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ted foods on the human system. So In


Commission at st. Paul on the 21st inst.
At the place and on the date named above
DR.. Wiley will set himself right with the
public. He will deny emphatically that his
students ever turned pink or that their COM
plexion assumed anything but a natural
hue The most recent publication to excite
the Indignation of the famous chemist is
that stating that it was his intention TO
form a class for the purpose Of demon
strating the bad effect OF nicotine on the
human system. This report went on TO say
that the class would be divided into ''smok-
ers, chewers and suffers" DR.. Wiley is
not authorized by law TO take up an in
quiry relating to tobacco. But have the
authority to investigate the effect OF alco-
hol on humans. but do not think 1 shall do
So" A picture has been painted by an
imaginat tive official of what might happen
If the announcement went out to the world
that alcoholic drinks would be served free
to all applicants who would consecrate
themselves to the cause of science
Professor Wiley recently declared that
the devil turks In the soda fountain and
iced tea Is simply suicide" Now another
announcement is made by a government Of
fetal relative to soda water and iced tea
served at the fountains in drug stores
Our chemists are working overtime max
ing analyses of drinks that are passed out
from soda water fountains" said the dep
uty commissioner of internal revenue The
concern of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
however, is not for the public health
There has been more or less violation of
the liquor tax law" continued the deputy
commissioner, by druggists and proprie-
tors of candy and department stores who
make a practice of selling alcoholic drinks.
But this year the drinks with winks I'm
them seem to be greater than ever before.
Frequent violations of the law are reported
by our special agents. The only alcohol
which the government will tolerate in soda
water drinks which are sold without
license is quantity small enough to pre-
serve the syrup. A great many druggists
think that because they add just little
liquor to the regulation soda water prep
aration they are not liable to fine, but they
are finding out the error of their way. The
special agents have been instructed to
watch out for violations of this law, and
they are constantly sending specimens to
dom that the government finds it neces-
sary to prosecute violator of this law,
for most Of them prefer to continue the
business after paying the SIS tax"
DR.. d. E. Solomon, chief of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, makes the following
recommendation for the treatment of scab
In sheep: Proper bygienic conditions
alone, though of importance in connection
with the subject of treatment, cannot be
relied upon to cure scab. The only rational
treatment consists in using some external
application which will kill the parasites.
Formerly medicines were given internally,
and even within a few years past It has
been claimed that feeding sulphur to sheep
will cure the disease. The. statements re-
garding sulphur were such as to lead the
department to try the experiment, which,
however, was soon abandoned as unsuc-
cessful. The external application of scab
cures is in various ways made known as
hand dressing, hand curing. spotting, pour
ing, smearing and dipping. Of these meth
DDS dipping is by far the most satisfac-
tory"
Here are some interesting facts relating
to the production of broom corn in the
United States:
In 1899 there were 17S,5s4 acres in the
United States devoted to broom corn pro-
ducing sO,947,37O pounds, or an average of
500 pounds per acre. The total value of this
crop was $S5SS.414, averaging cents per
pound and s2O.O9 for each acre grown.
In 1889 there were grown in the United
States 93.425 acres of broom corn, pro-
ducing 39.557,4 29 pounds.
In 1879 broom corn was grown in thirty
States and Territories, Illinois, Kansas, Mis-
souri,. New York. Nebraska, Ohio and Iowa
producing more than 100000 pounds each,
their combined production equaling "a
per cent. of the total crop.
In 1889 broom corn was grown in thirty
nine States and Territories, and in 1899 in
forty States and Territories
In 1889 Indiana raised $4,000 pounds Of
broom corn and in 1899 the production
amounted to $4,000 pounds.
XXX
1.-THE manufacture of glass in Germany
dates back to Roman times" says a recent
report to the State Department The
necessary raw materials-such as wood
potash and sand-have always been drawn
iAOAii iiOihc SouiScS. II 10 only IN recent
years, however, that Germany has taken
up the manufacture of the finer qualities
Of glass, which thus far have been market
ed at home. very little finding its way into
foreign countries. Since 1870 the imports
from Italy, Austria, England and Belgium.
the great glass-producing countries of
Europe. have been rapidly decreasing and
now exports to these nations
large quantities of the coarser glass man
ufactures, such as bottles of every descrip-
ton, etc. 1t is doubtful, however whether
will ever reach a stage where
she will be able to compete with Belgium
in mirrors or with Venice in fancy-colored
The United States will be represented at
next month at the meeting Of
scientists engaged in measuring the earth.
Prof. Otto H. Tittmann, chief of the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, has been
selected for this assignment. The work of
the earth is an international
and IL has been engaging the at
tention of the leading governments for
many years. The project was taken up
some years ago by England, Germany and
the United States and has since been joined
IN by other nations. The International con-
ference for measuring the circumference of
the earth meets every three wears. at which
reports are made of progress and plans for