, 1874-07-18
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menta .a1ord hint to farrnorA and gardeners for
tho troatmont Of aoods and grains.

%enta:.rora lint to fa,rs,nera and gardeners TO
tho sreatmont Of soeds and grains.
..... THE F4ENou FISHERIES.
, Tho total products Of tic French iluhsrlos |,
.no year l9!2 .m amounted IN valuo to mora. tha,
1,ouo,9po ffancg,--an fnercaae Of 1900, 900 ove
tlte yalne Of tho products OF 1B71. I1o' harring
fishery was light; owing to tio upus,isl amoun
o. stormy woathor WHICH prevailed from tho b.
ginning Of October 10 tlo and Of tbs yoar. and
also to tho fact that large stock was carried
ovor from tho previous year.: Tho products Of
: the COD. fishery on tho Banks Of Newfoundland
eemp!oyng e,ns 1S! yeaaolu. amounted to 1900 GOD
vosaols over the agurea Of, ,1B71. The goldfish
ery about Iceland afforded G,4o0, 300 fanca,
2o2 vosHeg being engaged, ,-an excosa Of $40 ,0O6
nranqa n ana 70 veasos over the returns Of 1871.
me boats used In the ICELAND fishery arc Bmallor
8 in aizo than those. used ;;on tho! !I]anks.
Inc alore-tishorloe yielded 24,204,o0 francs,
with forco Of o3,006 mon and IB,340 boats'
Lne fishereswere valued at 4l7 900 francs
fisheries Of 1872 exooedod In value those Of 1s71
" hoar1y 2,0o0. 600 francs. :. Tho salmon.capturo
was yalued at II, 600 frauea; OK Hllad, at 5000
ffnnca; and Of snelts at $4,000 fraucs.
duANo.
! The now guano-aepositH OF Porn are satd 10
DO decidedly superior In commercial value to
those Of the, Chncha Islands. tn making ro-
port to. the Government, prof Raymond, Of
Lima, REMARKS that tho guano Of Torapaca ia
dry and powdory, which a IN advantage over
the pasty Euano Of ananapo, inasmuol az It ia
more evenly sprond over the, soil, being worry
dry. THIS E11ano E has little amol though rlcl, in
Ammonia. The presenca Of All alnmonincal odor
that tho Yo!atilo substance Is escaping,
which - projudioIal, rather than favorable
eonoisaon. .Iho Peruvian g,lanos contain from
~ to 10 pcr cent It of 'phosphorio acid, while the
I rhd1 orrtr IN, E,,kS
I As phosphor1o acid and ammonia arc the two
mort important elements OF manuros, the value
81 t4e guanos OF Torapacais evidont from the
nose noeTe s,e a;s1ome38fhs abundant de-
taohe, Amanillas, md Point Lobas arc Of tho
from diaernnt points analysed by. the .Profes-
'sor' lilo value ranges from FL 1Gs to E1B por
=, =, .,AMEn1cAx aclESr1sTs '1s 5ApAy.
| Iho msmbers Of the Scientific Mission, sent
9at to japan ln the aoryloo Of the Colonization
,nepartment. seem to DO prosecuting their indi-
ydpal labors With diligence and gratifying re-
,Fults. Prof. D. 8, Lyman aid Mr. II. s. l1uuroe
aro in i! the field goo1ogizing. Tile mining aur-
yoys In the Valley Of the lshkari hiyor 1T proB.
ont engage thoir attention. At,tho close Of this
week they will explore that portion Of the Ialand
Of Gezo lying northward Of tho Ishikari Valley.
During hia lust summers work in .tho field, Prot.
Lyman discovered several valuable beus Of coal.
The mineral. wealth OF Gezo Ia, not extensive.
but .thogo is q prospect OF it's proving =
profitable coal-feld IN tho future. Tho essab
libhmeut, Of these facts is.an atair OF sum
the survey. Liout. M. ,B. Day, u. 8, n, la on
gagged. with the aesistanca OF Japanese .ongl-
AeGrs. In tho Typographical survay Of the sla1ld.
". Stuart Edrsdgo still presidcs oyer Tie l.oB-
pitai ~ Hakodaal Dr. Antisollis acting Us cI1en-
iss; ~ the. .cnrienoy department ,of fokei; mud
zen. Horace capron is occupied in locating now
CONVERTING SUGAR INTO DIAMONDS,
"A French chemist is nourishiug the hone OF
turning his laboratory into diamond-1npe. Tho
chief material With which 10 works ia sugar. Dy
exposing tho perfootly-buyncd. artlolo to to1,t-
,perature Of 300 deg. Fahr, in olosod yosscl
without aooesa OF air, he has already obtained n
carbon. cylinder hard enough to cut glass. By |
tlis measure Of SUCCESS ho ia encouraged to
continue @ r NV experiments in full faith tat he
Will yot be able to transform tho products Of |
tue beet and cane into black diamonds, it not
coorle4s" o''es- Tho idea thai. liquid Re1ua |
course the veins Of. thcae, sacoharlne yesqtablos
r. y marvellous. one, aud certainly dazzling to
'nose eneaseu IN raising augnr r-ylolding crops.
:.,,I.,. 4. ~, THE KA1s,uEs.<
=. The lost report ot: the Russian Goocrap1ical
Society embraces some interesting notes ralat-
Ing to the Ka11nuks Of ,Aarakhan They arc
o nomnd, predatory, and marliko .tribo, prcsery-
Ing unchanged to tho present, day tie chprasctor-
istio tratts OF. the typical Mongo race. : Indeed.
tho existing generation corresponds perfectly to
tile description given Of their ancosors OF tlir-
teen eontprles. ago, who, under. the name of
Huns, devastated Southern Europe. The last
census shows, that tho tribe. which, about 1i6n
settled on the plains; Of the Volea, in Tue south,
etnmcst province Of Russia, is gradually d.nllu-
1sting.' Tbs mortality, among tao worlou ia
much Freator than. among tls ,.lo,t, and ,thcrn
arn now 6, COO .of tho Inter to I'll ,OO1 OF tia
former. This ia attributed to tho circumstauco
tat nll"t hetsor caso is. taken oS male tllun OF
tolnala childfen. Very few OF Tho kahanks TO-
main unn'arr!ea. and every family elubrapoR, on
al aYe4Agoi, four children, two .only OF wl,or,
atriye at maturity. l. Tho proportion Of bows In +;
!;'rla is ls9 90 1o0 shilo in European countries
. 1t is p"rulary supposed that hydrophobia is
neccssasily eunnectea with hot weather. it is T.
nlstako.. ranlps medness, teohnicaly termed
!ablcs ig really more preYalont iu winter thar, In
simmer, tn cold countries than In warm. In j.
;ho West 1ndies, whero dogs abound and Tic sun
> ferYont, the malady, is raro. Tho record of +
Arctic explorers denote the frequent occurrence !.
u the dlHoaae anong sedge.dogs in tue depths i
II. winter. The Southern statos. aud countries
= Southern Europe arc quite exempt from 1t II
While 1t is common in NorthornE Europe, Canada. +.
nd the Northern, United statos, :. ,Statisticg j
how that more animas 60 mad In January Feb.
nary. y and March,. than during. any j
summer, n Trance: $50 persons :
$685.. Hydsophobia ensucd in only lac caaes.-l !
0sa than half. According to Tabor's statistics, !
vt Of 40 persons bittoE by rabid animals ii t
surtomburg, ony 28 had hydrophobla Her
ing fnoculatad q lnrgo number OF animals with r
ho saliva Of rabid aninlals, but the liuonEo was i
communicated in only 23 por cant Of tic animala !,
peratod on. ThoHo last statistics aro moi con-:
|!aiyo. however, as somotimos tho discnso de.
ictcd. r
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II waa bliss cen to ait atlont near her. II -
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Woud speak to 1Ier boldly nntl hear hss 1t
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