The Bossier banner., 1892-09-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Southern California produces $780,.
900, 900 oranges year-not enough to
give three oranges to each inhabitant
of the United States.
The chief of the bureau of statistics
has made a report showing that tie ex-
ports from the United States for the
twelve months ended March 31st
amounted to 81, ,006, 2s4 $685. as against
sS72, ,00S, ,2S6 in the previous year. The
imports were valued at 1872, ,056, ,5S5, as
against $685., 900, ,964 in the previous
year. #5@ 81. #zfffssss f.g.f. y
A new case of mimicry observed by
Siard is reported. One is saw fly and
the other is a fly. When both insects
are quiet they resemble each otherper-
fectly in color and patterns, and as the
saw fly is protected by it's unpleasant
smell from the bealks of birds, it is prob
able that the fly is mistaken for 1t by
birds, on account of the bad taste OF the
| insect it resembles.
| M. Napias pointed out that the at
| titude of the body during work has a
great influence on health. The sitting
position congests the digestive organs;
the bent position (like that OF boot
makersl leads tocardiac affections. The
standing position imposed on shopgirls
and women was productive OF much
suffering and disease, and should be
forbidden those who serve in them
1t is claimed that a person dreams
| almost from the first hour Of existence.
Let a babe have but one experience,
either that of light, warmth or the more
pleasurable one of suction, and In its
sleep that experience may and probably
will be recalled. If child's mouth be
watched in its first sleep its lips will be
seen to be in motion, the action OF suck
ing is going on-the child is dreaming
of it's first meal.
The present prospect for the fruit
grower of California is fayora ble- The
fruit crop in the east is expected to be
only about one-half as large as usual
Although the output in California will
be less than that of last year, the size
and quality of the fruit will be inn
proved so much thatit will command
advanced prices. The value of the fruit
crop this year in California is estimated
at $40, 100000. as 7 5ss SOS
The ,phonograph has been intro
. ducee into medical practice. DIR. q. A.
Leach, of Washington, has beeu expert
Ementing with the talking machine with
such results that he expresses the opin-
ion that deafness can be cured by q
quickening of the ear drum with vlbra-
tions from its disk His theory is that
, the vibration will dislodge the forna-
} ton or coating on the inner bones OF
/ the ear which produces deafness, and
thus restore the process OF hearing.
The largest cattle ranch in the
: United States belonging to a single in
I dividual is forty-Ave miles south OF
! Corpus Christi, Tex, and is owned BY
{ Mrs. Richard King. This ranch covers
ZOO, 900 acres and is occupied by 1oo, DOC
head of cattle. The property is under
: the management of Mr.. r. J. kleberg
Mrs. Kings son-in-law, and the super
intendent employed by him has charge
? of 800 cowboys.
: DIR. Tassenari, learned man o.
;. | Rome, has successfully proved tha
5 smoking kills all kinds of germs. Id
: demonstrated the fact by filling severa
D glass globes with germs, each of diff
i ferent malicious disease to the others
then he filed the globes with tobacct
l smoke-it is not said of what brand
: and 10! in ten minutes the whole 10
were dead, including the germs OF th'
r deadliest cholera and pneumonia.
/ Philadelphia Record.
e Plans have just been completed TO
t the constructing of another great irri
g eating canal, with reservoirs, in Ard
I zona, in the Santa Cruz valley, ant
!, when it Is completed 800, 900 more acre
I of the Great American desert will b
o supplying the finest kind OF fruits AM
> grains and other products for the east
e ern markets. The canal will be seyent
: miles long and thirty feet wide at tn
bottom, and the construction OF tn
works will cost about 81 200, 600. a
Prof. Swift, of Rochester, says tn
" new comet is the largest that has bee
visible in the northern hemisphere sine
. the great comet of 1882, and the frs
70 one since then that could be phott
, graphed r The rapid changes that hav
= taken place in the tails make the mo:
= remarkable comet that ever appearet
" AS far as now known, this comet al
:, pears to be hyperbolic. 1t never wa
II here before and never can be agail
- - Assuming that it camefrom the neare
'h sun, it must have been on the ros
h0 about 5000, 900 years in order to ha'
~ arrived at it's present position at tn
- time. 1ttH @l1
Lsn How Men Fail When Shot.
,le The manner in which men fall d