The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

l The chimpanzee is the only animal
 except man that laughs. | The exact nature or electracisy new CT has been discovered. The United States produces apou1 &, soc, 900 gallons of wine year. | The Chinese have astronomical rec | ords which go back to about 2So6 D. V; | Alaska produced 3,107 tons or coal last year as against 10,139 tons in 19O7 Nearly all of Oregon's copper comes l from a single mine in Josepn1ne County.
 longer if the shingles be soaked In limewater.
 Yellowish flames in acetylene lights indicate leaks in the connections that
 admit air.
 One of the newest conveniences for housewives is a door for gas stove ovens made of glass. oo. Germany consumes about s.5o00o0 eggs a day, of which only about 1'- | Canada makes nearly 1s,OOo,oOo pounds of maple sug"r a year, nearly one-haIf of the. worlds supply. A good Arabian horse can canter ov- ar a desert for for N hours in sum- mer and AS hours in winter without | drinking.
 Jerusalem and Jaffa are to be con-
 nected by an electric railway ana the
 former city is to be electrically light
 British railroads killed 1.043 persons and injured 1884 last year, as against | 1,117 killed and S,811 injured Tn 1sVf. l One person can use a two-man saw
 by stiffening 1t with bow made or | a split sapling or other wood that will
 counteract it's tendency to buckle. Fourteen men were killed, IT were | seriously injured and 26 sustained min or injuries in the Arkansas coal mines | last year
 There were 1sO, ,7s5, s27 cotton spindles
 in. operation throughout the world on March 1 and over 3,OOO,OOO more III process of erection
 | A Philadelphian has patented de-
 vice wherby all the backs Of the seats | in a car be turned by single lever l in one operation. I Rain water is the best to use in
 motor boat and automobile radiators; | that from other sources too o1ten leaves an objectionable deposit. | The most complete of balloons, fly | ing machines and equipments in the history of aeronautics is in progress
 at Franfort, Germany. l The largest irrigation project in the
 world will be included in the Govern ment's plan to reclaim 1S0,O00 acres | of land in the Rio Grande Valley. The worlds production of wine has been decreasing steadily since 1899, l the production last year being more
 than 3O GOO, 900 gallons behind that of 1907.
 Recent investigations by the Geolog- ical Survey have indicated that oxygen | forms Tn coal all lIIlpuTily IudI iS dl- | most as injurious as the ash content | The Norwegian Government is re- | curing the employs of it's railroads to | attend ambulance classes to give them
 a. knowledge of first aid in case of | accidents.
 Arkansas produced 2,07S, ,357 short ttons of coal last year, a greater de-
 crease from the previous years out put than was shown by any other Southwestern State.
 | Electric tramway competition re- duced the suburban traffic of the Great Eastern Railway around Lon don by 3292, ,317 passengers in the last | six months of last year. | A syndicate prospecting on the Red Sea coast, 150 miles south of Suez has
 struck oil which flows in manner than indicates an immense supply of | fuel in reserve.
 The company controlling Philade1- phia's street car lines is paying cash
 prizes to employees who devise means | to lossen accidents and labor and | time-saving appliances. | The chemist who discovers how to
 exact the bleaching principle from the | common jimson weed and places it use has a fortune in store. | Plans are on foot for an agricul- | tural and corn exposition in the City
 of Mexico in connection with the cele- | bration of the Mexican Centennial in
 September of next year. | A simple electric light wire grip,
 which may be attached at any time | to handle or take up the slack in tswfre, consists of a spindle with two gripping members at either end. l. One of the deepest telephones in the world is 2.50O feet down mine shaft lin the~ Clear Creek district Idaho.