The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-07-25
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

More than 10000 pounds Of human hair
Is exported from Hongkong TO this coun-
try annually.
An alloy OF iron and thorium. when
lightly struck Ike a flint, gives OF very
, bright sparks which set shavings aflre.
The worlds stock OF gold has decreased
about one-half in the last decade and
doubled in the last quarter OF a century.
The death records 81 the railroads have
been lessened materially recently as a re-
sult Of the compulsory adoption Of safety
devices and systems.
There is a union Of hatmakers at L,e
Mans. France. in which the Offices OF
president, vice president, secretary, and
treasurer are held by one man.
The current year book Of the Carnegie
Institution shows that during the last
year S6S6.S00 was distributed among near
~ 500 persons engaged In conducting SCI
entlhc research.
The first matriculati0l Of women stu
dents at the universities in Prussia has
resulted in the admission OF 663 students.
including 43 from America and from the
United Kingdom.
On the shores OF Cape Cod there were
during 4 period OF twenty years following
ISL as many as LOCO wrecks OF vessels
carrying precious cargoes OF human be-
ings and Of freight
Residents OF the cork regions OF Spain
heat the bark IN kettles with spouts.
through which issues a gas that is used
as an illuminant The refuse Is sold as
the Spanish black" pigment.
A patent has been granted IN Germany
on starch, insoluble in hot water and
unaffected by strong alkalies, which is
useful as filler in plastic compositions
and In the manufacture Of paper.
A New York company promises to
establish regular airship service between
that city and Boston IN 1910 Two
dirigible balloons. each carrying an opera
tor and three passengers. VIII be used.
A government estimate places the
worlds production OF gold in 1905 at
&6Sl3.256. as against so. $500 IN 1907.
South Dakota, Alaska, California, and
Colorado showing the largest increases.
Concrete. when brought into contact
with water. steadily acquires compactness
and resistant power until il attains Its
maximum in those qualities. which II
retains indefinitely and without deterlora-
ton.
There are said 20 be Isl ingredients IN
chartreuse. the formula for which. writ
ten In a parchment book OF more than
100 pages, was carried about IN a steel
box by French monk until It was sold
for s1.6o6oO0
The r~sroes Of this country formed in
1' -S.sS per cent Of the population; in
1910. 1903 per cent; in 1850. 1855 per cent:
IN 1850, 1412 per cent; In 1850 12u per
cent; in 1890, lIe2 per cent and In 1900.
n5s per cent
The most spectacular Ere ever witnessed
In the oil industry was at one OF the Dos
Bocas wells IN Mexico. About $1,000 bar
rels OF oil was burned Up daily FOR near
ly two months. The flames rose 10
heights OF 500 to 14oO feet.
A Swedish geOlogist has explained 10
his government the reason for his predic-
ton that al the worlds supply of iron viii
be exhausted in. nifty years. Little more
than one-tenth OF the deposits. he SAYS,
are In the United States.
White hsh fry. Matched by the United
States hatchery at Kingston, ~ y. when
liberated. almost invariably expatriate
themselves Immediately by swimming TO
their natural feeding grounds along the
northern shore OF Lake Ontario
The possibility Of a planet outside OF
the orbit OF Neptune, since its discovery
in 1877 considered the outernost OF the
solar system. IS indicated by calculations
at Harvard Observatory OF certain T.
regularities in Neptunes orbit
AS against the 4l.C03 motor vehicles ell
told IN Germany. there are more than
$4,000 automobiles IN the United States,
or twice the number IN use throughout
all Europe In New York State alone
there are about 10000 cars registered.
Whalebone cost only s. cents a pound
half century ago. To-day It costs about
50 pound. The total product landed
from the American fisheries during the
nineteenth century exceeded o0.000.00d
pounds. A single whale may yield up to
1900 pounds