Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-11
One Dollar Per Year.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

I'm India, certain regiments with
5,510 men were placed under obScrga-
tion, They were divided into free
drinkers, moderate drinkers and alb
staners. 1t was found that the deaths
of the former were A per 1000, of the
moderate drinkers % per 1000, and of
the abstainers only II per 1000
The depth to which the suns rays
penetrate water has been recently de-
termincd by the aid of photography. 1t
has been found that at depth of 553
feet the darkness was to all intents
and purposes the same MS that on
clear but moonless night. Scnsitized
plates exposed at this depth for con-
siderable length of time gave no evil
dence of light action. Scientific Amer
lean.
The New York clearing house loan
certificates have all been cancelled. The
first issue of certificates was on June
II, when 81, 800 600 were issued. A total
of SAL 400, 600 were issued, but the max
imum amount outstanding at any one
time was SIS, $780, 600, 1t is said that OF
the S55, ,320, 900 of collateral deposited
to secure the certificates issued this
year not single dollar, as far as is
known, proved bad.
Arkansas has 100000 farms which
produces 600, 900 bales of cotton, 900,-
900 bushels of sweet potatoes, 1000, 900
pounds of tobacco, AZ, 900, 600 bushels of
corn, and 100000 bushels of wheat.
ho A A,,iy on
over $50, 900, 600 of lumber every year.
One art that seems to have vastly
improved within the last twenty-five
years is that of annealing glass. The
lamp chimpeys OF to-day withstand
sudden changes of temperature that
would instantly have shivercd those of
three decades ago, and it seems now
almost impossible to break one save by
blow
1t appears from the official statis-
tics of the production of gold in Rus
sia in 1892 that the output of the mines
has been greatly increased by the inn
provement of technical appliances. The
production of the precious metal has
reached a total of no less than 2,601
puds, as compared with 2,3S2 puds in
1891 and only 2,OH puds in 1885. TAX
| ing the value of the pud on the aver
age at H. 104 roubles, there is thus q
total of 3G,G7O,OOO roubles, Or upward
Of s25 900, 600.
Florida and California fruit is COM
peting successfully with Mediterranean
products in European markets this
year, and the shipments already are
largely in excess of those of previous
years. Successful experiments have
also been made this year with ship
ments of California and Washington
fruit to Japan and other countries of
the Orient. From a twenty-acre prune
ranch Washington grower obtained
this year forty tons of dried fruit,
which he sold in Portland at S150a ton.
The movements of the herring have
long been sore puzzle to naturalists,
and from the annual report of the fish
cry board for Scotland they seem to be
q puzzle still. 1t was originally sup
posed that the herring was bred in
Arctic seas and that, marshaled by a
sort of king fish, dense shoals of them
every season came south. 1t is known
now that herring spawn off the English
coasts, but all efforts toward getting
at the truth about the migratory habits
have been unsuccessful. All sorts of
marking have been tried. Five hun
dred fish were captured and released
after piece of aluminium wire bearing
disc had been attached to their dorsal
fin, but not one returned to tell its
tale They fit about the coasts in the
most erratic manner The one thing
positive seems to be that they never go
very far away or for very long If one
fishing town has an occasional lean
year there is always an abundant har'
vest for MANY Others