The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-10-20
Editorial Rreyities.

land. We are told that 11OO persons
are engaged in it's manufacture. and Stat
Iordshlre is the principal depot. The
business has been monopolized by GER
tam families for centuries, and the trade
mas descended from father to son. OuI
Table and toilet china, {the misnomer is
Intentionally is furnished by our cousins
upon the other side. Some parties have
established potteries in New jersey. but
the high wages of laborers have rendered
competition impossible
The Board that was appointed to ex,
anime the firearms that are used by diff
ferent nations, have reported that the
most effective, safe and substantial -
weapon, is the Springfield rifle. with the
befdan improvement, which makes it n
breach-loading rifle. Sixty-one muskets
and rifles were inspected, and the mem
bers OF the committee were unanimous
IN their recommendation. 1t is asserted
that Louis Napoleon exhibited his usual
sagaclty and purchased the necessary
machinery for It's manufacture for 100 900
francs in gold. The experience of the
rank and file in the late rebellion had
established this fact. After the battle
OF Gettysburg a regiment upon the right
OF the one in which we served threw
away the Austrian rifles, with which
they had been equipped, and supplied
themselves with the Springfield arm.
The rifles of dead and wounded men
were scattered over the field, and the
change was speedily effected without
conforming to the regular rules of the
blue book.
Napoleon has made extensive re-
searches for the purpose of determining
the dates of the most important events
OF CAESARS invasions of Britain. He
crossed the Channel upon two occasions
In A. I. {. 500 and 700. He remained
upon the island eighteen days in the first
year, and two months in the second. His
campaigns with our barbarous ancestors
were sharp, short and decisive"
-COngress passed at it's last session a
law authorizing the use Of the French
system of weights and measures in adj
dition to that which is already en-
ployed. There seems to be no room for
doubling that the former will be sub
stituted for the latter, and the English
system will vanish. After it has been
learned thoroughly, many benefits will
result to all branches, and especially
because it has been intro
duced into Great Britain, Austria, Spain,
Portugal and Belgium Instead of talk
ing about pounds, yards, miles or gal
Ions, we shall speak of Kilograms.
metres, kilometres and decalitres. The
French system is strictly decimal, and
renders much easier the work of COM
putation.
Although inventors are busy all
the year round" the field for the exer
Else of genius in mechanics is vast at
5he present day. In mining, the general
wish is expressed that some tool may
De made which will penetrate quartz.
The drill has been employed for centur.
es, but the chipping and dulling that are
nseparable from its use, render another
Instrument the great necessity of the
lines. The Egyptians art of tempering
'opper has been lost, but even if this
should be restored, the gain would not
We important enough to revolutionize |
he crude process that must be retained,
because there is none that is superior.
The Californians are prospecting for
Ill, and the shales which are abundant
n the states that border upon the Paci- !
ic coast have been carefully examined.
he regular supply of petroleum must
'e derived from this source instead of
wells. Excavations have been made in
he Oil regions of the eastern States, and
hale has been discovered in vast ouan-
tiles. In Great Britain, the best coal
lelds about sixty gallons to the ton.
is claimed that the shale of California
Till produce from thirty to thirty-five
allons OF oil to the ton. When the
roper methods for manufacturing this
ave been introduced. another source of
7ealth will be added to the long list.
hale is regarded as the original spring
rom which the oleaginous sandstones
nd sand have obtained their valuable
The kearney Herald and other news
apers that are published near the from
er, state that the herds of deer, elk,
uffalo and other forest animals that
)amed for centuries upon the plains of
ebraska and along the valley of the
latte, have disappeared. Their path is
eastward, and soon there will be no re-
ion to which they can 60 for safety. If ;
seems strange that these animals avoid ,
lie pioneers of civilization, what shall ,
e think when we ascertain that the .
riminals of the human race and the ,
ibes that resemble the untamed dwell ,
rs of the woods follow in their foot ,
cps? The murderer, the robber and !
le vagabond, who fly from foreign coun- .
les and the States, find temporary
ONE in the Territories of the United
tates. When law is triumphant, and ]
lie passions of the vile are restrained I
7 reason and education in every sec ,
on, whittier will they go? Like the :
ldian and buffalo, they must become
ltiEct, and then gigantic step will be c
ken upward to purer and nobIer life. {
"A progressive" Jewish Temple !
as dedicated in Cincinnati. on August !
Lth. Rev. DIR. Wise, editor of the Isra- t
tie, delivered the dedication sermon. in |
hich l,a J,e.I.,,,,oJ 4