The Bossier banner., 1891-10-01
sI.oo per Annum.
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, $685.
900.
The total value of the fish landed
on the coast of Scotland during the first
four months of this year was R424, S6s,
being an increase over the correspond.
ing period of 1890 of e3O,67S OF this
amount the east coast ports are credited
with 1888, $50.
The sea-snalres 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 10, 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, 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 II q per cent, as compared with 1888.
N. Y. Evening Post.
-Linn@us, the Swedish scientist,
whose monument has just been un-
veiled in Chicago, was an industrious
writer as well as naturalist, and at his
death stood responsible for 1874 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,O6O,s73, whereas
the number of gallons of home produc-
ton was over 80, 900, 600, The importa-
tions, moreover, are only 800, 600 gallons
more than in 1910, when we only pro-
duced 1880 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 45O, ,OOO,.
600 pounds, and take out of the treasury
SO, 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. 2. s.,
states that North America has about
412 species of forest trees, distributed
as follows: Atlantic region, 176; Pacific
region, 1O6; common to both, 10; Rocky
Mountain region, 46; 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 M. Lippman
is an inventor of another system of pho
tographing in colors, who proceeds on
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 four
lenses, in front of which respectively is
q screen of one of the four colors named.
The negatives are developed in the or
dinary manner, and an throwing the
pictures on the screen four lenses are
again used having a common focus, each
of the pictures being projected through
a screen of the color originally used.
The result is that picture is produced
which includes the eolcrs Of the orig
inaL-Chicago News.