The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
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Salt and pepper have real and DIS
tinct value, outside their use in bring |
ing out the flavor of the food, to which |
they have been added. The Chicago |
Tribune points out that in Eastern
countries the condiments such as pep
per are used to prOfusion in all FOODS.
Gastric troubles common enough IN
other countries are conspicuouslys 40
sent, and the free use of pepper has
much to do with the fact. Salt ana
pepper work against fermentation.
The Earl of Crawford has devised a
means of manipulating vessePs rud'
der by means Of electricity from any
part Of the ship. A practical demon
stration of the invention was recently
given upon the inventors steam yacht,
Valhalla, in the Solent before several
representatives of the British and Jap
anese navies, who were considerably
impressed with the device. The most
prominent feature of the device Is that
| II Is not so liable to accident as the
steam gear, and it is much easier to
| manipulate.
Madrid has the unenviable distinction
of being in every way the most IN
healthy capital in Europe. According
| to statistics just published there nave
been 1884 deaths during the past
| five years among population only
slightly exceeding half million. In
1901 the deaths numbered 1922. and
of these 4064 were of children under
four years old. This gives rate OF
about thirty-three per 1000. In the
five years period consumption carried
off nearly 10000 inhabitants, and small
pox and measles 5000 more.
In a recent lecture before the stud
ents of the College of Commerce and
Administration at the University OF
Chicago, Franklin III. Head suggested
a novel method of Illuminating thu
city. He presented as a possibility Of
the future the use of belt OF wind
mills, running dynamos which woult
, charge storage batteries with electric
ity. A series of windmills, he believed
/ say for forty miles, could supply stor
! age batteries with enough electricit.
I to light the whole city continually, ant
r possibly to heat it. Mr.. Heads re
marks were made to illustrate the grea
: value of the new storage battery In
4 vented nv Thomas Edison.
One of the professors at the Glasgow
| Observatory has devised a simple bu
Ingenious plan for conveying light t
| graduated circles at the point wher
they are to be read with the aid OF
: microscope. 1t Is desirable not
!. bring the source of light near til
: circles on account of the heat. and s
: the professor sends the light throug
a solid glass rod, letting it shine !
! at one end and come out at the othel
: The light cannot escape from the side
:. of the rod owing to the internal refle
= ton, and 1t is therefore carried an
delivered much like water runnin
through a tube Even when bent Il
= rod does not lose its charge of light
n A very interesting scientific toy, Il
: action of which Is explained by the tn
:. ory of sound waves, has recently bee
10 shown in England by Bergen Davl
the inventor of Ii. He had observe
- that small cylinder, closed at OF
s end, IL placed in sound wave, wou
80 arrange itself in position perpendl
- ular to the wave, and begin to mo-
ht in the direction Of its own axis. TT
e. gave him the idea, and he arrang
four such cylinders on q rotating mi
- the closed end of each following t
: open end of it's predecessor, like t
cups of an thermometer, and tn
~ placed the mill in front of an org
~ pipe, with its axis Of rotation perpt
- dicular to the sound wave issuing frt
-, the pipe When the organ was playi
-, the little mill rotated at a high veloci