Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-04-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


1t Is proposed TO make tho port Of
Bristol, England, accessible TO Trans
Atlantic vessels at all times by dam
ming the River Avon az its mouth and
nsiug locks. According 10 the plans Of
the engineers constant depth of
thirty-two feet can be obtained and
the necessary docks and breakwaters
constructed for ei1, ,o00,oo
AN adult specimen OF the sole, fif-
teen inches long with symmetrical
eyes.has been found on the British coast.
IL was as usual in all respects except
that the left eye had retained its posi-
tion on the left side Of the head, and
was nearly opposite TO the right seye.
The colors were normal, the right side
being brown, and the left side white.
Bread, as daily article Of food, Is
used by only about one-third OF the fit-
teen hundred millions that constitute
the present population Of the earth. In
the coast districts of Spanish America
the staff of life Is the banana, on the
Pampas dried beef. and in Eastern Asia
rice, either in the form Of soup or thick
cruel. "He has eaten his last rice"
say the Chinese in anticipation of a
funeral.
The color of leaves is affected by
light, but this does not hold true of
flowers Last winter n blue hyqcinth
found itself under fat stone six inches
beneath the surface. As II could not
reach the light, it developed leaves and
flowers under the stone. The leaves
were blanched as white as the stalk of
celery, but the flowers took on the
natural deep blue II is said the same
results attend when the hyacinth
blooms in a dark cellar.
The quantity of food products
raised In the southern states increases
each year. IL Is conceded that more
southern planters will feed their stock
aud their families from home-raised
food this winter than at any time since
the war. This statement applies in
general to the southern states, but es-
pecially to North Carolina, whence the
report comes that there Is more home
raised bacon and beef in the local mar
kets than ever before in the history of
the estate.-Baltimore Herald.
"A. p. Anderson, of the State uni
versity of Minnesota, by a long series
of experiments, finds the pumpkin does
most of it's growing after o'clock in
the evening, and diminishes its activity
as the sun rises and begins TO act upon
the leaves. From o o'clock in the
morning until o'clock in the after
noon the weight of the fruit dimin-
ishes, owing to the evaporation of
water from the leaves of the plant.
The general results show that when
the fruit grows most the vine grows
least, and vice versa
Nearly all the Greenland glaciers
and tongues from the internal ice cap
terminate in vertical faces from one
hundred TO one thousand feet high,
presenting facilities for investigation.
The vertical faces reveal pronounced
stratifcation on the basal ice, even
earth materials in the bases carried by
the ice being arranged in layers. Fine
Nominations were seen, twelve or twen-
ty TO an inch. The layers are some
times twisted and contorted. and even
showed" over each other. The glacier
movement at the ice border is foot
per day 20 foot per week.
There is a whole" milk treatment
as well as a skim milk cure, and an ad-
vocate of the former says that patient
requires from five to six quarts daily
while confined TO bed, and from one to
four quarts more when working. To
digest all this, free action of the skin,
lungs and other organs must be Sc
cured by daily warm baths and an un-
limited supply OF fresh air night and
day Under this treatmont the heart
quickens, the Glimentary canal en-
larges and its glands increase in size
and number, and the arteries enlarge
end furnish TO all parts of the body an
increased supply of blood. A patient
with a supposed mortal disease was
cured under this treatment between
July is and October 2s, and during
that time increased in weight from log
pounds to l29 pounds IA ounces.