The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Greek letters, inverted iroin
left to right. are almost identical with
the Phenician of Hebrew.
1t has been determined that crysl
utilization may occur during the period
when fused matter begins to solidify.
1t has been calculated that mot
less than 20,0OO,000 OF meteors, each
large enough to be visible as "shoot-
ing STAR" enter our atmosphere daily.
There are 81, 900 women in Ameri-
ca interested in the cultivation Of
fruit, and they include some of the
most successful orehardists of Cali
fornia.
Shells found in the lower levels OF
the caves at Dordogne, France, indi-
cate that the Neanperthal man made
common use of the oyster, which is
thus proven to be the Oldest domesti-
Gated delicacy known to man.
1t is claimed that persons added
to the use Of alcoholic liquors can be-
entirely cured by the new French
method of hypnotism. The patient is
hypnotized and then told by the doror
that he must never want to drink
again, but must feel disgust for liqur.
This method OF treatment is said tobs
successful in every instance.
The question of the origin OF u
dog has recently been discussed 81
Prof. Nehring, who believes thatit 81
descended from various stilf-sufvfsfel
species of wolves and jackals. The lat
ter animals can be tanned; and mary
attempts to domesticate wolves have
been successfully made in recent times.
Herr Ronge has so completely tanned a
young wolf that it follows him exactly
as dog mightdo.
OF 2,319 shoe manufactures in the
United States 1,013 are in Massachu-
sets, 1S5 Of them in Lynn, 40 in Hav-
erhill, 70 in Brockton ami Campello.
In New York there are 3S8, of whom
140 are in New York CITY; in Pennsyl-
vania 175, of whom 106 are in Philadel-
phia; in Missouri, Al, 29of them in St.
Louis; in Ohio 6S, 80 OF hem in Cincin-
natl; in Maine 85; in Illinois Is, of
which 48 are in Chicago
1t is said by scientists that fishes
and mollusks living at a depth of more
than three miles under water have to
bear pressure of several tons, on &C.
count of the great pressure OF the
superincumbent brine. The reason
they are able to bear this tremendous
pressure is because they have exceed
ingly loose tissues which allow the
water to flow through every interstice
and thus to equalize the weight. When
the pressure is removed they perish
The great reputation of French
shoes for fexibility and softness arises
from two cause.-the good tanning OF
their hides, largely due to peculiar
qualities in the wa@r of the tanning
districts, and the fact that most of the
shoes were sewed by women, whose
weaker hands were not able to tighten
the threads as men do, thus allowing
the shoe to yield more easily to thu
foot, but thus injuring its wearing
qualities. Az
-Salicylic acid is used in cef&2
parts of France to preserve eggs, itN-
ing claimed not to penetrate the shl,
but simply to act as an antiseptic on
the egg surroundings. 1t has bsn
proven, however, that it does penetute
the she'll and soon permeates the alh-s
men and yelk of the egg. In the white
it may be detected by heating the,
albumen with little water, the liquid
afterwards being acidulated and
shaken with ether, when the acid may
easily be identified by the usual tests.
The yoke should first be coagulated by |
heat, when the same process may be |
employed. ,..,-