The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-06-03
The Work of Different Countries.


following: "ni 5di s95nn 3aiteaofg Ags'
li9q"Industry has many curious local attach
ments, and clings with feline fondness tx
particular spots. Thus, watches are made
cheaply in Switzerland, where the men anG
women Of, fifty villages together are all bu
lsyi en- toothed wheels, mainsprings, anc
jeweled holes Soap and cheap perfumes
| nasty as well as cheap, are best compound
ed in central Germany sPheTyrol and the
Black Forest have three resources for the
long winter evenings, when the soil is fro
zen stif, and the snow is heavy on the pine
boughs clocks, straw, hats, and toys. All
overlNiddle Europe you see the Black For
est clocks, made by peasants round the
cottage hearth, as plentiful as Mr.. Samuel
Sticks lacquered time piecesin Canada
Baden completes with Italy in. .straw-plait
ing; while for toys, old Deutschland bears
the bell. 100 9dt nj aiags fol oG@ i dth
,"It is q curious thing that the toys which
English children love so dearlyy aud which
they break, maltreat, and denolish so viva
,ciously, should all be foreign, Here and
there, perhaps ,aroeking- horse, or straight
legged spotted steed with his harness nailed
to his body, may be the work Of an Eng
lish artisan, but7n eften.. ,'A .@'t
"The wooden boasts and birds in the ZOO
logical collections, the puzzles, the bricks
the gaudiiy dressed Turks and ,hussalrs
squeaking lambs, and creaking cards, come
from Germany !; 80 do marbles, Dutch
dolls, and baby-houses. Paris gives us the
superbwaxendoll, in her satin and span
| giles America sends over the gutta-per
cha ugliness and clock-work mice. ri ssnil
"Quite two thirds of the overshoes itha
| keep our feet from wet bear the French o.
American eagle boastfnlly embossed upor
their soles. On the other hand, England
sells India rubber tubing, waterproof cloth
and guttalperchain fifty forms to Cont
mental nations. The French; buy more o
our brandy than We dodof theirs-an ex
change of which we wish them Joy !; while
our silks continue the cheapest, and theirs
the richest andinlost tasteful. I'm all tha
relates to calico they own our merit; the,
prefer our, broadcloth to their own, but de
clare, and justly the superiority of thei
scarlet7dyed woollens to ours. AS for boots
they are cut out by millions 2of pairs il
France, sent to England to be closed, re
turned for the operation 5of 'cliching, ant
re-exported'as of pure Paris make. baf
"The Americans have great aptitude 70
the manufacture Of SMALL delicate, labor
saving machines. It has always been al
! object with them to get through their worl
with as few hands as possible and we owe
to them all manner Of dainty devices fo
economizing manuel power. London il
| full Of elegant little complications of stee
rods no bigger than wine bottle, devised
for stitching all ;stitehable materials, fo
punching, drilling. and cutting; for metal
lurgy, and agriculture. Our own machine
ry is commonly of a grand and solid char
acter-great massive engines that are to b
found at work all over the world pumping
water out of mines in the Andes, lashin:
the waves of far-off oceans into foam, crush
ing in. Victoria, and dragging burdens il
BraEil.9vo0lo m4ol nGoiiduq9T aioJaamgo,na
dl "We cannot, perhaps, quite beat Pragu
in turning out stained glass and colore'
services glowing with the deep pure tint
: of enormous rubies, emeralds, and topazes
nor are our tubes and alembics so fit to, g
through fire as the Bohemian. The oil
ware of China, the old Japanese jars, tn
finest French and German porcelain, hav'
afragile beauty beyond our limitations
But our potteries only need the 'open Sc
same of free trade to set their good ant
cheap products plates that can bear heat
glass fairly cut into sharp facets, and vase
modelled on choice shapes from Greece ant
Etruria--on every middle9iclas tabl
abroad. French housewives who stor
away their preserves in jars coated will
poisonous white lead and dare not heat tn
plates lest they should fly into fragments
and whose clumsy coffee cups are an incl
thick, are not slow to appreciate the mer
its Of Mr.. Gladstone's treaty Of commerce.
Scientific american. .',...r.r. .7..,5.