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secretly instilling its jaundice into the velvety coat of the 

 peach; devastating cholera, green and glaring, writhes 

 and wriggles in harmless rage through the vines of the 

 cucumber, or loses in the prickly surface of the goose- 

 berry its sting of death. 



Chemistry is scarcely less valuable as a scavenger than 

 as an inventor. In all the industries what to do with 

 the waste product, is a question of no less importance 

 than the value of the chief product. In the meat-mak- 

 ing industries this economy of science is set forth in a 

 strong light. No part of the animal tissue is now 

 thrown away, where a few years ago there was an enor- 

 mous waste. The hair, the hide, the vital organs, the 

 hoof, the horn, the blood, and the bones have all found 

 a valuable application. This saving of science has 

 come upon us so gradually that we are not aware of its 

 value. One pork-packing house in Chicago has lately 

 said that it saved annually in waste products $200,000, 

 which were lost twenty-five years ago. With such a 

 fact as that on record, only the veriest infidel could 

 doubt the economic value of science. In the economy 

 of nature there is no waste. I will say but little more 

 of the relation of chemistry to science. This theme 

 has been often and thoroughly discussed. Returning 

 from this digression, I will illustrate a little further 

 what science is doing in the industry of agriculture. 



Munich is happy in the possession of magnificent 

 museums of painting and sculpture. The Glyptothek 

 is a vast marble place ; in style, resembling the temples 

 of ancient Greece. This majestic hall is filled with the 

 masterpieces of sculpture, gathered by skilled hands 

 from all quarters of the globe. 



