Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-01-25

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
With every Improvement made In
the art OF stellar photography he
number OF stars in the SKY seem 70 Ia.
crease, for more of these tiny spe n
are brought into view. The latest 30.
timated enumeration Of the visi lie
rtars is by Sir George Darwin. Who
thinks 1000. 100000 is not an excess 70
figure.
One Of the Cover nment departments
has Just made directory o! the wire
less stations. commercial and cove IN
mental. but not including amat ur
plants. On our Atlantic and Gulf coz -
there are SO: on the Pacific Coast, d:
On the Great Lakes l8. and In Ala; "a
Is. In addition to which there ere
three In the interior Of the Uni ed
States. There are 1874 naval vess lis
equipped with wireless apparatus. ~
s21 merchant vessels. The total n, III
Der Of stations lis-ed IL 1920. about 90
of which are shore stations.
A tribe of Indians exist In Boil, la.
which is 90 exclusive and seclus We
that although they have lived for IN re
than 100 years within reach II the et'
Elements Of white men, there IL al 40.
lutely no interchange whatever 10
tween them. The whites have at elf
ftrent times made friendly advano es.
but these have been repulsed. On one
occasion a scientific explorer succe ed
ed In securing by force, some OF Inc
implements made use Of by the lii.
dams In filling the ground and FER
forming other domestic tasks. and
these indicate that the Indians are
still living In the age OF wcct and
stone. Their knives are OF hard wood
end bone rubbed down to fine et GO.
They seem to have no knowledge OF
the use OF metals. This constitutes all
the knowledge the whites have al out
this strange tribe. 1t IL not known ev.
en- II they live In one large tribe or
many smaller ones. These lpdians are
known as the Siriones and they i've
Oh the banks of the Pilcomayo River.
The man passing along the street
will call attention to the wasteful ex.
travagance of a smoking chimney OF
some Industrial establishment an6 la
all probability he is guilty OF just such
extravaganza in the care and opera
ton of his own heater. In mill and fac.
tory practice the highest firing results
are obtained by keeping a steady. uni.
form heat throughout the twenty four
hours. This Is accomplished either BY
skillful hand firing or automatic stok.
ing. The latter never permits a great
accumulation of ashes. The bed uni
form at all times and feeding .! fresh
coal is uniform. There is no piling of
q whole lot Of coal in at once, but a
little at time. Good hand stocking fol.
lows the same rule. Apply this to your
home furnace or heater. The old praC
tice OF shaking a fire down, removing
the ashes, filling up with coal. and
turning on all the hampers. Is one OF
the most wasteful imaginable. Slight
shaking several times through the day,
few shovels Of coal applied every
few hours and with drafts half open,
means a uniform. steady fire that Will
give the greatest amount of heat ut a
minimum consumption of coal.
II is entirely likely that Siberia will
be the worlds wheat market of the
future. This country enjoyed the dis
tlnction, but as the scientific culture
Of the grain enabled the growers to
move farther north, the belt was ex-
tended into Canada, 80 that the coun
try shares great degree In the pro
1uct. Thus II was discovered that the
corresponding ATTITUDES Of Russia ere
suited for wheat growing anil the size
OF the crop In that country has grown
from year to year until the wheat
grown In the Cars country has out
stripped that of our own az far as
quantity Is concerned. This fact 10
particularly significant when It is rear
ICED that Russia IL rye eating coun
try. While American methods largely
enter into the cultivation OF this crop
by the Muskovites. American machin.
cry Is also largely used.