The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-08-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

The angelica plant is native to
Europe. 1t grows wild in most Of the
northern parts Of that continent, being
also found in the Alps, the Carpathian
and the Ural mountains.
The calamus grows wild on damp
soil in most parts of the world. Its use
as medicine antedates written his
tory, and during the middle ages many
superstitions were attached to Its en-
ployment as remedy.
I'm 1875 the Calumet & Hecla mine
produced half the copper mined in the
whole country, while in 1890 this won
derful mine produced one-fourth that
of the whole country and one-tenth
that Of the entire world.
The reason why red infuriates
members Of the OK family is because
red is the complementary color Of
green, and, the eyes OF cattle being
long fxed on heritage while feeding,
when they espy anything red 1t i'm
presses their sight with greatly in'
creased intensity.
The southern states have now
nearly one-fourth of the cotton fac
tories Of the country, and tho great in
crease Of this industry in that section
during the last few years gives rise to
the belief that at no distant day the
seat of the cotton factories will be az
close as possible to the cotton fields
From 1850 to 1890, tho capital in
vested In manufactures had increased
twelve times, while the number OF
hands employed increased only fve-
fold, showing the fact that machinery
had been made much moro efficient,
and that machines were doing the
work of men to a much greater extent
in 1890 than in 1880.
in 1891 there were manufactured
in this country 44,s16,so4 gallons OF
whisky; of alcohol, 12,26o,s2l gallons;
Of rum, 1,7s4,31 gallons; of wines, "a,
800, 9O5 gallons; of fruit brandy, 1,225,-
IT'S gallons; of beer, 30,021, o79 gallons,
being nearly half barrel Of the am
Der fluid for every man, woman and
child in the United States.
The plant from which assafoetida
is produced is native of Persia, At
ghanistan nd northern India. In all
these countries the inhabitants use it
as a seasoning for their meat and veg.
etables, much as red pepper is en-
ployed by the natives OF Mexico and the
South American Estates. The odor is
not deemed by them in the least often
sive.
The shipment of oil in bulk on the
great lakes is to be begun by the
Standard Oil company, which is now
building large loading pier into Lake
Michigan near its refineries at Whit.
ing, Ind. This pier will be from ,2oC
feet to ], 400 feet long, and from IA feet
to 16 feet wide. It will be built OF
piles driven in about Is feet Of water
| filed in with stone, and decked over.
Specially constructed tank barges OF
4oO,o 900 gallons capacity each are be-
ing built to transport the oil.
In hemp and fax-spinning work.
the noils, as waste or by-product, have
always been used for paper stock, but
the price of wood pulp has reduced the
price to very low figure. A Belgian
inventor has now devised a machine
for Spinning this into yarn which Is
said to be remarkably regular and
strong, and to be available for most Of
the purposes for which vegetable
flbres are employed. tits expected thai
the chief use of this yarn will be II
carpet mills, where cotton yarn ha.
been coming into general use on &C
count of its cheapness.