The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-10
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

An immense quarry of lithograph
stone has been discovered about ono
hundred miles from San Antonio, Tex
The fishing interests at Grand
Haven, Mich, employ eighty men, five
steam tug and seven sail vessels, and
dispose of 100000 pounds of fish an
pually.
There is nothing which will s1uelch
an oil-fed fire in its incipiency more
quickly and effectually than sand-and
there are no afterclaps in the way of
water damage, either
In these days of so many alleged
cures for consumption. oysters are COM
mended and are given to consumptive
patients because they contain iodine
The treatment is quite common in the
south.
The Finn belongs to a race which
was active and civilized before the
Greek or the Indian, the Hebrew or the
Persian was heard of, a race one of the
branches of which worked in metals,
built Babylon, practiced the arts of
magic there, and enacted laws in favor
of women's rights long before the first
Semitic king took his seat.
The earliest known lens is one made
of rock crystal, unearthed by Layard at
Nineveh. This lens, the age of which is
to be measured by thousands of years,
now lies in the British Museum, with its
surface bright as when it left the
makers hands BY the side of it are
very recent specimens of lens which
have been ruined by exposure to Lon
don fog and smoke.
There are thousands of wives and
mothers in New York who make ends
meet by sewing on overalls that pay
seventy-fivc cents, shirts sixty cents.
vests nincty-fvc cents, trousers three
dollars. flannel shirts one dollar dozen.
They are obliged to find their own
thread for the overalls and shirts and
carry the work to and from the shop.
If they take a street car onc-tenth of
their earnings is gone.
The city of Toronto will lease its
street car plants. Under the lease no
employee can work over ten hours a day.
class of tickets must be sold at the
rate of eight for twenty-five cents, the
same only to he used between the time
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between five and seven p. IN. Another
class must be sold at the rate of twenty
five for one dollar and still another
class at the rate of six for twenty-five
cents.
At Straubing, in Bavaria, some
Celtic tombs have been opened and
found to contain most interesting bronze
ornaments and iron weapons belonging
to the people of RhRtia before the
Roman conquest The long sought-for
Roman cemetery has also been discov-
cred - through the unearthing of Il
Roman tomb containing cinerary urns-
thanking the old military road from
Scrviodurum (Straubing) to Abusina,
both situated on the Danube.
The Smithsonian institute, along
with the sages of the land, has con-
cludcd that many valuable animals are
fast becoming extinct Instances in the
past occur to u.s. the buffaloes for exam
pie, to mention singular notable case,
and touching the future. we all have been
fearful lest the seal should follow him
to the happy swimming grounds. The
forthcoming publication of the Smith
sonian will substantiate these melan-
choly forecasts.
Possibly the rarest fern in the
United States is Asplenium ebenoides.
1t was first found as u solitary plant
along the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia,
forty years ago. About ten years ago a
number were found by Miss Tutweiler
at Huntsville, Ala. Recently S. l..
Powell, of Johns Hopkins university,
has found it in considerable abundance
on Kulp's hill, part of the famous
battle field of gettysburg.
The consumption of the flesh of
swine in the United States is enormous.
The number of hogs in the country last
year was estimated at 52,00O,0O0 in
round numbers. of the value of S243,-
600, 200, and these figures give an idea
of the amount of hog product consumed
by the people. Hog products constitute
a very important item of the export
trade of the United States. No fresh
pork is exported except some incon-
siderable quantities to Mexico and Can
ada, but bacon, hams, picked pork, and
lard make fine showing.