Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-09-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


that by irrigation 25,0OG,O00 acres are
made fruitful in India alone, Iii Egypt
there are about 5000, 900 acres, and in
Europe about 8, 900, 900. 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 ca1 re-
Bist the antiseptic power of essence OF
cinnamon for more than a few hours
Is the conclusion announced by NJ. |
Chamberlain as 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.
Tho State railways of Cape Colony,
South Africa, yielded last year "a las,
Sd. per cent. on capital of els, 500, 900,
against "a 13s. 4d. per cent. on GIG, 800.
900 in 1891. The working expenses
were 81 per cent. of the receipts. The
Indian railways show a net loss of 9S
laos of rupees. This unfavorablc result
is attributed to the heavy fall in eX'
change. Had silver remained at par
the guaranteed railways would have
shown good surplus.
If our earth were placed at the
center of the sun our moon would re-
volve around the earth, inside the suns
outer surface, and the latter would
still be 227 1000 miles outside of the
moons orbit. We would travel in
going once through the sun the dis
lance of about thirty-five times around
OF about one hundred and eight times
through the earth. 1t is about $50, $40
miles from the suns equator to its poles.
"A Swiss acre of good grass land is
worth, in the richer and more populous
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
iustries 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 ell 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 as often rs once day. Flowers
should be kept out of a draught, which
dries them at once.
One of the most recent applications
Of chrome photography-by which is
meant photography applied by means
If 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-
ton, and the successive photographs
were taken at intervals of one-tenth Of
a second. They show completely the
movement of the fins 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
5 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.
t The labyrinthodon, a huge Great
: ure resembling toad or a frog, anC
J which lived in the earlier periods o
, our planets history, has recently beer
found in surprising state of prcserva
G ton in the mari beds of Huezelweita
Hungary. All species Of this gigantic
e frog are now extinct, and are known
D to the naturalists only through tn,
1 investigations of the biologists, WHIT
$ have often found parts or entire fossil
I of the monster in strata of the triass
portion OF the mesozoic period. Tn
|. specimen unearthed in the Hungarian
: mari bed is entire with the exception
: Of the left forearm and the lower jaw
t The skull measures eighteen inche
( between the eye-sockets, and weigh
exclusive of the missing underiaw, 81
= pounds. The bones which have bee
discovered up to date land there is still
d hopes of finding the missing parts,
v with the adhering matrix, weigh SO
| al, 80,