The Bossier banner., 1894-01-11
NUMBER 46.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

employing $4,000 men, %, 1000 women
and 4, 400 children. The combined cap
ital of the mills is s76, 900, 900 and tho
annual output s1O4, 900, 900.
Taking the earth as the center of
limit of our vision, the visible universe
embraces an aerial space with diam
eter of $1,000, 900, 900 miles, and cir
cumference of 1929, 472, 900, 900 miles.
Wisconsin raises every year s105,.
100000 worth of farm products. The
oat crop is 43, 900, 900 bushels; corn, 3S,-
100000; wheat, $1,000, 900; barley, 19,-
100000. The live stock is valued at
$4,000, 900. Over 10000 square miles
are underlaid by mineral deposits.
The preservation of pictures has
become topic of much consideration
in London. Probably the most sue
cessful experiment that has been tried
is placing the surface of the picture,
be it of canvas or paper, in vacuum,
thus protecting it from the usual at
mospheric action which is so deteriora-
ting.
Gen. Dumont, of the-steamboat in.
spection service, in his annual report
to the secretary of the treasury, says
that last year 1887 vessels were in
spected, of tonnage of 1881, ,581, an
increase of 176 vessels and rs, 2O6 in tom
mage. The number of officers licensed
was S7,795, an increase of 1,276 1t is
estimated that between 800, 900, 900 and
700 600, 900 of passengers were carried
during the fiscal year.
1t is not surprising that the cotton
oil trust makes a favorable report of
its affairs, since its product has grad
ually come to be substitute for two
highly important culinary materials
olive oil and lard. These two uses
would alone constitute an enormous
demand for cotton oil, and there are
many others besides. In cotton oil
American ingenuity has transformed
waste product into an article of inn
mense value to its producers at great
saving to the human race.
AT the trade union congress in
Glasgow there was heated discussion
whether Sunday should be selected for
the annual demonstration in the name
of labor. John Burns, who favored
Sunday, is quoted as saying: ''The
better the day, the better the deed.
There is only one religion, and that is
the cause of labor This was both
applauded and hooted with cries of
''Shame!' On vote So voted for Sun
day against go to the contrary, and
Mr.. Burns exclaimed: 'Bigotry has
WON'T
DR.. Nicalsky, of ST. Petersburg,
attributes the form of birds eggs to
gravity. He thinks that every egg not
yet coated with a solid shell departs
from spherical form and elongates,
simply because of pressure on it by the
walls of the ovary. In birds which
keep vertical position when at rest
(such as the falcon and OWL the soft
egg becomes short through the birds
weight acting against the ovarian pres
sure. In birds which, like the grebe,
are nearly always swimming, the egg
lengthens, because the weight of the
body acts in the same direction as the
ovarian compression.
The report made by Mr.. G. II. Read,
assistant keeper of medieval antiqui-
ties, on the historical exhibition at
Madrid, has now been printed by order
of the trustees of the British museum.
1t is not only paper of the greatest
value to those who are interested in all
that bears upon Columbus and the dis
covery of the New World, but it reveals
and appreciates the value of certain
art treasures which in many cases had
been for centuries hidden in the crypts
and treasures of Central America.
The republic of Columbia seems to be
especially rich in valuable relics re-
ferring to the sixteenth century, but
other states-which we, as rule, only
hear of through their revolutions or
ankruptcies-showed that they were
still the undisturbed possessors of
many medieval treasures.
News of the World.
There are several theories of the
proper position in sleep. The one most
commonly favored is that one should
sleep on the right side, as digestion
goes on in this position most favora-
bly,. Other authorities say that one
should always lie on the back, but
there are excellent reasons why this is
not wise. The weight of the stomach
and its contents rests upon the spine,
which often affects the nerves. Some
severe cases of insomnia have been
cured by the habit of sleeping on the
| face. This is easy to do and is the
most comfortable position if one dis
penses with the pillow. One young
man who had exhausted all the skill
of the doctors fell into the habit of ly-
ing on his face, with his right arm un-
der his head, which was turned slight
ly to one side. BY this change natural
rest soon come to him and he entirely
recovered.
Negligees and Tea Gowns
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