The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-31
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 s., COS,
OOO
The total value of the fish landed
on the coast Of Scotland during the first
four months of this year was G424, 1858
being an increase over the correspond
ing period of 1890 of 93O,673. OF this
amount the east coast ports are credited
with 1888, 500.
The sea-snakes 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.
ton 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 $50 an acre for the prod
uct. 1t is estimated that the company
will pay out this year for beets, anG
labor in working them up, $2SS, 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 PENN
sula, with the exception of the centra
provinces The production for the veal
was over 100000 tons, or an increase
| Of 1113 per cent, as compared with 1889
n. Y. Evening Post.
--LinnAus, the Swedish scientist
whose monument has just been un
yelled in Chicago, was an industrious
writer as well as naturalist. and at hi
death stood responsible for 1874 volumes
He was fiery in temper, peculiar in hi
habits, and in summer slept five hour
out of each twenty-four, and in thu
winter ten. - Illustrated Christian
| Weekly.
90 We are now producing six times a
! much wine as,We import, The numbe
of gallons of foreign wines. imported
last year was only 5,06O,97 whereas
the number of gallons of home produc
ton was over 10000 900, The importa
tions, moreover, are only 800, 900 gallon
more than in 1910, when we only pro
.duced $4,000 gallons of wine.-N. Y
Saturday Globe. -
Six hundred Louisiana planter
have applied for bounty under the new
! sugar law. If.the crop turns out as bi!
as expected it will amount to 100000,
900 pounds, and take out of the treasur,
50, 900, 900 in bounties. The new law ha
greatly stimulated the sugar industry
1t has done more--it has brought NOR
machinery into New Orleans than ha
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 thu
professor as special agent to bring bacl
specimens, and the geological depart
ment lends him all the instrument
needed for the survey.
Sir Dietrich Brands, F. R. S.
states that North America has abou
412 species of forest trees, distributes
as follows: Atlantic region, 176; Pacifi
region, 1906: common to both, 10; Rock,
Mountain region, 40; Florida tropica
species, "A. Europe has only 15S species
At least six of the North American
species are also indigenous in Europe
The extremely rapid destruction o
American forests is not only an alarm
ing waste of resources. but has resulted
in great loss from the appalling flood
that are clearly traced to removal of tn
trees from the hillsides.
closely following on NJ. Lippmal
is an inventor of another system of pho
tographing in colors, who proceeds OIL
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 i
a screen of one of the four colors named
The negatives are developed in the or
binary 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
a screen of the color originally used
The result is that picture is produced
which includes the colCrs of the orig
inal.-Chicago News.