The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


earnings Of the United States s,I
IS, 400, 900. 600; from manufactures, 81.
$50, 600, 900; from mines, S4sO, Oco. COZ
from transpor q ion. 81, I55. 600. 90; from
commerce, 500 O00, 600; from shipping
$50. 600, OOO: from banking 500. 90, COZ
1t is Just about fifty wears sine,
West Indian potatoes began TO b.
known IN the markets 81 the world
and they are now luxury on both
continents. About a ton was sent "a
Great Britain in 1Si5. The cousump
tion of those potatoes in this country
has since developed an important trade
especially with the Bermudas.
DR.. Bollinger. director of the Anat
ARCHAEOLOGICAL institute in Mn
mich, asserts that IL Is very rare 20 find
q normal heart and normal kidneys IL
an adult resident Of that city. The
reason for the kidney disease is the tar
put upon these organs by the drinking
OF excessive amounts of beer. and the
cardiac hypertrophy and degeneration
are secondary lessons for the most part.
The after-dinner nap has beer
under scientific. or at least, profes
sional. consideration lately. and II "a
finding friends and foes pretty evenly.
1t seems 10 be the concenSuS OF opinion
that the long leth<-gic sleep Is not
necessary or advisable 10 the person in
health. but forty winks are both CRATE
ful and beneficial, and should be Ell
outraged
The most remarkable instance Of
rapid growth l. said 20 be recorded by
the French academy in 1879. II was a
boy 8 years of age, feet c inches ia
height At the age Of his voics
changed. at his beard had grown, and
he appeared a man Of 20. He possessed
great physical strength, and could
easily lift 20 his shoulders and carry
bags OF grain weighing 200 pounds
His decline was "a rapid Is his growth
At 5 his hair and beard were gray; at
20 he totJered in his walk. his teeth
fell out, and his hands became palsied,
al i he died with every outward sign
OF extreme old age.-Times and Regis
ter.
A new process for extracting gold
from ore by means Of bromide has beer
devised By Herr Lorsen The difficulty
hitherto has been the cost. A solution
Of bromide OF potassium - electrol vsed,
giving an alkaline solution. containing
hypobronide and bromatH which Is
capable OF dissolving gold The ore is
treated with excess OF this solution bv
rotating cylinders. the solution Is then
filtered. the gold precipitated by pass
ing il over Z mixture x IRON = al coal. and
the solution, which now consists once
more mainly OF potassium bromide. -
used again
France still heads the lis. ~ the
European wine-producinE countries
with an average OF zoo Co0 go gallons a
year for the last ten year. Next
come Italy and Spain with Cl5. 900. coo
and 564. OOO, COO gallons respectively:
then come Turkey. with the states once
included in il, with 2J2 0O0 co.. Austria
Hungary with If3, 600, 900, Germany
with 1900 90, Portugal - OF. 900.
Russia II. Oc0 0G1 Greece 20. 900 600, and
Switzerland 100000 gallons. In
gland. Holland Be GUM and the Scan
dinavian states do not produce enough
wine 20 lie considered n the account
Europe produces yearly 2,5i-. 90. 90
gallons % wine.
"A new thermometer has Just been
produced IN France, css gue1 for meas
uring very lo~. eulr-ratures- The new
INSTRUMENT j. Elm lsr 20 an ordinary
alcohol thrrmrueter. but tle leuid
employed % Ri it Is perfectly pure
toIueu The Cuatati0n coet1eseut o.
this j. very high, which slightly IN
creases the relative dimensions - the
divisions % the tube. which - an al
vantage. since tie readings are made
much more easily. Bot she PRINCIPAL
advantage aecrulng from ths lquiG
used IS it- iaiGitv. which = retains up
10 - degrees without sclsIu.v aIhe--
ing 20 the glass The indications sup
piled ~ the apparatus are oa ta.s ac-
count very clear and rapid.
-EverToodv has noticed ire low
bugs. wood lice. or pill bugs and
that vhen EXPOSED % the -ignt by over
turning the board O. stone anle- IS l-ch
they 1--we ia damp places. they ro-- up.
ike az zrl1ScI..1 The v1.u- q tals
protective movement Is REFERRED ~ lv
LLOYD Morgan ia Nature Hc fed h.s
young yhezszats On wood lies- They
were frequently caught when moving
and eaten Ea- . one had tir1e - rp.4
10. aut uas thls seized. - was shot OCT
% distance by tlc pressure = che
BIRDS 0i.l. -u g o. fresh cl=rrys toas
i shot from between the thumb ard
enger % a s-h1oltor The protective
value - the crustacezn q 4.s roznd