The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-08-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


1t is calculated that it will require
$3.50 cars to move the orange crop OF
Southern California this season. The
value of the crop is estimated at 81, ,G0S,-
600.
The total value of the fish landed
on the coast of Scotland during the first
four months of this year was g424, 1868
being an increase over the correspond
ing period of 1890 of e3O,673. OF this
amount the east coast ports are credited
with e333, 52G.
The sea-snalSes are now regarded
by Boulanger, on account of the differ
ent shape OF the teeth in the three
genera known, as the descendants of
three terrestrial genera, the close sim
ilarity in the shape of the head, their
color and habits being due to adapta-
tion to their pelagic life.
About IL, 900 acres have been planted
TO sugar beets in the territory tributary
the Norfolk sugar factory, and the
company calculates to pay the farmers
on an average 800 an acre for the prod
uct. 1t is estimated that the company
will pay out this year for beets, and
labor in working them up, S2SS, 900.
The production of coal in India dur
ing the year 1890 shows large increase
over the output of 1889, and this in
crease is general throughout the penin-
sula, with the exception of the central
provinces. The production for the year
was over 100000 tons or an increase
of 1153 per cent, as compared with 1889.
N. Y. Evening Post.
-LinnRus, the Swedish scientist,
whose monument has just been un-
yelled in Chicago, was an industrious
writer as well as naturalist, and at his
death stood responsible for 1S4 volumes.
He was fiery in temper, peculiar in his
habits, and in summer slept five hours
out of each twenty-four, and in the
winter ten. - Illustrated Christian
Weekly.
We are now producing six times as
much wine as we import. The number
of gallons of foreign wines imported
last year was only 5,06O,S73 whereas
the number of gallons of home produc-
ton was over 100000 The importa-
tions, moreover, are only 300, 900 gallons
more than in 1910, when we only pro
duced 1875, 900 gallons of wine.-N. Y.
Saturday Globe.
! Six hundred Louisiana planters
have applied for bounty under the new
sugar law. If the crop turns out as big
as expected it will amount to $50, ,000,.
( 900 pounds, and take out of the treasury
: 50, 900, 900 in bounties. The new law has
greatly stimulated the sugar industry.
/ 1t has done more-it has brought more
machinery into New Orleans than has
ever before been known.
Prof. Kenasson, having resigned
from the department of Greek in How
ard university, is about to make an eX-
ploring tour through Labrador. A sur
vey will be made along the river, which
( is said to be full of rapids and beautiful
falls higher than Niagara, The agri-
cultural department has appointed the
professor as special agent to bring back
specimens, and the geological depart
ment lends him all the instruments
needed for the survey.
Sir Dietrich Brands, f. r. s.,
states that North America has about
412 species of forest trees, distributed
as follows: Atlantic region, 176; Pacific
region, 106; common to both, 10; Rocky
Mountain region, 49, Florida tropical
species, "A. Europe has only 15s species.
At least six of the North American
species are also Indigenous in Europe
The extremely rapid destruction Of
American forests is not only an alarm
ing waste of resources. but has resulted
in great loss from the appalling floods
that are clearly traced to removal of the
trees from the hillsides.
Closely following on NJ. Lippmar
is an inventor of another system of pho
tographing in colors, who proceeds or
the theory that there are four pri
mary colors--green, red, blue and violet
He accordingly takes four distinct pict
ures simultaneously by means of fou
lenses, in front of which respectively il
a screen of one of the four colors named
The negatives are developed in the or
! dinary manner, and in throwing tn
pictures on the screen four lenses ar
again used having a common focus, eac1
of the pictures being projected through
screen of the color originally used
The result is that a picture is produces
which includes the colCrs of the orig
inal. al.-Chicago News.