The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

seople would believe. There are about
Ayty fowers:3tnbes in every head ofclo-
fer, and onE8a tiny morsef of honey in
leach. In order to get enough sugar
for q load the bee must visit about
POGO different flowers, and each bee
lnust make, on an average, twenty
Trips a. day, .........-.........
Notwithstanding the fostering care
II the French government, sheep breed
/ ng has declined in Algeria, and official
eports SHOW that for several years past
here has been progressive decrease
Pm the number of sheep. The present
humber is estimated at s,S96.0 GOO, the
Estimates being based ON official fig
lures. .. ...
During the last seven years the
larea devoted~to indigo in India has
lbeen about 800, 900 acres, but in 1919
. it sunk nearly one-third. A favorable
season and a rise in the price of indigo
ct Calcutta, led to great extension of
the industry in 1898, and the area of
cultivation was estimated at $50, 600
acres. The output was about so per
cent. above the average rail exports
for the last twelve years. F.. ...
If the reported results of recent
researches in diphtheria by the Bacte-
/ biological bureau of the New York
/ health department are confirmed, they
ire extremely important. The power
! 20 transmit the infection of diphtheria,
TT is found, fingers sometimes for as
| much as twelve days and occasionally
| thee or four weeks in patients who
have made an apparently perfect re-
cOvery from this most deadly disease.
my, Herald ......
DR. William c. Braislin shows that
in negroes the nasal canals are wider,
shorter aud less deep than in other
races, and thereby less protection is
afforded the lungs. The author be-
| lieves that the African nose, being
adapted to tropical climate, is not
| suited for the colder climates, and that
in this lies the greater susceptibility of
the negro to consumption and other
diseases depending upon irritating
qualities in the atmosphere.
Experiments in magnetizing and
concentrating the low grade soft, red
ores of some southern districts are in
process. and said to be SO far promising
of good results. The consulting chem
| list Of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
| Railroad Company, operating upon
| 5000 pounds at time of the crude ore
which contained 40 per cent. of iron
| and 20 of silica. has been able to secure
81 per cent. of iron and reduce silica 10
| per cent.-Age of Steel.
Obstinate nose bleeding is fire.
quently one of the most difficult things
to check. Several aggravated cases
have lately occurred at the hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania AS a
last resort DR.. d. Hayes Agncw tried
ham fat with great success Two large
cylinders of bacon were forced we'll
into the postrils and the hemorrhage
ceased at once. This is a very simple
remedy and one which should be re-
membered for cases of emergency in
| the country.
The deepest boring of which we
| have any knowledge up to the present
time, says Revue Scientifique, is at
ParvschowitZ, in the district of Rib
mix, in Western Silesia. The depth
attained is 6,56S feet, and the diameter
of the hole is only 2.75 inches, The
work has been temporarily stopped, in
order to lower especial Thermometers,
which have been made with great &C
curacy, into the hole for the purpose
of obtaining the temperature at differ
ent depths. The boring will then be
resumed and it is hoped that the depth
of s, 200 feet will be reached.
In German medical journal DR..
m. Furbinger treats of the peanut as
an article of food rich in albumen, of
which it contains Al per cent, together
with 10 per cent. of fat and non-nitro-
genous eXtractive matters. He recon-
mends the use of roasted peanuts in
the form of soup or mush. On account
of their cheapness peanuts are recon-
mended as popular article of food,
especially in poorhouses and the like:
moreover, they are recommended as an
article of food for the corpulent, dia-
betics and for the subjects of kidney
disease, in the last mentioned of whom
foods rich in animal albumen are to be
avoided.-N. Y. Tribune.