The Globe-republican., 1894-01-12
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
New Jersey sends to market every
year 2, 600. 900 baskets of peaches and
makes over 200, 900 gallons of apple
jack.
Louisiana has but tenth of the
arabic land under cultivation, but pro-
duces laO. OOO. 900 pounds of rice. $50. 900
hogsheads of sugar and 500, 900 barrels
of molasses.
The American locomotive is finding
its way into every quarter of the globe
Chile has now given an order for twelve
at q cost of $3.50. 900. During the past
two years we have sent S55 to South
America and seventy-five tc Australia.
Brazil, it would seem, orders all the
headlights used on its locomotives in
this country.
The cave animals Of North Amer
lea, according to Prof. A. s. Packard.
of Brown university, comprise one
hundred and seventy-two species of
blind creatures, nearly all of which
are mostly white in color. He de-
scribed their anatomy and discussed
their origin in an exhaustive paper
read before the National Academy Of
Sciences.
The physiological mechanism Of
blushing has been carefully studied.
and shown to be a momentary fainting
fit provoked by certain emotions. the
heart stopping for second. after
which the organ starts with new force
and sends the blood bounding through
the arteries The relation between
the physical blush and the feeling
which causes it has not been ascer-
tanned.
Over forty railroads have gone into
the hands of receivers thus far this
year. They represent about $4,000
miles of road, with nearly 900 millions
of bonded debt, and 4O21z millions Of
stock debt. In the disastrous years Of
1884, the mileage of roads which
fell into receivership was 1884 with a
bonded debt of 5533s millions and
stock debt of S7211 millions--Wall
Street News.
This seasons orange crop in Florida
was much above the average in guam
tity, being estimated at 5000, 900 boxes,
and was much earlier than usual.
While during the whole of last season
some IS, 900 boxes were shipped through
Savannah to New York City, more than
$4,000 boxes have already been shipped
this year. Usually large shipments
have also been made to Europe. where
Florida oranges are now beginning to
compete successfully with Mediterra-
mean fruit.
The much-disputed question of the
loftiest mountain on the North Ameri-
can continent has at last been settled.
John Partridge, secretary of the Geo
graphical society of the Pacific, has
received letter from the chief of the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey, Washington, D. c., stating that
Mt. Orizaba, in Mexico. is the highest.
Mt. ST. Elias, Alaska, has for many
years past been considered the highest,
but Orizaba has been proved to be the
higher by 800 feet. The exact figures,
as forwarded to Secretary Partridge,
are: Mt. Orizaba, 1914 feet; Mt St
Elias, 1s.O15 feet.
The total heat of combustion of one
pound of hydrogen is 62,O32 units, and
of one pound of carbon IA, 500 units. 1t
requires 1894 units of heat to convert
water at temperature of zero to steam
of 100 pounds pressure, but as steam is
l1,,< tod fnp
aging about sixty degrees the total
heat required to convert it into steam
is only l. 153. units. and one pound Of
bituminOus coal of average quality con-
tains heat enough to convert twelve
and one-half pounds of water at this
temperature into steam of 100 pounds
absolute pressure.
-Overproduction has become sub
ject of serious concern with those in
terested in several prominen mt industries
of the west. There is a prospective de-
crease in CALIFORNIA; vintage, little
money in cattle raising, and horse rails
ing has similarly slumped. A few days
ago the Missouri State Horticultural
society occupied itself in serious con-
sideration of the topic. Secretary Good
man said that SO many millions of apple
trees have been planted in the past few
years that soon there will be portions
of the country where It will not pay to
gather the fruit Something like 1O0,-
900 acres have been planted with apple
trees in the past three years in south
ern Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
One speaker thought the fruit business
would meet general failure soon. and
later would become a success with
few after many had gone to the wall.
Dainty COliarettes.
Very dainty arrangements of lace
and crepe de chine. or entirely of lace.
are for sale in the shops, or can easily
be made at home to wear with old silk
gowns which need Frightening up. A
high stock collar fastening in the
back, made of the lace or pale tinted