The Van Buren press., 1893-09-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A new work by H. N. Wilson states
that by irrigation 25,oOO,0 900 acres are
made fruitful in India alone. In Egypt
there are about 100000 acres, and in
Europe about 100000. The United
States has just begun the work Of i'm
proving its waste area, and has already
about 1000, 900 acres Of irrigated lands.
mo living germ of disease can re-
sist the antiseptic power of essence OF
cinnamon for more than few hours
is the conclusion announced by M.
Cumberland rs the result of prolonged
research and experiment in NJ. Pas
teur's laboratory. 1t is said to destroy
microbes as effectively, II not as rap
idly, as corrosive sublimate.
The State railways of Cape Colony,
South Africa, yielded last year "a las
Sd. per cent. on a capital Of ELS, 500, 600,
against a4 1Ss. 4d. per cent. on f16, $780, :
900 in 1891. The working expenses
were 81 per cent of the receipts. The
Indian railways show a net loss of %
lacs of rupees This unfavorable result
is attributed to the heavy fall in ex-
change. Had silver remained at par
the guaranteed railways would have
shown a good surplus.
If our earth were placed at the
center of the sun our moon would re-
volve around the earth, inside the suns
still be 227,000 miles outside of the
moons orbit. We would travel in
going once through the sun the dis
tance of about thirty-five times around
or about one hundred and eight times
through the earth. 1t Is about $50, $40
miles from the sun equator toi its poles.
"A Swiss acre of good grass land is
cantons, from $500 to s400. Milk, and
what is made from it, constitute the
most important resource OF the peas
ants income. The manufacture of
cheese is one of the most ancient in
dustries Of the country, instruments
for this purpose having been found in
different parts among the ruins OF the
'Lake-dwellers." whose date is ante
rior to all historical. records.
Sweet peas, hardy orchids. iris and
mignonette are very lasting. Arum
lilies, field daisies, tuberoses and an.
thurium last we'll in vase or dish. Pop
pies are usually disappointment, as
they fall to pieces very rapidly. Roses
must be picked in the bud or they will
fade and droop. The water in which
flowers are placed must be changed at
least rs often as once day. Flowers
should be kept out of draught, which
dries them at once.
One of the most recent applications
Of chromo-photography-by which is
meant photography applied by means
of series of short and rapid exposures
TO the representation Of moving objects
in successive positions-has been de-
vised in France for the study of the
swimming motions Of fish. A rayfish
was chosen as the subject of investiga-
tion, and the successive photographs
were taken at intervals of one-tenth of
4 second. They show completely the
movement of the fms and present a sim
ilarity to the photographs that have
been obtained OF the motions OF the
wings of flying bird.
The import of American corn into
Mexico, in 1892, was the most interest
ing, and, financially. one of the most
important, of any commercial event
that has occurred between the two
countries Had it not been for the
proximity of this food supply, thou
sands that were very poor must have
! died for lack of food; as it was, there
was much severe suffering, the effects
Of which will be felt for many years.
Roasted ears OF corn form an important
part Of family food, and when too old,
but still soft, the grain is utilized in
making mushes or Cruel. As two crops
. year are often raised in Mexico, the
period during which green and new
corn may be eaten, is considerably in
creased.
The labyrinthodon, huge Great
ure resembling toad or a frog, and
which lived in the earlier periods OF
our planets history, has recently been
found in surprising state of preserva-
tion in the mari beds of Huezelweitz,
Hungary. All species of this gigantic
frog are now extinct, and are known
to the naturalists only through the
Investigations of the geologists, who
have often found parts or entire fossils
Of the monster in strata of the triassic
portion of the mesozoic period. The
specimen unearthed in the Hungarian
mari bed is entire with the exception
of the left forearm and the lower jaw.
The skull measures eighteen inches
between the eye-sockets, and weighs
exclusive of the missing underjaw, 3ls
pounds. The bones which have been
discovered up to date land there is still
hopes of finding the missing parts),
with the adhering matrix, weigh 1 ,S6(
pounds, almost ton. .G tt