The Newtown bee., 1879-07-02

l to have the seal and the date imprinted | These machines each turn out on an | average l2,000 impressions per day. l They are then sent to the numbering division, where each machine averages l 4,0o0 impressions per day. The backs are usually printed first and go through a long process of wetting down and dry ing.
 In conformity with the engagement entered into by France and Germany in 1871 to keep up the tombs of soldiers buried in their respective territories, the French government has taken action in ,43S communes, situated in thirty-six departments. and containing the re- mains of 97, ,396 victims of the war; 37,- 859 French and 21 ,876 German soldiers have separate sepulture, while 27,661 bodies, whose nationality could not be positively distinguished, have common graves. Municipalities and private com mittees have erected 349 monuments. families seighty-eight, and Germany sixty nine. The French government has con- structed twenty-five large ossuaries, with imposing ornaments, at an expense of 782, AT francs The total outlay has been 2,287, ,996 francs, and there will be an annual vote for the conservation of the graves and memorials.
 Contrary to a popular belief, it has been recently found by an Italian pro- lessor that fine vegetable perfumes exer- else positively beneficial influence on the atmosphere, by converting the oxy- gen of the air into that powerful oxydiz- ing, and, therefore, purifying agent, ozone. The essences found by him to produce the most ozone are precisely those which usage has selected as the most invigorating, such as cherry, lau- rel, cloves, lavender, mint, juniper, lemon, fennel and bergamot, several of which are ingredients in the refreshing eau de Cologne Anise, nutmeg, thyme, narcissus and hyacinth flowers, mignon- nette, heliotrope and lilies of the valley also develop ozone; in fact, all flowers | possessing a perfume appear to do so, | whereas those having none do not. This interesting intelligence will be gratifying to all especially to lovers of flowers, and the cultivation of these lovely disinfect- ants of nature should be promoted in all marshy or foul places.
 There are few persons who have any idea of the immense agricultural and | horticultural service annually rendered | by bees, but a calculation just made by the Rev. M. Sauppe, great bee-master, of Zuckendorf, Saxony, goes far to prove the utility and importance of bee cul- ture. His calculation is that out of each of the 1000 hives to be met with in Saxony 10000 bees fly per day-equal to 0,000, ,000-each bee four times, equal to 680. 900, 900 of flights, or in 100 days, equal to 68O, ,O0O, ,O0o,OO Each bee flying home ward visits fifty flowers, therefore the whole assemblage has visited no less than 3,4sO, ,000, 100000 of flowers. If out of ten only one flower has become fertil- ized, 340, ,000, ,G00,0 ,000 of fertilized flowers would be the result. Supposing the value of the fertilization of 5000 flowers to be only a German pfennig (one- tenth of a penny), the united bees of Saxony have earned per annum the sum of 69,- 0O0, 900 pfennigs-6 900 marks, or about S170.0oo. Thus each hive is calculated to do national service to the value of S1O per annum, and this they do while paying more than the expenses of the ir | keep by the honey they gather. Upon these figures M. Sauppe recommends that more bees should be reared and kept in Saxony, but his recommendation will do for this country as well.