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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. 



LIEBIG, THE FATHEE OF AGBICTJLTUBAL CHEMISTEY. 



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. 



