The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-08-16
ENCE AND INDUSTRY.


Ing steel pens thrown away in
schools and offices are conecien+io,sI :.
gathe1 ed, smelted and made into blades
loI PoY Ket knives, watch springs and
other rtlcles of commercial value
ew method of treating copper
mas peg discovered, and a company is
sald toI nave been formed to manufac-
ture II here. 1t can be made so hard as
TO be s}onorous, and bells made of it are
now pn use. Government tests of the
meta hl show that it is not an alloy. but
coppI Per pure and simple.
IL Ahas been stated in recent essay
by Appointment horticulturist that seed
less GRAPES are produced by growing a
plan from cuttings for several success
slve generations The theory is. that a
plant becomes accustomed to this mode
of pr, opagation, and then the natural
process of producing seeds becomes
abort.ive by disuse.
a wire message from New York to
Auckland traverses a length of line of
19,l23I miles, nearly three-fourthS of
which is submarine cable. 1t has to be
repeated or rewritten fifteen times
NtpS NublC 10 DtbNtth AIltIlCd
and Europe, say $500 miles, and the
longest land line is across Australia
from Port Darwin to Adelaide, 2,15O
Observation-Disclosures Press,
-%Cg F,ip beetles have long been
lt..oes,7 sytJect-er give out a repulsive
fluid frofh joints of their bodies or
from thieif legs or from eversible
| glands fM.Cuenot has recently studied
the cast les d election of blood from
| these bIeetle'. The fluid, however, is
not red, as the blood of insects is either
colorlesE or lightly yellowish. Lady
birds OIL beetles and other vegetable
| feeders fare sub as possess this habit.
-Thd last number of the Bulletin of
| the American Geographical Society an
nounce5 that tie recent study of the
| observations on mountain SUBMITS in
| the nei lghborhood of Mount st. Elias,
| shows That Mount Logan is the loftiest
| peak inI North America, with a height
! of 1850 feet, thus being 1000 feet
| higher than Orizaba and 1,5OO feet
| higher than Mount ST. Elias
"A Sound reducer is being intro
| duced ih Germany which. it Is claimed,
entirely overcomeS the noise occasioned
| by exhaust steam. The apparatus is
| applicable to all kinds of exhaust en-
| gines, steam, gas and petroleum en-
| gines. while it at the same time serves
the purpose of an oil and water sepa-
rator. large reducer, fourteen feet
| high, has recently been constructed
for use in connection with a 400 horse
power winding engine at a Westphalian
colliery
DR.. V. Harley, in the proceedings
of the Royal Society of Great Britain,
states as the results of experiments
upon himself that sugar is proven to be
a muscle food. Seventeen and half
ounces when fasting increased his
working power from 81 to 76 per cent.
On adding seven ounces to a small
meal the total work done was increased
from to 30 per cent. During eight
hours, eight and three-quarter ounces
| increased his working power from %
to SO per cent.
- S;p..ser, in New South Wales,
there iSa burning mountain. 1t is 1,S20
feet in height, and is supposed to be
| large coal seam which has in some I'M
accountable way become ignited, and
has been burning for many years, GER
tainly long before the advent of the
white man in this portion of the col
ony. The course of the fire can be
traced considerable distance by the
numerous depressions or chasms occa
stoned by the falling in of the ground
from beneath which the coal has been
consumed Smoke is continually issu-
ing from the sides of the mountain,
and in the vicinity of these openings
| the surface is hot, and has dry,
parched appearance, while sticks thrust
into these openings are readily ignited.
| N. Y. Tribune.