The Van Buren press., 1893-12-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

6,510 men were placed under observa
tion. They were divided into fre,
drinkers, moderate drinkers and alb
stainers. 1t was found that the death.
OF the former were A per 1000, of the
moderate drinkers 23 per 1000, and O.
the abstainers only II per 1000.
The depth to which the suns rayl
penetrate water has been recently de
termined by the aid Of photography. Il
has been found that at a depth of b5'
feet the darkness was to all intent.
and purposes thu same us that on 6
clear but moonless night. Sensitized
plates exposed at this depth for con
siderable length of time gave no evi
dence Of light action.-Scientifc Amer
ican.
The New York clearing house loan
certificates have all been cancelled. The
first issue of certificates was on June
IL, when g. $50, 900 were issued. A total
of s41, 400, 900 were issued, but the max
imum amount outstanding at any one
time was S3s, $780, 900. 1t is said that OF
the s55,32O,000 of collateral deposited
to secure the certificates issued this
year not a single dollar, as far as is
known, proved bad.
Arkansas has 100, 900 farms which
produces 100000 bales OF cotton, 9OO,-
900 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1000, 900
pounds OF tobacco. $4,000, 600 bushels of
corn, and 2,00O,0O bushels of wheat.
From the Arkansas forests are cut
over $40, 600, 900 of lumber every year.
-One art that seems to have vastly
improved within the last twenty-five
years is that Of annealing glass. The
lamp chimneys of to-day withstand
sudden changes OF temperature that
would instantly have shivered those of
three decades ago and it seems now
almost impossible to break one save by
q blow.
1t appears from the official statis-
tics of the production OF gold in Rus
sia In 1902 that the output of the mines
has been greatly increased by the Inn
provement of technical appliances. The
production of the precious metal has
reached a total of no less than 2,6O1
puds, as compared with 1889 puds in
1891 and only 2,041 puds In 1885. TAX
ing the value of the pud on the aver
age at 14,104 rouhles, there is thus a
total OF 86,67O,0O0 roubles, or upward
of e25, 900, 600.
Florida and California fruit is COM
peting successfully with Mediterranean
products in European markets this
year, and the shipments already are
largely in excess OF those of previous
years. Successful experiments have
also been made this year with ship
ments of California and Washington
fruit to Japan and other countries OF
the Orient. From a twenty-acre prune
ranch Washington grower obtained
this year forty tons of dried fruit,
which he sold in Portland at s15Oa ton.
The movements of the herring have
long been sore puzzle to naturalists,
and from the annual report of the fish
cry board for Scotland they seem to be
puzzle still. 1t was originally sup
posed that the herring was bred in
sort of king fish, dense shoals Of them
every season came south. It is known
now that herring spawn off the English
coasts but all efforts toward getting
ut the truth about the migratory habita
have been unsuccessful. All sorts of
marking have been tried, Five hun
dred fish we're captured and released
after piece of aluminium wire bearing
disc had been attached to their dorsal
fin, but not one returned to tell its
tale. They fit about the coasts in the
most erratic manner. The one thing
positive seems to be that they never go
very far away or for very long, If one
fishing town has an occasional lean
year there Ia always an abundant har-
vest for many others