The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-08-31
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

~ new WORK Dy H. vi. WILSON SJbtea
that by irrigation 25,000,000 acres are
made fruitful in India alone. In Egypt
there are about 5000, 900 acres, and in
Europe about 5000, 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.
No 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.
Chamberlain as the result of prolonged
research and experiment in M. Pas
tours laboratory. It is said to destroy
microbes as effectively, if not as rap
idly. as corrosive sublimate. "
The State railways of Cape Colony,
South Africa, yielded last year "a IDS.
Sd. per cent. on capital of els, 800, 900,
against "a ISIS. I'D. per cent. on E16, $780,
900 in 1891. The working expenses
were 81 per cent. of the receipts. The
Indian railways show net loss of 9S
laos of rupees. This unfavorable result
is attributed to the heavy fall in exc
change. Had silver remained at par
the guaranteed railways would have
shown good surplus.
If our earth were placed ut the
center of the sun our moon would re-
volve around the earth, inside the SUMS
outer surface. and the latter would
still he 227 900 miles outside of the
moons orbit. We would travel In
going once through the sun the dis
lance of about thirty-fve times around
or about one hundred and eight times
through the earth. II is about $50, SAC
miles from the sun s equator to its poles.
"A Swiss acre Of good grass land Is
worth, in the richer and more populous
cantons, from $500 to $500. Milk, and
what is made from 1t, 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 well 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 as once day. Flowers
should be kept out of draught, which
dries them at once.
One of the most recent applications
of o-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-
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 sim
ilarity to the photographs that have
been obtained of the motions of the
wings of q flying bird. srwsas7wvzsFvq
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
a wear 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 frog, and
which lived in the earlier periods of
our planets history, has recently been
found in a surprising state of preserva-
ton 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 biologists, 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, 3i2
pounds. The bones which have been
discovered up to date land there is still
hopes of finding the missing partsl.
with the adhering matrix, weigh $3.50
pounds, almost a ton.
Stuffed Tomatoes.
One Of the most delicious filings with
which to stuff tomatoes may be made
from half cupful Of chicken cut very
| fine mixed with a dozen chopped
mushrooms and two heaping table,
spoonfuls of fine bread crumbs Sea-