The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-02-21

Europe. It is 1lt inches long, and 8
wide, and 44 thick. It's value is s42,6sl.
The "time ball." which ia to be dropped
from the Gag staff Of the Merchants Ex-
change to indicate the precise moment of
noon, has been ordered from Albany, where
a similar one has been manufactured for
use on the Capitol. Mpssrs Chester &,
Co., Of that city, are constructing the ap-
paratus in connection with the New York
one. This ingenious and useful con,ri-
vance will be ready for operation at an
early day. The Dudley Observatory, at
Albany, will furnish the time, and the
Hudson River Railroad Company give the
use Of their telegraph line.
Upon one occasion, when an application
was made for an extension Of q well-known
patent, the remonstrant's counsel insisted
upon it, that if the inventor had not been
well paid for his timo and ingenuity, it
arose from his own laundering. "This"
said Commissioners Holt, sis adding insult
to injury; let the patent be extended"
The Chriqui gold.diggings are played
out" The graves have been exhausted,
and the value of the gold obtained will
only amount to about 100000. There
is no digging going on now.
There W as lately an exhibition at Sgd
ney, Australia, a set Of horse shoes made
OF native gold, weighing "a ounces, and
worth about $500. They were made for
a favorite pony in New South Wales.
Gold is l9t times heavier than water,
and melts at heat of 2,Ol6o Fab. 1t
may be hammered so thin as to require
two hundred thousand leaves to mako an
inch in thickness.
The merchants and capitalists Of Great
Britain are estimated to own about 900
ocean steamers. A great portion of the
immense trade Of India, China. Australia
and South America, is carried on through
the medium Of these steamships.
EE- The little island Of Barbados, it
may not be generally known, is the most
densely populated country in the world,
which with an area of l66 square miles,
contains ,e74 inhabitants.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS WHO MAKE Ma
PIE SUGAR. Mr.. Eli Mosher, of Flushing
in this County, has shown us newly in
vented Sap Conductor, for which he has
just received patent, that seems to prom
ise valuable acquisition to workers in the
Sugar Bush. 1t is very simple, very du-
rabe, and very cheap; and is designed to
prevent any vast Of sap, after the tree is
tapped, by which large per centage OF
increase in the yield Of sugar from the tree
is said to be ensured, without any addi-
tional trouble Flint Citizen.
A Busy BoDY.-One who has generally
no business in this world beyond making it
his business to neglect his own business, in
order to attend to the business Of others.
CAUSE AND ErFEcr-In the hearing of
nm Irish case for assault and battery, a
counsel, while cross examining one Of tn
witnesses, ask him what they had the first
place they stopped at:
'Four glasses Of ale, was the reply.
sNextr
Two glasses of whisky
'NextP
One glass Of brandy
'Nextp
"A fight
w 1t il estimated that 100000
slaves vii. be shiped from Saginaw river
the coming season.
La Mountain is manufacturing four first
class balloons in Lansingburg for local as
tensions.
The sheet non cars are in course Of con.
struction at the machine shop Of the Hi
nois Central Railroad, for tho purpose OF
carrying powder and other dangerous com.
bustible materials. They have indian
rubber jointipgs aud close up perfectly air
tight.
The monument inaugurated to the EN-.
peror Nicholas, in July, cost 100000.
The most singular spit in the world is
that Of the Count de Castel Maria, one ot
the most opulcnt lords Of Treviso. This
spit turns 1876 roasts at once, aud plays
"a tunes and whatever it. plays correspond:
10 a certain degree Of cooking, wich is per
fectlv understood by the cook. Thus q
leg Of mutton, a la Anglaise, will be ex
cellent at tho twelfth air; fowl, a Ia
Famande, will be juicy at the egh teentf
air, and so on.
The Government Of Great Britain has
purchased the patent right for perforatine
postage stamps Of Mr.. Archer, the inventor
for $4,000.
The surface Of the Dad Sea is l,3I.
feet below that of the Mediterranean.
Elevating barometer s5 to 90 feet ii
the air causes the mercury to fall ore-tentf
of an inch.
Cast iron girders have been used il
England so feet in single span.
Tne qualities Of certain well.waters ar
so injurious to animals that at Wilesden
in England, the Messrs. Tattsrsall wer
compelled to discontinue the use OF well
water for their racing stock and brood
mares.
An explosion of a large quantity Of gun
powder at Hounslow, England, produced
shocks resembling an earthquake at a dis
tance Of 60 miles.
The number Of hoop.skirts made in Der
bv sincs April lst il said 10 be $50 000