The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-06
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German science announces that
everything needed 60 make a man
weigh 80 pounds can be found ~
the whites and yniks - 100 hens
eggs. Reduced % a nali the aver
agr man would Yield - cuhir me
ters u illuminating gas and hydro
Gen enough 70 al a balloon eapahle
q tif,ins is pounds, Thu normal
human body has 10 II the iron needed
e. make seven large nails. the lat
for 10 pounds % candies. the carbon
for IS gross 81 cravons and rhoa-
phoFus enough for ~. 600 matches.
out Of u can be obtained besides -
coffee spaona 81 salt. ~ Jumps Qf
sugar and a. llters II water.
Tue elevator originated In Central
Europe. The earliest mention ~
Napoleon T.. addressed e. his wife
tha Archfrehess Maria Louise. he
writes TO her that. when IN sehaeu-
hrunu. then the summer residence
q the Austrian emperor. near Vi
emma. he used 'chniae voisnte"
dying chair In that castle. which
has been constructed for Fmpress
Maria theresa. I; consisted ~ a
small square room. Humptuuuuiy
furnished with hanEinxs 81 rcd ak.
and suspended sy strong ropes with
eranter weights. SO that u could b.
pulled no OF let down with great
sasc In shaft bull, for the purpose
about ifeo
Some ten years ago a French mis-
sionary started the systematic rear.
ing q two kinds % spiders for their
web. and the BEARD Of Trade Journal
states that a spidsr.weh factory IL
ncN IN successful operation At Cha
iaia- Mepdan. near Paris. where rope
is made Of spider web intended for
balloons for the French military
aeronauttc section The spiders arc
arranged in groups Of twelve ai,uve
reel upon which the threads are
wound II la b. no means caHv
work for the spiders, for they are
not released until they have fur
nlshed from 20 yards 90 90 yards -
thread each. Tho web r. washed
and thus freed % the outer reddish
and sticky cover. Eight - the
washed threads are then taken to
aaihsr. and Of this rather strong
yarn cords are woven. which are
stronger and much ilshtsr than
cords Of silk OF the same thickness.
Coffee. the drink more highly re-
Earded today than any other. was
frHt used In AhyHsiuia In s55. Then
Il was brought to Arabia. a Greek
first introduced II TO England and
made himself famous BY the act.
The Increased consumption Of can
dy in the Unltea states makes bust
ness for the manufacturer. certain
I ~. and for physicians. probably. a
representative of the Pure Food con
Erens, himself a candy manufnctur-
cr. claimed that about 500 600 900 r.
I Invested in the business.
a German biologist has calculated
that the human brain contains so0. .
600 400 nerve cells 5000. 900 Of which
die and are succeeded by new ones
every day. A. this rate we get an
entirely new brain every GO days,
In certain parts Of the ITmalayn
mountains the native women have
singular way Of putting their
children 10 sleep In the middle Of the
day The child IL put near a stream
OF water. and by means 81 a palm
leaf or n tin scoop the water is de-
nected 30 as to run over the back
Of the child's head. The water pour
I ing over the child'H head apparently
sends II TO sleep. and keeps II 50,
while the mother proceeds with her
work In the fields No one seems 10
/ fear that baby viii be drowned.
The heart OF the vegetarian beats,
/ on m average. IS To the minute.
/ that Of the meat eater -. This rep
rcaents n difference Of 10000 beats in
/ ~ hours
Some Of the machines for making
matchea make 200 revolutions a
minute each. and turn out about a.
| 500. 600 matches daily, or about 900
0OO. 900 annually.
Railway whistles lnnlct torture on
/ so many people that the efforts 20
check the plague abroad viii be fol-
lowed with intcrent. Austria has In
/ troduced a system OF dumb signal
/ ling 10 start and stop the trains. eli
| rium II trying compressed air Wills