The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
NOTES OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD

the Blind in the last eight years owe
their affection TO neglect soon after
their birth.
Failing 20 produce any suitable build
ing lumber herself. Cuba imports 150000.-
coo feet OF yellow and white pine a
year.
Memphis board Of health viii deliver
lectures on tuberculosis. telling how 70
avoid It and how TO combat IL II con
tracted. by means of monographs on
street corners
The addition Of a teaspOonful OF salt
peter 10 a pot OF glue viii deodOriLe Il
and at the same time help the glue 70
dry faster and become harder without i'm
pairing its strength.
A new machine IN a large Eastern sew
ing machine factory takes in A sheet OF
metal al one end. and after twenty-eight
operations. elects finished bed pIaes. saw
ing the work Of thirty men
Excesses in the use of alcohol. dancin
and aUtomObiling are declared 10 aid
the breeding OF tuberculosis germs
man. by State Health Commissioner Di
on, Of Pennsylvania
Sulphide pitch. obtained in the process
OF manufacturing sulphide cellulOse. is
I proving a successful binder IN the making
OF coal briQUets in the Rhenish West
phallan coal field
A church organ. with bamboo pipes.
/ built b. a priest near Manila IN I793, still
I Is IN daily use. the bamboo having been
z preserved by a process. the secret 0f
which died with the priest
There IS nearing completion for the
I government az Newport News. Va, a yes
I sci. the sole purpose OF which vii Be 70
/ destroy CereliCts and other menaces %
navigation along the Atlantic coast
Apparatus for the inhalation OF oxygeu
viii play an important part IN the equiv
ment OF the aerOnaut wnom the Are,
/ Club, OF France. plans TO send IN g bal
Z loon 70 a height OF more Jhan six miles.
A Glasgow ferryboat practically Is a
T floating elevator. as its deck. with q full
I lOao OF sixteen wagons. may be raised
+ or lowered seventeen feet 10 reach the
/ different landings az which the boat
touches
| That speed az sea Is costly IS shown
! the case OF the British destroyer. SwI
which holds the record at fOrry-three az
/ One-half miles an hour Though only
: l,so0-ton vessel. L cost SIS. 40 10 bull
and equip
German cities are experimenting with
/ roads built Of crushed basalric rocks
mixed with a small proportion OF cement
/ They are said 10 be equally durable with
/ concrete or granite roads and much less
/ costly
/ The 100 square miles OF phosphate
lands in Utah Idaho. ana Wyoming. re-
1 Gently Withdrawn from entry BY the Pres
I ident's order. are said 10 constitute the
! greatest known deposit OF phosphate rock
/ IN the world
Chinese incense includes the following
I ingredients Elm bark. cloves. oIbanus,
l pUtchuck. sandalwOod dust. garOO, Iaka.
/ anisSeed. muck. orange peel. galango. gin
/ ger. sapanwOod, rhubsrb. myrrh. cassia
! and camphor.
/ Experiments in Sweden with using
/ buOys lighted with dissolved acetvlere
stored in steel tanks, have proved a great
/ success. the lights being both brilliant
/ and constant, and needing no attention
I for months at a time
I Thirty-ave men are kept constantly en-
plOyed cleaning and painting the great
I Forth Bridge in Scotland. which presents
I twenty-five acres Of surTace TO the acrsOn
/ OF the elements Two hundred and fftv
/ tons Of paint are required TO cover it
/ From present Indications the projected
/ all-RuSSian railroad through Eastern 81
IBERIA VIII not be opened FOR traffic be-
/ fore 1872 Il VIII tap i've cities on the way
Z east from Moscow. and develop vast
/ tracts OF agricultural lanc-
According 70 a French authority. % per
! cent Of the cannibals ear their dead 10
honor them, 70 per cent eat their war
/ riors 70 obtain their courage. % per cent
eat human flesh 10 punish their enemies.
/ and only g per cent because they enjoy
I its favor.
/ German army physician. who has
/ been experimenting with balloons, denies
/ the often-repeated statement that germs
/ do not exist in the upper atmosphere
and claims that he found thriving bac-
terra al elevations OF more than 1900
| feet