The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

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4 recent government estimate placed
the population Of France at 100000.
New York, Maine, and Wisconsin rank
IN the order named I'm the production AS
paper.
Vegetarians claim that an acre Of LAM
viii comfortably feed a family OF four
persons.
Chemically pure oxide of cobalt is used
20 give the famous blue color 10 Seyres
porcelain.
SilverwaTe may be kept bright By leav-
ing IL for several hours IN a hot solution
OF borax.
lian state Of Victoria is in course OF cree
tion at Melbourne.
Yellow soap and whiting, mixed 70 a
thick paste with water. VIII stop a leak
as effectually as solder
or the &. al. 70 gallons OF alcohol manu-
factured In France last year more than
100000 were made from beets.
4 Pennsylvania farmer has begun 10
breed ladybugs TO comoat the attacks Of
plant lice and the San Jose scale.
The coal mined IN the United States
each year. II piled together. would make
cube having sides Of IA Yards.
The German cruiser squadron IN East
ern Asia has been experimenting with
Chinese coal with satisfactory results.
Although the sand In the Saraha Desert
averages only thirty feet in depth. IL has
been found 200 feet deep in places.
According 10 a well-known authropol-
ogist. the influences OF city life tend to-
ward the reduction OF the human stature.
The most recent models OF electric mine
locomotives haul five times the load OF a
mule team IN two-thirds less time.
But three States produced quicksilver
last year, California. Texas. and Utah.
the first named about 50 per cent OF the
total
The Pennsylvania Railroad has adopted
the third-rail system Of electrical trans
mission for its tunnels in the vicinity OF
New York City.
A French physician claims 20 have
found many disease germs in medicines.
particularly in pills. many OF which do
not contain antiseptics
A Philadelphia woman has devised a
night gown opening down the back, for
use in hospitals or 10 be put on a person
too III 20 rise from bed.
During October. under the operation OF
penny postage. the weight OF the mails
from Great Britain 10 the United States
Increased 2 per cent
An exposition Of means and appliances
for safeguarding against accidents from
machinery VIII be held at Copenhagen in
January and February.
The nations annual consumption OF
paper would make a roll $50 feet high by
SS7 feet in diameter. weighing about Zoo
900 tons, and costing $56.2o0.OO0.
The immense hydro-electric plant Of the
Canadian-American Company, which has
light and power monopoly at Rio ia
metro. was recently completed and put
into service.
FerrO-silicon and other alloys Of the lat
ter metal have remarkable resisting pow
ers, nitric, hydrochloric and other power
ful acids having no effect upon them
To perfect the process OF the Oxford
paper used for Bibles required twenty
five years Of steady wo-k. The syndicate
owning the formula values it at over
81. .0ec. 600
A Connecticut inventor has patented
spigot which. he says. prevents splash
ing IN a sink by directing the flow so that
it strikes at an obtuse instead OF a verti-
cal angle.
The fullers' earth industry IN great
Britain is practically controlled by a com
b!ne. which intrusts the secret Of its final
preparation 70 less than half dozen
persons.
A six weeks old baby at Jersey City,
y. J.. whose legs have been turned TO
stone. is said 70 be only the eighth case
OF infantile ossiication in the history OF
medical science
A British consular report shows that
Madagascar produced 1907 ounces Of gold
in 1905, 64,SA in 1906, and 72,I0O In 1906.
practically all from uIluviai or placer
workings
Sweden's royal forestry commission last
year supplied forests products worth
900. yet accumulated timber re-
sources equal to twice the amount OF the
| timber felled.
A bronze tablet in memory OF Andre
Marie Ampere, founder OF the science Of
electric dynamics. has been erected in the
railroad station Of the New Jersey town
bearing HIS name.
Tests OF man-lifting kites in the British
navy have shown that from heights OF
from 1900 to 5000 feet shoals. sunken
wrecks. submarines. and submerged mines
are clearly discernible.
BY the addition OF % per cent Of thorium
oxide TO tungsten II is claimed that the
resistance Of electric light hlsments are
increased 80 per cent. permitting the use
OF shorter filaments.
An envelope that may be turned inside
out and used again has been devised by
an Illinois man. It's advantages for ad-
vertising purposes or Tor person who
wishes to facilitate a reply is obvious.
Expert dyers can secure more than
sixty shades OF red from the root OF the
Persian maider plant Indigo furnishes
nearly fifty varieties Of blue. while the
shell OF the pOmegranate yields nearly
forty shades OF yellow,