The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-22
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late years to adopt wood for use II Che
soles Of shoes, bptas ret without aattef
ing success. One manufacturer sae-
eeeded just before the war, il starting .
considerable Southern trade IN Booden-
solea shoes for the negroes;but the man
ufacture has not been resumed In this
instance sole of maple was fastened. a
few years since, for compressed wooden
sole. This has been abandoned a CON
pany ii New York have lately been man
ufacturing shoe with soles and heels of
maple, and the shank Of leather; securing
the upper te the sole By i thin rim OF
iron elaspiug the edge Of the latter. a
recent Boston invention fastens shaped
maple solet to the upper By means Of sta
pies. It's In use among the fishermen.
During the year Just closed there were
sol fires IN. the United States against
354 in 1865, with losses AMOUNTING to.
sec 100000 against s43, 139,00o. The
aggregate loss blythe FIRE during the last
IL years is $3.50, 99S, ,O00 The number
oil railroad accidents last year was S5
against 1873. the number Of persons kill
ed by them 115 against 335 and the
humber wounded 697 agaiase ,4227.
The record FOR twelve years is .49S ac-
lcidents killing 2, ,3l9 and woauding J, ,S53.
Last years steam boat accidents number
% % against 30, with 6335 killed against (,
f78S, and 1916 wounded against l65. The
l12 years list is 8 II accidents, 6,Ou6 kill
fed and 1,735 wounded.
The company Of United States citizens
who have purchased Lower California o.
IJuarez, are about to take possession Of
their "little tract Of Iand, which eonA
tainssonly about forty. six thousand eight
hundred square miles. Among the CIT
izens who have largely invested in this
mammoth enterprise, are General Butter.
August Belmont Caleb Gushing, Ben.
! Holiday, George Wilkes, Leonard w.
jerome, aud Robert j Walker.
Returns received at the General Land
Office show that an aggregatesof 22,754
acres of the public lands we're disposed
of during the mouth of December at the
following local offices: Falls ofSt. Croix
Wisconsin 5 ,S03 acres; Stephens Point
Wisconsin, 8, ,92o acres; Wiunebag, 8 L
j acres; Ironton, Missouri, 1916 acres.
i The greater portion Of the land Was
taken for actual settlement under tht
/ Homestead law.
The aggregate cash sales amounted t
ls3,9
i Dir. Burggrave. of Gheut, has recently
i published a method of dressing wounds
| with sheet lead. After carefully wash
ling the wound, the lacerated parts ar
drawn together and held in position b,
very thin strips of the metal, attached b.
sticking plaster. This permits q jet Q
warm water to be thrown under tn
F armor from time to :ime,. to cleans tht
wound and refresh the parts. In case
of injury by machinery and gunshot
such dressing may often save q limb o
j even life.
An ingenious French arthmetician ha
calculated that the space which youn
Partisan belle, who is fond of the exer
else Of dancing, trayerses in the gay sa
looms of Paris, amounts in the courseg Q
one dancing season otfour hundred an
: thirty-four miles and half. He has al
so estimated thata French lady, fond {
performing the functions of a teetotuI
would spin round in waltz in one nigh
, , as many times as the wheels of steam
: boat revolye while running the distanc
; between Dover and Calais
II Nine theatres were burned in 1861
E which is nearly double the loss 1888, thu
+ year standing second The following
0 list of theatres burned last year; Pike
il Opera house, Cinciupati; Academy
b Music; Metropolitan Theatre, ST. Loui
Academy Of Music, Cincinnati; Loui,
I. vile Theatre; Broadway Varieties, Nasl
i vile; Phoenix Theatre, Pittsburg, Virgir
ia; Orleans Theatre, New Orleans; Ne
Bowery, New York.
D 1t the earth were cannon ball sht
at the sun from its present distance, wit
: the velocity 1t new travels with, and ii
: monent OF explosion tclegraphedq to II
e sun, they would Get the telegram theI
e in about Eve minutes, and would see I'll
Il earth coming in eight minutes. and wouI
have. nearly two months to prepare for Il
e blow which they would receive about Fl
q teen years before they heard the origin
explosion.
The market value Of skilled and ed
Gated laborer 10 glass and iron, is emo
nous. In the window glass factories
4 Pittsburgh, for example, blowers and pa
terms receive $3.50 per month, and Il
: more skillful make as much as $50 p
, day, aud that for long periods. Some
: the melters in the steel works clear fro
$40 tos22 per day.
e Pittsburg contains 500 large manufa
e, turing establishments. 1t has 30 gla
i factories and l6 patteries, 46 iron foun
= ries, 81 rolling mills, 33 machinery e
: Establishments, and So oil refneries; b
IS sides miscellaneous works Of almost eve
l. variety the whole turning out an annu
n product worth s100, 600,
The sale of horseaeshis is increasing
Paris. There are now seven butcAeri
: in that line, disposing of about 49,
: pounds per week, at from FIVE to nj
cents perpound We persume that Anne
5 leans who visits Paris next year will
Ie larooFu fad on horso staol,s b,rra ha,