The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-24
NOTES OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Frost Is the enemy most dreaded by
! concrete builders.
! strengthening machines are begin
ming 10 be used extensively in Australia
4 single mill in Maine converts 700
cords OF brentwood into tOOthDicks each
year.
St. Petersburg viii hold an "Tnterna-
tional Exposition OF the Latest Inven-
tons in the spring
The English Royal Agricultural Society
has offered a prize Of 500 for the best
/ device for drying hops.
Tie swiftest bird that flies IS the
frigate bird. which has speed estimated
az over 800 miles per hour.
I The Pacific Ocean has an area almost
equal 10 that Of all the land on the
earth. 55.000.000 square miles
Under the microscope over 10000 bac-
terra have been counted on the legs and
mouth OF a single house fly
1 The largest locomotive in the world uses
seventy-twO gallons OF water minute
when working al its full capacity
Nearly 5000 horses were killed for food
n Paris last year. an increase OF nearly
10 per cent over the preceding year
To obtain the best results from a good
watch. il should be carried upright, IN The
pocket. and should be hung up al night
Mechanical slate pickers. each Of which
does the work Of ten boys. have proven
a success in a large Pennsylvania coal
mine.
Discoveries Of rich gold-bearing quartz
recently were made on the headwaters Of
the Adagueda and Chirvigo rivers IN Co
( lombia-
Remains Of a Roman cemetery were Re
Gently brought 10 light by excavations
by a French scientific expedition at
Tangier.
South Australia has purchased 1,so
acres OF land TO encourage and demon
strate the most modern methods n dairy
farming.
Tests by the japanese government OF
I cotton seed from several countries pro-
duced By far the best staple from Amer
/ lean seed
/ Of London's school children in 1877, !. $50
died from measles. LIS from whcoping
cough. 81 from diphtheria, and 81 from
scarlet fever.
A New Jersey paper mill IS expert
menting with okra stalks and pulp from
/ Georgia. OF which. 1t IS believed, paper
may be made
An adiustible band TO clasp a stove
PIPE. with radiating arms. has been &c
vised Dy q ChicagOan as new form OF
clothes drier.
I The Illinois Central Railroad IS fitting
% several locomotives 10 burn coke IN
an effort 10 check the smoke nuisance
az terminals.
Galloway cattle are being raised IN
Alaska for their skins. which are con-
sidered the equal Of bearskins Tor beauty
and durability.
Russia's cotton crop for 1905 Is esti-
mated at nearly E2lO0oO0O pounds. an in
crease over the previous year Of about
25.0oO.ooo pounds.
A 2so-year-old buttonwood tree recently
cut down in New Jersey yielded Loo0 feet
Of sawed lumber and three two-horse
loads OF frewOOd-
4 female toad lays from 2.009 10 700
eggs al a time. comparatively few OF
which hatch and reach maturity at the
age Of five years
Havana exported AS. 1851 cigars from
January 1 10 November I, 1903. an increase
Of about 10 per cent over the correspond
ing period Of 1867.
Rhodesia produced 2264.03 ounces of
gold from 1862 to 1907. both years inelu-
sive, the output gradually increasing
from year 70 year
A shortage Of chlorate Of potash has
forced many Japanese match factories 10
close. and has nearly ruined that coun-
try's new match trust.
or New York's 700 forest fires last year,
which destroyed property valued az $50
eSs Is. AS were attributed 20 campers,
hunters. and fishermen.
Great Britain greatly increased its
4 acreage OF wheat. potatoes. and lucerne
last year at the expense OF all the other
grain and vegetable crops.
Pennsyivania's State BIOLOGIST has
warned the farmers OF that State not 10
destroy turtles. as they not only remove
4 carrion. but xiii injurious insects.
/ The finest pearls in the world come
from Thursday Island. north OF Aus
tralia. one valued at s15.000 recently
reaching London from its fisheries
A competition for automatic car coup
Iers will be held by the National College
Of italian Railway Engineers early in the
year for a gold medal and cash prize.
Europe consumed 4.s19y73 tons Of sugar
during the twelve months ended with
Aug.rst OF last year. an increase over the
previous twelve months OF $3.50 tons.
The German arny's new guns built
for warfare against dirigible balloons,
have proven effective az greater heights
than u IS now possible 20 send sirships.
Life insurance statistics show that in
the last quarter century. the average
length Of the American mans life has
increased per cent, from 41.s to 4ss
years.
The best cement for mending glass and
metal articles is a paste OF equal parts
OF gum arabic. water, and calomel. II
must be used as soon as mixed, as It soon
hardens.
Not q scrap Of iron or steel will enter
into the construction Of a nonmagnetic
steam yacht for which the Carnegie IN
Stitute has contracted for use IN correct
ing sea charts
Towering plants have been found at
a height OF 1900 feet in the Hin.alaya
Mountains. while the highest point at
which they have been found In the Alps
is about $500 feet.
A license has been given for the use
Of the Kaisers private pottery for the