The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-06-15


81. s29, 900 bushels, valued at $40, l02, OH.
Wheat, 2,s2S,O00 bushels, valued at
$2.555, $50. The usual combined value
of these principal crops is about s7o.-
O0O, 200.
Lavender has suddenly appeared in
South Australia, the plant springing
up luxuriantly over large area OF
black swamp in the south of the
colony. At first the settlers thought
the plant was weed, but on finding
out its true nature they resolved to
cultivate lavender on a considerable
scale, with the view of establishing
regular perfumery trade.
The salmon syndicate of the north
west are all busted in encouraging the
increase of the Pacific coast salmon.
Fifty thousand million salmon are
turned loose into the rivers of Oregon
by the syndicate alone every year, and
as the Industrious female salmon lays
900 eggs to every pound of her weight,
the prospect of the fish seems encour-
aging.
1t is a well-lsnown fact that heav-
emily bodies invisible to the human eye.
even when assisted by the most power
full telescope, may be detected by the
Photographic plate. A practical illus
tration of the value of photography in
this connection IN found In the expert
ence of March, when no fewer than
eighteen small planets were detected
geographically. Twelve OF these were
discovered by NJ. Charlois, at Nice.
The scientific world of Germany
has suffered another heavy loss In the
sudden death of Prof. Hermann Schaaf-
hansen, the famous anthropologist of
the University of Bonn. He was pupil
of Johannes Mueller in Berlin in the
sos. After extended travels he became
q professor at Bonn in 1874. He was
one of the first advocates of the theory
now known as the Darwinian. He was
born in 1916.
DIR. Schott, of Germany, has been
making some interesting Investigations
of ocean currents, the height of waves
and the rapidity of their progress. He
explodes the idea of waves mountain
high" and says that in the worst storms
they do not rise higher than thirty
six to forty feet. This will be disap-
pointing to sea-sick voyagers who
fancied that they were several thou
sand feet high and full of ipecac or
some other nauseating drug.
This is how to extinguish candle
without blowing or snuffing 1t out:
Take piece of thick copper wire coiled
in spiral at the end. Fasten the other
end to wooden handle. Hold the wire
so that the coil will be around the
flame of the candle and very quickly it
will be extinguished. The copper, by
its great conductivity, takes the heat
away from the flame and cools 1t SO
rapidly that the temperature falls be-
low the point of ignition and the light
goes out.
Prof. c. v. Riley, who has been for
years recognized as the leading Ameri-
can entomologist, and is, us report has
it, to be made assistant secretary of
agriculture, has probably done more
than any living man to rid agriculture
of its pests. His work and experiments
have long been among the most import
ant features of the agricultural depart
ment, and it is through his writings
and lectures mainly that farmers are
able now to exterminate easily what
have formerly been considered verit-
able insect plaques.
1T has been observed that in the an
tique Greek statues the male eye is fire.
quently more convex than the female
eye, and the older anatomists have OBJ
served that such difference does exist
in nature; but quite recently Herr
Greet has actually measured the dis
parity, and finds that while the average
radius of the cornea, or apple of the
eye, is 7.S3 millimeters for men, it IL
only 1852 for women. Other measure
ments by Donders give 1883 and
7.799 millimeters respectively.-Cas
sells Family Magazine.
I'm 1892 the cotton crop of the south
was valued at about $315, 100000. The
corn crop was valued at s24S, 900, 900,
wheat over $40, 200, 900 and oats about
$25, 0O0, 900. These three products then
were of equal value with the cotton
crop. Adding to them the value of to-
bacco raised, over S22, 900, 900; of rice,
about $4,000, 600; Florida oranges,
about % 800, 900, and of garden truck,
fruit and vegetables shipped north, be-
tween $40 ZOO, 900 and s5O,O00,0OO, the
total value of the products named
amounts to about $500, 900, 900. Manu-
facturers' Record.
The following experiment, which
illustrates in pleasing manner the
actual formation of halos has been
given by DR.. Brewster: Take satu-
rated solution of alum, and having
spread few drops Of it over plate Of
glass, it will readily crystalize in
small, fiat octahedrons, scarcely visible
to the eye. When this plate is held be-
tween the observer and the sun or q
candle, with eyes very close to the
smooth side of the glass plate, there
will be seen three beautiful halos of
light. at different distances from the
luminous body.
james !. tried to establish the silk
culture in the American colonies, but
failed. He sent silk worms TO Virginia
and offered bounty for silk cloth
manufactured there, but the planters
found the cultivation of tobacco more
profitable. Some silk fabric was sent
to Charles II. in 1868. Early In the last
century it was introduced in Louisiana