, 1880-02-21

chop down POLES; md tl.sir grcat NUM-
bers convince him Of tllo futilily of. SUCH ul,
s,nds! s1,ndsr!aklnE If SEES TO- ''oT @ @,chsi,y d.
tribes Gull tho tGlrErnpll the "Wh!yperlllK
spirlt,h md lie to cue!l other pr0dbgiOtlsty
about tie tnarvels Ut wlllcl, II Is cnpal|e.
While they tlyGitl tle ling usually, they 90
npt scrsIpie to stluDt rGpnlrer occasionally,
oven when lie Is on tho polo.
GLUCOSE FROM RAGS.
The Journal Of dppitctl Science snys:
IA manufactory In Germany tarl,s out 200
pounds Of grnm~s,lgar day tnntto from old
linos. The oil linen, which Is pure yegcta-
bic lbrinp, IL, ,truatct with sulplurlc ncltl nlld
converted into dexsfim, This Is washed
with lime-wntor, md then trcutetl with moro
ncttl, md almost Immediately It changes mud
crystalllzcs into ei,lcuse,-or gralc-sl,gar,-
which Is highly valued III the mnklnE Of rich
preserves an.l tellies. The process is said
to 10 economical, and The sugar Is chemically
the saine rs tmt found Il, the grnpg. Why
tho product Should be obtGcted tn OIL tho
scoTe Of it, origin ~ not flSar, i oiio rc!ects
ot[cnslve, tlln,i old rnRs, nsh tint hiore Is
practically nu difference 1etwcch n trA,ls-
formation III Natures laboratory ntld ono IN
tlie laboratory 0f tho chemist. Still thpre IL
u
factory, and considerable danger Ut tho Ell
tsrprisst being stopped by tho German Gov
For ourselves ye prefer the canned fruits
mud tel!!es Of our own California estnbilsll..
MelitS ~ tho rtch preserves hIll jGllLeN Of
Europe. What between tho product Of tho
glue lactories ntM ttle rag.sl,gar ,ructorles
there Is not n,ticl, fruit n sumo Ut thci. W1
nvcn prefer California t,ocolntg ~ FRENCH.
uses rng-glucose III his preparations. The
French RMd Nrr,,.ans are too Ingenious IN tho
limitations OF All wholesome articles Uf foul
for II to 10 safe 10 usp THUR productions tipc-
ly. A people. who can nuke wine without
grapes, brandy from rOtntOcs, grnpe-sngNr
from rugs, md jellies from glue, nrc too clever
fur our slfnRlt-lnli!llutl manufacturers. GlvI
them u trcaty such lis Chottenu wants. and wO
would bt all poisoned rs well is rulNGu.
sCIEN'tlrIC NOTES.
Tho first mowlng-,Mnchlne was patented III
February, ISL.
Tic Royal Academy Of Sciences Mt Turin
| has awarded the l3scssn priZe for the four
ycars 1873 TO 1878 TO A1r. Charles Darwin.
Fires nrc built ulnng the slopes OF tho Cor
| tlIlleras, so that tho uyerllanginy smoke pro.
tcctsa tho yinus frnsn all cold winds aid
| frost.
The first frictloI,-matches wcro six inches
long mud 1lva cents nplece. Considerable
prvJ JiMilyo was raised ,iga1llst their use, by
thclr occasioialoxpiosIoi.
A two-l,uatlcd "Eoplier s1,nlso'' Is o.. ex,,i'
httoll In the museum Of the WYntlward GMr.
urns, San Francisco. 1t takes It's food lndlf'
ferently through either mouth.
According to ofe[nl statistics, ID, ri, ,GG!
s,,inn,, ,1;,rin tno I,s ~ m"r"to ,nr Will,
in,s ravrnl,'' IN thn 1;nyert,,neni Of ,ielrt
| SI10.Q0Q.
Al. Tholtoil, says Nature, lns recently Oh
~ .o !1 :" is "
sHs H. t4'eu 1 ,a,i e fm Mn, ~ 1'o "i''o'
VI 1no o"'' " "'o"' "''o'o ti''its'
On Ills passage through Rome, DR.. Gerllart
Nolllts WIS received In special audience by
the k!Mg Of Italy. who personally slecorutct
the grclt trayclertwith thu Commander Gross
ru y,ccn, r,,7us,,o, sn,s ,,nt. If n so9u
.,o,, nf ,SiiI,,i,n. 'chf,r III I. aMstT i. Il ,vi.i
u'G ~ .tr"n1t ~, ,r",,t ,stii 'rss iii III
,,ntMi Il 'rrrtIt,;i,,tmf 'w tfn fn,,i rns i,,oyl
~ curboilEe uxilu; n hill III the circuit tllnl
| rings I'LL alarm. } 4 cl!eNp apparatus Of till:
kind might bo used lii crowded sclp0l-rooIls
or where lltnteti Stoves endangered health.
Nonrlv ononoo prrsn,s tl,a annually i,
Ernn'm ,,iT,, .,tvnv IN ,lnnths tM,r ,linn, i,
,,',s M,hn s'st1 i s eh' W. pp,,,ner ~ e, :, =.
,lrai,s i as % Y Il oiscryI n frnMce' @ % wa t,bta,
~ .o % u..t y! nj fa1 3sH t"t ts az ~ ~ ,n' nv
Maoa Ky "t ,5nt1 4 %soo,sotin,, ~ ;,S @ Mil, ~
hos ~ Ms att.,,tn ~ an,ant, ttu mr. NJ,
f III u ~ "a, VI - ,,a ,, ~ e''e"'' po' ''''
u'el VI 4'foe' He' '''"''
II pound of colIllI,0n salt wore dlvlGGt
| mo HULL II 1nlIilOn pAElS, OnGSuEH luIt HUUlt
eaa iII.,ibsran; ,I.b e ctlss9pe en- ~