The Washington herald., 1909-01-13
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Every EnguSn family has at least one
weak-minded member. according 70 g
London medical magazine.
Nine-tenths Of the worlds annual pro-
duction Of 2eo0000 tons Of sugar comes
from the sugar cane
A Dutch syndicate with S2.A20o0 capital
has been formed 10 control the quinine
industry Of Java.
Parchment paper is made by dipping
ordinary unsized paper IN dilute sulphUrlc
acid and then washing t.
Mexicos coal fields cover about 3o0.0of
acres. and produce an average Of 391
tons per acre each year
Electricity IS being largely used IN the
( bookbnding trade FOR emboSsing and to
heat glue pots and hand tools.
The slide rule. now almost universally
used for calculations. was invented IN
Germany nearly 80 years ago.
The six New England States in 1907 pro
duced nearly % per cent Of the granite
output OF the entire country.
Although coal has been found IN nearly
every one of the Philippine Islands. but
4.545 tons We're mined last year
Thirty-fve different types OF mechanical
bread kneaders recently were exhibited
az q AtAtAN-AAAAlAf HA.0o aL A1N OiA- = lnllLE-
The Chinese have a method Of depriv-
ing castor OIL Of IFS medicinal properties
SO that IL may be used for ordinary cuIi-
nary purposes
In 1871 7.56l short tons OF crude mag
nestle. worth s. per ton. were produced
in the United States. almost entirely in
California.
AT an altitude Of $50 feet > per cent
of the power Of a gasoline motor Is lost.
owing 10 the decreased atmospheric pres
sure.
The Italian government has ordered
$1,000 REINFORCED concrete railroad ties.
made by n recently patented formula, for
experimental purposes
Japan's new crop q peppermint Is ex-
pected u produce almost 159091 pounds Of
menthol crystals and nearly 229.00o pounds
Of oil OF peppermint
A scheme for the adoption OF a stand
ard gauge for Spanish railways 70 con
form 70 other European nations Is under
consideration by the government Of that
country.
Electric storms are or almost daily Oc-
cUrrence on the high Grand Plateau Of
Bolivia, being especially severe just be-
fore the beginning Of the rainy season
each year.
4 big baking firm in Capa colony has
imported an American plant with up-tO-
date machinery 10 use imported fiOU- IN
opposition to bakers controlled by the
milers OF that country
Australian dairy interests VIII save
about S200.el9 q year hereafter by the
adoption Of a new form Of strawbOard
box instead or wooden ones IN which %
ship products to England
An international exhibition Of articles
connected with medicine and hygiene VIII
oe held at Rio De Janeiro next August
I'm connection with the fourth Latin
American Medical Congress
Estimates OF the extent Of the coal de-
p0slts recently discovered along the line
OF the trans-BaikaI Railway have placed
the amount Of fuel available AT nearly
100000 short tons.
Nine-tenths Of the steel ties laid by
the Mexican Railway in 1851 are still in
good condition, as a recent examination
showed. They were laid in gravel, coarse
sand. or fine stone
The worlds most powerful 6redge. To-
Gently completed in Belgium from an
Americans designs for the Russian gov
ernment. can remove 200 cubic yards OF
earth from a river bottom in an hour.
The government OF Bombay Is urging
the natives TO plant tap.oco in place Of
rice to prevent the femlnes due to
drought, as II is not so dependent upon
moisture for its growth as is the grain.
A French company plans 10 dam the
River RhOne TO develop 10000 horse
power. to restore navigation from the
city Of Lyons 10 Lake Geneva. and 10
connect the Rhine and the Rhone by Z
canal
There are said to be more than 100000
users OF the universal language. Espe-
Tanto. who have formed nearly 1o0 so
cieties or groups. an increase Of 80 per
cent, since the close OF 1907
A Sc0tchman has invented a chair
canopy on a frame like a window avn
ing, but which rolls up like a window
shade on a spring roller The device can
be quickly attached to a chair BY spring
rollers.
A pTospectOr for gold in Alaska found
a hot spring but 125 miles south Of the
Arctic Circle. and has made a fortune by
raising fresh vegetables on probably the
most nOrtherly truck farm in the world.
The meerschaum industry Of Asia
AMAAlUAs UAlNE AAkt 0ANEUlN VI
the whole population Of the region where
the material is found. has decreased until
but l,270 pits are now worked by some
500 men.
Imitation ebony IS made by washing
any close grained wood in a boiling solu-
ton Of logwood several times. drying II
between each application. then treating Il
with solution Of iron filings in vinegar.
fornia. Wisconsin. Maryland. North Caro-
lima, Georgia, Rhode Island. New Hamp-
shire. Connecticut. and Washington each
produced more than $4,000 worth Of
granite in 1901
The japanese have taken up the manu-
facture Of celluloid. two factories having
been established recently, one managed
by an American. with American machin-
cry, the other by a Swiss, with machin-
cry from Germany and France.
The steam siren. under seveuty-twO
pounds pressure, has been heard for forty
miles in tests in the navy. The next
powerful foise-maker is the steam whis-
tie, audible twenty miles. while the Ordi-
nary whistling buoy has made itself
heard fifteen miles.
The value Of the mineral products Of
the United States in 1907 reached $685.
2Ss, ,1s6. surprising the products of 1896 by
SIS per cent, Of 1905 by 27.S3 per cent, and
OF 1904 by 5S-d Per cent Coal. iron. cop
per, clay, and petroleum led in the order
named.
BY coating a pane Of glass with an ex-
ceedingly thin layer Of a liquid charged
with platinum. then raising it to g red
heat. on cooling a mirror is formed that