeared in 1914.
| Aristotle was the first philosopher
to suggest the real cause of the phe-
nomenon of dew. He says: "The suns
heat raises the vapor, from which the
dew is formed as soon as that heat is no
longer present to sustain the vapor."
In India certain regiments with
$50 men were placed under observa-
ton. They were divided into free
drinkers, moderate drinkers and alb
stainers. 1t was found that the deaths
of the former were forty-four per 1000,
of the moderate drinkers twenty-three
per 1000, and of the abstainers only
eleven per 1000.
The results of examinations OF
European statistics by M. Lagneau GO
to show that as among occupations
consumption is most prevalent among
persons whose work is sedentary; while
persons living in the open air enjoy an
almost complete immunity. From an
other point of view, consumption ap
pears to increase in towns rapidly with
the density of the population.
in 1898, $50 miles of new railroad
were opened for traffic in France, max
ing the total of the country 1896:
miles. of which 1918 miles belong tt
the six great companies, 1909 to the
state, COS to branch railroad companies
1919 are not chartered, and 1873 are made
in shops, yards, etc. Besides, ther'
were at the end of the year 2,2l9 mile
of local railroads, 1873 miles of which
were opened in 1893. There were ais.
1,O3S miles of street railroad.-N. Y
Railroad Gazette.
Some months agoa Dublin invento
claimed for preparation of his that
would preserve eggs in perpetual fresh
ness. To thoroughly test the efficac.
of the invention, which, if successful
would revolutionize the egg market
an experiment was carried out at tn
Freeman offices. A sample OF eggs i'm
mersed in the patent solution, which
a thin grayish paste of the consistenc
of honey, have remained undisturbe
there for period of four months, an
when opened the other night in tn
presence of experts were found to
all perfectly fresh.
-Pasteur, the French scientist, ha
k shown that all fruits and vegetable
It when undergoing even partial deca
r contain bacteria, which, if taken int
g the stomach, may cause disease. Fru
q grown near to the ground may contai
the bacteria of typhoid fever, tetanu
!" diphtheria or cholera, which may hav
e found their way into the material use
= for fertilizing, or may have become il
corporated with the dried dust. Hent
r. one should never neglect to clean.
If fruit. Especial care should be take
<. with imported or shipped fruit-mol
" particularly that from districts whel
u there are infectious diseases.
The Swiss government forbids Ju
h iors the use of tobacco, and boys da
lie not smoke in public streets. The Frent
Of prohibit its use by public school st
lg dents. DIR. Bremen, physician to
ut Louis lunatic asylum, declares that
ne use by youth is a cause of mental, phi
r. steal and moral deterioration, and
t, attributes Carlyle's bad temper to
err use. The editor of the Review OF |
rs sanity and Nervous Diseases finds tn
Id idiotic and nervous children may blair
We their bad borning to tobacco-usiI
ne fathers. It's bad effects are not INN
ty diately noticeable, but in the long n
W are bound to tell. Paste this in yo
tn hat, young man, or put it in your pi
he and smoke it instead of the weed tn
kills.
ID THE MECHANISM OF THOUGH
singular Illusions Produced by the Ser
of Feeling.