The Van Buren press., 1895-09-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

--.-0ur product of salt. In 1890, wss
s,776,sal barrels, the supply coming
largely from Ninhigans and HestArp
New York.
OF the total American population
horn OF native parents thirty-two per
cent were earning. wages when the
tenth census was taken. The plopoes
tion Of bread-winnefs among our Inn.
migrants is larger than among the
native population. 9Th seq
lin 1890 the capital invested in the
united States in various masufsctur
exceeded $4,000, 600, 900. while the
wages paid the employees of manufac-
tories had risen hom SRA oodDoo 10
s.. 900, 600, 900, the material employed
had increased from $3.50, 00o. 600 to
nearly 81. 600, 900, 600, and the value OF
the product from trifie over ri ,ooo.-
oo0, 900 to nearly 90, 400, ,0oo. 900.
/ The aers ton Of the water Of large
storage reservoir Is to be done by means
ofcompressed air, to be furnished from
an air-cempressor on . small steam
boat to be placed on the reservoir. The
work 10 to be carried on only during
the hot weather. the idea being to pre-.
vent the development OF unpleasant
odors or tastes from stagnation and
the growth of minute organisms.
DIR. Paul .Brisson. Of Paris. claims
TO have discovered the microbe OF
old age. He says that it exists only In
the blood Of old and decrepit men, and
when injected into the circulation Of .
young and healthy individual it pho
duces all the signs of advanced age.
DR.. Brisson further announces that bJ
the injection Of certain serum into
the blood, these microbes can be de-
stroyed. and he says that man may live
Indefinitely. provided the propagation
: the microbe be prevented and acc
dent be avoided .-.==-
An interesting experiment In turn
ing large farms into small holdings,
which may help to solve the agricul'
tural problem in England, was recent
ly > completed in Dorsetshire- Sir
Robert Edgecombe. seven years ago,
bought a farm of s43 acres. spent
money in building roads and wells,
divided it up into IS holdings Of from
. to So acres, and offered them for sale,
payment to be made in ten equal an
nual installments- Purchasers were
| readily found of all trades and classes
eight only being agricultural laborers
| and all the installments, with slight
exceptions, have already been paid off.
Instead of q farmer and three laborers
there are now Is families OF IS persons
ON the land, which saas increased II
value from 2l70 to e31S . year.
Gas from Condensed Chemicals. :
Among the promised blessings is light
produced by the decomposition by al
and moisture of certain chemicals that
are compressed into tiny rolls or rods.
Upon being exposed to damp air. the
end of the rod slowly dissolves, gener
ating powerful, clear and not un
wholesome gas that can be piped
through dwelling and used after the
ordinary fashion, There is nothing IL
the range of average wants that Il
more needed than this. The lighting
problem. especially in suburban locali
| ties, is a stupendous one to struggle
with. Small towns where gas is used
make the cost OF such lighting almost
i prohibitive. When one can have ths
material for gas supplies as one OF the
regular needs in an ordinary rod OF
tube at so much per yard or pound,; tht
question of lighting will be robbed O
many of its unpleasant features. 1l.i {